Girls Camp

Several months ago I was called to be the camp director in my ward. At the time, I was okay with this. Camp fell the week after I finished teaching CORE and I felt it was something that I could do. I only knew one of the YW in the ward (because I was her 6th grade teacher) and that worried me a bit.

Summer became very busy with teaching and I didn't put a lot of thought into camp. There was very little communication from the ward leaders about camp and that made things frustrating as well. I was beginning to wonder if I could quit a church calling.

Camp came last week and I gave it all that I could considering the circumstances. It was a wonderful experience. The stake used the theme: Oh the Places You'll Go (Dr. Seuss) and focused on integrity. They had planned some wonderful activities for us to participate in.

We went to Lake Lyman in the Uintas. There is a girls camp up there owned by the 11 stakes in Layton. It took us about 3 hours to get there but it was beautiful. It is nice to get away in the mountains and to be able to feel the spirit.

I went to camp with a bit of a chip on my shoulder but came home humbled, amazed and having my testimony strengthened.

Here is a slide show of pictures from camp if you are interested in looking at them:
http://www.slide.com/r/QWp_fw-T6D-agp145fhShjxe5XjFLbnf?previous_view=mscd_embedded_url&view=original

My Future Husband...

While we were teaching CORE in Cedar City, I was able to spend some time with the Penrod family. I was teaching with Holly and Sam and the boys were staying with her. One night we went to dinner and Jefferson (Jeffie) asked me when I was getting married. I watched the blood drain from his mother's face. I told him that I was just waiting for the right person to come along. He informed me that he was taken (by Emma, the next door neighbor) just I could have Max, his little brother.

Here are Jefferson and Max...

CORE Academy

This summer I took on a job working for the State Office of Education teaching CORE Academy. I started working on lesson plans back in Oct/Nov and just finished teaching last week. I had meetings once a month through the beginning of June and then taught for 5 weeks throughout the summer. It made those five weeks VERY long but I really enjoyed teaching.

I taught second grade...which is something that I have never taught. I loved it! I worked with some amazing people and this is an experience that I will always remember. I am not sure if I would do it again, but I am glad that I did it this year!

Stubbed It!

Last Monday as I was getting ready for the day, I stubbed my toe on a corner in the bathroom. As those of you who has stubbed your toes know...it hurts. In fact, this one started to bleed. I knew that I had done a number on it. I babied it throughout the day because it was killing me. Here is what it looked like the next day...



It was pretty sore for a couple of days and there are times even now, a week later, when I bump it and it still hurts.

Memorial Day 2010

On the Saturday night before Memorial Day, the Rees side of my immediate family all gathered at my house for a little get-together. Heather and Drew were down from Idaho, Tyler and Tiff came with their kids, Amanda was there with Kristian and Addi, Dallin, Mom and me. If I counted correctly, there were 19 people. What a group!!

We enjoyed playing in the street since I don't have a yard large enough to entertain that many people...especially all of the kids that need space to play. There was bike riding, baseball, chasing, and just about any other activity we could throw in there.
Here are a few pictures of our little get-together. Thanks everyone for a great time!

My first bike ride

For a long time I have admired my friend Lisa for her ability to ride a bike. Yes, I know how to ride a bike but the extent of my bike riding was around the block every once in a while. Over the past two years, I have been able to support her as she rode in the Little Red Riding Hood bike ride in Cache County. I found myself saying that there was no way that I would ever be able to do what she does.

Well, with that is the back of my mind, I started talking with another friend about the race. Michelle is a math coach along with me and she had signed up for the race was was really encouraging me to do so as well. I let time slip and didn't get signed up but that didn't stop Michelle from finding me a registration to purchase.


My longest ride prior to the race was 24 miles and that was four days prior. On June 5, 2010, I participated in the LRRH ride and rode 33 miles with Michelle. It was a beautiful day and wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. In fact, I loved it.

Lisa and her sister, Laurie, rode a tandum bike and did 58 miles. We spent some time together that day. I rode up and back with them.


I am proud of myself for riding in this ride. It is something that I know I will do again in the future and next time I will go a little further!

Home Repair Frustrations...

Okay, this post is a venting post. My last post about this was posted at the end of March and I am still not finished with getting my kitchen back together. The cabinets took a week or so and were put in over Spring Break. The guy who was fixing the holes in the sheet rock came a week and a half after the cabinet man. I was stood up by the painters and the flooring people (twice). The painters came and were finished in about 20 minutes. I am still waiting for the flooring people to come.

My blood boils when I think about how ridiculous all of this is. There is no way that any of this should have taken this long. I guess that I should have been a squeakier wheel throughout the entire process. Maybe I just needed to enlist the help of a male to make phone calls (any takers...because I know so many of you are reading this blog!) and get things done. I am not impressed nor remotely pleased with how this has been handled. HOPEFULLY, the floor with be fixed and this entire mess will be behind me soon!