Posted in Church, London on Jul 1st, 2012 4 Comments »
Today marks the end of a long, but exciting 10 months for our Hyde Park Ward here in London. Hyde Park Chapel Before Renovation At the beginning of September 2011 we became a congregation without a meeting place. We were blessed to have access to the Assembly Hall in the Baden-Powell House (Scout Headquarters), just [...]
Posted in Church, Family on Apr 5th, 2012 1 Comment »
It seems that General Conference time always involves baking. Eating and General Conference are just synonymous in our house. Now that we are time zones away from Utah, we don’t watch General Conference until the day is almost over. So, instead of making a fun breakfast, we need to think of fun snacks to make. [...]
Posted in Cami, Church, Friends, Hannah on Mar 5th, 2012 No Comments »
When we moved to London, my first visiting teaching companion was Sis. Barker. When we met up the first time (and I, of course, had my kids along), we discovered Sis. Barker was also Cami’s Sunbeam teacher at church. With these connections, we just fell in love with Sis. Barker and the kindnesses that she [...]
Posted in Church, Family, Holiday, London on Jan 1st, 2012 No Comments »
London Temple Emma and Chris started the last day of the year by attending the temple with our ward’s youth (those that were in town over the holidays). They had a great day and made it home in time for our low-key celebrations! Our low-key celebrations were definitely that – we made individual pizzas and [...]
Posted in Becca, Cami, Chris, Church on Sep 25th, 2011 No Comments »
It’s been about 3 weeks ago now, but we were able to participate in the Church’s Helping Hands do some service, as London cleaned up areas affected by the recent riots. We were assigned to help in a large open park area in Northeast London and had a great time serving with those around us. [...]
Posted in Church, Family, Friends, London on Jul 20th, 2011 1 Comment »
Some friends in our ward decided to go on a group camping trip to a local campsite. Our kids were so excited and even sat through the 2 hours worth of driving (that was supposed to be 45 minutes) in heavy traffic with no complaining! The kids and I set up the tent and played [...]
Posted in Church, Family, London on May 12th, 2011 5 Comments »
Amidst Cami’s A&E visit and Caleb’s gymnastics competition, we had a much different side of our weekend as well . . . a more spiritual one. I was able to go with our ward’s youth down to the London Temple to do baptisms for the dead. Because it’s a bit of a jaunt to get [...]
Posted in Becca, Church, Emma, London on Feb 21st, 2011 3 Comments »
These last 7 months serving in the Young Women program at church has been amazing! Our weekly mutual nights have been a great night to learn – I’m learning just as much as the girls and I’m loving it! Last week we had a make-up and hair night. One of our girls is in beauty [...]
Posted in Church, Family, Hannah, Kids, London on Feb 8th, 2011 3 Comments »
The main reason for my parents’ visit was for Hannah’s baptism on January 8th, exactly one month after her 8th birthday. We were so lucky to have Chris’s parents come out for the event as well! We really have been so lucky to have both our parents attend all three kids’ baptisms so far, no [...]
Posted in Caleb, Cami, Church on Nov 23rd, 2010 No Comments »
. . a grateful heart.” That was the main message of the Young Women’s lesson I taught on Sunday. I made each of the girls (and leaders) a Gratitude Journal and challenged them to write in it often – once a day, once a week, whenever – just do it consistently. So, today, these are [...]