TARA T-IZZLE
One of my favorite people in my life is Tara Sullivan! She is so much fun and we have such a great spiritual connection! I met Tara when she decided to reactivate herself in the church and had called the RS President, Amanda, in our branch. I'm the 1st counselor and so I went with Amanda to meet Tara. She was sorta grouchy when we met her :) HA HA HA! I could tell that she really needed the gospel in her life and that she had been struggling with her situation. She came to church and did not miss a Sunday for like over a year now! She is amazing. She has overcome so much! This summer she decided to start preparing to go through the temple! I got to go to temple prep with her for the last couple months and then she just went through the STG Temple on Saturday! It was SO much fun and so great to see her so happy and I know that she knows that the gospel is true and perfect. It was great that she was going through by herself. She wasn't getting married, or going on a mission, so she could relax and take it all in! She did so great!
It was also fun to be in the temple with Jimmy's mom Cathy. I had a REALLY bad mother-in-law experience when I was married before so I am so grateful that Cathy is so wonderful. I love her! She is so sweet and caring. She wants me to love and take care of Jimmy and is letting me do that! I love it! She had been teaching, until this year, at the same school as Tara so they are really good friends! And if you remember, Cathy was at church listening to Tara's first RS lesson and that's how they hooked Jimmy and I up! Jimmy and Tara were born on the exact day too in the same hospital and everything!
Lacey, Melissa, Becca, Annice, Tara, Amanda, Me, Cathy, Colleen and Janet!
When I first moved in with Colleen, Shauna was our other roommate for about a month before Jules moved in. Shauna was at the temple down from Provo and was in the same session as Tara. It was fun to see her again!
Melissa, Kaci, Tara, Cathy, Becca and Me!
Tara's sweet family took us to lunch at the Pizza Factory after! Thanks so much Tara for letting me be a part of your experience! I love you and am so proud of you and your righteous desires and decisions that are not easy but ALWAYS worth it!
Miss Mya is still just killin' me with how fun she is! She loves to put my sunglasses on but has to have them upside down. She also came in with Jamaica this morning and answered the phone a couple times for us :) She's so stinking' fun!I keep on forgetting to metion me and Elizabeth and Cathy's Tuesday night "homemaking/crafting" nights! The first week I was invited Elizabeth made caramels and they were divine! This last week she wanted to make peach pie! She is the cutest cook and is going to be such a great mom! She's due in November and they are going to name her Emma! I love her and Matt, they are crazy, random, and so much fun!
I wanted to make this peach pie at her house but I read the directions and it needed to be cooled in the fridge overnight so I decided to make it the day before so we could just eat it. It is a peaches and cream pie. Elizabeth's pie was so fresh and sweet and I LOVED it so much more than mine! Good job Elizabeth can't wait to do bows tomorrow!!
Lisa is one of Jamaica's neighbors and is amazing! Their kids are the same age and all in school so she took me and Jamaica and Mya out on her boat this morning for a couple hours! Thanks to Trish especially for letting us out of the office all morning! It was so much fuN!
