Live sand dollars

Here is a picture of some live sand dollars, I thought this was cool because I have never seen live ones before! I also added a few more pics from our trip. Enjoy!

Another busy week...

This week is going to be another busy one in this house. Tonight is class, tomorrow activity day girls, Thursday baby shower, Sat. General Conference (four hours of church) with a baptism I am speaking at in between the four hours, Sun. Conference again. It is going to be crazy busy, so I am very glad I took a mini-vacation! Other than that this here are going good. Cade is loving fourth grade, and violin. She is starting to earn her own money, and leaning to safe it. I am just busy working, being a mom, and doing church things, and I love every minute of it!!! I will post more when I can!!!

Our AMAZING Weekend!!!

Our weekend was AMAZING!! It was just the vacation I needed. I had a lot of fun, got to relax a lot, and got to see a lot of cool stuff. We started off with dinner on the beachfront at Mo's, followed by some window shopping, and taffy tasting. That evening we got to spend some time with our good friend Burny, and it was great. Saturday we go ridiculously nice weather, and hit the beach, the aquarium, Ripley's Believe it or Not, the Historical light house, followed up with some naps, and dinner at Izzy's. Sunday we started off with Church, then a drive to Portland to visit the temple. Going to the temple grounds was incredible, and I am beyond glad we made the choice to drive the extra time to do it. All in all the weekend was great!!!

Here is the picture run down:

The Temple

Cade and I at the Temple

Cade on the Beach

Cade and I on the Beach

The weekend is gone already!!!

This weekend was great!!! My best friend got baptised it was incredibly Spiritual, and amazing. I got the opportunity to speak at her baptism and it was wonderful to be able to express to her how great a decision she was making! I also got a calling at Church today. Much to my surprise I was called to be the Gospel Principles Teacher. This means that I will be teaching the class that all the new members come to. I am excited to take on the challenge, but a little nervous! I was SHOCKED when the Bishop asked me if I would accept the calling. I won't be teaching class for three weeks because next weekend I will be in Newport, and the weekend after we have no class so I have sometime to prepare. I will keep you all updated as to how it goes. In other news Cade is enjoying 4th grade, and playing, or plucking her violin. Work is getting to the season where I have overtime everyday, and it is OK because the money will be nice. We are going to Newport next weekend and I can't wait to get out of town for a few days!!! It is much needed.

Officially Fall...

It is officially fall season at this house! Cade is ready to begin the 4th grade!!! She has all her supplies, new clothes, and she even accessorized this year with rings, bracelets, and necklaces! Her Violin is ready to go, and tomorrow she will be off to begin a new school year! I am ready to be back on schedule, and have a better routine down at home! I have been busy working, and doing church things! Today we went disc golfing for the first time and it was a blast. I was not too good at it, but it was fun. We will now begin the craziness of school, work, and holidays!!!!