Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Friends. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2011

C-O-N-N-E-C-T

Last weekend, I had the great opportunity to
CONNECT
With some awesome women.
So glad I didn't chicken out and turn the car around!
It was great to meet some new blogging friends~
And to get to know other blogging friends a little better.


Back Row: Left to Right
Me

Front Row: Left to Right

Thanks to Hands Full Mom for the photo.
I still haven't located the USB cord to my camera, but I'm sure it's around here somewhere...
Still in a box!


Sunday, May 8, 2011

Breakfast and Blogging

What do blogging and breakfast have in common?

Well...this:


This was my first time attending a blogger "event".
I almost chickened out at the last minute...
But I'm so glad I went! It was marvelous.  ;)
I learned a few new things & got to meet some wonderful ladies.
It was a great morning~ thanks gals!

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Halloween Festivities, Part 1

Started out on Friday morning with the Annual Halloween Parade at the school. I love the Halloween Parade~ there are always some really clever costumes! I used to be clever with the costumes...now, not so much (read: store bought).


Shane was a Red Ninja.  The cute little girl in the Dorothy costume (picture below) is one of the girls in my Primary class at church.  It was fun to have all the kids that know me call out, "Hi Sister Jackson!"  Even kids that aren't in my class were saying hello.

(And I saw my celebrity crush again!  His kids go to the same school as Shane. How cool is that???)


 There were lots of parents in costume at the parade.  I didn't do my hair, and I stuck a hat on my head (like that's gonna help). So I guess my costume was frumpy housewife.  I was gonna post a picture...but I'm just not that brave!
After the parade, I rushed home to fix my hair so I could meet a friend for lunch.  We've been trying to get together for months...We had a great time. :)  We visited for 3 hours!!!  Could have gone much longer, but my kids were locked out of the house so I eventually had to go home.  Although Shane was resourceful and found a way to get in the house.  Little stinker!  He pulled the screen off a window, and slid the window open and crawled through.
 Hopefully we can get together more often...and next time I'll make sure the kids can get in the house!


In the wee hours of the morning on Saturday, I drove down to meet up with these wonderful friends for our
Second Annual Halloween Breakfast Meet & Eat! 
This year, we all wore our Pajamas, and promised to come looking like we had just staggered out of bed. Uh...some of us look much better first thing in the morning than others!

 Unbeknownst to us, we had picked a male dominated restaurant. 
Felt like we had invaded a "Gentlemen Only Club"
(by Gentlemen I mean truck drivers, construction workers, hunters and farmers, not that they aren't gentlemen, I just don't want you to have the vision of us surrounded by men sitting around in lounging jackets and smoking pipes! There was a lot of plaid flannel, maybe a rifle and a pitchfork or two.)
Oh well, we had fun anyway!
Emma & Darla

Lynette, Connie and a Pink Marshmallow Peep (me).
Make sure you read Connie's funny, witty write up: Invasion.
I think she already has her eye on a spot for next year!

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

When We Meet Again

Rewind! Mid-July, 2005…

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon...just a few days earlier, Rick had received an offer for a promotion at work, which involved a transfer to Arizona. We had accepted. Now, I found myself sitting in Relief Society next to Connie. It would be (unbeknownst to any of us) my last time attending church in that ward. Ever. I was serving in the RS at the time. The YW were conducting Opening Exercises, which was good for me because no way was I gonna be able to sit up in front of that room full of women and not bawl my eyes out! The word that we were moving had not gotten around quite yet…Opening Exercises went well, until the girls practiced a song they would be singing at upcoming Girl’s Camp. My daughter was a soloist. Despite the personal turmoil that she was going through, she sang beautifully. But, the words to the song pierced my heart and the tears flowed.

When We Meet Again
Jenny Phillips/Tyler Castleton


My feet are tired and worn
My spirit fades
Many fall by the way
Keep my feet this day


Walk one more mile or so
Stay close to me
My faith will be my fate
My destiny


I will rise and prove my faith
May my heart be one with Yours
So You will one day
Call me friend
When we meet again


Though trials may mark my path
And storms prevail
I know Your guiding love
Will never fail

If I endure it well
If I remain
True to the promises
And faithful to His name


Afterward, the Relief Society Presidency gathered for a few pictures.
Here we are!

Connie, Darla, Valerie, Emma

Fast Forward! October, 2009...


I once again find myself living in Utah…an unexpected, but welcome change of events! (Another transfer for Rick, back to the SLC office).


A lot has happened to all of us over the past 4 years. Some joys, some sorrows…Life is like that. I feel so blessed and fortunate to have good friends who have loved, supported, encouraged, laughed and cried with me. And I hope that in some measure, I have returned in kind to them…


There was an email, then a phone call, an invitation to join. Thanks to thoughtful, wonderful friends who gave me a little nudge!


Here we are!

Emma, Connie, Valerie, Darla, Lynette

We met for breakfast on Halloween. We dressed up in costume (in case it wasn't obvious...and please ignore my hair! Despite what my stylist says, side-swept bangs do not work for me!)

It was fun and wonderful and all good things rolled in to one! And it felt like I’d never been gone! And how wonderful it feels to be back home!


I will rise and prove my faith
May my heart be one with Yours
So You will one day
Call me friend
When we meet again


Love you guys!