#1 Andy and Mike's Temple Wedding
Andy is one of my all time favorite friends
from childhood. We spent 1,000s of hours as
kids laughing, playing, shopping, talking about
boys, going to the beach, swimming, riding our
bikes to school, etc. etc. etc.
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Liz, Andy, and I were such great friends growing up
and was so much fun celebrating all of Andy's
engagement/wedding moments together.
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So imagine my delight when she asked me
to be a bride's maid for her
June 5th wedding.
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Andy and Mike chose to be sealed for
time and all eternity
in the San Diego Temple. Unfortunately,
the San Diego Temple decided to undergo
major renovations during this
Summer's busy wedding season.
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But this didn't dissuade Andy and Mike.
This is were Mike proposed and this is where they
wanted to be sealed.
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I was honored and humbled to be
Andy's Escort for the sealing.
I got to help her into her wedding dress
and hold the wedding rings & wedding license.
I've never been such a big part of someone else's big day
and it was so amazing to share in Andy and Mike's sealing.
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#2 Jack finishes his 1st year of preschool
Here's Jack with his two preschool teachers:
Mrs. Kam & Ms. Lucken
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Jack has officially finished his first year of preschool!
He's graduating from the Butterfly Room and is moving
on to the Rainbow Room next fall.
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Here's the gift I made for Jack's teachers.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pleased with how they
turned out. I found these cute Lemonade pitchers
and put lemons, a small bag of sugar, and a
wooden spoon inside. Then I wrapped them with
bright ribbons and made lemon cards with
special notes for each teacher.
#3 Father's Day Ties
Andy is one of my all time favorite friends
from childhood. We spent 1,000s of hours as
kids laughing, playing, shopping, talking about
boys, going to the beach, swimming, riding our
bikes to school, etc. etc. etc.
***
Liz, Andy, and I were such great friends growing upand was so much fun celebrating all of Andy's
engagement/wedding moments together.
***
So imagine my delight when she asked me
to be a bride's maid for her
June 5th wedding.
***
***Andy and Mike chose to be sealed for
time and all eternity
in the San Diego Temple. Unfortunately,
the San Diego Temple decided to undergo
major renovations during this
Summer's busy wedding season.
***
***But this didn't dissuade Andy and Mike.
This is were Mike proposed and this is where they
wanted to be sealed.
***
***I was honored and humbled to be
Andy's Escort for the sealing.
I got to help her into her wedding dress
and hold the wedding rings & wedding license.
I've never been such a big part of someone else's big day
and it was so amazing to share in Andy and Mike's sealing.
***
#2 Jack finishes his 1st year of preschool
Here's Jack with his two preschool teachers:
Mrs. Kam & Ms. Lucken***
Jack has officially finished his first year of preschool!
He's graduating from the Butterfly Room and is moving
on to the Rainbow Room next fall.
***
***Here's the gift I made for Jack's teachers.
I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pleased with how they
turned out. I found these cute Lemonade pitchers
and put lemons, a small bag of sugar, and a
wooden spoon inside. Then I wrapped them with
bright ribbons and made lemon cards with
special notes for each teacher.
#3 Father's Day Ties
***This year for Father's Day, I was given the task
of overseeing the Father's Day gifts for our little
Ventura 2nd Ward Primary. It turned out to be a
bigger task than I originally thought.
I gathered 80 0r so ties and the embellishments, took
pictures of each primary kid, printed and laminated each
photo and set up the project, so that each kid
had a memorable gift to give to Dad.
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The ties turned out amazing and the kids
had a great time personalizing a tie for their Dad.
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Each Dad (and in our case Papa too) was asked to wear
their gifts to church. My favorite part was that Dads
with multiple primary kids were expected to wear
multiple ties to church! Kent and Papa dutifully
wore their ties and the kids beamed with pride.
#4 Picking blueberries
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On June 28th we went to Somis to pick blueberries.
We were enticed by the $1.99 a pound price tag. And
I thought, "What a great experience. &
How hard could picking blueberries be?"
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Well, after a morning of searching, bending, picking,
and "Mom, are you done yets?" I think I'm qualified
to say-It's really hard work! I now have a very
healthy respect/admiration for all migrant field workers.
At the end of the day my fingers were blue, my pants
were dusty, my kids were beyond bored, and I felt
like I'd done my exercise for the day!
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I'm pretty sure that Jack & Jill picked about
50 berries combined and the rest of our
2.38 lbs. was all my doing.
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Thankfully, we went with friends and while
I picked, and picked, and picked, they
were busy running up and down the isles of bushes
with this sweet girl.
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Here we are with holding the "fruits of our labors."
#5 Bubble Wrap, one of life's simple pleasures
***On June 28th we went to Somis to pick blueberries.
We were enticed by the $1.99 a pound price tag. And
I thought, "What a great experience. &
How hard could picking blueberries be?"
***
***Well, after a morning of searching, bending, picking,
and "Mom, are you done yets?" I think I'm qualified
to say-It's really hard work! I now have a very
healthy respect/admiration for all migrant field workers.
At the end of the day my fingers were blue, my pants
were dusty, my kids were beyond bored, and I felt
like I'd done my exercise for the day!
***
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***I'm pretty sure that Jack & Jill picked about
50 berries combined and the rest of our
2.38 lbs. was all my doing.
***
***Thankfully, we went with friends and while
I picked, and picked, and picked, they
were busy running up and down the isles of bushes
with this sweet girl.
***
Here we are with holding the "fruits of our labors."#5 Bubble Wrap, one of life's simple pleasures
I love that my kids are constantly reteaching me that
life is beautiful and simple things can make you happy!
