Beautiful Girlies

Meet the BCHS Cheerleaders!

Oh, wait. That would be the Girls' Cross Country Team. (Maddie-standing, second from right.)

I'm So Proud...

Okay, okay. I know. Pride is one of the seven deadly sins. So. Let's just say "I'm So Happy." "I'm So Satisfied." Or "I'm Amazed."


I have tried a new skill. It is one I have wanted to try for a long time. I free-design quilted on my sewing machine! I used a tool (screwdriver!!) to put a darning foot (which I didn't even know I owned) on my trusty Janome sewing machine and quilted crazily all over this wild Halloween table runner. I purposely used all this wild fabric so that the quilting would not be prominent. It is VERY rough and totally a practice effort. But I did it and I can only get better from here, right.

I'm pleasantly surprised with this crazy runner. I think it looks kind of eerily festive! Thanks to my good friend Jill who made me the original summery one and to Moda Bake Shoppe for the idea.

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There are four new posts today. If you want to read them all, just keep scrolling down. They are the last four posted.

She's a Nerd

It's Homecoming/Spirit Week at BCHS and today is "Nerd Day."


I think Maddie pulls it off a little too well--how about you?

Double Blessings

My friend Lara had twin daughters this summer.


Maddie with Hailey and Harmony.


Some of the ladies and young women in the ward have been helping out with the babies and Lara's three-year-old, Landon.

What a blessing it has been to be a part of that!


My friend Kimberly and I also got to sew Hailey and Harmony's blessing dresses. It was a little traumatic for us, as Lara had us cut up her gorgeous WEDDING GOWN to make the dresses. They turned out very pretty though.


Friends and ward members Savannah, Leisel, and Sophia helped a LOT with the girls this summer.

We all made sure we were in town Labor Day weekend for the blessings. Brian loves ALL babies.

We even made Jeff hold Hailey. He always looks so comfortable with the tiny ones...

We are so blessed to be part of a ward family.

She's a FRESHMAN!

Impossible! How did this happen?

My beautiful, sweet, kind "little happy-surprise baby" is in high school.

Excuse me while I go and cry a bit.

Outdoor Adventure

Talk about adventure! We attended the annual ward campout Friday night.


All started well. Dad set up a two-man tent for us and a one-man tent next to us for Maddie. (The family tent is in Mt. Pleasant...) When I went inside this SHOEBOX I should have had my first clue that it was going to be a VERY long night...

Then the High Priests cooked us some delicious food. Rick is hard at work; Carl is giving good advice.

Hafen, Carson, Grandma D. William, Aubrey, Tyler, and Eric enjoyed the food.

This tent "The Stubbs-Majal" was the envy of all attenders. It was purchased at a yard sale for $5!! It had shelves, a closet, and more shelves! So cool. And cool-looking too. Dallin was quite excited to sleep in it.

We had a very nice evening of eating, visiting, singing, campfire, and game-playing.

THEN we went to bed. And the WIND started up. No. I'm talking THE WIND!!! It seriously sounded like a FREIGHT TRAIN was going through! And it just kept on, and on, and ON! All night long!! It was one of the three nights of my life that I didn't sleep a wink. And remember, we were in a tent the size of a SHOEBOX!!


The next morning we faced some flattened tents. Luckily we had set this one up for a family that didn't end up coming.

Luckily, Aaron sent his wife and baby home, as he only ended up with an air mattress. What happened to his tent??? (Carl-advising again.)


Sadly, the Stubbs-Majal was all fluff and no substance. It ripped apart and blew down during the night and Steve, Camden, and Dallin had to sleep in their car. But in the morning they WERE able to "save the Oreos!!" inside. So all was not lost.

This is a night we will all remember forever and will definitely go down in infamy in ward history! What an adventure!