Living Loving Larsen

The month of Feb (though not over) has gone by really quickly. Working with the YW every Sunday and Wednesday night has kept me busy. I am getting to know the girls and loving them more and more each week. Work has also kept me busy and learning each day. The weather has been fabulous so that makes it much easier. Josh like most little kids loves to be outside.

Yesterday before church I was listening to Mormonchannel.org. I was able to hear the end of one program and the beginning of another. Both programs mentioned Matt 11:28-30. Then when I got to church the first speaker used that same scripture. I really felt like I needed to pay attention to that message since I had heard it three times in less than two hours. For church we had stake conference and it was a broadcast from Salt Lake. Between Saturday night and Sunday morning a theme was small things bring great results. This theme was both for how we serve others and then things we do to increase our spirituality. That is one of my favorite things about the Gospel. I don't need to do heroic things to be feel the Spirit. As I pray and read and attend I can grow and become.

On Friday I joined a gym. Eric had joined right after then New Year but I couldn't really bring my self to do it. Starting this week Eric's commuting schedule is changing and it was just going to work better for me to be a gym member. I got up this morning and went to the gym. We joined Fitness Evolution. It is a type of gym that is $10 a month with not contract that doesn't offer any classes or the extras. One of the great things about the gym is they have a circuit area with machines and cardio. There is a clock on the wall that counts your time and in 30 minutes I got a full body work out. I am really trying to be better at being healthy and working out more.

That about sums up Feb.

This weekend was a very emotional weekend for me. I was stressed out with everything that I needed to get done. Eric and I decided to go to the temple and enjoy the time. We decided to do initiatories, which ended up being great for me since I had some time to really think and ponder. One of the things I was really thinking about was the visiting teaching conference that our Relief Society is doing in March. The rest of the day was pretty normal.

 On Sunday I decided to fast about how to balance my time better. With my new job I really felt like my calling was the area suffering the most. After the time at the temple I was feeling better about it but I still knew I needed to focus more on my calling.

Then on Sunday morning the 1st counselor grabbed me right before sacrament meeting and asked to talk to me. He didn't ask Eric to come with us so I thought it was something that I needed to do for RS. Nope! Instead he released me from being 2nd Counselor in the RS presidency and called me as the ward Girls Camp Director.

Honestly, I was really upset about the change. I felt slightly betrayed since I had just had all the inspiration at the temple. Also I hadn't been in my calling all that long and was really enjoying my relationships with the rest of the presidency. I was crying the first half of sacrament meeting and it took awhile for me to get my composure. On top of all that I was fighting a cold so I was tired and not feeling well.

Now that I have had a few days to process everything I am getting more and more excited to learn and grow with this new calling. This must be what I need to be able to balance my calling with the rest of my life.

So sometime last fall I think I missed the big event when Baltimore flipped to being below the equator. We had one day in January that was in the teens but other than that we have been in the thirties or higher. The temp reached sixty five today. I went for a crazy long walk with the kids. The park is only a few blocks down the street but the bridge is closed so we had to walk a mile around the detour. We only had a few meltdowns on the way back. At the park there is a sand volleyball court. Josh decided that he wanted to be a sand monster. At one point he was covered in sand from head to toe. It felt so fabulous to be out in the sunshine without a coat and in short sleeves. I hope this weather lasts all the way to next October.