I'm a dedicated fan!

I absolutely love the group Coldplay! They're a bit like U2 with a piano. So for our 9th anniversary that we celebrated this past week, Richard took me to their concert in Salt Lake on Saturday night. I was so excited! We bought their new cd 2 weeks ago so we could get to know the new songs and sing along. It was such a great concert! We had a really good time.

It was supposed to start at 7:30. But since the BYU/Utah game was still going and many of those fans were coming to the concert, they had other performers on stage until 9:00! Then they had to set up the stage for Coldplay, which meant they didn't come on stage until about 9:30. But by then, it was packed and wow was it worth the wait! They were amazing! Everyone was on their feet dancing and singing. I could have gone all night listening to them.

Then Richard insisted on getting something for the boys and for me. So we stood in line afterwards and got the boys a key ring. I know, probably cheesy, but it was one the cheaper things (you know how concert items are double the price than what their worth, right?) And he got me a cute t-shirt. We had to do it! We probably could have gotten online and got them cheaper, but then it's not authentic from the concert, know what I mean?

I love my hubby!

Gulp...I'm not playing piano?

I have always had a calling in some musical spot in the church. For as long as I can remember. Choir pianist quite a bit, RS pianist, primary chorister, choir director (better at playing piano, let me tell you!), primary pianist substitute, playing on my mission at almost every zone conference, playing piano when I was in YW's, etc. I am the most comfortable with playing piano for a calling or being involved in some musical capacity. We all have our areas of comfort when it comes to serving in the church, right?

So when we moved into our current ward last June, I told my bishop/brother (yes, you read that right, he is my bishop. Kinda weird, but fun!) that I would love any calling that involves music, cause that's what I'm comfortable with. So naturally I think I'll get it. Right? Riiiight......

The first counselor comes over to our house to talk to us about callings. I'm thinking for sure it's playing the piano in something. Nope. Mia Maid advisor. Okay. Not what I expected but I am open to new experiences, but honestly I didn't want primary or YW's. I hesitantly said yes and questioned the Lord, "why me?" "Are you sure?"

It was really tough for me in the beginning. Coming to a brand new area and ward and not knowing the YW at all was a real challenge. It would have been easier had I been in the ward a while and knew them at least a little bit. I was so nervous and had no idea how to relate to them. I had a hard time wanting to go to church and activities for a while cause I just felt out of place! And I felt I wouldn't really get to know anyone else in the ward if I'm always in YW's.

Now we've been to girls camp and quite a few weekly activites, and sat through a lot of lessons, and it's getting so much better now! So for my #15 thing I'm grateful for this month is the young women in my ward. They are amazing girls that face lots of challenges. They are fun, funny, smart and spiritual. I have been learning so much about myself and my abilities as well. I think the Lord was just saying, "it's time to try something else now." I'm grateful for that because he knows what I need to learn. I sure hope I can be as good for these girls as they are for me!

A Thankful Month

When things get tough and frustrating, it's always good to remind yourself of what you have, right? It's called 30 days of Thankful. My friend Holly is doing this on her blog and I decided to give it a go as well.

As I've been sitting here thinking about what I am thankful for, I actually got a warm feeling in my heart. I am certainly so blessed! At first I thought it would take me a while to think up some things to get to the 11th day to be caught up, but it certainly wasn't hard at all!

I have the list on my sidebar if you want to follow up. I'll try to do some short posts as well.

Halloween

Here's some belated Halloween pics of the kids. We had such a fun day! Surprisingly the kids haven't been asking for much candy so it's going to last a long time. They've had maybe one piece a day. I keep it hidden away at the top of one of our cabinets called the "shameful shelf", or sometimes called the "shameless shelf". Depends on the day. Since they don't see it, they don't think of it as much which is so nice! Sara was a cute little witch, Preston was Superman, and Ethan was a vampire, all bought on Ebay for cheapo!