Weekly Blessing catch-up - Brad's Helpfulness & Girl's Nights

I missed two Sundays of weekly blessings. So today and throughout the rest of the week I'm going to try to catch-up on this and everything else that has been going on.

I'm extremely grateful that my husband is always willing to lend a hand in whatever I'm doing. On the third of this month I had a Book of Mormon party for my Valiant 11 class. It was a good-bye party for a couple of the girls in my class. One of them had moved out of the ward earlier this year and one is moving away next month. My husband helped me clean the house, prepare meals while I prepared for the party, and he watched our children, keeping them out of the way during the party. You probably get, from reading different blog entries, that my husband's a pretty awesome guy, eh?

This invitation was inspired by my friend Mary Ann. She had a Book of Mormon party when her family finished reading the Book of Mormon. It was a fun party and a wonderful family tradition that I also plan to start in my family whenever we finish the Book of Mormon.

My class had a great time playing games & eating junk. We played a combo game of LDS pictionary, charades and sculptionary, we also played 1-100 Dice, and then the kids went on a scripture treasure hunt to find their party favors.


Another thing I am grateful for is Girls Nights Out. I have enjoyed quite a few get togethers with friends lately and I sure have needed them. My children don't quite give my mind enough stimulation each day, so it's great when I have the chance to visit with women.

I went to a headband party (which will be bogged about in my SPT) on the first of May. Then on the third I went to Kerstin's shower for her baby. Kerstin is well known for making the most amazing food, so we got these cute party favours of Kerstin's favorite recipes to take home. I'm so excited to make these! Actually, I'm more excited to eat what I make, then the making it process.

The crafty clique got together again on the seventh and we made these chunky rings. I made Seija and me matching ones.

Then on the ninth and tenth Brad took the boys to the stake Father & Sons Camp-out. Since It was just Seija and I at home we decided to have a party in the evening on the ninth! It was planned very (VERY) last minute. I invited as many of the Mothers and daughters who were left behind as I could, and we had a great time visiting, eating strawberry shortcake, and letting the kids play. Thanks for coming everyone!

I have a very bad habit of forgetting to take pictures and that night was no different. I finally remembered when it was 11pm and there was only a few of us left...

Here we are still having fun. Even more surprising is that the children were still happy and playing great at 11pm.