I love when my Sandy friends come to see me in La Verkin. Sometimes they come to stay a weekend, sometimes they detour on their way to Zions, sometimes they stop by on their way to other destinations...but they come!
I love that I we can reconnect and remember. Thank you for stopping by...it means so much!
Little kids will often say, "Mine!" when they want something that they think belongs to them. Well, you could have been hearing me say that in the Home Depot store. I had taken a decoration from my backporch to the store to match a paint color to it. I found the perfect shade of green, ordered up seven gallons of paint, and left the store. When I was outside putting the cans in my car, I accidentally left my decoration in the basket. I did not realize this until I was heading home from my job in St. George. I began to fluctuate in my mind if I should stop then and make sure I didn't have it or if I should just head home and worry about it later. Thank goodness I stopped to check. It was not in my car.
I went into Home Depot and checked with Customer Service. They looked through their lost and found and said they did not have it. I trotted down to the Commercial Register where I had checked out and asked the man who had helped me if he had seen my sign. He got a sheepish grin on his face as he called his manager. Sure enough, the manager had liked my sign so much that he had hung it up in his office. He said he was sorry...not that he had taken it...but that I had come to get it. He said he really like the message on the sign.
In La Verkin we have an area that has been cleaned up. Trails have been made and interesting sites can be seen a long the way. This area is known as Confluence Park. When I heard the city would be having its grand opening and planting trees, I asked if the Royalty could be involved. The city was happy to have us be a part of this event.
We began by helping Farmer's Market provide hamburgers and hot dogs to the visiting guests. There were about 200 people who came out for this event.
I serve in the nursery at church. This is a calling I "lobbied" for in the past, but never received. I was so excited when they called me to serve in the nursery. The children have their favorite leaders to whom they gravitate. I have two little girls who love me...and I love them. They look for me when they come in and I look for them. These two little ones are Alaina and Adria. There are sixteen kids in our nursery and five leaders, so it is easy to spread the love around.
While we were at Peach Days, Brooklyn's BFFE asked me if he could get into my house sometime that day. I knew right away what those words meant. He wanted to ask her to Homecoming. He made a cake and in the cake put the paper asking her to go with him.
I have been privileged to serve in the Special Needs Mutual program for the last couple of years. I am the secretary for both the Young Women and the Young men. Each Thursday night we meet together. We are a tri-stake program covering the La Verkin, Hurricane, and Hurricane West stakes. There are over a hundred of us now. There are about 53 special needs participants ranging from 12-67 years old. They come with a variety of needs from Down Syndrome, to brain injuries, to autism, and so forth. But there is one thing we all have in common...we love to have fun.
She is rough! She is tough! She is so unlike me when it comes to sports!
Brooklyn was so excited to play in the Senior vs. Junior Powder Puff Football game. She borrowed a jersey from Patrick Sanders, a boy she had just met in her English class. She started out looking cute, but then all the girls decided to paint their faces so they would look scarier...and she did look pretty scary!
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| They took to the field. It was fun(ny) watching the girls play. They are very competitive. |
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| It is always nice when your team wins! Go Seniors! |
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| Afterwards they had the "Burning of the H" behind the football bleachers. |
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| Brooklyn and Christian then compared their shorts. Whatev! |
