Busy, Busy

Sorry for the lack of posts this past month. Things have been super crazy at our house-mainly because of church callings. In our church, people volunteer their time and "talents" to help the church run. The bishop of our church "calls" or assigns you these responsibilities. You do have the freedom to choose to accept them or not, because no one gets paid. In our ward, some members are reluctant to accept callings for whatever reason. So, the members that are willing end up with multiple callings. Shawn and I started as

Webelos Leaders

After doing that for a few years, Shawn was called as 1st counselor in the

Elders Quorum

That was doable, because I was mainly the only one that worked on scouts anyways, so I really just needed him to show up and be the second adult. After he had been in the Elders Quorum for a few months, I was also called as the

Camp Director for the Young Women

Even that wasn't so bad...still doable. But, when it rains, it pours! Not even two weeks later, I was put in as 1st counselor in the

Relief Society

I've only officially been in for two weeks, but have already helped with our first funeral and birth and hours and hours of meetings with this presidency.

All of this without being released from any other callings...so sorry for the drought. It probably won't end until after Girls Camp, though!!!

My Baby's 1!!!

This past week, we celebrated Oakley's birth. He got to have a play date with his neighborhood pals on Friday, then we had to entire fam damily over on Sunday. In the event that Shawn's entire family showed, I had to plan for about 35-40. Luckily, although we would have loved to see them, they don't do get-togethers very often, so only a few of them came. It made things a bit easier, although it was still crazy at our house! Sunday was wet and rainy all day and we had planned on having a bbq outside because our house would have come apart at the seams if we had to sqeeze all those people inside. There had been pockets of sunshine between downpours, so we set everything up outside but also cleaned out the garage and car port "just in case". The party was supposed to start at 6, and at 5, another terrential downpour commenced. I was starting to freak a bit. But, someone (Shawn, that is) must have been living right because right at about 5:50, the clouds broke and the sun shined the entire party! It started raining again right as Oakley finished his cake, so we gathered in our little canopy and opened presents. It worked out perfectly!

I had planned on just tossing some chocolate frosting on "Oakley's" cake. Larissa was up visiting, and because she's so creative, we came up with the idea to write words around the cake that made up his name. If you can't read them: Outgoing Adorable Kissable Loving Edible Youthful. I love her!

Oakley was quite unsure about the cake at the beginning, but as soon as Shawn showed him that he could eat it, he dug right in. He finished off more than half of it! By the end, he was throwing cake at everyone who passed by him.

The finished product :-)