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| The ever beautiful Manda with all our yumminess! |
Yesterday was quite an eventful day. It started out with a super fun play date with Manda. We went to Elizabeth's Bakery & Tea Shop. It's one of my favorite places to go. I was so sad when I went to go there a few months ago with Amy and we found that it was closed until further notice. But much to my delight it has reopened. It is so quaint and cute! The hardest part is deciding on what to get. The menu has been cut back a bit (which makes me sad because there is no longer the yummy Irish bacon sandwich) but it does make it a tiny bit easier to choose something. Manda and I decided to get several things and split them.
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| Cute tea pot cookie! |
The bacon & cheese puff (yummy!), a cheese scone (delish!), chocolate crunch (love the chocolate on top). We each got ourselves a cup of hot chocolate a.k.a. drinking chocolate (yes I know it's the middle of Summer but it is Divine! I get it every time I go) and the cutest tea pot cookies. Once we finished our delights we headed next door to the London Market (another favorite place to go). So much fun! We checked out all the fun goodies imported to the US from the UK. One day I want to try some of the food. I don't think I'll be brave enough to try the canned haggis though. We geeked out over the Harry Potter stuff and picked out some candy. I can't go in without getting some British chocolate (talk about heaven!). We also decided to try some soda mostly because they had random saying on them. I wasn't crazy about mine, Manda wasn't either. I had a great time with Manda! It was nice to have some girl time and visit!
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| It's not for girls cuz it's not very good |
Later in the day I headed up to girls camp for visitor's day. I was excited but not looking forward to the drive. Before I left I started to wonder if I should really go up. But I decided to go anyway. On the way there I had several times where I thought I should turn around and go back home. I was so worried I might have an issue with my car. But as I had promised the girls I'd come and visit plus I had made them all a little something I just couldn't go back. So I said several little prayers as I drove. I got there without any problems. It was great. I got to see all the girls and spend some time playing and hanging out with them. I played spaz which I had totally forgot about. I also got to chat with Meghan my new sis. We had dinner and a nice devotional. It brought back a lot of memories from when I was in young women's. I loved how strong the spirit was. Once the devotional was over we split up to do ward testimony bearing. One of my girls had broken her pelvis a few weeks ago and it was bothering her so I offered to take her back to camp so she wouldn't have to walk.
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| Poor tire...it was worse than it looks here |
As we drove back to camp we rounded a corner and went over a rock then BANG! there was this loud pop. It startled everyone around us. The first ward came running to see what it was. And there was my car with a completely dead tire. It was amazing to see how quickly and efficiently the men came to my rescue. They had the tire changed in no time. Once the spare was on we headed up to camp again. We had our testimony meeting where of course I cried. It was so wonderful to see and feel the sweetness of the Lord through the testimonies born. I left far later than I had intended as I was waiting for the bishop to conclude, he wanted to follow me home to make sure everything went okay. So I packed up the two girls I was taking home and headed out into the darkness. I was freaking out the whole way out of the winding, dirt covered, and pothole filled canyon. Saying prayers in my head and squealing the whole way. Each step (i.e. once we where out of the small canyon, through Parley's, onto 201, etc.) I said a little "thank you" to our Father in Heaven. I made it home around 11:30 or so. Can I just say...what a day!
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| My hero! Wish I could remember his name so he's Bro. Hero from the 1st ward |
