Harry Potter Trivia Night FHE with the Spears Family!

We had a great time with the Spear's tonight enjoying some Harry Potter fun!  McKenzie made some butter beer (iced and hot) and after the festivities we enjoyed some cauldron cakes with ice cream...they were yummy lava cakes that Maggie made!  Soooo good! (But very rich!)  I should've gotten pictures of the butter beer and cauldron cakes-- they turned out so good!

Playing with Christian after the trivia game...

He's such a cute kid!!  My girls LOVE him!!

Brooke didn't quite make it...looooong day life guarding and an early day with swim practice at 5:30am the Monday after getting home from Girls Camp-- Exhausted!  

(BTW, she's snuggling with Julie's blanket from when she was a teenager!)

Megan's Letter on 6/27/16 - Update from Maryland

Hello everyone!

This week was really good! We had a lot of training meetings for Sister Greenhalgh but it was still a pretty successful week! 

We had our last interview with President and Sister Cooke this week! It was bitter sweet! I love the Cookes so much! The biggest thing that I have learned from President Cooke is to never give up. To never turn back in a battle. To always keep going. He always always always tells us that we are true disciples of Jesus Christ and to wear His name strong and proud. He has really changed my life. Sister Cooke is the perfect example of someone who is always putting others first. She is just the best! She is a huge role model to me. Although I will miss the Cookes, I am excited to meet our new Mission President and his wife on July 1! 

Funny story: So somehow we found 4 toads in our apartment... how they got there we have no idea! I am on the very top bunk bed and Sister Higginson and Sister Greenhalgh told me that apparently at 1:00 in the morning I JUMPED off the bunk bed and screamed, "OH MY GOSH THERE IS A FROG IN MY BED" and then I climbed back up the bunk bed and went to sleep....  I don't recall any of it! Hahaha!! We had a good laugh over that! 

We went to a baptism for a little girl in our ward named Kailey. She is the cutest girl! We have been working with her family and teaching them lessons. We were just sitting there when all the sudden we heard the person conducting say, "Sister Freeman, Sister Greenhalgh and Sister Higginson will now be doing the musical number"..... haha we were like WHAT?! It was so funny! We ended up doing a pretty good job! We just sang Teach me to Walk in the Light! It is a good thing we are in a trio-- two people overpowering my horrible singing voice is better than one! ;) 

One of our recent coverts as of a week (Michael) introduced one of his friends, Min, to us! We got to teach him! We are so excited to see where this will go! Michael is doing so great! He told us that he wants to serve a mission and then attend BYU after!!! So exciting! 

This week for service, we got to go to the farm and pull weeds... for 5 hours! It was actually really fun! We had a good time! 

Well there isn't too much this week to report on so I will just leave you all with my testimony. 

I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior. I know that the atonement will carry us, if we let it. 

I always heard people say that the atonement would carry us, but I never knew what that felt like, until I got on a mission and had to fully and wholly rely on the atonement of Jesus Christ. Rely on the atonement with all your heart.  Prayer is power. We can not get through life without prayer. 

Lover you all! Have a great week! 

Sister Freeman

Our companionship...

Sister Greenhalgh, Higginson and me.

A cute little girl named Evelynn Hurt gave us this present at a member meal.

They were cute leis! It made our day! 

A lady in our ward gave us Maryland headbands!! 

Girls Camp- Day Three

Here is our ward skit...it was so cute!  The girls all did a great job!  These were the angels that sang "Eternal Life" every time the other girls made a good choice.  It was cute because it got more and more dramatic and funny every time they sang it!

Before the skit started...

Getting ready for the last "Eternal Life"

So cute!  All the wards did such a great job!  The quality of acting was so much better and we only had to sit through 7 skits versus 20 billion by NOT doing it by cabin!  

The last day was basically these skits, a presentation and skit by the Stake YW Presidency and then we all got to GO HOME!  I would've been sad but I was way too dirty, dusty and stinky to care and get all sentimental.  It was a way fun camp though!  We loved it so much!!!!!!!

Girls Camp- Day Two

Friday's activities were a lot of fun too!  The whole afternoon and evening were spent with our ward. That was fun!  We enjoyed all the activities and games that they planned for us.  The morning was certification and letters from home... I got one from Bill and I turned the page and to my surprise, there was one from Megan!  She wrote one to Brooke and Katelyn as well.  Best Girls Camp surprise EVER!!

A little stick bug I found hangin' out on the bathroom window screen!

Katelyn's 2nd year cabin had the flag ceremony this morning...

Doing cheers waiting for breakfast with Ryleigh Ray.

Shea Pribyl, Katelyn, Ryleigh Ray and Makay Baker.

2nd year certification and hike.

Good friend Camille Scoffield.

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Libby Trimble, Hannah Hinton, Camille Scoffield, Katelyn, Julia Hatch and Ryleigh Ray.

 Katelyn reading MY letter to her!  What a beautiful spot to sit and read...

After their hike in the morning... Katelyn, Sammy, Italia and Makay.  It was t shirt day as well...

Before the ward games started.  Shea Pribyl, Brooke, Anna Maskovich and Callie Grover.

Katelyn snuck in there too!

Hannah Hinton, Kobree Livingstone, Katelyn, Sammy Holmes and Italia Jarman

....AND Amanda Buckhannon!

Ward leaders...Tami Cherrington, Candy Baker, Cindy Ostler, Nicole Woods, 

Sheila Romero, me, and Jenna Wright's aid.

Katelyn playing Hungry Hungry Hippo

9 Square in the Air... FUN GAME!!

Brooke was havin' some FUN!

Anna and Brooke waiting for the "serve"...

Katelyn enjoying a hit!

GaGa Ball!  This game was everyone's FAVORITE!  So much fun!

MaKay and Katelyn

The nice thing about this game is that everyone could play at one time!

It's like dodge ball...if you get hit from the knee down, you're out.

Hannah won this round...they played about 50 rounds.  The girls complained of their thighs hurting afterward because they were in a crouched position the whole time!

Good action shot!

Love this expression on Brooke's face!

Nice one Katie!

Bro. Spooner was a lot of fun!  All the girls wanted to get him out!  He was intense!

Before ward game...

Brooke and Allie being good YCL's and helping with Jane Bowler.

We played a game similar to speed dating.

YCL cheers before Bishops night...

Brooke, CC Brooksby and Abby Call (Brooke's partner in her cabin over 1st years...)

Our ward coming up with an object lesson for playdough with Bishop.

Brooke and Abbie McRae

It was cute!

All the YCL's took turns and each stated a part of the Living Christ.

Brooke doing her part. She knew it perfectly!

Singing "Press Forward"

This is a statue in the Look With Wonder Trail where we had our ward 

Testimony Meeting.  Both Brooke and Katelyn bore their testimony.  

Brooke spoke specifically of her spiritual summer last year and how she grew from those experiences and sweet Katelyn bore her testimony of how grateful she is for me and how ",,,I'm always there in her life for all the important things that happen to her..."  Needless to say I got emotional and was very glad it was dark so no one could see me blubber!