what a Sunday!

It was a great Sunday... we started out by going to the grandkids Sacrament program... It was VERY good.... not just cuz the grandkids were there.... but it was very well done, different than most and the kids did an amazing job.

So NOW let me back up a bit.... earlier in the week we had a visitor to our house... the BISHOP!!! Our bishop is great and I thought he was coming by for a visit.... cuz the message we got was that the BISHOPRIC was coming over.... So after a little discussion with the fam... I wasn't worried at all....

BUT... after he arrived... ALONE... it was clear RIGHT away that it wasn't JUST a VISIT... he was here with a purpose....

SOOOOOO.... someone got a new CALLING....

in RELIEF SOCIETY...

well... that MUST be me since I'm the only girl in the house! It was official today! So I am now out of my Primary comfort zone and will be serving as second counselor in the RS with three MOST amazing ladies! That's the part I'm excited about... BUT... I am still in shock... it hasn't all sunk in yet... and nervous and worried about how to stretch the little time I have into a WHOLE LOT more ... Besides not sleeping as much, I've been going over my list of things I need to improve on... (the list is LONG) ... and I definitely want to be more organized... So this week I worked on that. I fixed dinner BEFORE I went to work one morning.... then on the way home from work I ran out of gas (I'm SURE the gauge is broken!) on the freeway and Mike had to come save me... but it was OK, cuz dinner was ready... AND I organized my purse while I was stuck on the side of the road. I don't know what my responsibilities are yet, but when I do I will be open for lots of ideas.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday today to Dustin!!!! I'm not gonna mention how OLD he is... cuz then I would be OLD... but he was born in the morning while Captain Kangaroo was on TV... yep... that WAS kinda a LONG time ago!

So Happy happy to you... hope you had a great day!

MY spider web story...

Mike mentioned to me this morning that I hadn't updated my blog... I just did YESTERDAY.... so to amuse him and the fam I decided to put a little personal history here. So listen up boys and girls... here's the story of MY spider web...

Back when I was a kid.... YEARS ago... there weren't a million holiday decoration choices in the stores like there is now. We had the jointed paper skeleton and some other printed paper decorations and we bought pumpkins and when we lived in Illinois we got some corn stalks and tied them to the posts on the house. BUT.... my mom got creative and WITHOUT going to the store... got one of my dad's old Tshirts and ripped it in strips and tied it between the posts and made it into a real black widow lookin spider web. Then she took some black material and made it into a big stuffed spider and stuck it in the middle of the web. I wish I had a pic but we didn't just take millions of pics back then. SOOOOO .... when I had my own fam I wanted a spider web, but I was lazy and didn't want to take ALL THAT TIME and tie little strips of material together and tie it into a web....

... so I developed my own way and made stretchy spider webs. I started out with white, but when I had a white house I switched to black. Here is a scrapbook page several years ago when I was decorating... I guess one of the kids took these pics (I remember dressing like a woman referee for my costume that year, cuz that was the year women were allowed to be NBA referees)... SOOOOO my kids grew up with spider webs each year (some years there were lots!)... the fun thing was they never looked the same... each year was unique...and I hung rubbery spiders all over it and each year I added another rubber spider...

so when I married Mike and moved here I started all over with the spider web thing...

It's definitely not as big as I used to make them, but I have started adding a rubber spider each year.... So that it is the story of MY spider web. Happy Halloween memories!

from a new area in Brazil...

Here's the latest from our missionary. I'm sending Christmas stuff by the beginning of next week. If anyone has anything they would like to add just call me or email me or leave a comment. Thanks!

Oí famíliaYes i did get transfered.... But now i´m in aparicida de goiânia. It´s about an hour away from anapolis and is just like how gilbert is to mesa, just about the same city. My new comp is elder moraes,he´s from são paulo and this is only his second transfer on the mission. the city is alot bigger than where i was. We have a super nice capela and is only one year old. The only bad thing is that the area covers about half the city. There used to be 6 missionaries in the area, but now only 2. My comp is still new and still is nervous while he talks to others. we have a baptism marked for this sunday, her name id taís and is a firm baptism. We are also teaching a teenager that is really cool and wil baptize nov 8. He´s 16 and about the size of trent, which is huge for a brazillian. The area here is good and has lots of potential. The bus drivers here are crazy and i´ve already fallen twice on the bus. Here´s a question for you guys. Did you know that cashews come from a fruit? It´s true, the fruit looks like a mini apple with the cashew nut on top. And you can´t eat the nut raw, it had to be toasted. I don´t have any cool stories. Just that the other day a drunk lady tried to eat my pastel, it dosen´t sound like anything much but it was hilarious. That´s about it for this week, anyone have question for me? See you later. Elder Lewis

finally finished a project

YAY!! I finally finished this cute Witch project! I got the wood for my birthday so I guess it's about time. But there's still a couple more things I want to do for Halloween... I guess I better hurry... so many ideas... so little TIME!!!

Trent's big adventure...

Like I mentioned yesterday... Trent went on a super activity date... I gave him a camera... he returned it with pictures. I don't know too many details, but I think the pics speak for themselves. The man himself...
The cute girls...

The cute guys.... (I know Trent wouldn't use the word cute here, but it's MY blog!)

The first part of the date was a drive to the caves, somewhere by Payson

The cave explorers... I love the headlights.

The silly cave explorers.... Trent took these pics himself... he has REALLY long arms!

more cave...

YAY! they made it out!

I just threw this one in cuz it was funny... Trent pondering!

So that was the first half. After cave exploring, they drove out to the desert to watch a movie! Trent and Quentin planned this way far ahead. First, they bought some couches... they took them out Friday night along with a generator, large TV and dvd player and did a trial run to make sure everything worked... They left the couches out in the desert with a BIG note on them to please not take, shoot or destroy them in anyway... that they were going to use them Saturday night. I thought the note thing was hilarious! I just thought... what are the chances of the couches still being there Saturday night... AND they were... safe and sound! So they watched a movie and roasted hot dogs under the stars. Trent even borrowed a NICE vehicle to drive (thanks big sister!) What great date planners and Trent said they all had a fun time!

MOM is glad everyone had a great time but even MORE relieved when everyone is home safe and sound!

rAnDoM sAtUrDaY sTufF...

I took a break to do a random Saturday stuff post ... for anyone that's bored and is wondering.... what is Joanna/mom/grammy doing today?!?

Well... I'll tell ya... I got up early and went garage sale-ing... not too exciting... then I made yummy chocolate waffles for Mike so he would have enough energy to keep tiling... He's almost got himself in a corner... Hmmmm... but the tile looks great... keep up the good work Mike!

In the meantime... Trent headed out for a BIG date that he has been planning for weeks. I sent my other camera with him so he BETTER have pictures for me to blog about when he gets back.

I still haven't finished up my Halloween stuff... ALMOST... pics later....

BUT...

The other day I got this out of my Halloween stuff... I made it a LONG time ago... it's cute... kinda like perms and fluffy bangs were cute when I made it... but even though it looks OK in the pic... it was pretty beat up and sooooooooo I decided to remake it.....

I wanted it to look a little more funky... kinda like my candleabra with the NON bleeding candles... so this is the AFTER... now I have to find a place for it....

AND... I am LITTLE behind in couponing... so I am catching that up and then it is OFF to the stores, errands and nail salon for me.... so there ya have it... my random Saturday ramblings... just in case you wanted to know. Have a GREAT weekend everyone!