Hello summer vacation!
Well, a big sorry to anyone following my blog. I didn't realize it's been since spring break that I posted! Time always seems to drag from January to Spring break at the end of March. Then time seemed to race which usually doesn't happen. Let's see if I can get up to speed here.

January- Paul and I joined the community choir. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and will probably start up again in the fall. We performed a Civil War themed concert in March. I also started taking flute lessons thanks to Marissa loaning me her flute. That was a fun challenge.

February- we celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary. It doesn't seem like it's been that long, but we have the children and grandchildren to prove it! :)  I helped our ward serve a  meal at the Shelter From the Storm fundraiser. That's our community service project for the year. Near the end of the month, Paul was called to be the Branch Clerk for the young singles branch in our stake. So now we are serving there for awhile. Don't know if our time will be the customary 5 year term that the presidency gets or not.

March- We had a Stake Relief Society meeting in Baker. Later that afternoon, Paul and I ate a steak dinner that was a fundraiser activity for the high school football team. It was delicious! Then the much awaited spring break! yay!

April-Tonya Alexander got married in the Idaho Falls temple, and I went to her reception. She was a beautiful bride! Grace Bond and Cody Schwendiman, a couple from the branch got married. They had a fun/interesting reception. The Boise Institute Choir came and did a concert for us. The branch took them to Elgin Opera house for the play "Grease". Then we fed them dinner and were able to visit with them a bit before the performance. That morning the branch had a Tri-Stake Activity up on Milo Hibbert's property. We went to their cabin up on Mt. Emily and did a fun lumberjack activity. There was wood cutting with a two-man saw, knife throwing, hatchet throwing, tree climbing with equipment like a lumberjack does, log splitting, an obstacle course, and quilt tying. I did all of it with the young people. It was fun. I had a blast climbing the tree! I'm still waiting for Sister Bond to give me the picture she took of me climbing.

May- Paul gave me a beautiful bust of a mother cradling her child for Mother's day! The weather finally started to warm again and I bought plants from the middle school plant sale. I was  able to get 1/2 my garden in. The branch had another Tri-Stake activity, this time it was a temple trip. We went to the Columbia River temple in Kennewick, Washington. Those who couldn't do temple work were able to do family history extraction work at the stake center across from the temple. We had lunch, took a group picture, and then headed home. For Memorial Day we were going to barbecue but it turned cold and rainy. So we just cooked indoors instead. May 31st was my last day of school. I was sooo ready to be done with  work this year! Looking forward to a warm, laid-back summer.