Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Congrats Anna-Marie!

In the year 2008 Carrie was in her cap and gown walking into the gymnasium as the first of our family members to graduate with her Bachelors Degree. Now as an alumni of Bowling Green State University she and the rest of our family was able to watch Anna-Marie in her cap and (Carries gown!) walk into the same gymnasium as the second to graduate from BGSU! Anna-Marie was eager for the day to come, that she jumped for joy at the end of the ceremony!
As friends in the YSA Branch we took a road trip to Kirtland, Ohio. In the mist of getting lots, making illegal turns, having a picnic and a bit of acceleration to the peddle, our group had a wonderful time viewing Historic Kirtland for the day and feeling the sweet spirit of THE Ohio!

It seems to me that weddings are all about planning! And I love it!! The Jones family will soon meat the Pratt's. We're taking a road trip to Utah!

Monday, May 2, 2011

March Happiness

March
Happy 26th Birthday Carrie!!!
As the snow still falls... when will spring come?!!?! The weather has been totally crazy, I'm calling it Global Cooling!
Diana was ablet to sing in the choir for the CES Fireside on the sixth. http://bcove.me/dlv87hva It was such an awesome sight to see when the camera went on her!!! Plus the music was just amazing!!!
Spring Break with out the spring. It was an awesome time not stressing myself too much with class work! The BG Relief Society invited the YSA to their Relief Society Brithday. It was filled with great food and wonderful women!
They not only invited us YSA, but also the BG Young Women! Makinzing and I are buddy duddies!!!
I was able to talk for quite some time with the BG Sister! They are just so super. Full of the love and understanding of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Their familys are so blessed to have them in their lives.
As that week came to an end, Andrew, Anna-Marie and I were so excited to spend the weekend with Carrie and Joe! We spent some quality time talking and enjoing each other by simply having dinner together at Casa Lupita. Andrew loved speaking spanish to our waiter and I enjoyed telling hime about where I went when I went to Mexico the summer of 2010! He knew the places and were I went! It was great! When we got done, Andrew was prepared with a mormon.org pass along card and shared it with him! It really is fun sharing the gospel to others! When we got back to Carrie and Joe's we watched a funny movie! It was so gerat to laugh and have no one tell you to mello down!  
Andrew, Anna-Marie and I went onto BGSU Campus to watch Annie at her vocal resital. Then we went with Allison to have an early dinner at Panera Brad and just chated and enjoyed our time! When it came time to leave, we went to view Amy's photos at an Art show! Have I said yet that I love YSA?!!?!
Amy is a convert of the Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She has a wonderful testimony of the gospel and is willing to sahre the gospel in any way she can. So she shared it through her photos!
We all had lots of fun looking at the different kind of art. We are standing in front of quitips that were molded in different shapes! Carzy cool!
Anna-Marie was reconized in making the Bowling Green State University Deans List at an Open House on campus. We were so excited for her! She has made it so far! May seventh she will be graduating!!! Whoot! Whoot!

For the Love

February
Bing in the YSA Branch has really changed my life. For the better. I was called to be one of two Sunday School teachers! I'm was so super nervous. I felt totally inadequate... I'm one of the youngest ones in the Branch, and there are like four or five return missionaries, and I'm the one to theach them about the scriptures and the gospel of Jesus Christ?!!?! This is one big learning curve that I'll have to rely on hte Lord a lot for. But none the less, I felt peace when President Thacker set me apart. To know I'm to ba a teacher and Heavenly Father is mindful of me. He is humbling me and helping my weaknesses become my strengths, one lesson at a time! I sat down one night and watched a DVD about Joseph Smith. He had said, 'The Lord calls us in our weaknesses and qualifies us in his work.' I was able to give my first lesson on February the sixth! I had an interactive activity that went ten mins over the class time... opps! Overall, the lesson was great.
Now after church we have T to the third, Teach, Talk, and Treats! It was the 13th and having Valentine's Day the next day I wanted all the YSA to Fell The Love from me! So Anna-Marie made yummy cupcakes and I made chocolate heart molds to go on top of them! I had lots of fun staying up and doing that!
I'm so grateful for friends that live in the Coulumbus area and really close to the temple! Anna-Marie and I were not going to wake up at 4AM to get ready and go down with the YSA's to the temple. So I made arrangements to stay at a friends appartment Friday evening into Saturday. Rudi was so willing and welcoming to us. Ps. she is the best person to do your hair, make-up, and all that good stuff! Plus she is a wonderful listener, very caring and has a super cute smile! Anna-Marie made arrangements for Andrew to say with a young man in one of the wards down in the area which we found out is in Rudi's ward! I'm glad it all went well. We had a wonderful time!

On a side note, I went to our first Jr. Fair Board meeting! It was lots of fun meeting the new members and talking with the old ones like me! I'm pretty sure this will be my last. The board has given me so many leadership opportunities I will never forget.