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Friday, October 16, 2009

Caldwell 6th Ward Young Women Presidency...


We went to the Temple for our 1st Presidency meeting last night.
Beautiful women, inside and out!
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I am so excited for our new adventures together, I know as we follow the Lord and His council for the Young Women of our Ward, and we prepare ourselves constantly and consistently to receive that inspiration, we need not fear.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Linus VanPelt...

Jim and I had to leave after his scout meeting tonight to go pick up some parts in town, we didn't get back until late. When I went in the teenagers room to check on him, I found this...

The brightly colored little tiny blanket was one I made during a very short nesting period the week before he was born. I didn't know how to sew, at all, but my Mom had shipped down on one of our company trucks her sewing machine to California from Seattle. And I was so eager to make something, I managed to figure out how to stitch a straight edge and I literally pieced some scrap fabric I found together to make something for him to lay on so that he would have a blankie!
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I couldn't imagine my baby without a Linus Blanket... doesn't every kid have one? I know I did.
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I am so embarrassed about what a shoddy job it was, I just had no idea, but lots of heart at that time in my life... so it was made from love. But I hide it away in a chest, and he will go months and sometimes years and something will come up that causes him to go search it out again. (things like being home alone in the dark when a storm rolls in... who could blame him, I would need it too).
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I think it is about the sweetest thing I have ever seen. I really love this kid. I don't know how we are going to solve the Linus blanket thing when he moves out, because I wouldn't dare let another living soul, most especially, relief society attending walks of life, lay eyes on it, much less a future potential daughter in law, nobody needs those kinds of first impressions to live down.
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Maybe I will hold it for ransom to keep him coming home to visit!

Monday, October 12, 2009

New Calling...

Sunday I was set apart in a new calling at church...
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dun dun dun....
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Young Women President in my ward.
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Wow!
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I feel scared and intimidated by it all (I know even though I am going from the Stake yw where I am involved in the training of the ward yw presidencies, one would think I knew it all going into this transition... I have been well trained, but application is a whole other story for me)...
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however I AM very VERY excited about the opportunities and the possibilities!
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Oh and no pressure, but I get to help get them prepared for Trek 2010! Yes, they have moved it up a year and it's only 9 months away now.
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Eeeekkk ! Feeling the load on my shoulders already... someone bring me over a handcart and chocolate to take some of the weight off . he he he jk
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Because I know with The Lord... I can do hard things, and ALL things are possible with Jesus! Whew! I am so grateful for that knowledge, otherwise this would be a cold sore worthy week for me.

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