whadda weekend!!

We started with a fun Girls Night. Thanks to all who came and to those who tried but did not.....see you next time. We missed you!

We played a game that was much more fun in my head then it was on a Friday night when everyone was too tired to think. Note to self.....No thinking games after 5pm on Fridays. Ok got it.

Now, look at Michelle trying to look all grown up with the adults.

HA! it's ok Michelle, we know better. Now check out the pic of Michelle in her normal form with someone closer to her age. LOL we love you!

Well it was a good time.

The food was yummy. Thanks Paul.

Dont we all love Paul.

I know all of my friends love him. I also know he will be well taken care of if something were to ever happen to me. lol Its all good. I have him now. I will not need him if I am not here. ;-)

We went out this morning to go clean the church. We get back just as the rain began. Now, for our Elgin weather. What in the world is going on. It is Elgin for goodness sakes. We do not have tornados in Elgin!!! Or we didnt....I guess now we do. Check out our little neighborhood.

Oh Hail!!

Railroad crossing arm broken.

I Hope everyone is safe. We lost lights for a while but it appears we were very lucky. The storm came within a half a mile from my house and all trees, etc in my yard are intact. We are very thankful for this as we see that many of our town neighbors were not so lucky. Trees were on cars, homes and electric lines. Mobile Homes were flipped over. Someone's boat was in their tree. Someone elses shed was gone, with stuff scattered in the yard and trampoline was in pieces in trees which were split apart. The dog was so confussed as he found that the fence was gone and he was free. Things were really bad for many. Be very thankful if you are safe tonight in your warm homes. God Bless those who are not.

My Weekend

Hope all of you had a great weekend. Thought I would share mine with you.

Started Friday with going out to help my mom with somethings and ended up standing in the pouring cold rain for HOURS....literely. That was not the most fun I have had in a while but I will say that I am so lucky to have the husband who I have. It just seems that we are such a good team. Whatever project we need to do, we work well together and always seem to have a good laugh in the process. Even when the circumstances are not the best. We were cold and wet and aggravated and we still had fun and laughed and made the best of the situation.

Having been in a totally different type of marriage before, I am so totally grateful for the one I have now.

Then On Saturday, we got going late because we were not feeling that great. I had a ton of errands to run. The wind was so bad that I was totally not wanting to drive. With wind gust of upto 45 mph, that was not something I wanted to deal with. So Paul went with me shopping and handing business. He is great about doing the driving in bad weather. Him being from Utah where the weather is bad most of the year, he can handle it much better then most of us who are from SC. Note, just watch the news about how many accidents occur in the rain here and you will get what I mean. Later Saturday evening, I have to be honest to say I was not looking forward to going anywhere. I was just not feeling great, I was tired and had just needed to relax. But, I knew of Valencia's Girls Night and felt like I should really try to go anyway. Michelle and I decided to meet there and go hang out.

I am so glad that I did. It was a blast. Valencia is such a great host. The yummies were just yummy. The movie was so much better then I expected. Then we had Darla who was the most entertaining part of the evening. Little Anna hung out with me and even Cloe ended up in my lap. I felt right at home. It was such a good time. Thanks again Valencia, Hope you can make it over here on Friday night. It should be fun.

So, that brings me to Sunday. My sweet Keely spoke in Sacrament meeting. Most people do not know this but she actually volunteered. Brother Osteen is always asking the youth, who is going to speak next. No one ever wants to do it. Keely told him she would. I think he thought she was kidding. SO, he did not assign her for a while. She continued to let him know she would do it. He finally asked her this past week to speak. She prepared her talk. I only helped her a little with finding some stuff on the net from some past prophets. It was hard to locate info on the topic she picked. I gave her the info, she put it together. She practiced. She worked on the speed of talk. If you know her at all, she talks very fast. I was so proud of her when it came to it. She spoke clear and confident. She did not look up because she did not want to loose her spot but you could totally understand everything she said. She was quite beautiful standing up there yesterday and I am certainly a proud momma.

GREAT JOB KEELY BEE!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Girls Night At Alona's House

Ok Ladies(everyone is invited), I am changing the date by one day. I think we will do the girls night thing on Friday night instead of Saturday. I always seem to have so much going on Saturday. SO.....Put it on your calendars.....

Friday night March 14th 7pm @ Alona's house for Girls night.

Should be a good time. Bring something chocolate and come join the fun!!

Please RSVP so I know how many to plan for( Paul needs to know how much soup to make ;-) ). Thanks and I'll see you there.