March 17-24

We have had a fun week. The highlight of our week was the our first ever Rain Gutter Reggata for cub scouts. Jared and Landon both had to make boats, which means Chad had to make two boats. Since this was our first time making boats, we really didn't know what to expect. We actually decided not to alter the boats too much. The boys decided how they wanted to paint the boats and we went to work. The actual race was quite fun. The boys actually had to blow their boats down the rain gutter so it was quite fun for them and to watch! One of the cub scouts was sick, so Chad raced his boat a few times. The boys boat wasn't very stable, so it was fun to watch Chad try and get it down the gutter. The first picture is a new picture I have hung in my kitchen. A few weeks ago, my sister in law Cathryn came over and helped my paint my kitchen a lovely blue grey color. I hung some new decorations. I decided to get decorations that reflected my personality. I love desserts and fell in love with this picture. We also had Willow Wise come and stay with us. Willow is our best friends daughter. Sharee is in flight attendant school for Sky West right now. Willow at a Hockey Tournament in Provo that Randall wasn't able to get her to. Chad took her to two games, and I took her to one Saturday morning. It was fun to see her skate so well and Hockey was fun to watch. However, it is not a sport for me. It was FREEZING cold in there! If any of my children decide to play Hockey, I will say No Way, too cold! It was also her sister Skye's birthday. When Randall came to pick up Willow on Saturday, he made showed us their family tradition of a chocolate pancake stack. Only the birthday girl can have it! I love that idea! Chad and I were called into the Stake Presidents office this morning. We were really nervous. I have loved my calling and my first thought was that they were going to release me or call me to something else. Then, of course we contemplated if they would be giving Chad a calling. You know, we went through every scenario accept of course the one they gave us. For the last few weeks I have really been thinking a lot about our little family. We have gotten really busy and rarely sit down to dinner together. We never have family scripture study and rarely have family home evening. Chad and I were talking about it this morning and setting some new goals. When we were called in to the Stake Presidents office, President Walker (the first counselor) asked Chad and I to be part of "test group" if you will. They asked us for the next 8 weeks to focus on Family Home Evening in our home and try to use the new curriculum for our family home evenings. This will mean studying the lessons for the entire week before FHE and try really hard to have a meaningful FHE. I feel like this is an answer to my prayers. We are really going to try to make the other changes as well. We are going to make sure on the day that Chad is home that we have family dinner together. We are going to wake the children up early to study scriptures together and we are going to try our best to have meaningful Family Home Evenings. We have been asked to be part of a panel discussion at our Adult Stake conference session. They have asked one family from each ward to do this. We are excited and feel so blessed!