Tad and I were completely blessed recently to be able to enjoy a few new experiences together for our 3^rd wedding anniversary celebration. We decided we would fix up our ancient tent trailer and start creating memories of our own family to enjoy for years to come. And what a joy it was! The work on the trailer paid of spectacularly as we took it on the maiden voyage to Arizona’s south rim of the Grand Canyon. Our trip then took us to Arches national park, Capitol Reef National park and back home. The trip was incredible fun, we loved hiking and exploring the new places, and I LOVED taking pictures and experimenting with my camera. Tad and I have always been able to have a lot of fun together and this was no exception. This country is beautiful and full of adventures to be had. Family time is very important, and we are so thankful we were able to spend it safely.

 

This is a picture we took on our actual anniversary when we went to dinner. We tried the Rodizo Grill which Tad fell in love with. I enjoyed it too, but in a different way.

It has been a long time since I have updated so I am throwing a few things together to slap on this blog so that I can feel better about not having done it sooner. It is just a nice way for me to be able to leave a record of some kind. Not too shabby for the way I do things.

As part of my calling as the Young Women Second counselor in the presidency it is my responsibility to come up with a theme, decorations, and refreshments for the activity that happens once a year called New Beginnings. This is where we introduce the current year’s theme. For this year it is ‘Stand ye in Holy places and be not moved.’ So we built off of that. I came up with a theme called, “follow the yellow brick road of virtue”.

Yellow/gold are colors that are attributed to the Young Women value of Virtue, we did a path of yellow bricks which had things that keep us virtuous and righteously living written on them. Along with experiences the young women have had that have helped them. The path wound through a dark forest of sin and temptation then through a forest (some of the greenery is pictured below) then ultimately ended at the temple. I’ll find and post better pictures at some point.