Busy month so far

We've been busy this month of May!  Jacob turned 6, the end of track season, kindergarten plays, Scout camp-out, Mother's Day, new church calling...all within the first 2 weeks!

Here are a couple of pictures that I remembered to take to document some of the happenings!

Here is the 6 year old!

Opening presents..it's the only shot I got.

Megan waiting in line for the Long Jump

Kyra throwing the Turbo Jav

another try at the Turbo Jav

You really can't see him, but Jacob is in lane 8 (closest to the sidewalk) at the beginning of the 50m.

Kindergarten 3 Little Pigs Play. Jacob is a Mole in the chorus.

Kindergarten After-Party...He's so handsome!

My Mother's Day plants from my hubby and my mom!  Jon let me pick out a "colorful" plant so I chose a Flamingo Flower and mom sent me an Orchid...pretty pretty!

The activities without pictures included Jon's camp-out he organized for the Varsity Scouts.  They had a lot of fun even though they didn't have a big turn out...(EFY took presidence) and they all want to do it again!

On Mother's Day, I was released from my 3 callings in the Ward: Activity Days Leader, Visiting Teaching Coordinator, and Relief Society Instructor.  I had about 30 seconds of relaxation and then was called and sustained as 1st counselor in the new Relief Society presidency.  It was a shocker, but I'm excited to work with our new president and the other sisters in the presidency.

Oh!  We also found out that we DO have a job in Pueblo, Colorado......we just don't know when Jon starts.  That part is still in negotiation.  So looks like we'll be headed back to the Rocky Mountains!

Individual Track Photos and Team Photo

I Love to See the Temple part 2

Here are a couple of pictures that my sweet friend Kim took the day we were up there.

We have 15 girls total in our Activity Days group.  We were missing one, but added the sister of one of our girls who wasn't able to go with her age group.  We had such a great time!

I love to see the Temple...I'm going there someday.

In church I have 3 responsibilities.  One of them is looking after a group of 8-12 year-olds known as "Activity Day Girls".  We meet twice a month for an hour each time and go over different gospel principles and work on developing talents, etc.

Over the past couple of meetings, we've learned about Family History.  We went to a family history center, worked on the computers and talked about different family stories.  Tonight we took the girls to the nearest LDS Temple in Richland, Washington and walked the grounds and took pictures.

We were fortunate to be able to go into the first set of doors into a waiting room and visit with a member of the Temple Presidency and his wife.  Lots of great questions were asked and the girls were so reverent (I was worried about that one).  After the short visit, we lined up outside in the misty rain and took pictures.  I want the girls to remember that the Temple is a special place and should be their goal to begin an eternal marriage.  After pictures, we walked around the grounds and looked at the beginnings of spring with the flowers blooming and the trees budding.  There was such a special spirit of peace there that I hope the girls were able to feel it.

Afterwards, we went to Baskin Robbins and enjoyed a scoop of ice cream before heading home.

We had a total of 15 girls and 5 adults that went and we all had a great time and enjoyed each other's company.  I hope that they will remember the special feelings that they felt and strive to make it back when they are old enough.

I took a couple of pictures, but none do the afternoon any justice!