Out of Shape!!!

Just a little funny that happened to me today. I'm sure you're all interested. Well, I am the primary song leader in our ward and for one of our songs today we sang "Give Said the Little Stream". In senior primary I thought I'd make it a little more interesting. We usually try and sing it without saying the word "give". Trust me, it's harder than it sounds. So anyway....I had them all stand up and I told them that they also had to sit down on the word "give" and then stand back up. If you sing the song to yourself you'll see how many times the word "give" is said and how close they are together. The only chair I had around me was one of the little sunbeam chairs. So the first time through I could feel the burn in my legs a little bit from going up and down, up and down, over and over onto this little, teeny, tiny chair. To make things worse, the kids wanted to do it again! By the end of the second time through I couldn't even make it back up because my legs were cramping up and hurting soooooo bad. And 10 hours later I can barely walk. I guess serves me right for not exercising! Go ahead. Try it at home. I think I'll even try it again once my legs stop hurting enough to walk.

Also, a little shout-out to my sister Haylee who had her baby last week.

This is "Baby Blake", as we call him at our house, and I think most of his 8 lb. 6 oz. were in his cheeks :) Such a cutie. Congratulations Nate and Haylee. Can't wait to see you!

Happy Anniversary

Yesterday was my wedding anniversary and listen to how sad this is. I didn't even get to spend it with Dave. That's right....he's hunting! I ask you. Which is more important? Hunting or 7 years of wonderful, glorious bliss. JUST KIDDING!! Well, part of it anyway. It really is my anniversary and Dave is really hunting and well, I guess it's been 7 wonderful years but I'm not really that bitter about him being off hunting. Does that sound bad? Let me explain. Dave has been waiting for this hunt for about 10 years now. It is the Big Bull Elk hunt that he has put in for, for the past 10 years and finally drew out. He's been so excited so I've been OK with the whole "being gone on our anniversary" thing.
As I was eating my lunch yesterday, our secretary brought in THIS........

It was very sweet of him to think to do that ahead of time and I couldn't help but to tear up a little bit. I really do have a wonderful husband and am so grateful to be able to be with him forever. He is such a fabulous dad and such a great example to me. When we got married in the temple 7 years ago it was so special. Dave made so many good changes in his life so that we could be married in the temple and I am so blessed he chose to make those changes. I love you honey! (Even though he never looks at this:) )

September 11th?

I didn't even realize that it was "9/11" today until someone asked me if I had talked about it in my class. At first I thought, "why would I talk about September 11th with my kids?" and then I realized what they were talking about. Could I have forgotten already? It has been 7 years. My kids in first grade weren't even born yet. I will never forget where I was when I heard about it and the feelings that I had. I was driving over the Springville exit bridge on my way to work when I heard it on the radio. I wasn't sure what was going on. All I knew was something about airplanes and New York. I think TV's were on all day and night for the next 2 weeks. Even though it was hundreds of miles away, it affected me. When it happened 7 years ago, I was getting ready to get married. 11 days later was my wedding day and the thought actually went through my head that it wouldn't happen because of the tragic events. I will never forget it and we all need to remember those that lost and sacrificed. Lesson of the day: Time heals.