Primary Program

Today was the primary program at church and it was great. My eyes were filled with tears throughout most of it. It touched my heart to see all the children coming into the chapel one at a time holding up a picture they had drawn with their name on it. I appreciated Chanda Starr's remarks about how each of us are a child of god. I am so grateful for our primary leaders & teachers and the time & effort they put in to planning this program and teaching my daughter the gospel . Lena is always so excited to share with us what she learns in primary . I wish she could stay in there forever! Thanks primary for all that you do.

Camp Wood

Last weekend Lena and I attended the girl scout mother -daughter campout at camp wood. The camp is about 30 miles west of emporia and in the heart of the flint hills!! We arrived about sunset and it was just beautiful to see the sun setting on the hills. It was the first time I had ever been in the flint hills in the 14yrs I have lived in emporia. I would recommend anyone who has never been there to check it out and take in its beauty. Anyway, we slept in a cabin with 2 other moms and three girls. Now, I am not much of a camper but the accommodations were better than I'd imagined. We slept on bunk beds with a very thin foam mattress and were within a short walking distance to the restrooms. The bathrooms were clean and I even got to take a hot shower the next morning! Lena thought sleeping in a cabin was so cool and she enjoyed jumping on the bunkbeds. She has so much energy even after a full day of school! The best part for me was just taking time to do something with her and creating a memory I know she will always remember. She is growing up quickly and it is so important I spend quality time with her before she hits the stage of how it is not cool to be hanging out with mom! I love her so much and are grateful for the happiness she has brought to our family. Chanda if you read this tell Ariel that Lena loves her blog. She was reading it last night and right away asked me if she can start a blog. I said no, but you can enjoy reading Ariel's! You are doing a great job raising Ariel with good standards/values and it reflects in her blog. Well better get going on doing some housework. I have been working alot so have not had much time to blog. Today I only had to work in the morning so I am going to try and catch up on some things and also make some homemade apple cobbler which I just love this time of the year. Have a great afternoon everyone. Sorry I still do not have any pictures to post. It is on my list of things to learn to do.