Four Fun Things

1. In stake conference last weekend, two of the talks were about the temple.  Amanda has had a recommend for quite a while now, but still hadn't been to the temple.  She really wanted to go before she moved to St. Louis.  We found time and went to do baptisms on Tuesday morning.  She texted me that 20 people have been baptized this week because of me, counting the ones we did on Tuesday and then when she went back on Wednesday night.  The temple ladies didn't know we were together until Amanda told them my husband baptized her.  It was a cool thing.

2. Young Women in Excellence was this week.  Our YW president, Shelley Beatty, always does an amazing job.  You'll find pictures of all her events on Pinterest.  The theme was 50's--KC 1st Ward Rocks Personal Progress-- and she had the room set up to be a 50's diner.  It was so cute.  She does this for our 8 girls who show up.  I love her for that.

Willa made a video introducing all the girls that was the highlight of the program. 

 3. On Saturday, I took Willa and Griff to the grocery store and they were getting suckers while I was checking out. A man who works there walked up to them with a grocery cart full of super double extra large stuffed animals and asked Griffin if he liked sharks or was scared of them.  Griff loves sharks and also told him he had a twin sister who loves purple and walked out with not one, but TWO giant toys.  The shark is named Best Day of My Life Giant Free Shark--Best Day for short, and the purple whale is named Felicity.

4. Amanda brought her boyfriend Jordan to meet us for dinner tonight.  We had chili and baked potatoes with brownies for dessert and Griff documented the evening for us.  My fingers still smell like garlic and peppers.  Amanda is moving to St. Louis tomorrow.  She has a friend who has offered her a permanent place to live and Jordan lives there too.