The jokes on me

I'm realizing more and more each day how big the Lord's sense of humor is. Scott got a call from the 2nd counselor in the bishopric, asking to meet with him during church. That gave me two days to torture Scott with all the different possibilities of callings he could receive. I was really enjoying myself! All through Sacrament, I leaned over and added to my list: Gospel Doctrine Instructor, Elder's Quorum Teacher, Sunbeam Teacher, etc.

When Brother Wilcox called him out of Sunday School, I sat quite comfortable. I wondered which calling Scott would receive. When Scott came back and told me Brother Wilcox wanted to talk to me, I was puzzled. I figured Scott was called into the Elder's Quorum or Young Men's Presidency, and they wanted to ask for my support. Boy was I in for a surprize!

Brother Wilcox began by asking how I was doing, and then if I was "with child!" I raised my eyebrow at that one. He then explained they were extending a calling to me, not Scott. If I was pregnant (which I'm not in case you're wondering), they would only have me serve for a six months. The interview was quite unique. He asked me about my schedule, my health, my stress level. He assured me he would be there to help me if I had any questions. I was really wondering what the calling was! Then he asked me to be in the Primary!

I am now the 2nd Counselor in the Primary Presidency. I'm in charge of Junior Primary (I already love those kids, even when they're putting plastic Easter eggs up their pants, laying on three chairs, or poking me with miscellaneous objects). I also get to write the Sacrament Program for the Primary! The 1st Counselor and Secretary are wonderful (I still haven't met the President). What an adventure!

Proud grandparents of their first grandson! 

Candice and I took a trip to Canada this weekend to visit my parents on the reservation on Mother's Day. This is my parents' home that they built from the back side.

It sits above a beautiful little lake. I love the plot that they chose. At night you can see all the stars in the sky so bright because there are no other lights around. It's so amazing! The home is also only about one mile from my grandma's home.

I think this statue is so cool! Notice that the horse has a coyote and eagle carved in it.

That's the Cultural Center in the background.

Here are some fun pictures of the Native Cultural Center in Canada. Scott's mother manages the new facility. It's scheduled to be finished by the middle of next month. Look at the size of this gate entrance compared to Candice!


I love the cement walls with the unique multi-colored layers. The cement was mixed with all natural soils native to the area to provide an aray of the area's natural colors.

Now that I've finally unpacked, I thought you would like to see what the townhouse looks like. This is the dining room/living room. (I love the dining table and chairs.)















This is our entry way. I thought it would be fun to have frogs here and there in the apartment. And I love having picture frames everywhere. (Hint . . . a good gift to get me is a framed picture, we are trying to get pictures of our families to put out.) 

Behold, the giant rubber chicken! This is the oh-so-famous monument of Bothell. Between this and the tiny Safeway and Rite-Aid where everbody knows your name, you can get an idea of the small-town slow-moving city that we live in.



Lisa is enjoying the great Utopia of Bothell with us. We later attempted, but failed miserably, to look for a geocache located on our friendly riverfront trail.