Bittersweet Goodbye

I have been blessed for the last (almost) two years to work with the wonderful Young Women here in Maricopa. I even survived a ward split and still got to work with them. Well, two weeks ago, I was released. :( Although I'm super bummed about not spending as much time with those sweet gals, I know that Heavenly Father is just giving someone else a chance to work with them. I have learned and grown so much. I even completed the leader requirements for my Personal Progress! Incidentally, I have been given a new calling: 14-15 year old Sunday School teacher...quite a humbling calling if I must say. So, I will get to see some of the young women still during class.
Last Wednesday, while I was not at mutual, I received a knock-well, many knocks-on my door. I opened it to find smiling beautiful young women with flowers and a big card! I was so touched I just had to share. They really are sweethearts!

Milestone Movies

As promised, I have added some short videos of Rylend's milestones. The first shows his super-duper crawling skills as well as pulling up. The second is him clapping. He loves to clap and say YEA and YEAH! The third is him babbling with his cute little deep voice. He's such a cutie pie!

Rylend's on the move...

As some of you may already know, Rylend has always been a little wiggle worm. He's a very active boy and as soon as his little muscles were able, he started scooting (like doing the worm to get to a toy or my laptop). Then right after Christmas, he started super crawling. Rob describes him as a spider. You know how you'll see a spider that's perfectly still and then if something comes near, it just darts super fast...that's Rylend. He will be sitting perfectly content...then he'll see a toy or something else he wants and he'll just dart. He cracks us up! I'll be posting a couple video clips of his moves. He also started pulling up at the same time. He pulls up on anything and everything. And now he cruises from one thing to the next. He can cruise from one end of our sectional sofa all the way to the other in a matter of seconds. Not that I'm encouraging it, but I'm sure he'll be walking very soon.

P.S. He's 8 months old now!

Yes.......I'm a slacker...

I realize that it is now the middle of February and the top of my blog still says Merry Christmas. I have no fancy excuses except for the plain fact that I have been a total slacker. Soon to come will be many updates, pictures, etc. I'm just writing this so I have a reason to be accountable. :) Keep checking and soon you'll get all the updates in our lives!