Temple Bound

It was one of those days when I rolled out of bed at 5:30, quickly put on my thermals, sweats, several jackets and shoes and left to go walking at 5:45, came home at 7:00, showered, dressed and headed to the seminary at 7:50, worked for an hour and then headed to Packards at 8:50, came home at 5:00, redressed and headed to the temple at 5:30, got home at 10:15 and went to bed.  But just before we ran out the door to the temple, I did have a minute to snap this picture.  Dave says, "One of those days?  Isn't every day like this?"  It's not.  But it seems like it some times.

Resolution

This is a project I am working on.  I heard about a  project called MCP Project 12 where you work on images related to a different theme each month. Skill level does not matter - what matters is that you challenge yourself and try new things with your camera.  January's theme is Resolution - which is a pretty open theme.  I've given it a lot of thought, and I think I have an idea.  If it comes together like I think, I'll post the picture when it's done.  For now . . .   

Just wanted to say, you Cozzens family women missed out on the best white elephant gift of Christmas this year!!  Kimbrey may have meant this to be decorative, but I use it, man!  Drew went back to school with three more pairs of socks than he would have without this cute missing socks board.  Just sayin' . . .

A Pintrest From the Young Women's Board

This is a pintrest from the past that was SO fun to do. I shared it on facebook, but not here.  Our them for Young Women in Excellence this year was I Am the Daughter of a King.  The girls wore prom dresses, walked a red carpet, and were treated just as royally as we could treat them.  They LOVED it!  We have a great group of Young Women right now, so spiritual, so strong, and such good singers!  So, we have them sing just as often as we can.  At YW in Excellence they sang a Jenny Phillips song called Live It - meaning don't just go to church on Sunday and say you're a member of the Church, but each and every day you should Live It.

So, I made these washer necklaces for them.  Here is the original from Pintrest.  This was done for a Girl's Camp thing, so I formalized mine a little bit by leaving the fabric tie off.

And here is mine.  As I said, our Young Women loved them and as they wear them and see them sitting on their dressers or in their jewelry boxes, I hope it will remind to live the gospel.  And, that they had a Young Women's leader who loved them and made them a cute necklace that she found on pintrest. 

Pintrest

Initially I pinned this Peanut Butter, Banana, Chocolate Chip bread because of the cute way it was wrapped. And then I woke up one morning and realized that my pile of red tape bananas had grown.  Considerably!  Dave says:  "I keep finding these!"  In a REALLY excited voice.  And so, I made the bread.

Above is the pintrest version . . .   

                                                  And here is mine.  And it's not bad.

Drew's girlfriend's brother, Maddox was over this weekend and I offered him some.  He started to decline, but I said, in a sing-songy voice not unlike Chase's when he is trying to get us to come to the pretend "motorcycle store".  Chase: "You can see a diRTY POTtY!!"  To Maddox I said:  "It's Peanut Butter, BanaNA, CHOCOLATE ChiP Bread!  And he took the bait.  Bit right in and proclaimed it good.  So there you have it.

Drew Leaves . .

And today Drew left to begin another semester at SUU : (. But first, this motorcycle had to be loaded.  It's Ryans.  They weren't sure it was going to fit, but in it went!

Here is the entire content of clothing Drew had to take back with him.  This includes a jacket he received for Christmas and two pair of pants I bought him when I realized two weeks after he got home that he had been wearing the same pants the whole time.  And THEY had holes in the knees.  It was all he brought with him because he just didn't need any more.  Drew has simple needs.

    I couldn't resist comparing Brennan's departure with Drew's.  Not that one is more right than the other, just different. Notice how Drew's stuff is all packed in neat little containers.  What a difference a boy makes :)                                                                                                         

Brennan Leaves

 This kid is headed off to college.  In his pajamas.  I give these boys pajamas every Christmas and Brennan lives in his like clothes for a few weeks, then they get lost in the great black hole that is Brennan's life and he's back to walking around in his skivvies.  I asked him, "Brennan, are you leaving in your pajamas?  He says, "Might as well drive in comfort!"  Me:  "What if you break down, or have to stop for gas, or get pulled over."  Bren:  "I've got plenty of clothes I can change in to real quick."  And he does.  

 This is what my house looked like yesterday.  Because this is how Brennan packs.  First, he brings every piece of clothing he owns home to be washed over Christmas break, rewashes everything the day before he leaves, and folds them all into little piles all over the Family Room Floor.

Then he carries them out one pile at a time until his car is full of piles of clothes and everything else he owns in the world.  No boxing things up for Brennan.  Why?  "Because then I have these empty boxes I have to deal with."  I can only imagine what he looks like carrying all that stuff into his apartment in Logan.  And just for the record, I did NOT teach him this.  It's some kind of organizational system that only smart guys who drive back to Logan in their pajamas understand.

Pintrest

So, I'm up late tonight helping Brennan apply for scholarships and I come across a blog where this girl takes things she has pinned on pintrest, does them, and then blogs about it.  I think, "Wow, that's cool.  I think that would be fun to do."  So here is my first I Learned This On Pintrest And Did It blog. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        First, this is the picture of a photography pose I found and pinned on pintrest . . .                                                                          

                                                        And here is MY photo . . .

Pintrest's photo . . .

 

And mine.  

See, what this is supposed to do is to get you to actually DO the things and not just pin them.  We'll see how it works. .. ..