One Year Older and Wiser Too

New Year

It is a new year. Per tradition I took some time to think about some things I would like to work on this year. One of them is meal-planning. I started off on a good note and then quickly got swept away doing other stuff. Luckily I can recommit any second of any minute of any hour of any week of any month... so hopefully I will be able to get back on that shortly. I am trying to do something different this year so I can be successful. I am using an app called Pepper Plate. I am still trying to enter a bunch of recipes so I can have everything in one place. I am actually pretty excited about it. Here's my chalkboard for the month of January:

New Calling

I was called to serve as the Relief Society secretary. I did not see that one coming. It was fun to be in primary, but it is also nice to be able to be more involved in relief society and get to know sisters I haven't had a chance to get to know. I am also excited to grown and learn new things. So far it has been very busy and we have had a lot of meetings, but I guess that is to be expected, especially with a whole new presidency. 

Birthday

I had a birthday and now I am a quarter of a century old. James got me a sweater because I am always cold. I also got a very nice hand-me-down sewing machine for a birthday gift. Yay, projects!

Restaurant Week

To celebrate my birthday, we went out to eat at the Majestic, a cool old Jazz club. The food was okay, but the Jazz was fabulous and we had a grand old time. It happened to be restaurant week, so the following Monday we had to go eat at the Capitol Grill. The food was phenomenal. I seriously loved everything!

Girls' Camp Meetings

And so it begins. We have started having Girls' camp meetings. I have to admit that I am feeling a little bit stressed about it because it turns out I have a lot more responsibilities and things I have to plan than I originally thought. I am sure everything will work out.

Mormon Con

We chaperoned a youth activity/dance - "Mormon Con." James went as Orin Porter Rockwell and I went as Delilah. We had a great time, but I have realized that I am not as young as I used to be. I used to be able to dance all night and now I feel beat much earlier and the next morning I woke up and my body just ached. 

Family pictures

We took family pictures! I won a bid for family photos at a RS service auction we had a few months back. Leah Barnhart did a fabulous job! I am going to do a separate post with just the family photos since this post is already got so much stuff in it. 

Hand Lettering

I am really trying to work on my hand lettering when I have time. I am not good, but I enjoy the process and hope to get better. Here are some cards/envelopes I made recently.

 

February Chalkboard

This is my chalkboard for Feb. This one was inspired by one I spotted on Pinterest. I am having a lot of fun making these.

Mid-Winter Break

James' family came to visit for mid-winter break. We had a lot of fun. If only we could have taken more time off. We went to Jack Stack with them the night they got in.

The next day we went to Navoo (and Carthage Jail) for 2 days, which was super awesome. It was cold, but I think that made it a little more real to think about the Saints walking across the frozen Mississippi River in -13º weather, saying goodbye to their homes and temple. We got to see a ton of stuff there and even got to do Baptisms for the dead in the temple. We stayed in the Willard Richard's house bed and breakfast, which was pretty neat. It was a really lovely trip.

James' birthday happened. He got new scriptures for his Birthday. They are really nice and he was long past due for a new set. He's pretty much an old man these days. He has white hairs and everything. We also celebrated Papa Low's birthday while he was here. We had a triple-layer chocolate cake (please don't judge my terrible frosting job), lemon merengue pie (made by mom Low), and ice-cream to celebrate the birthday boys.

We also went to Oklahoma Joe's', I mean Joe's KC... and the WWI museum with them, but besides that they did a ton of stuff while James and I were working. It was so fun to see them.