Our new callings

Today, Ashley and I were called as Activities Co-Chairs for our ward (or church congregation for those who are not familiar with Mormon lingo). We are pretty happy about it because we get to work together to plan parties for our congregation. Also, it is something that keeps us free on Sundays and should not interfere too much with my studies. Neither of us has any experience in activities, but it should be fun. We will be calling upon those of you with experience, like Shana, Amy, Char, and Mom.

Come to find out, we are replacing a woman who has been in the calling for 5 years and was the ultimate decorator and planner. We have some big shoes to fill because she was great. We are like the poor soul who would get the calling after Charise.

This woman's activities were very nice soiree's with great food and decorations. But, it appears that some of that was lost on the good ol' country folk in our ward. Our bishop is a terrific country boy who just wants lots of families to come to the parties that are organized with lots of help from everybody and where everybody has a good ol' time. We are excited about the chance to just coordinate lots of involvement.

Ashley has already called a "meeting" of the two of us, and has said she will be "delegating" things for me to accomplish. She says we have no time because we are supposed to be throwing a big Fall Festival on Oct 27th, and with General Conference next week we are already behind. The bishop wants a hay ride, trunk-or-treating, a football game, and dinner - so we have lots of stuff to do and none has been started yet. It should be fun!