Campfire USA!

We had Tate's Blue and Gold Banquet tonight. We were required to bring a cake for a cake walk. I wasn't planning on going because we had a district game at Hillcrest and I didn't think Tate would mind missing pack-meeting for a basketball game. Boy was I wrong. He came home from school just pumped as could be asking me how we were going to decorate his cake this year.........Yea, it is 3:30 p.m. and I have no intention or supplies to bake and decorate a cake. I could tell decorating a cake meant a lot to him and I was feeling a little bad about not planning on pack meeting. So, I looked up a cake on Family Fun (love this magazine) and went to Wal-Mart for the supplies. I didn't have to bake a cake because it is two pre-made Angel food cakes....yippee! I just followed the recipe, frosted the heck out of "the logs" and used chocolate doughnut holes for the hot coals. The fire is fruit roll-ups. It took us 45 minutes....Whew! I almost failed as a mother, today, but was saved by this easy recipe....thank goodness! Also, I am proud of my son for reminding me of what is really important:).

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Finished Basement is under way!

I am very excited this weekend. My husband and brother-in-law finished the electrical in our basement. We have been saving money and slowly but surely finishing our basement when we can. We are on to sheet rock and I am so very happy. I walked downstairs today and it was like I walked out into the hot sun after a long winter:) It was wonderful. THE LIGHT IS SO GREAT down there!
I haven't blogged for awhile! We have been busy with basketball, puppy, cheerleaders, Raimee's game @ BYU, puppy, games, dance, puppy, gymnastics....you name it we're doing it:) I have been spending ridiculous amounts of time on FACEBOOK also. We had a lesson in Relief Society last week emphasizing our time and making ourselves available to feel the spirit. I will have to say, that I am too busy sometimes. I do function better when I have a lot going on vs. when I don't. I think that I need to be careful, though. WE can get so wrapped up in the wrong things if we allow ourselves to. I need emotional and spiritual strength so the lesson really hit home! I am grateful for lessons and reminders of what is trully important in life. AARON, my KIDS, and living the GOSPEL is my importance.....from the words of my sister-in-law, Cara, "In the Name of Jesus Christ, Amen":) I know that is what you are thinking:)