Sweet Gift

A couple of weeks ago Jaren and I were talking on Skype and he asked me if I was going to be home for the next few days. I asked why he wanted to know because I was curious. He then rephrased his question and asked what I do during the day, so I told him. I didn't really think much of it after that until a couple of days later when he sent me an e-mail. At the end of the e-mail he said "P.S. I hope you like your present!" I knew then that he had been trying to be sneaky about finding out if I was going to be home to receive whatever he was sending in the mail for me. Sure enough, about a week later I get a package. It was from See's candy. Jaren had ordered and sent me a 2 LB BOX of Assorted Milk Chocolates. He knows how much I love chocolate and decided to send such a sweet gift to me. It truly made my day to know that Jaren would do such a cute thing! Men don't always remember to be so thoughtful so it was even more meaningful to know how much he thought about me. I love and appreciate him so much! I hope every girl is as lucky as I am! For those that are wondering what happened to the chocolates...I indulged in sitting at home reading books and eating my favorite chocolates for a day before taking the rest to my Mom and Dad's so they could take care of the rest. I am after all still on a diet! ~Emily

Cannon Beach

The second to last Saturday in August, Mom, Ashley, and I all took a trip to the Oregon coast. We did a bit of school clothes shopping for Ashley, stopped in a cute town to look at some shops, went to Cannon Beach, and treated ourselves to a scoop of ice cream at the Tillamook cheese factory before heading back home. There was a cool glass blowing store we went inside at the town we stopped in. We got to watch the artist creating a beautiful large glass bowl. We could feel the heat eminating even from across the room behind a partial glass wall. It was amazing to watch! Cannon beach had absolutely perfect weather. I don't think I have seen such a nice day on the beach at the Oregon coast before. I could have stayed there all day just reading a book. It was wonderful! Ashley and I played in the water a bit, planning to just get our feet wet. By the time we left I was wet clear up to my thighs from waves that snuck up on me and was dripping with sand sticking to me when I got in the car. Jeans are not the lightest things in the world when holding so much water. It was fun anyway and I was glad to spend some time with the girls on our day trip!

Girl's Camp

This is the Fisher's Landing Ward group that consisted of all second year campers. Oddly enough that's how it worked out. This is actually the last day at camp when we were waiting for our drivers to come. We were all tired and needed showers!

One of the campfire activities was the "Miss Melacoma" pageant where the girls dressed up their leaders and we had to prance around the stage. This is my mom next to me since she came as my camp assistant. The girls did a great job at making beautiful garbage bag outfits!

We had a color war day and all of the second years were supposed to wear green. It was convenient that we only had second years which is why they are all dressed in some green.

Girl's camp was a lot of fun for me as the camp director! It gave me a great opportunity to get to know the girls and have fun with them. Now that the stress of planning is over I can relax and I will also know what to expect next year! ~Emily

Iraq

Here are some local pictures from where I'm at. This first picture is building a floating bridge.

And here is the beauty of kuwait.

More to follow later!