Welcome to the Family Anne!

Joe and Anne are married! We are so excited for Anne to be apart of our cute little family! She is a great addition! We already love her. Well done Joe. 

 

We are cute

That is all

Camping with the YW

Chelsea is the assistant camp director for her ward at church, which is perfect considering she loves camping. The stake put together a 4th level over night camp out for the girls to bond and get to know each other a little more before camp this summer.

Lucky for Chelsea, they needed a priesthood holder to come, so Chris got to come!

One tear

I think about you more than I thought I would. I allowed myself to shed one tear over you today...

...But, just one.

I hope you're doing alright. I know I am not the first person who is going to get to talk to you, but I hope we have our moment. I know I understand you more than you gave me credit for. I think you see that now. I can't help but think about the night you left. I don't know what or who visited me that night, but I was scared. If it was you, I am sorry I wasn't brave enough to handle it. At that moment I was worried about you being alone and hurt. I don't think I slept an ounce that night. I wanted to help you, hold you, and protect you. I was worried something dangerous in the wilderness had gotten you. I never imagined I needed to protect you from yourself. When I found out, I was almost relieved. At least you had your agency and had full control over your outcome...I of course dislike what you decided to do with it. But that is what agency is all about I guess. 

In other news, Chris and I are writing a song. I am not very good at it, but I am trying. I think you would be proud of us for even attempting. I haven't listened to your music yet. I really want to, but I guess its still not done. I am still mad at you. I want to praise you, and be understanding, but I also don't want to reward you. You made the wrong choice. I am sure you know that. It will just take time for me.  I didn't even know until your memorial you cared about me. That makes me sad. I also wanted to bond more with you, but thought you weren't interested. I thought I was only getting your attention because I married your friend. 

We will have our moment...until then, I love you Jared. 

We think we are so cute

Chris and I got dressed and ready at different times today, but apparently we both felt like it was a black T-shirt kind of day. I thought it was cute. So of course we took pictures. : )

Chris kept copying me

He thinks he is soo cute! ; )

Goodbye Indian Hair

Today was a big day for Chris. He cut off his beautiful and long Indian hair! It was really fun while he had it, but we both like his new (technically old) look! He is so cute! Chelsea loves seeing more of his adorable face! Summer Chris has arrived! 

Family visit

Chelsea got to go visit Raquel and the kids on Friday! She had so much fun catching up with Raquel, squeezing little Katie and playing with the boys.

They picked the boys up from school and got some lunch. After lunch all of them went and visited Wally at his office! It was cool to see Wally all official and professional looking in his office. He is kind of a big deal.

General Conference

As I get older the more and more I love General Conference. The talks are so uplifting and insightful. I can't wait to get the written talks in the mail so I can go over them again. There was a few that really hit home and I already have forgotten what was said.

One of the apostles talked about his personal trials he has to face. It really made me think about mine and put them into perspective. It was also sort of comforting to know even apostles need trials for their growth. I feel blessed that mine are fitted perfectly to me and what I need to develop. Makes me feel like the Lord really cares about me and does in fact want me to return to him. And he has faith in me that I can accomplish what I need to in order to do that.

Painting

I didn't want to fall asleep during general conference, so I thought painting while watching/listening was a good idea.

Quote

I love this quote:

I'd imagine the whole world was one big machine. Machines never come with any extra parts, you know. They always come with the exact amount they need. So I figured, if the entire world was one big machine, I couldn't be an extra part. I had to be here for some reason.

-Hugo