Month in Review...

Since I have been absent from the blogging world for over a month I thought I would do a quick recap of what has been going on.


BABY BLESSING
Maya's baby blessing was this past Sunday. It was great to support a friend and her family. I wish I could have went to her home afterward but we had a family dinner to get to.


STATE OF PLAY
Also, this past weekend we went to see a movie. We hadn't BEEN to a movie in the theater for a while, it was nice to go on an official date. We decided to see the movie State of Play. It was a surprisingly good movie and we both enjoyed it. It may have been the low expectations we had before going but we weren't disappointed.

MY BROTHER
I did a post on my brother Lance last year about his struggles with drug addiction. And while he was unable to stay clean during his last release he was able over this past year to complete his sentence for good. He was released last week and is not longer on parole. He is finally in a place where he really wants to change his life and start his own family.

He agreed to go to a drug rehab in Long Beach California and has been there a week. So far he is doing great! He has been drug free for a year and they are working with him to stay that way. He has a girlfriend named Ashley who is super supportive and they seem really happy. Lance wrote me yesterday and he is running on the beach every morning, they are taking him body surfing today and he want to an Angels baseball game 2 nights ago. The goal of this rehab is to help the clients learn to have fun with out being high and to learn life skills that they haven't mastered yet. They will help him get a job locally and if he wants to go to school help him with that as well. I am excited for this new chapter in his life and our family is praying for his success!

WICKED!!
The highlight of this past month was going to see WICKED here in Utah. They are performing here for about 5 weeks. We stumbled upon an opportunity to get tickets with our dear friends Tim, Hilary and 3 of their darling daughters. We had a great time!

I know the show is sold out but if you have the chance to go DO IT! It was amazing! Even better than when we saw it in New York. Glinda's voice was incredible and she was so witty and clever with her portrayal of the character! We laughed almost the entire time. Even Brad gives it 2 thumbs up for the 2nd time.

EASTER

We had a fantastic Easter lesson for the YW by Brother Dallon. He did a great job helping the girls (and leaders!) understand the true meaning of Easter and why our Savior did it all for us. He really explained things in a simple, yet meaningful way and we all left filled. He has an incredible testimony of his Savior and were blessed to hear him teach.

We then headed to my parents for Easter dinner. We loved having the traditional deviled eggs and my mom's YUMMY strawberry pie!! Of course, with my brother's release a few days later my mom forgot we were all coming, so we had hamburgers and hot dogs! We still enjoyed ourselves and the food as well as conversation was fantastic! Love you mom and dad!

FAMILY DINNER

We had a family dinner with my cousin Troy and his family (minus Holly) and my parents. It was conference Sunday and we had a great time. We have so much fun with his family and we can always count on lots of laughter and great stories!

Well more to come! I am hoping to post a new video for the first time wish me luck!