Friends for life...

You know how you meet that one person in life who instantly becomes your very best friend? And no matter how old you get or where life takes you that friend is the one person you want to share your hopes, your dreams, your defeats, and your accomplihsments with?
Well, it seems Lisa has found six of them. Since moving here we've hoped and prayed that Lisa would find the kind of friends that any parent would want their budding teenager to find. For Lisa's 14th birthday I got to meet the six friends that Lisa talks about constantly - night and day. The friends she laughs with. The friends she cries with. The friends she celebrates with. And the friends she confides with. What a great way to spend your 14th birthday! Happy Birthday Lisa! We love you!

Nine years and counting...

Celebrating Kenny's 9th birthday this year was kind of interesting. First of all he decided he wanted only one friend to come to his party. Then all he wanted to do for the activity was go to a video arcade and play lots of games. After the shock wore off I realized that this was definitely the kind of birthday party I could get use to!
We had a sleepover the night before, spent the next day at the arcade. And after lunch went to a place called Blu Rabbit where the kids played on the indoor playplace and enjoyed some more games! What a fun way to celebrate Kenny's 9th birthday! Happy Birthday bud! We love you!

Book of Mormons for all...

For our September Youth Service project we set out to prepare 250 Book of Mormons to be placed in hotels throughout the Mobile area. With the help of Elder Leavitt and Elder Vicklund we completed the task and had a fun time while at it!
Inside each Book of Mormon we placed a small map showing the location of our chapel and a list of meeting times for our Theodore Ward. Each youth got to glue a testimony on the inside cover of the book. It will be fun to see what comes of this project! We hope many will visit our Ward while traveling through the Mobile area!

A pyramid of dreams...

I don't remember ever having to come up with a History project quite like this one when I was in jr. high, but Lisa's Chocolate Egyptian pyramid made for a very fun activity! 148 blocks of Hershey's creamy milk chocolate made up this unique pyramid that Lisa labeled her "Pyramid of Dreams". The teacher gave her an 'A' for the project and her friends thanked her 100 times over for sharing each of the 148 pieces of chocolate with them at the end of class. Way to go Lisa!