Life and Times of J2: July 2014

This weekend has been great! My Best Friend (Brittany) came up to Rexburg to visit me! It's been great to have her here. We started off the 4th, almost immediately after her plane landed with the great opportunity to use my photography skills to photograph our friend's (Bethany) family. It was a great way to start of the 4th of July weekend. With more than 500 pictures taken and wonderful times had; the 4th started with some Perfect Pictures. We picnicked it out by the Snake River in Idaho Falls waiting for the fireworks to begin. Played a few rounds of "Go Fish" with the few random kids who came creeping as we were playing Speed. One little boy couldn't read the big numbers, so I helped him out a bit! The day was great. Then on the 5th, we started out the day with a trip to Monkey Rock. (aka a snow run-off with a little waterfall) That was fun, and now we look like little red Lobsters. Today has been a blast! I feel like Sunday will forever remain as my favorite day of the week. Since it is the first week of the month, it was Fast and Testimony meeting. Since the semester is winding down and many of us are going to be off track next semester, testimony's were shared with thankful hearts for the people around them. This ward really is great with getting to know one another and finding small and simple ways of serving. I have really grown to love this ward. This past week I spent my free time preparing for the photo shoot and preparing a lesson for Relief Society. I was so nervous I just couldn't keep my hands from shaking. Even this morning I was unsure of the absolute outline for my lesson. My mind was just running with Ideas from what I had studied. It was a great relief to have so much participation in class that I was able to follow the Spirit and direct the discussion where others needed it to go. I seriously love teaching! It's something about discussions and marker boards that just gets me excited to share what I have loved learning about!

Here is a sample of this weekend: Enjoy!