Mason's Baptism

Today we went to Mason's Baptism and 1st Birthday Party. Here are a few pics. I always enjoy going to other churches to see how other people do things. I really liked their pastor she gave a great sermon.

Boston Pics from Today

Here are a few pics from our day today. We are having a lot of fun. We are staying with Colby's college roommate Kara, her husband Louis and their son Mason. They are so nice. I met them yesterday but I feel like I have known them forever. We went to Fenway Park, Cheers, saw these cute Make Way for Ducklings statues in the park and went to a beer tasting.


Fenway Park


Kara, Louis & Mason


Louis & Colby in the Green Monster section


Kara & Mason went into an area not on the tour!


Cheers Mason passed out while I was carrying him in the backpack. We all took turns because he was heavy.


Make Way for Ducklings


Group Shot!


Quack


Beer Tasting


Me & Mason eating lunch

So Excited

I can't wait! Tonight Colby and I leave for Vacation to Boston. We are taking a red eye and should be there in the morning. I have always wanted to go to Boston and I keep trying to work it into the God & Country Tour but there is never enough time for it. I finally get to meet Colby's friends from college that I have heard so much about and see where he went to school. It has been a while since we have gone on vacation with out the youth group in fact it was over a year ago for our honeymoon, and we won't get to go anywhere next summer because the youth trip is God & Country which is 3 weeks long. So we will totally be enjoying time away and relaxation. Check back next week for pics of our awesome adventure.

Pampered Chef

So I have been selling Pampered chef since June and I am loving it. I just finished my 4h show last night. Selling pampered chef has really given me a lot of confidence in the kitchen. I have been making new things, testing out the pampered chef recipes and even changed some of the recipes to my taste. I’m really excited because the new season starts Sept 1st which means new products. I am absolutely addicted to kitchen gadgets which is part of the reason I started selling in the first place because I was spending too much money on it. Now I get to see all the new products in advance and buy it at ridiculously discounted prices yes life is good. Last nights show was especially fun it was for a lady who just moved into a new apartment two weeks ago. She invited all of her friends and family over to see her new place for the first time and to make a yummy desert. It was so fun and I only knew like two people there. I am totally coming out of my shell I’m not usually a person who is comfortable around strangers and I’m getting so much better at it. So if any of you want to invite your friends over and learn how to make something new give me a call and we will have an amazingly good time cooking with Pampered Chef.

Monsoon Monday

So last night we hosted a dance for all of the Methodist Church youth groups in the east district for the end of summer volleyball dance. I was organizing the event so I head to Wal-Mart to buy sub sandwiches and chips and that kind of stuff teenagers like to eat. The lady at Wal-Mart told me that a 6 foot sub would feed thirty people so I bought a little less than she recommended. Well turns out Wal-Mart must estimate on hungry men who are gonna eat a meal more than teens who may want a light dinner/ not eat a lot in front of friends. At the end of the night I end up with over 20 feet of left over sub I was like OMG what am I gonna do with all of this food? So Cindy a good friend of mine who is a youth leader from another church told me that every Monday during the summer she does “Monsoon Monday.” She takes her youth to a homeless shelter to serve food and then they swim and hang out. She said the shelter would be happy to have some of the food so I gave her like 10 feet and she took it to her event. So today I go to finish cleaning up the mess and I was like what am I going to do with the other 10 feet of this sub? So I took a little inspiration from Cindy to host our own Monsoon Monday. About an hour and a half before lunch time I sent a mass text out to my youth and come lunch time I had 7 kids and 4 adults show up to help me distribute the food. We had some water with our church info and a bible verse on them for an out reach project that we already had planned for next weekend along with the sandwiches into individual sizes and hit the streets of Mesa looking for hungry and thirsty people. We successfully found tons of people outside who wanted our water and food. Most of the people were Hispanic day laborers, I think we actually only found two homeless people. I think the kids really enjoyed the event because they felt like they were giving back to less fortunate people who really appreciated the food and especially the water in the 100 degree AZ summer day. What a Marvelous Monsoon Monday I had today usually Mondays are one of my least favorite days but not today! Thanks Cindy for the great idea!