"Life Is Lemons": To Do List

Thursday, June 7, 2012

To Do List

We're leaving for Utah in 2.5 days, and the "To Do Before We Leave" list doesn't seem to be getting any smaller. The problem is, we're spending too much time at the pool with friends, and not enough time working on the list. Oh well.

It's 12:36 am, and I did just finish one major item on my list. Check out these cute Father's Day projects I just finished for primary...

This one is for the bishop, I love how it turned out. It was fun to cut all the little hands out and to see how different each of them were. My favorites...definitely the Sunbeams!

This popcorn project is something I had the kids make for their dads...easy and low cost.

Love being the primary president, and love my break when I'm in Utah each summer :)

1 comment:

Stacy Stoddard said...: I love your new family picture, so beautiful. I do hope we get a chance to visit for a bit when you are here. Safe Travels to you guys.; June 8, 2012 at 10:06 PM

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Tender Mercies

Everyone has a story: life experiences that have either strengthened us or made us weaker and have defined who we really are. Our story is no different; George and I were both married previously to very wonderful people who changed our lives and helped us become who we are. We each suffered a tremendous loss when our spouses (Joel and Summer) died of cancer leaving us with an unfinished story of the lives we had imagined. Through the grief, loneliness, suffering, and pain we both realized that our stories were being revised and that Summer and Joel were helping in that process.

George and I met in March of 2007. We dated for a year and it was a wonderful year full of compassion, empathy, healing, and love. My dad often talks about the tender mercies of the Lord and we both know that our lives have been touched by these tender mercies in ways we never dreamed possible.

We were married on March 1, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. The new revisions in our story may seem complicated but to us it's rather simple. Our kids know how much we love each other and are so happy to be a complete famiy again. They also know that "daddy Joel" and "mommy Summer" are a big part of our lives and that families are eternal and we will see them again someday. George and I often joke that "we are blessed....we think!," but the truth is we have been blessed beyond measure. We've had our trials and there are still sad days but we have each other to lean on. We now have someone to share things with--it feels so good to love again!