Year in Review - February 2008

Before our wards split in 1/2 .. the Laurel's class planned one last final activity for the youth. It was a compilation of team building games and one was called the human knot .. here is our effort at it!


Hershey kiss game. Unravel kisses with mittens on ... it was harder than it looked but I have a feeling the youth have played this game once before!


OK, so we'll call this the donut game (which turned into a grape eating contest) the kids got bored with the donuts and we had left over grapes as part of the refreshments and had them throw it in each other's mouth...it was a fun alternative. I don't have pictures just videos of that but we'll have to wait and see if it's worth displaying!


Later in the month we took the girls to Ross Lodge, we were snowed in but had a ton of fun .. maybe too much fun! Here are some pictures of the place. I don't have any pictures of the girls because they were all sleeping when I was able to use my camera. We made them cinnamon rolls for breakfast, they liked that!

2009 in Review - January

So, because I have been neglecting my blog .. i figure I'd give you all a 2009 year in review thus far! I think I will be updating per month as time permits. Enjoy.

January 2009

I went to Vegas to visit with my Sister Brooke & Brother Bob & his family. I spent a month out there and had a blast, even though Paul was missing me back home!


My nieces and nephew hang out at Aunty Brooke's place

After an awesome 10 yr old Party for my niece Kayla, we ended up at Embassy Suites where they had an all you can eat made to order breakfast buffet, I wish I would have taken a picture of it! It was yummy & great! Also, cocktail hour .. all you can drink (some family & friends were happy for this when they came to hang out with us before bed)


My brother Bob & his wife Jen, hanging out downstairs in the visiting area


My brother Jon & his girlfriend Amanda joined us from Texas. It was great to see him. The only one missing now was our baby brother Jason, who was in Hawaii. I can't be too sad for him!

Service Missionary ...

I hope they call me on a mission ...

We all know this well known toon from Primary! ha ha ha, yep! I know this isn't like those other "mission's" and I am not in my twenties but it's pretty cool. I am working in our area mission office and it's pretty great! I will have to take some pictures the next time I am in and post it on here. Right now you'll have to just settle for the nametag. Yep! Pretty cool, I have a nametag! :-) Paul has been trying to get me to wear it at church but I serve in the office, it's where I should wear it. Not only has Paul been extremely supportive about this, he says that I fit right in like I have been working there for years! I think that's the point. It's comfortable, and I get to meet the new missionaries and get to know the office ones. There's so much to do!

Girls Camp!!!!

Alright, it's that time of the year where I engross myself in girls camp stuff! Yes, Girls Camp! I love Girls Camp - - I do have to blame my leaders on this for if it weren't for them, I would never have enjoyed Girls Camp and expected to try and make it better for the girls that I am currently over at the ward level! I love my girls and of course girls camp. I know I am not being cheesy mentioning Girls camp (hahaha) over and over but I can't seem to get enough of it! My husband thinks I'm crazy and that might be true but to an extent! Anyway, If you have facebook, you know that I have uploaded a bunch of photos from years past of girls camp and if you've been to girls camp, you are probably in the pictures as well! I don't apologize for it, I say I love it! It was real, it was fun, it was real fun! I hope you agree! Anyway, yes - I'm loosing it and it may be because Girls Camp is 2 weeks away! Yeah for me! Enjoy. In other matters, Paul & I are taking the Priest & Laurels to Six Flags this Saturday! We're excited, if you can go, let me know I can get tickets for cheaper than at the door! about 1/2 the price! 414-793-2220 or email me ekduha@yahoo.com

So much to update and little time to do it. I haven't updated my blog in awhile, sorry guys but with good reason. I'm trying to get back in the habit and so here is what we have been doing. Youth Conference, Youth Conference, Youth Conference!!!! We've been up to our ears in Youth Conference stuff but have now started getting back to normal though for me, it's not Girls Camp, Girls Camp, Girls Camp. I'm just glad I'm not serving on stake! I just have to worry about my ward girls! So, I have no YC pics because I accidently deleted them but hopefully they can be saved and Girls Camp is upcoming but in the meantime, this week I had my girls who showed up to activities paint something to do with the Camp Theme! Be What You Believe, and here is the result! Enjoy!