disappointed

we actually aren't liking Kaua'i at all =(  there's a ton of red sand which stains and the beach we went to had rough sand and it wasn't the nicest of days - we didn't care for what we did see today on the east shore.  hoping we love our vacation real soon (we really would rather just be in Maui - hehe)
Opaeka'a Falls

tarzan:

beautiful flowers:

red-crested cardinals: wish I could have gotten a better picture, they were too far away for my camera =(

 white hibiscus, haven't seen too much in bloom - maybe wrong time of year?

 baby gecko

 baby grasshopper with insanely LONG antennas

 this plant grows its edges red - super cute:

 wild orchid?

 dried up toad - I told you it was a boring day and hardly anything to photograph ;)

 yucky weather - go away clouds

kaua'i

Honolulu Airport:

Jonathan and I are on vacation =) it's been a rough start with having only 3 hours of sleep the night before we departed.

we're staying in a studio away from resorts, hotels, etc., first we see a gecko in our room - awwww, cute, then a cockroach - those suckers are fast and the worst part:

a cane spider . . . and I don't care if they're not likely to bite - these spiders are 3-4 inches across - HUGE!  and they move VERY quickly!!   can you imagine the sensation of it crawling on you or in your hair - chills!  it's 3:30 in the morning and I can't go back to sleep - and I won't turn off the lights now!  do you feel sorry for me yet?  =)

I thought I wanted to move to Hawaii one day . . . leaning towards Maui as I didn't see any Cane Spiders there ;)

Slideshow from Brady's COH

I am wise when I CTR lesson helps

Primary 2, CTR A lesson #36 - I am wise when I choose the right lesson helps:

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I have talents primary lesson helps

Primary 2, CTR A - lesson #35 I have talents lesson helps:

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Caring for our physical bodies handout

Lesson #37 Manual 1 - Caring for our Physical Bodies handout:

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Living a Virtuous Life

YW lesson #36 Manual 1 is The Importance of Truth in Living a Virtuous Life handout:

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Living Righteously Amid Pressures Handout

YW lesson #35, Manual 1 - Living Righteously Amid Pressures handout:

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Nephi - hand drawn

I wish I could draw, what I see in my mind never translates to paper well - LoL  Keaton is going to draw some church images to sell while he's doing some online classes.  Maybe he can earn enough to save for his mission =)

Nephi:

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nature

Do you know that when bees die they go to a flower to do it?  Look close:

I would have chosen this flower to die in too ;)

tiny fushias not too small even for a hummingbird?

maybe if I lean way over I won't have to move to get some lunch:

closed honeysuckle - can't get any nectar from those ones silly:

Always Tell the Truth lesson helps

Primary 2, CTR A - lesson #34 Always Tell the Truth lesson helps:

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I can pay tithing lesson helps

Primary 2, CTR A I can pay tithing lesson helps:

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Visiting Teaching Handout - service September 2012

VT message September 2012 - (freebie link expired):

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Worthy Thoughts Handout

YW lesson #34, manual 1 - worthy thoughts handout:

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brady's invite for coh, call and talk

Here's the invite that we'll send out to combine a weekend of Brady's Court of Honor, Mission Call (not to be confused with a farewell or open house ;)  and talk in Sacrament:

for the love of the game

Jeffrey R. Holland quote about good vs evil:

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a very busy saturday

we went to Phil & Trudy's 50th wedding anniversary and this is what we brought them - prints with artistic letters

Here's a YW gift - youth themes for all the years that she was in YW 2008-2013:

Gayle and I did flowers for Emily & Joel's wedding yesterday (it was an extremely busy day and we even managed to go out to sushi dinner for our own anniversary tomorrow - yeah, we ate at 10 pm last night but the good thing was that it was 'happy hour' so we had dinner for $30!)

Youth theme 2013 HOLY

Stand Ye in Holy Places

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lesson helps primary 2, ctr a #32 - love one another

Lesson 32 Love One Another lesson helps Primary 2, CTR A:

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2013 LDS youth theme

Stand Ye in Holy Places

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Youth theme 2013 zion

Zion - youth theme 2013 - stand ye in holy places

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Youth theme 2013

Stand Ye in Holy Places - youth theme 2013

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Stand Ye

Youth theme 2013 - Stand Ye in Holy Places - doctrine & covenants 87:8

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Falling in love ROCKS

I usually only buy frames when they're 50% off, so my options today were shadow boxes . . .but it worked out even better because then I added rocks to the bottom of this cute road sign: Falling in love Rocks.  I took this picture in Maui on the Road to Hana last year:

Jesus' Family Tree

Jonathan is giving a baptism talk at Andrew's baptism on Saturday, but I wrote it and did some visual aids to go along with it ;)
Jonathan is going to talk about all the principles listed in the tree and then at the end point out that the brown letters spell Andrew's name!  And tie in how Andrew is now part of Jesus' family tree because he is being baptized.

Andrew is also being baptized by Keaton, his cousin and Jesus was also baptized by his cousin, John the Baptist!  =)

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Framed:

tribulation and blessings

I was studying the scriptures and came across this thought: Jesus' crown of thorns came before his crown of glory - it never stood out to me before now:

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Freebie

A cute little note:

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YW values 4x6 sizes

Added YW values in 4x6 sizes:

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Subway Art - Primary Songs

I asked Andrew what his 3 favorite Primary songs were and I designed these 8x10 images for his baptism gift - I framed them in white frames:

I used my Maui photos to keep with a theme so they 'went' together ;)
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