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I am not dead- just busy

Hello, Hello!
I have missed you all. I have been so busy so I apologize for not posting. So let me re-cap the last few months.
First- Halloween was tons of fun. Mike and I went to an adult murder mystery party, thrown by the Schow's- tons of fun. Trick-or-treating was good. Livy was a witch and Will, The Hulk.
I started a really hard class, business financing! Wow- it was a killer but I survived and even passed with a B+. Go me!!!
I took a 5 day vacation with my sisters, Jennette and Janell and my cousins, Becca and Kirstin to Gatlinburg Tennessee! It was fun. Lots of shopping. We went to two dinner shows, Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede, and to a Murder Mystery dinner show (the theme was American Idle Christmas Special). I was chosen as a contestant. I came in 2nd. You'll have to call me to find out how.
Thanksgiving was great! Same old same old.
In Young Women- we just had our Young Women in Excellence program and it was amazing! The girls were fantastic! I love them so much and so does our Heavenly Fathers. Thanks to Erin, Ruth, Chelese and Barb for all their hard work and commitment to our lovely young ladies.
That's all for now....
no wait! I forgot to tell you about the movie Twilight! It was great. Was it as good as the book- no way! but enjoyable still the same.
TTFN
Juli

Spicy Blogs? - Mine is the El Sol of Blogs

So, as I read the blogs of others I hear music, see pictures neatly aligned, great back grounds, videos and much more. Mine..... nothing. It is so boring. It is bland and plain, over and over!
So I am calling out to all you pro-bloggers for some training. How do I make my blog fancy and spiced up???
Thanks friends- I know you are going to help.


On a different note- dinner was great tonight. I picked up Papa John's pizza. My favorite
Olivia is sick and it breaks my heart to see her under the weather.
YW tonight was great. What an amazing group of girls. They tied two baby quilts in just over an hour! Awesome.

Night~
Juls

Thoughtful Question

At dinner yesterday, my father-in-law commented on a single adult something or other, next weekend in Salt Lake, for the church. He is single and my sisters are single as well. Mike then made a comment to me and it really got me thinking. I was wondering what your thoughts are on the comment.

"We are looking for a custom fit in an off-the-rack world."

How often to we wait for everything to be perfect? For the stars to align before we make a choice, a change or a decision? The comment was originally made in the context of finding a companion, but what else does this crazy comment apply to.?
If we are waiting for the perfect fit, is there no faith? Have we forgotten that alterations can be made in time? Or that we might change ourselves to fit the change?
Thoughts anyone?

Happy Monday
-J

BTW- Olivia is offically without her two front teeth. Tomorrow is picture day- and I guess that is better than the second hanging crooked! LOL :)

RISING MOON ADVENTURES

My bestest friend, Olea Gough is a fabulous artist and has created her own "toys". I hosted a party for her last weekend and had a great time playing with her stuff! She is new and up coming and has items that you can't find any where else!
If you have any plans to buy any child a Christmas, birthday or just because gift anytime soon, I encourage you to check out her stuff before you race to Wal-Mart!
She does flannel board stories (nursery rhymes, B of M stories, fairy tales), bingo games, memory games, books, card and invitations and more. She also creates earrings, key chains, scripture tags, cell phone charms, hair clips and more with some type of clay! Soooo cute. The best part is that she can personalize anything- from colors to faces!
Please check out her blog- you won't regret it. www.risingmoonadventures.blogspot.com

Olivia finally had her BIRTHDAY

After counting down since January, Olivia's birthday finally arrived.

She was so lucky and had 3 parties.

The first party was a "Fancy Nancy" party. This evening was based on a book, in which Nancy the little girl teaches her family how to be fancy and they go to dinner. So that is what we did. Olivia dressed us up and out we went. (Mike too) We ate at El Sol with our pinkies up and called each other "darling" all night! What a blast.

Sunday was dinner @ mom's and then on her birthday we caught a volleyball game, ate dinner with all the Grandparents @ Firehouse and then made it to pack meeting.

Happy Birthday, my fancy little princess!

Will's Baptism

I am so late with this post- please accept my apoligies.

Will was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladder-Day Saints on Saturday Sept. 6th. We had a great day! Will was showered with love and gifts!

Thanks to everyone who helped make this day special for Will.