LA FoodBank

Since serving as the Activities Committee co-chair of my ward I've stressed out a lot about how many people are going to show up at our activities. Normally, this isn't a cause of too much concern, but since we've been given a mandate to turn all of our activities into community service opportunities- most of which require a minimum amount of people to show up to get the job done- I've been a bit worried. Last month we did a Blood Drive. The success was... middling. The Red Cross wanted a minimum of 50 pints to make it worth the expense of sending in their nurse-troops. Even though we had a lot of people show up, we only wound up squeezing 30 pints (I'm glad every single one of those people came because 30 sounds better than 29). I was nervous about our next activity, loading up boxes of food for distribution to 5,000 needy families. About 10 people signed up on Sunday and I figured we were in huuuge trouble. But the day of proved me wrong, we had a fantastic turn out and a ton of fun as we completed all the assignments they had for us and more. The best part was the warm fuzzy that serving gives. aaww.

Our Sweet Little Guys

My friend Lindsay, who is definitely one of the most graphically skilled people I know (just check out her blog if you don't believe me), thought it would be a good idea to take a photo of all the little boys in our ward who are around the same age. I thought it sounded fun, but this was just about the most crazy and hilarious photo shoot in the history of mankind. I dare anyone to try to get a photo of 7 little boys, all well under 2, to sit still in an endlessly hilly, grass filled park. It was total chaos, but everything considering, they didn't turn out too badly. They sure have a sweet group of little friends!! I just want to squeeze all their little cheeks just about all the time...

Disneyland Rocks!

I wish we had some more photos of the boys momentous first day in the magical kingdom, and mine and Ian's first time in a long long while. Honestly, Ian, Caleb, Julian and I had so much fun with Ian's family that we just about wanted to work out a way to come back here every day. From the first moment I stepped through the gates and looked down Main Street to Sleeping Beauty's castle I got a big smile on my face. The boys had a great time too until we started taking them on rides. Their first couple rides were a little frightening. I didn't appreciate the fact that they're old enough to be scared. As we waited in line for Snow White- the first ride- I told Caleb to check out the witch cackling evilly in the display case behind us with green lights under her chin casting up all sorts of creepy shadows. I thought he would find it funny. I don't know what I was thinking. He was also a little traumatized during a few dark moments on Pirates and Alice in Wonderland, but by the end of the day he seemed to enjoy them- Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Light Year were great. Luckily for us we have annual passes- ah the joy. I really wish I had more photos- we're still working on getting a new camera.