summer servin'

During the school year it's hard to help out with a lot of the church service opportunities.  So when summer comes around we usually jump at the opportunities to serve when we can and make up for the busy school year.

This week has been full of fun service opportunities and we're so grateful for those who let us serve!  

A close family friend passed away this week and I was so grateful that I have time to help with making food for the funeral and having time to help with the funeral itself.

Blessing.

{Cookies}

We also got to feed the missionaries this week!  What a blessing to have the missionaries in our home.  They're pretty terrific guys.  They're worth the struggle of moving the kitchen table out into the living so we can actually fit 4 people around it (because heaven knows our kitchen barely fits the two of us eating at the table!).

T is our Ward Mission Leader and is beginning to have a great relationship with the missionaries.  They all have a lot in common and it was fun sharing our love of homemade pizza with them.

They also talked music for a little while with T.  Among the many T played, he also played them the only song I know on the guitar-"Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam."  Classic.

One thing I absolutely love about the missionaries?

They always leave us with a scripture and a prayer.  Our home is better because of them.  We're better because of them.

Have a problem or question?  Ask the missionaries!  They can help you!  (Elder Oaks)

{T, Elder Laws, and Elder Johnson}

And for the first time ever, I got all of my class birthday monsters completed before the school year starts!  Hopefully three extra will be enough in case of move-ins/move-outs because I busted these out in three days this year.

Thanks to my mama who sewed the outside edges this year.  There was no way I was hand-sewing all of them again.  What was I thinking the past 2 years to hand sew all of these?!

{25 stuffed monsters}

Summer is still treating us well.  Except for the fact that T is super congested and tired and has been for the past couple of days.  Poor guy.  We're stuffing him full of Vitamin C.

And the weather!  The rainy weather has been a dream.  Our house is delightfully cool and wonderful.

We love summer.