Take a deep breath . . .

(I love this picture! I have the girls do a Scavenger Picture hunt with our cameras every once in a while, where they have to take a picture of something that starts with a certain letter. E for Emory!)

For the last two weeks, I've felt like I haven't had ANY time to sit down. It was busy, to say the least.

Grandma Hulse came to visit, and Cory took off 3 days to be with us. The day we picked her up from the Airport we went to Powell's Books (my new favorite place!), the Temple (we changed into our skirts in the car!), the Mall, and to a Dermatologists house for dinner (more on that later). The rest of the week was scattered with sickness, eating a lot, reading books, a nature walk to the Wetlands,

making dresses for a wedding (pictures to follow), and lots of fun! Grandma and Tess playing Twister.

Story time on our Snow Day.

The girls had their last Ballet/Tap Class while Grandma was here. I am sorely going to miss this hour every week, my cheeks hurt from smiling so much during it!

Unfortunately, during that week I was planning two big events - New Beginnings and Women's Conference. I wasn't in charge of everything, just a booth for NB and a Class during WC, but I don't do anything halfway! For New Beginnings, we had a mall theme and all the leaders split up the Values and had a store that matched up to the Value. Mine was Barnes and Noble: Knowledge. We don't have a B&N in town, so I hit up Borders and they gave me a ton of cool stuff.

For Women's Conference I got asked to team teach a class about being Fashionably Modest on a Secondhand Budget. My qualifications for this class are non-existent, but we had a full class and it seemed to go well. Of course, I didn't take even one picture. Imagine a wardrobe rack full of fun clothes, a dress form dressed all cute, a table full of every kind of accessory imaginable and that's what it looked like.

This picture makes me laugh! I wanted to show an easy, 5 minute Make-up Routine so I did half of my face to show it doesn't have to be over the top, but subtle. Emory pointed to right side and said, "Mom, that eye looks sad". Yes, yes it does my child, and your eyes will look sad too, someday.

My favorite thing about the class was this quote I found from Elder Hales:

Our bodies are the temples of our spirits. Additionally, our bodies are the means by which we can bring souls from the presence of God to their mortal state. When we recognize our bodies as the gifts they are and when we understand the missions they help us fulfill, we protect and honor them by how we act and dress ... Our clothing is more than just covering for our bodies; it reflects who we are and what we want to be, both here in mortality and in the eternities that will follow.

The Cat in the Hat visited our Library this weekend, we love us some Cat!

On a final note, we have BIG NEWS and will be making our announcement in a week, when our Blog will then be Private. So leave your e-mail in a comment, if you want in!