Stomp

Earlier this school year Megan got to participate in STOMP and in the spring the older grades got a chance so Hallie signed up and started the 4 months of practices.
I teased Hallie that we were going to yell her name and bring posters and really embarrass her at her performance. She asked us to "please don't" (she is getting all grown up on us) and so we didn't but it was pretty funny when Campbell saw Hallie at first on the stage and yelled, "Hi Hallie!" over and over again while waving his hands to get her attention. He got some laughs and Hallie went a little red.

It was such a fun performance! They surprised us at the end when they turned off all the lights and turned on black lights. Davis and Avery didn't love that part but the rest of us did. Campbell kept trying to join in as he stomped (loudly) on the bleachers to his own beat.

Hallie and all the kids did such a great job!

Day of Service

April 24th was "A Day of Service" and our ward had a great project.

We gathered at a local nature preserve and did a whole lot of planting, mulching, painting, weeding, and so on. The forecast was severe thunderstorms and the day started out rainy, yucky, and cold but then the sun came out. At one point one of the ladies that worked at the nature preserve came out and announced that "The radar says we have thunderstorms over us right now." We all looked up at the blue skies and I told them we had been praying for good weather so we could do this for them and our prayers were answered.

I was asked to be "the official picture taker" and we had a few articles in the local papers about our service which was fun.

Hallie and Megan worked hard planting flowers and spreading mulch... and chasing toads and newts.

It was so fun for me to walk around to each project and take pictures of the those giving service and see the transformations take place. It really was such a neat day and such a great reminder of what a blessing serving others is to our own lives.