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02/14/15 Beehive President & Valentine's Day Party

2/14/2015













So I decided to write tonight since it's quiet and I have a minute.  


It's been another busy week.  Katie is getting put back in as Beehive President.  (not surprising since she's one of the only ones that comes regularly!)  I think another girl moved in though and another girl just turned 12 so she may have a girl or two to hang with now.  


Katie has been staying busy with church ball and YW and piano.  I think she is doing SUPAF performance next week on her saxophone so she has been practicing lots for that too.


Friday we went to Holly's class for a Valentine's Day party.  We had some outside games.  One of them we had all the boys sit in one circle, girls in another.  I gave them bean bags and had them throw them saying the kids name.  Within less than 1 minute the boys were throwing the bean bags as hard as they could at each other and a couple of them were crying.  Oh yeah.  It was kind of funny.  


Another game I had them do was put them all in one big giant circle.  They threw a bean bag at a poster that had exercises on it and all the kids had to do that exercise until the first kid ran around the circle and tagged the next kid.  And then it started all over again.  They were doing burpees, and jumping jax and arm circles and stuff like that.  Pretty good stuff.  


We went inside and they made treats and bags and a big poster for their teacher.  Pretty fun I guess. Lot less work than the Christmas party was!


Holly and I went to RS on Thursday.  Our ward is about 1/3 what it used to be.  There used to be like 70 ladies.  We had maybe 25.  It was a nice group though.  They had yummy treats and told stories of times when someone had done something nice (visiting teacher type stories)


Friday we went to Paula's with Gma and pa for our date.  We had a nice visit.  They appreciate that you send them short little notes every week (is it every week?)  Anyway they like that you do that and it makes them feel loved and special.


Dad and Dallas went with Robert Hoppie to Provo at 7 a.m. to cover the swimming and wrestling that is going on up there.  I expect them back by 11 p.m. tonight. Long day!  They took the company car that has no cruise control so dad should have a sore foot!


Katie, Holly and I went with Cathy Hill and her 2 girls (from girl scouts) to Zion National Park.  We did Angel's Landing hike.  Only we didn't go all the way to the top.  Just to the part that everybody talks about.  I guess it was free day so there was a grundle of people so even if we had wanted to continue on we thought better of it.   There were loads of people and we were hearing the wait was super long.  It was pretty strenuous (pretty much up hill for 2 miles) but not near as bad as I imagined.  It was paved all the way up there and actually a pretty decent path.  Not scary at all.  But beautiful for sure!  When we got up there we hung out for 20 minutes or so and a whole bunch of the PVHS track team came up behind us.  (Cathy's son is on the team so she knows them all!)  They said they had asked her son but he didn't want to go.  


I'm doing super good on my Book of Mormon listening.  I am right where I should be.  I have been scrubbing the floor or driving up to the gym while I listen and it's going better than I thought it would.   I have never really read it continuous like that.  It has been really interesting and good and I think it makes a little more sense than when I read it more slowly and broken up all the time. So thank you for the challenge.  Hopefully I can keep up on it!


AJ got accepted into both U of U programs he applied for and is still waiting to hear from BYU and USU.  He has so many decisions to make right now.  


Well I hope you are doing well and enjoying your mission.
Katie and Brooke Hill

Katie & Holly, Brooke and Jessica Hill going up
Angel's Landing


Kathy Hill


Living on the edge...

Going up or down Walter's Wiggle


The scripture that stood out to me in my listening today was Alma 7:27.  It says, And now, may the peace of God rest upon you, and upon your houses and lands, and upon your flocks and herds, and all that you possess, your women and your children, according to your faith and good works, from this time forth and forever.  And thus I have spoken, Amen.  
Griffin girls on the way up to Angel's Landing


I found that really comforting...like God will take care of everything and we will have peace if we just have faith and do good works.  Sounds easy.  And assuring.  Just believe and do what's right and Heavenly Father will take care of you and all that you have.  


I love you!!!  Can't wait to hear about your week!  Love you! Mom

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