Witches Hats

This month our Relief Society Enrichment Meeting is on baking.  In complete noncompliance I am bringing a non baked treat....you can call me a rebel

 I thought I would share the recipe~

Covenant People - October VT handout

Here is a VT handout for those who want one.

General Conference Saturday Morning Session

I know the big news this morning was about missionaries, but this is a message that touched me!

September 2012 VT Handout

I have been trying my hand at digital scrap-booking and made these handouts for visiting teaching this month

Then comes the [Son]

There is something wonderful about spring. The idea of new life and possibilities hangs in the air. It is around this time of year that Tulips begin to bloom. The are simple and beautiful and have long been my favorite flower.Just the that they will grow back year after year gives me some kind hope. I have found that I have lived long enough to know that much like the melting of snow that the beauty of life comes and goes. There are Winter's in all of our lives when we think that the work of sustaining is all there is.

But then comes Spring.

It is only because I know that the oppotunity for exhalutation and continued growth is possible that I make it through the Winter's in my life. I believe that as my potential lies just beneath the surfacethat the [Son] will shine and allow me to grow.

The winter's are essential for the spring. The [Son] always comes.

He allows us to grow and reach our potential.

Group Work

I have been doing group work since, well however long I have been in school. I am used to people not doing their part, expectations not being met and having to carry the load.... But never, no never did I think someone would just no show up for a presentation, but that is what happened last night. I had to do her part and mine. Is it wrong that I think the only good excuses is an emergency of some sort? Showing up is a big part of working together!

I have no short game

Here is the problem girls I am a dork. After years of being single I still don't know how to play the dating game. When I do meet a guy thatI thnk is wonderful (which is rare) I am to excited and anxious to talk to him that I act more like a good friend than an aloof mysterious woman. I am like a school girl with a crush, and for anyone who remembers me from way back when that can be a scary thought. I have no short game. I don't know how to stand on the sideline and wait my turn I want to be in the game. I am ready to give my all I just don't know how to wait my turn.

Changes

Sometimes change comes out of the blue. Yesterday my sweet roommate announced she is moving back to CA to be with her fiance. I totally support it! but it also means that I have to make some plans for me to finish school here. I am lucky that I have a best friend who will take me in. So in the next month I get to pack my things and put them in storage and be in limbo. I don't mind, this is all for the process of education. Deep breath and move forward.

Held in Reserve

I sometimes feel like I am constantly Held in Reserve for life. My life anyway. I have so much to offer and would love to move forward with a family of my own, but it seems to remain just out of reach. I have met some nice men lately who are honorable and easy to respect, but I can only pray that one such man sees in me what I have to offer and let the rest be in the hands of someone wiser than I. I don't know why I am in reserve, if the lesson comes in waiting or if the need is not there, but I do know that I can ready to act. I am ready to step up to the plate and be a wife and a mother. Till them I am working on serving all those around me and continuing in faith. Of course I could just be a secret weapon... something to think about :)

Families are Forever

Saturday I had the opportunity to go to my sister's family sealing. When we got to the temple we were asked to dress in white (becaused a deceased sealing was being done). Without too much detail I can say that the spirit was strong inth room and it was an honor to witness our family growing eternally. With newer and olde generations on both sides in attendance.

Families are Forever