Father's Day

I got this idea for a father's day card online. I was pretty proud of it! It was suppose to be a blue shirt with a white background and made to look like a shirt. I made it look like my girls' daddy's uniform. I even put velcro on it to close it up - just like his uniform.

I married a marvelous man, and I'm so happy that we had a day to honor him.

Calling

I got a new calling in my ward. For those of you who don't know, I took about 9 years of piano growing up. I rarely practiced and didn't get very good. There are a handful of church hymns that I can play. About 9 or 10 - that is out of 315 hymns. The Relief Society president asked me if I can play the piano. I said, "Kind of and with lots of practice."

A few weeks later I got called into the Bishop's office. The Bishop asked me to be the Relief Society PIANIST!! I actually laughed then accepted the challenge. I'm about 4 weeks into it. I will be able to play a hymn at home and then at church people start singing and I have a minor anxiety attack.

Things I've learned about myself since I've started... I can play the hymns. I have to take it really slow at first but after a few days I can play it. By the 6th day of practicing, I'm getting close to being able to play it all the way through without any mistakes. I'm starting to enjoy practicing. Something I never thought I would say. I'm enjoying the challenge of learning a song. I really look forward to being able to play hymns if someone needs me. I'm starting to see that if I continue to practice, that could be a possibility.

This last week I had 3 hymns to learn. We had a busy week with Trav's folks in town, speaking in church and attending some military functions. I decided to really practice 1 hymn and just play the top hand on the other 2. The one I learned was "Love One Another." I thought about recording my playing it to post it, but decided against it . On Sunday, I played "Love One Another" without any mistakes. I was so excited. Its the first time that happened. I wanted to jump for joy! The Lord is blessing me as I struggle and learn with this new calling.

Here's just a cute picture of Rachel at the piano.

The Old West

Being in Arizona there is a lot of old western history. A few weeks ago, we headed to one of these tourist sites. They had gun shows, singing shows, train rides, car rides and a carousel. The girls had a lot of fun. The only scary moment is when we were almost there and I realized that I didn't have a diaper or wipe on me and we were a long ways from home. Thank goodness for convenience stores.

Here's Lauren driving the cars. Here's my ride with Lauren. No one should ever let their 4 year old drive!

Rachel even got a chance. Thank goodness the adult got to push the gas or else we would have been stuck at the starting line.

Trav decided to lock the girls up in the jail. Rachel seems pretty intent on getting out.

This is just a cute picture of my little girl and her "nono" backpack. We call it a mono backpack - mono means monkey in spanish.

Lauren didn't like the sound of the gun. Good thing she had a daddy shooting those bad guys.

Look-a-likes

Abby has been requesting more posts. So, my in-laws are in town. My mother-in-law brought a picture of herself a week before her 2nd birthday. Do you think it looks like anyone we know?

Maybe...