YW Broadcast

Last weekend we officially became the coolest leaders ever by taking our girls on a trip to Salt Lake to attend the YW broadcast. Ok, so maybe that doens't make us that cool, but I like to humor myself that it does. This trip was pretty stressful. Our stake president wasn't able to get us tickets, and once the news was out that we didn't have tickets everyone started to doubt whether we should just cancel. Unfortunately, I was one of those people who doubted. Luckily Liana stayed strong and encouraged us to just do it.

 It was an awesome trip. We toured temple square, saw the Joseph Smith Movie, were given free ice cream, and just had a fun time together. We tried to convince ourselves that it would be ok if we didn't get into the conference center by using the stand-by line, but honestly, I would have been pretty bummed about it. I've had the opportunity of going to conference a couple of times and there is just something about being there and I really wanted the girls to be able to feel that. After we had gone to our hotel to change into our church clothes, we got seperated trying to get to the conference center. We were directed to the tabernacle with the rest of the stand-by people, and as we were walking there we saw Liana and she yelled out "I HAVE TICKETS!!". It was so awesome. Some random stranger came up to her and asked her how many she needed. We raced over to the conference center and got in line. Then we were interviewed for the Desert News and Church News. They took our picture and everything. We're basically superstars now.

It was a fantastic trip. And the broadcast was great. I felt like every single talk was just for me. Some of the girls were a little less enthused about the trip, but I had a blast. I guess that's what happens when you are dealing with teenagers. :) I really hope I was more appreciative of my leaders when I was in Young Womens because it's A LOT of work. But we love these crazy girls and I wouldn't change callings if I had the chance!

Man's Best Friend?

Ever since I was little I haven't really liked dogs. There have probably been two dogs in my entire life that I can actually remember loving. The first was my Uncle Clay's dog, Tuffy, and the second was Muffin. I'm sure it has nothing to do with the fact that these are the only two dogs that I've ever been around for a long period of time. Both were wonderful golden retrievers who were the nicest dogs in the universe. Other than those two, I haven't ever really found another dog that didn't gross me out/scare me. 

It all stems from a traumatic experience when I was five and my sister and I were riding our horse in our own yard, not harming a fly, when our neighbors mean, evil rottweiler's came over and scared our horse. The horse bolted to the barn and my sister and I were thrown off. Heather broke her shoulder, and I had a massive headache. Ya, Heather is pretty much my favorite friend becasue she risked life and limb to save me. I'm pretty sure I had a concussion, but no one believes me when I say that.

As if that wasn't enough, these same dogs decided they would like to torture me throughout my entire childhood. Everyday the bus would drop me off at the end of my road, and I would have to walk about half a mile to my house. These same dogs would wait at our driveway and would start barking and growling the moment I got close. Our neighbor always said they were nice and wouldn't hurt a fly, but really? A big, growling dog is scary, I don't care who you are.

Yesterday Jordan and I were running and he was pretty far ahead of me. Out of nowhere, this big, scary rottweiler runs up to me and jumps up on me. Of course, I got scared and pushed the dog off of me. Then the dogs owner yells at me that she "wasn't going to hurt me". I didn't hear what he yelled at first, because I had headphones in, but basically he couldn't believe I had the nerve to push his big, nasty dog off of me. Um, I'm sorry but if your dog is going to chase after me and jump on me, then I have the right to push it off. Get a leash, buddy.

I'm sure that my dislike of dogs has way more to do with me and my attitude than the dog, but I can't help it. I want to be a person who loves dogs, but it's just not in the cards for me. I guess I'm going to have to find a new animal to call my best friend. Perhaps a fish. They seem nice and calm......

Neighbor-less

We are seriously missing this little man.....

We also really miss his mom and dad. Leith and Britt decided they needed to up and move to Montana, and we are still so sad! They were by far the best neighbors we have ever had.  And I hope they feel the same way about us. Jordan pointed out that this is the furthest he's ever lived from Leith since their missions. He's pretty bummed that his BFF moved away. I am too. I am so lucky that my sister in law is also my cousin, and that we got to live next door to each other for so long! Our hearts are still a little broken, but I'm sure it's nothing that a trip to Montana won't be able to fix!  

On a completely unrelated note, Jordan and I signed up to run in a half marathon! This will be the 3rd one I've ever done, but I feel like it's my first! Ever since I moved to Laramie I have been running maybe three times. The awesome weather forced me to work out inside, and since I hate running on treadmills, I had to find other ways to work out. This is Jordan's first race and he is sooooo excited! We went and got him new running shoes the other day. He was so excited he almost slept in them. And no, I'm not kidding. The race is June 9th, so we're crossing our fingers that the weather will be nice to us so we can get some training in.