Right after I got back from my girls' trip, Matt and I high-fived as he left early the next morning for some hiking in Escalante, Utah in the Narrows and Coyote Gulch. Here are some of the pictures he took on his trip--all scenery, none with him in them! No injuries this time, and he had a fun time.
I joined in with some other ladies in my ward who were doing a quick trip to Disneyland. A friend has a condo in Huntington Beach that we were able to stay at while in California.
I flew out Sunday after catching a little bit of Stake Conference. Then I flew home Wednesday afternoon...well, that was when the flight was scheduled. It ended up getting delayed, and I was stuck in the airport with 2 friends for a total of 7 hours. (Everyone else flew home Thursday.) While it's lame to be at the airport for so long, I had very in-depth religion discussions with my friends. (One is Methodist and the other friend's husband is an Athiest.) We got home after midnight and made it into bed by 1am.
As part of my stake calling, I helped run an Easter Family Musical Experience. Guests signed up in 10-minute increments of a walk-through of different 5-minute stations. I was in charge of decorating and running Gethsemane. I read a scripture, and then we sang Gethsemane together with a sing-along video.
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| Matt is the artist that helped with the vision of decorating Gethsemane. |
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| These are the ladies I serve with in our presidency. |
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| A good friend played Mary Magdalene where she acted a script and then sang "Risen." (My niece, Alex, sang the song for the first part of the day before she needed to leave for her soccer game.) |
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| Melanie has since become a good friend. She sang a musical number for the Last Supper station. |
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| For a high school tennis fundraiser, I headed up Egg My Yard with another booster club friend. This is Caleb hiding eggs with Carter in the deflating bunny suit. |
For our excursions, we did a dolphin/stingray experience package and then a glass bottom boat snorkeling. Both were enjoyable. We happened to be paired with a family who were also members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for the boating, so it was fun getting to know them better.
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| Matt and Bryson were selected to participate in a family game where you had to match the answers of your child/parent. They only got one answer right. 😆 |
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| The boys LOVED the food. The older three would order two entrees some nights. |
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| Napkin folding class |
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| There was a pirate day with a fireworks display at night. |
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| They loved the magician show. Matt got called up to go on stage. The magician did a class a few days later where he taught some simple tricks. |
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| Towel-folding class |
