Girls Weekend in St. George

For years Jason and his brother's have gone on an annual backpacking trip.  My sisters-in-law and I decided that we deserved a yearly trip too.  It was tricky finding a time we could go and we still didn't get everyone.  It ended up being me, Jana, Nancy and Melanie.  We decided to go to St. George and see one of the plays at Tuacahn.  We wanted to go before it would be too hot but it kept getting pushed back which is why we ended up in St. George the hottest time of the year!

We saw The Little Mermaid and it was fantastic!  It looked like a storm was blowing in when we arrived at Tuacahn at the outdoor theater and we were a little worried about it getting rained out.  All we ended up getting was some light rain and wind so the show went on and it actually helped to cool the air down a bit.  Aside from the show we ate lots of good food (including ice cream at midnight), wandered through the farmers market, and shopped at the outlets and the mall.  We had a small adventure thinking Melanie's car was falling apart but it ended up not being anything duct tape couldn't fix and we discovered a fun fabric shop in the Ace store in Fillmore.  Mostly we just enjoyed being together without the constant distraction of lots of kids running around!

Wednesday night this week I got a call from a member of our bishopric asking me to speak in sacrament on Sunday.  (I think I may have mentioned before how much I HATE public speaking!)  He didn't get me the topic until Thursday night and since we left for our trip Friday morning that meant most of my preparation didn't happen until I got home Saturday night.  (By the way, the only thing that makes public speaking worse is feeling like I don't have enough time to prepare!)  I stayed up until almost midnight until I just couldn't think anymore.  While in St. George I bought this decorative glass with vinyl that really summed up well the topic that was on my mind.

Kaitlyn loves anything princess.  I think she really believes she is a princess.  All the Disney princesses are her favorite.  In our church we believe that we are literally spirit children of God and have the potential to become like Him.  Our children sing songs about it from when they are just tiny but I hope they can learn what that really means.  My talk was about setting goals and making sure your priorities are in the right place to reach those goals.  The most important goal is to return to our Heavenly Father yet so often we are so busy in life that we let other things become a bigger priority.  That's the message I was trying to get across anyway so hopefully someone got something out of it!

Earlier this week we got a phone call from Brazil.  It was Moises who is someone Jason baptized on him mission there 16 years ago.  He wanted to arrange a time on Skype that his family could meet ours.  So last night we talked with their family on the web cam.  They are such a wonderful family!  It was fun to see their children acting just like ours!  The kids had fun talking about games they liked to play and musicians and TV shows they liked and finding out that Moises' girls like the same things!  They kept saying how grateful they were that Jason had gone to Brazil and shared the gospel with him.  It made Jason so happy to see what an amazing family Moises has and how faithful he is in the gospel!  He loved talking to him again and before we knew it an hour and a half had passed and it was time for Jason to go to a meeting.  Earlier this week Jason was also able to talk to another family on Skype in Brazil.  I am amazed by technology now.  It was almost as good as sitting in their living room talking to them.