June Nuts and Bolts

Here’s the June calendars of happenings for the Smith clan:
06.01: Elizabeth, who is neither nursing or pregnant, fasts for the first time since 2005. David is happy for the company!
06.02: It has been a great month for Family Home Evenings. The girls get excited for it (or it might just be the games and treats…). It’s fun to watch Kadence get into the lessons.
06.04: Happy Birthday to Sarah! Elizabeth had the last step to her root canal and couldn’t be more thrilled (denote sarcasm).
06.05: We had an insulation consultation and ended up having much more insulation installed. We hope this will help during the extreme Utah seasons. David had his annual LDS Philanthropies Vision Conference. Elizabeth was able to attend the Thursday evening session on campus.
06.06: Friday saw us heading to Friday’s meeting in the Assembly Hall at Temple Square. We heard from Bishop Edgley, President Samuelson, and President Clark (BYU-Idaho) among others and had a great day full of inspiring thoughts. I am grateful to work where I do!
06.10: Elizabeth has had a fun, busy month with the Young Women, including Tuesday night activities. Our wonderful neighbor (whom I home teach) helped us install ceiling fans in both girls’ rooms. We had a little scare when a three-year old in our neighborhood went missing. After searching for quite a while, he was found safe and sound. It’s always humbling to see people’s goodness!
06.11: Tayah continues to attend baby sign class and is picking up more and more signs each day. Kadence is a good teacher to her! David conducted his first monthly training meeting for his staff in the new LDSP building.
06.12: We woke the girls up at 6:15 AM (usually they’re both up by 6:30 or 7:00) to see hot air balloons. This whole week was Springville’s Art City Days. They loved seeing the balloons get blown up and sent off the ground! We then went to BYU’s Museum of Art’s medieval festival for kids—complete with etching, dancing, castle-building, and story-telling.
06.13: Congrats to Jonathan and Tine on their wedding! It was wonderful to see so much of the family there, especially the Ricks families who are back East. We went to Orem Summerfest and Kadence had a delightful time riding the merry-go-round and a car ride (which she did on her own…that’s big!).
06.14: Had our June birthday party with the family up in Salt Lake City. We then hit Art City Days’ carnival. The girls were tired and cranky, but we still had a great experience. We worked on the yard that night and have enjoyed doing so in the nice summer evenings this month.
06.15: Happy Father’s Day out there! Elizabeth and the girls made it a special day for me with breakfast, gifts, hugs and kisses. The bishopric was able to speak in sacrament meeting, which added to the day. We had the whole family down for our FD get-together.
06.19: We’ve been plugging away with our weekly bishopric visits. Our goal is to visit all 490 members sometime this year. With three or four a week, we’re on track!
06.20: David was able to go up to LDS Business College for some meetings. After the busy week we had before, a nice quiet evening at home was perfect.
06.21: We attended our block party. There was a terrific turn-out of neighbors and we all loved getting to know each other better. We couldn’t ask for better friends!
06.23: Summer term starts at BYU which brings more interviews for David. I couldn’t be more excited (denote more sarcasm).
06.26: Our little Tayah turns one! Words can’t express how much joy this little angel has brought to our lives. We’re so grateful to have you in our family precious one. Elizabeth and I headed up to Girls’ Camp for bishopric night with dinner in tow. We love our girls and had a wonderful time with them.
06.28: Sorry we couldn’t make the Relay for Life, but our thoughts were with the family. Elizabeth and the girls attended Kammi’s baby shower. We went to the quinzinera (sp?) for one of our YW who turned 15. Quite the event! We followed that up with our monthly game night with ward friends.
06.29: David conducted his fifth Sunday this month. I always get the five weekers! The Bishop was out of town this week. We had a nice combined meeting with LDS Family Services. We had friends over for dinner that night.
06.30: Another month is in the books for Tayah, Kadence, and their parents, with plenty on the docket for July!