Klahanie Ward Youth Conference

I work with the Young Women at church and had the opportunity to spend time with the youth at Youth Conference.

It started out with a temple trip.

Followed by a Swim Party. Lots of junk food, and socializing. The kids swam and the leaders sat out and chatted.

The Mia maid table. (I'm pretty sure that every picture Noelle took of me, was just as fabulous as this pizza stuffed in face smile)

Or this one...



We woke up the next morning and head out for House of Hope where we stayed and did our main activity: service project building garden beds. Doran got to hang out with me for a little bit. I brought him home and then went back up for the night after Devin got home. I'm pretty sure we were more distracting (by we, I mean Doran) than helpful. He loved all the attention though.

The kids put a lot of energy and hard work into building 8 raised garden beds

This is my favorite picture from the trip. 2 types of levels. Doran's cup and an app. 

 

We also had a lot of fun goofing off and playing games. Giant game of ninja.

They played paint twister and water balloon volleyball while I was gone dropping Doran off at home.

When I got back, we made bracelets, and had a campfire devotional followed by s'mores.

In the morning we had breakfast, braided hair and finished the garden beds.

Followed by a huge marshmallow gun war. 

Overall, it was a great youth conference and really brought our ward closer together. I really love that it was centered around building garden beds for the residents of House of Hope.

Utah 2013 - ShayLee's Wedding

I am so glad I was able to be in Utah for ShayLee's wedding. ShayLee and I met when we were 4 years old. We always dreamed and played make believe of our wedding days. ShayLee, thank you for letting me be a part of your special day and for giving me the honor of doing your wedding flowers.

The lighting in this picture turned out horrible, and I can't figure out a way to make our skin not glow. Any suggestions? I'm using Photoshop CS5

Doran like Uncle Jeff really quickly. Glad they came to the wedding.

 Ally and our nephew Cordin.

Bridesmaids: Sarah, Whitney, and myself.

 Me and my second Mom, Kim Bell. Thank you for being such a wonderful part of my life.

Tossing the toss bouquet.

Jeff and Ally took Doran and Cordin outside while I was doing bridesmaid things. They got some cute pictures of the boys. Both very curious about grass.

Take me out to the Mariner's Game!

We took Doran to his first baseball game! I don't think we really watched much of the game, but it was fun. It was LDS night and a lot of members from our ward were there sitting with us. We also got a free shirt! While I was out getting our free shirts, Doran was hit with a peanut butter cup! People were throwing candy up into the stands and one pelted Doran right in the head. Poor kid.

Doran tried on Devin's shirt. Matching.

Our seats were way up in the nose bleed section, but it gave us a great view of the city.

Family picture.