Laser Tag B-day Party

        Will had such a fun birthday party!

Girls Camp 2019

          At first Brooke was not thrilled about me going to Girls Camp as a leader in her group, this summer; but all turned out great for her to the point she really didn't want me to leave after the two days that I was there.

Brooke,
    I was very impressed and proud of you because originally when you found out that you were not going have any of your friends from your ward, in your group at camp, you didn't want to go. You started to cry and explain how going with your friends in the ward was the point. I kind of agreed with you, but as a parent that needs to trust in the leaders at church, I explained that this was your opportunity to experience making more friends from church, which you eventually will see around here and there at stake activities.
You felt my sincere compassion about your feelings, but trusted what the church leaders did too and about 15 min. Later you told me, " Okay. I will see my friends at free time." You went to camp with a great attitude and mindful of the others that might feel the same way as you.

I heard a lot of girly complaints at camp as a leader, and I even heard some comments that were not as kind, but none of them came from you Brooke.

You were the first one to give help and the one that all the other girls knew would be a safe place to come talk to you.

Thank you for keeping the humble and kind heart that you have, even when sometimes choosing another way could be easier as a teenager among other teenage girls .

Thank you for wanting to be a spiritual strength to the Lord's Kingdom in your Young Women class, where I hear from your teachers that you always give the greatest insight into your lessons and class time.

You are my princess and I love you Brooke.

One day, you are going to be a great YCL as you are already telling me what you'd do a to make camp awesome!

Nine Years

You are nine-years old Will!
       A few weeks ago I wanted to do something kind for those in need of love and so I woke up on a Sunday morning and began making paper tissue flowers to take to the sick in a nursing home.
        Will, you didn't know how to make the flowers and you quickly said you wanted to learn and when you found out I was not planning on going that day You said, " No, we need to go today! They need to have this gift today. "
           A few min. Into making more and more flowers with me you said, " Chloe and Apollo need to come to church with us. You told me you were going to go get them so they could come help with flowers and go to church.
            Apollo accepted your invitation ton church and when I began showering and was getting ready for church, you and your little friend continued making flowers .
             Will my heart was so happy as I heard you alone in the room with your friend telling him about Jesus suffering for our sins. You said, " You know every single bad thing we have done And everyone in the whole world has done is what Jesus suffered for, and it hurt him so bad he bled from every pour. " You wanted your friend to respond .You then said, " It hurt Him so bad that He even was bleeding from His hair. "
              I am so proud of your love for Jesus Christ Will. Because of you that day we went straight after church to the nursing home. You talked to the sick and afflicted on your own and told them Jesus loves them without any prompting from me .You showed your friend how to show love and Brooke told me she felt the spirit, so you helped her also.

You are such a gift my prince Will. Happy Ninth Birthday. I know the Lord is pleased with your faith.

Happy Nine Years Old

At nine years old one of Will's defining witnesses to whom he is becoming, is the act of each time he sees a homeless person he starts digging around in his own pocket and offering to work at home to earn money to give the beggar. Happy Birthday to my Will. I will never forget you collecting coins in a Vegas fountain and handing wet coins to the homeless and asking me, " Why don't they do that? Why can't they get their own money? " and you doing it for them.