So I've recently become an unofficial reading mentor to some girls in my neighborhood and it has been fun and satisfying. I posted earlier about my involvement with the Utah Women and Education Project, and one of the research outcomes showed that a … [Continue reading] about Adventures in mentoring
Festival of Trees 2011
This is the 12th year we have decorated a large tree in honor of Scott's deceased brother, Paul, for the Festival of Trees which provides charity care for patients at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each year we have tried … [Continue reading] about Festival of Trees 2011
October updates from Elder Brian
10-4-2011 Lunes: So we went over to [an investigator] in the morning and they said that they weren't going to be able to have the baptism on the 22nd, so they wanted to see if he could do it on the 15th! We were so stoked! We have SOOO much work … [Continue reading] about October updates from Elder Brian
A Good Start
Finally started sewing my Thanksgiving quilt today. Yeah, it was only two 9-patch blocks, and no, it won't be done for this year, but I got started. I cut out the blocks a long time ago so it made me happy to finally start sewing! … [Continue reading] about A Good Start
Small Victories
Winter storms make me feel yucky and want to curl up and hibernate. I experience a variety of symptoms every time a storm roars through and they're not fun. So with this storm and the incredibly busy weekend I just barely survived, I wanted to lay … [Continue reading] about Small Victories