Dave and I have been called to be the Stake Coordinators for the Celebration for the dedication of the Draper and Oquirrh Mountain temples. It has been a lot of fun and a lot of work.
Since there are 2 temples being dedicated so close together in the Salt Lake Valley the prophet has asked that the youth have a cultural celebration. The Draper Temple program will be May 29th and the Oquirrh Mountain Celebration (ours) will be May 30th. This is the first time a celebration for a new temple has been held in the Conference Center and the first celebration that has been held since the dedication of the Salt Lake Temple.
We have been meeting with the youth in our stake and having fun with them learning a dance to perform on stage at the conference center and learning the songs that the choir will be performing. It has been so much fun playing with the youth in our stake. They are wonderful and I'm so grateful for the opportunity to get to know the kids outside of our ward. With all of our kids moved out of the house I don't have the opportunity to get to know the youth through school choirs any more.
We spent all weekend trying to gather signed permission slips for about 150 youth plus the adults that are going to be helping out. Now that was interesting! Why is it so hard to get people to sign a sheet of paper? I am so grateful for everyone that helped us get this done! We had the ward YM and YW leaders helping, the Stake leaders helping and moms and dads running lists around. We have great people in our stake and I'm so glad for the opportunity to get to know them a bit better before we leave the stake.
Now I get to put together the final calendar for our rehearsals at the conference center. Can you imagine 7,000 youth performing in either the 15 choir or the dance numbers and trying to get those youth on and off the stage in an orderly, quiet and safe manner. This is going to be interesting!
We found out this week that this will be broadcast all across North America at stake centers that want to view it. The Lord has been blessing me that I'm able to get through my fibro flare ups when I need to and that I haven't have a flare up that has kept me from any practices or meetings I've needed to be at. I'm planning on falling apart after the celebration is over.
I'm grateful for this calling because I love getting to know the kids. I love having some of the youth come give me hugs at stake conference or just saying hi to us when they see us at their wards. It's even fun working with my sweetheart and see how we are different but we usually compliment each other. I guess I'm not too old to learn new things!
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
First blog
I've been thinking of actually starting to blog for quite awhile, as I've had this page for that long. As anyone who has visited will know that I have never actually posted a blog. I usually think of all the interesting and witty remarks I can make around 3:00 AM when I'm not sleeping but I really don't want to ruin the chance of going to sleep by actually getting up and forming complete sentences for a post.
Dave and I are at a very interesting point in our lives right now. We have been married since 1977 and are amazingly and wonderfully still in love with each other! This doesn't mean that we never have disagreements and we never get on each others nerves. What is means is that I still get a tingle when I look at him across the room and when I see him do something tender with one of our grand kids or while helping the youth in our stake or ward. I know he's told me that he still gets that tingle too. We love to laugh and have a good time.
We are now into the empty nest syndrome and it's actually very fun! I love each of my children and their spouses dearly, but it's nice to have our house to ourselves and not have kids and their friends trooping in. I loved that time of life when I was in it and I love when everyone comes to visit, but I like just having Dave around too! As a matter of fact, I kind of miss those nights I had to myself when Dave was Bishop and I could watch what ever I wanted on TV or not have the TV on at all! (I love you sweetie, but it's a man thing, you do control the remote!)
It is an interesting time in our lives as we are now parenting adult children. It's very interesting that parenting doesn't end when your children go to college, a mission or get married. You just have more of them to parent, or to try too hard not to parent. Our oldest son is teaching me how to be a grandparent and not a meddling grandparent. I can't say that I have always succeeded in not meddling but I do think I'm getting just a bit better. Poor Ben, his whole life will be spent as my prototype. Sorry Ben, but someone had to be the oldest. I hope the rest of my children can benefit just a bit from what I have learned through Ben's children.
I am so blessed to be a grandma. It is the greatest thing in the whole world. It makes having kids worth all teh sacrifice! We just found out that a surprise grandbaby (#7) is on it's way. Ben and Stacy thought they were through having children but God had other plans for them and this new baby will be arriving in December. Dave and I know what it's like to have unplanned children. Of our 5 children only one was planned, but we have discovered the Lord knew far more then we did when it came down to planning our family.
I think I've rambled enough for my first blog and I will try to be a bit consistent if life will let me! Life is good and I'm grateful for all my blessings!
Dave and I are at a very interesting point in our lives right now. We have been married since 1977 and are amazingly and wonderfully still in love with each other! This doesn't mean that we never have disagreements and we never get on each others nerves. What is means is that I still get a tingle when I look at him across the room and when I see him do something tender with one of our grand kids or while helping the youth in our stake or ward. I know he's told me that he still gets that tingle too. We love to laugh and have a good time.
We are now into the empty nest syndrome and it's actually very fun! I love each of my children and their spouses dearly, but it's nice to have our house to ourselves and not have kids and their friends trooping in. I loved that time of life when I was in it and I love when everyone comes to visit, but I like just having Dave around too! As a matter of fact, I kind of miss those nights I had to myself when Dave was Bishop and I could watch what ever I wanted on TV or not have the TV on at all! (I love you sweetie, but it's a man thing, you do control the remote!)
It is an interesting time in our lives as we are now parenting adult children. It's very interesting that parenting doesn't end when your children go to college, a mission or get married. You just have more of them to parent, or to try too hard not to parent. Our oldest son is teaching me how to be a grandparent and not a meddling grandparent. I can't say that I have always succeeded in not meddling but I do think I'm getting just a bit better. Poor Ben, his whole life will be spent as my prototype. Sorry Ben, but someone had to be the oldest. I hope the rest of my children can benefit just a bit from what I have learned through Ben's children.
I am so blessed to be a grandma. It is the greatest thing in the whole world. It makes having kids worth all teh sacrifice! We just found out that a surprise grandbaby (#7) is on it's way. Ben and Stacy thought they were through having children but God had other plans for them and this new baby will be arriving in December. Dave and I know what it's like to have unplanned children. Of our 5 children only one was planned, but we have discovered the Lord knew far more then we did when it came down to planning our family.
I think I've rambled enough for my first blog and I will try to be a bit consistent if life will let me! Life is good and I'm grateful for all my blessings!
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