Things I am looking forward to!

The list, in no particular order. Can you believe that this is all happening before the end of June...this is going to be one busy month! 

1. Our (immediate) family reunion at my Aunt and Uncle's new house over the 4th of July. I cant wait to see my family, eat lots of yummy food, play games, enjoy the sun (and convince Michael that I "need" a floppy hat to protect me from those harmful UV rays) and just relax! 
2. The Manti Temple pageant. I have never been, but Michael says it is lots of fun. 
3. Our 6 month anniversary. Im not usually in to celebrating the months, but its on a Saturday so I figured why not, and I cant believe how fast the time has flown! The plan for our anniversary date is: go out for lunch (lunch is cheaper than dinner), maybe do a little shopping at the mall, eat leftover wedding cake that we still have in our freezer (I have been rationing it!) and perhaps get a redbox for a relaxing night at home.
4. The Jenkins family reunion. Most of the people will be old or distant cousins that I have never met. But my Aunt, Grandma, and 2 of my siblings will be there will be there with their families so it will fun. Plus, it will get us pumped up and excited for the next weekend which is the 4th of July/Family Reunion! Oh, and its in Roy, Michael's old stompin' grounds so he is excited to show me around. 
5. A weekend in Park City with Michael's parents and siblings at the condo they rent for a week every summer. Hopefully we will get to explore a bit of the city. I hear old town is fun, and they have some outlets! And to top it all off, the place has a pool so I am hoping for some nice weather so I can get some swim/sun time in!
6. A double date to the Pizza factory. We got this awesome coupon for dinner for 4 for only $20!
7. Girl's night next week- Jessica and I are going to do a session at the Temple, while Courtney does baptisms for the dead. Then we are going to treat ourselves to ice cream :) I cant wait for someday when Court is endowed then we can all do a session together!

And a picture, just because I like it. Plus, you cant go 3 post without including one, then it just gets boring!

New Callings!

Michael and I both have callings now. Well I have had one for a while, but Michael finally has one now (he was feeling a little left out for a while...but I think it was worth the wait!)

I am a visiting teaching supervisor, and have been for the past 2-3 months-ish. Not to difficult, which I dont mind! The sisters are pretty good about getting their reports in to me on time, and then I just make up a spreadsheet (usually in my downtime at work) and then just email that in at the end of every month. The one thing I need to get better at is getting to know the sisters in my district personally, not just by phone/email. In my head I say oh yeah, I can do that, but when it comes down to it the shyness in me comes out. Its a lot easier said than done, well, at least for me!

And now for Michael's calling. Drum roll please!...

He is now President Coon. Actually, we will stick with Brother Coon. President just makes me think of the Stake President or Prophet, and he certainly doesnt have that calling! Thankfully! Michael is the brand new President of the Sunday School for our ward. He is doing an excellent job so far and has two counselors (still waiting on the secretary), that I am sure will do a great job as well. He doesnt really know either of the counselors too well (thats pretty much how it is in our ward, there are just so many people!) but we are hoping to have them and their families over for dinner some night and get to know them better.

And now for my moment to brag about my amazing husband. So, the Sunday after being called Michael got to teach the gospel doctrine lesson, without any notice, and did a fantastic job! I could have never been able to do it. There was some miscommunication regarding who was teaching. My guess is whoever was scheduled to teach moved, and didnt tell anyone, since everyone, but the secretary, in the old S.S. presidency had moved, hence no teacher. But nonetheless, Michael did an excellent job and filled up the entire hour. Thankfully he had read over the lesson during the week, and had the thought to read it again Sunday morning. Thank goodness for those little promptings!! 

I am grateful that we both have callings. It makes us feel more a part of the ward. It was weird not having one for the first little while. I am sure Michael would love to give up the 8:30 Sunday meetings, 3 times a month, but it is great to serve and to meet and get to know more people in our (huge) ward.

Mother's Day!

A month late, but it was on my to-do-list for future posts, so I couldn't just skip it :) 

Enjoy!

No I will not be a Mom within the next 9 months! But I was able to plant the idea in Michael's head to get me a "Future Mother" Mothers Day gift, since I will be a mom, someday :) While on our trip to Yosemite Michael started reading the 1st Hunger Games book that someone had brought with them. The books were the topic of some of the conversations while driving so I causally added that, although I had already read the 1st one, I would love to read the other 2 in the series.

I really didnt think that I would get any sort of gift, nor did I really need one, a simple mother's day wish would suffice (Which Michael did do). But Monday after work, Michael asked if I could take the bus home because he needed to help his boss move something, then he would just go to Costco (we were going to do that together that night) before coming home. After being home for a while and still no Michael, he called saying that he wanted to get me something and they didnt have it at the store he was at, so he was going to try another store, and if they didnt have it he knew Walmart would. Well when Michael came home he had not one, but all 3 of the books in the series. I was really surprised, happy, and flattered that he had caught on to my little hint. So after eating dinner and watching our favorite show Chuck we each settled in on the couch with a book each- Michael the first one, and myself the second. After that I could hardly put them down and had finished book 2 & 3 within a week, or maybe less, I cant remember, but they were good!