My Journal

 We all had a couple of sunburns and I must have gotten some wheat at some point as my stomach has hurt each of the last couple of nights...so didn't sleep great but it was a good day. We spent the day at the house where we have all been sleeping. I started off by teaching my money class...it was a little different as the kids were fairly young compared to last time I taught it. I would have probably done it a bit different if I had realized that but it was still good. I got my two main points...have and make righteous goals and pay your tithing. We then rotated through a number of classes- Grandpa taught finances and it was really good, Jon taught on missionary work, and the older girl cousins taught about healthy eating. Debbie and Dave also taught a parenting class. After lunch we played Let's make a Deal and then we went and got raspberry shakes.  In the evening we had the dance party, slide show, and parent council meeting.

 We basically left right after breakfast for Bear Lake. (I had a stomach ache throughout the night that seemed a little bit like celiac symptoms. It's hard to tell but it did seem like that.) I didn't eat breakfast and then was just more careful today.  The lake seemed very cold at first and it was cold outside so I mostly burried my legs in the sand but then Roslyn cam and got me to pull me in to play. We played at the beach for quite a while and then I took the girls out on the wave runner and then Benson and Evan and then Michael for just a minute. We had a good time. We then played more at the beach until it was our time for the boat. All of the kids tried the tube but Maebryn fell right in so she didn't  last long. We all got a little too much sun but we did enjoy our time on the lake. In the evening we had the variety show which went really well!

 We started off with a great breakfast then went out for Olympic Games. We played all sorts of different games like tic tac toe, human pyramid, volleyball that was more like battleship, cracker and wacker, frisbee golf, and a few others. For lunch we had sandwiches and then Michael and I made Hawaiian Haystacks for dinner and we took family pictures. It was a good full day.

 We slept in and then I told the girls that we needed to turn into Jasmin to get the house looking spotless before we left in a little while and because it was Gma and Gpa's wedding anniversary. We started but did get distracted. I enjoyed visiting a bit with Austen and Becca and Mom. Mom eventually needed to go to the mission. Becca, Michael adn I then finished cleaning at least the rooms around the house and then at 2:00 we headed out to come to Bear Lake for Michael's reunion. It is a bit cold but beautiful and nice for the end of June to be somewhere I bit cooler. We had a nice taco salad dinner and then FHE on America fruit dessert and I got the girls to bed with another story... At this point Jasmin and the  prince had gotten to know each other and had done many things together but as the prince brought up the idea of marriage Jasmin asked about Scarlet. She had heard of their marriage and wondered what had happened why hadn't her married her. He then explained how Sc...

 We went to church in the Forest Hill's ward. Sheila spoke on what she did for a living and how the gospel has blessed her the other speaker spoke about how change is something that is always happening and how we need to embrace it and look for God throughout it. During Relief Society I went outside an walked around as I listened to our ward back at home. Shelly spoke about the temple and how it blesses our lives. She had asked me for some things that she used in her talk and it was interesting to hear my own testimony through her. It really hit me and made me wonder if now is the time for me to be a temple worker. When it has been spoken about in the past my thought has always been that now is not the time...but I think that that time has come. It will be a busy year but I know that it will only bring blessings and will help us as we prepare for the Fort Worth Temple to be dedicated.  We then went home for a bit then to Gilgal gardens and to Memorial Park. We then went back h...