a haircut & homemade ponytail holders

When my mother- in-law came over last summer for a visit, she taught the girls how to make flowers out of ribbon and glue them onto ponytail holders and headbands. The girls all had fun with this project. They had all gone to Wal-mart to buy felt, ribbon, brads, ponytail holders, and a lighter. A lighter? I had asked them why we needed a lighter.  Well, in order to keep the ribbon from fraying, you need to burn the edges. They layered different kinds of ribbons on top of each other and added brads of different styles to add an effect. This was such a fun project. My mother-in-law is so talented with crafts and I am always grateful to her for passing on her ideas to us

Chelsea's hair grows really fast and was in need of a haircut. If you didn't notice, she is the only one out of my girls who has super straight hair. It's so much more easy to manage than Sierra and Lexie, who have naturally curly hair (like me). She also had a busy week with school, church, and even lost another tooth.

Chelsea gave an excellent talk in Primary at church. She gave a talk on how the scriptures teach us of our Heavenly Father's plan. She prepared the talk at the last minute. Her sister Lexie found this yellow slip of paper in her scripture bag on Sunday morning when Chelsea was cleaning it out. Luckily we all had an extra half hour to spare before we had to leave for church (it takes us 15 minutes to get there). All went well and Lexie helped her prepare her talk within ten minutes. She presented it well and did a great job in bearing her own little testimony in the end.

Chelsea & Lexie also participated in the Jump Rope for heart at their school this past week and enjoyed doing something for a great cause. It was Chelsea's first time in this event.

We ended the Sabbath with having the church missionaries over for dinner at our house. We hadn't had them over for quite some time. It felt so nice to have them over and to get to know them better. It's amazing how much you miss their presence after a long abeyance. They bring such a strong spirit into the home. I am grateful for the message they left us and for their diligence in how they serve our Heavenly Father; to sacrifice 18-24 months of their life to share the gospel. It was a nice ending to a wonderful busy week... in serving & being spiritually fed by our missionaries.