Hi scrumptious Muffin of my life for everything g forever and always all the stuff and llamas! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH! All week I've been reveling in the joy of the 2 baptisms we heard about. So precious, so fun. Maryn says hi! We just attended Adyson Slichta's young women recognition event. She's got the crazies for Spen I'm pretty sure :). I felt the Spirit so much in church today. Girls talked about girls camp. They had the theme of Wizard of Oz and going home. You would have loved it when Sister Rhonda Pilcher talked about the glories of creation and how they can help us feel Heavenly Father's love.

I felt the Spirit so very much in primary.  Erin Terry taught about the Sabbath Day. She began by asking the children to imagine receiving a letter by someone very special asking if He could spend one WHOLE day with Him. She asked them to imagine the letter was from Jesus.  She had the children draw a picture of themselves in just 90 seconds.  She had someone hold up a weight continously, then another hold it up for 6 seconds and rest on the 7th. She talked about how Heavenly Father created us and he knows we need a day of rest.  She had a girl spotted by the world with wrong beliefs and ideas and explained that she needed Sunday for the Lord to cleanse her and help her get her mind and heart right and ready. I really loved where she spoke about her favorite commandment of prayer. I love that thought, prayer as a favorite commandment. 

We've had some wonderful blessings this week. We were able to spend a lot of precious time with Matt, Karen, Gracie, Livy and Ella. We swam in the Pepperwood pool. Friday we all went to Strawberry Reservoir, it was GORGEOUS!  Grandma and Grandpa Raspberry rented two boats and we fished and rode around the gorgeous lake. It was so delightfully wonderful.

One of my favorite conversations with Matt and Karen was about YOU! Your light shines so bright to everyone who reads your letters. Your faith and optimism really uplift their whole family.  I love you, son, with all my heart.   I MISS YOU! I LOVE YOU!  IT IS NOT EASY TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD FROM YOU! 

Doctrine and Covenants 128: 23 Let the mountains shout for joy, and all ye valleys cry aloud; and all ye seas and dry lands tell the wonders of your Eternal King! And ye rivers, and brooks, and rills, flow down with gladness. Let the woods and all the trees of the field praise the Lord; and ye solid rocks weep for joy! And let the sun, moon, and the morning stars sing together, and let all the sons of God shout for joy! And let the eternal creations declare his name forever and ever! And again I say, how glorious is the voice we hear from heaven, proclaiming in our ears, glory, and salvation, and honor, and immortality, and eternal life; kingdoms, principalities, and powers!

One of my favorite moments this week was after Spencer and Ady went to the rodeo and I laid on your bed and he on his and we laughed and laughed about things we could post on the picture she posted. I love Spen.  

I went to a fun Momologist conference on Saturday with Angie. We learned that circumstances are just facts that can be proven in a court of law, and our thoughts and beliefs about those circumstances we are completely in control of.  We get to choose.  After thoughts and beliefs come our feelings, so when we CHOOSE our thoughts, we can in many ways CHOOSE our feelings.  Next comes our ACTION and the RESULT.   We get to choose everything but the circumstance.  She also taught us that there are two primal fears that everything kind of comes down to, fear of value, and fear of missing out, and if we freak out, usually underneath the freak is one of those two reasons. Pretty cool stuff. 

I love things like that that are helpful, kind, thrifty it was not, but clean and reverent partially. fun for sure. Have you written a mission statement for your mission? She talked about that kind of stuff, too.  

Do you remember Bronwen? of course you do. She is one of our Anderson cousins.  She is getting MARRIED this week. We had a family bridal shower for her, and she and Lisa and Manon and Willa spent the night here. Also, this week is the funeral for Lisa's only sibling, Tony.  I don't know if you remember him.  It is super sad. He was in his late 30's.  Alcohol, drugs and loneliness and sorrow.  I pray for you to find the Tony's of the world Mook! Thank you for the work you are doing, it is so needed.

We are doing a summer play...wait for it....MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND! Erin Terry and I are doing it with neighborhood kids for free and fun.  

How can I tell you how much I love you? You are my greatest treasure.