Monday, January 26, 2009

Busy!

So, we have had a pretty busy couple of weeks. My Grandpa died last Saturday and the funeral was last Tuesday. My mom, knowing that I need to feel busy and needed during a time like this (its how my dad and I both cope with stress, we go into turbo mode and begin to organize), gave me the assignment of doing an arrangement from all the grandkids. I was a little flustered about this because I have never ordered or none one! My mom suggested asking my very talented mother-in-law to help me. So I recruited my mother-in-law, and WOW! She did awesome! She took me to Porters where we got flowers and then to a craft store that had the fishing stuff that I wanted to put in it. All my relatives were so impressed that they were fighting over who got to keep the arrangement. My Grandma won out, but there are already debs about how gets when she dies! It was that good! So thanks, Diane! You are AMAZING!

I took some pictures when we were at the burial that I thought turned out pretty good. My way of saying goodbye.My dad is the only really active member in his family and so it was hard to watch all my cousins and relatives having such a hard time. It made me so thankful to know the truth that there is life after death and I will see my grandpa again. What peace the gospel brings!

I have also been busy catching up with my calling. Our Primary Presidency decided to do birthday spotlights this year. So whenever its some one's birthday we tell a little about them. Simple, right? It has been a little bit of struggle to get 87 birthday spotlights! But the kids really like it and it has been worth it! That and I was an overachiever in that I decided to get the whole year done by the end of January! Ne ways... we are also doing new Baptism gifts. We decided to take a picture of the temple and then transpose the child's picture on it as well. The first baptism is Saturday and this is how they turned out! What do you think? (And NO, Andrew is not getting baptized. I don't have the picture of the boy yet so I figured that this would work for now.)

Ne ways... I want to try harder to blog more. Call it my resolution for the year. I also want to make more comments on my friends blog,so watch out!

11 comments:

jared hawkins said...

Awesome. It looks great. Sorry about your grandpa. Have a wonderful day. Jen

Michelle said...

I'm so sorry about your grandpa. Those are really beautiful pictures of the flowers at the funeral. And I love the idea of the baptism gifts, that's really neat.

Nick and Mary said...

The Flowers do look beautiful! And your Mother in law is amazing, I feel lucky to know her. It's true how much difference the gospel is to us at a funeral. You still cry but it doesn't hurt so bad.
We want to get together sometime so keep in touch. Mary

Sara Birch said...

Sorry to hear about your grandpa. Hope things are going well and you are feeling okay! Don't forget to give me a call and let me know what you are having, when you find out!! Love the baptism gift, it is beautiful.

Rachel Chick said...

Good job, Super Mom! :) Sorry about your Grandfather. Losing grandparents is difficult. The flower arrangement really is beautiful and so are your photos! We need to get together sometime --- it's been WAY too long!

The Special K's(0: said...

You did a spectacular job on both the arrangement and on the pictures. You're such a great person. The Gospel really is such a blessing too, even though it's okay to miss people. God bless! Let me know if I can help in any way! Love, Samantha

The Leavitts said...

Sorry about your grandpa. That is always a hard thing which is made a lot easier with the gospel. Your arrangement is beautiful!

The Hills said...

I love the idea you came up with for baptism gifts. That is incredible and simple. Sorry to hear about your Grandpa. Great job on the flowers.

Tina said...

Way pretty pictures!!! Sorry to hear about your grandpa. OH I love that you have a preschool blog, I just copied it so I can start doing it with Ethan!! Thanks for the post!

Sarah Miller said...

Hey Alisha! This is Sarah Jolley, now Miller. Anyways, I found you through Sara's blog, I hope you don't mind. It will be nice to know what's going on with you. Sorry to hear about your Grandpa, but the gospel is a great comfort. And the flower arrangement looked fabulous!!!

Amy said...

I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I too am grateful for the knowledge we have that we are eternal families. I can't imagine thinking that death is the end. I hope you are doing well with your pregnancy. Take care.