Sister Spotlight: Amy Jenni

Hello Everyone!!!! Here is the Spotlight for Amy Jenni......

Amy was born in Maryland and lived there until leaving for college. She even lived in the same house the whole time. Since leaving Maryland she has lived in Rexburg, Idaho; Santiago, Chile; Logan, Utah; and several places in Utah County.

Amy grew up in a family of 5 girls and they all went on to have boys so now Amy has 11 nephews and only 1 niece. Amy got married in April of 2008 to Christian Jenni and has 2 beautiful step-daughters. Shortly after Amy and Christian's 1st anniversary Christian left for Afghanistan, so Amy has been holding down the fort. Amy gets to see her daughters once a week while her husband is away and she loves spending time with them.

Amy says just picking one book as her favorite is a hard thing to do because it changes on a regular basis but "The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" in the Chronicles of Narnia series by C.S. Lewis is one of her favorites and "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke is a close second.

Her favorite vacation was just this last spring break when we went with her husband and girls to Florida. It was there last trip before Christian's deployment so they splurged a little and went on a cruise to the Bahamas. She got to see a stingray in the ocean, which she says was pretty cool. They were also able to spend some time at Disney World, which was a lot of fun.

Amy says she LOVES vegetable.....peas, corn, potatoes, etc. She thinks they all are fabulous!!!

Amy works down in Springville at a Charter School as a reading and history teacher. She is also the after school drama teacher and just put on a production of "Annie".

Amy's most current favorite scripture is Moses 1:39...."For behold, this is my work and my glory-to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."

Sister Spotlight: Season Giles

Everyone meet Season Giles. She was born in Nebraska, but her family moved to Las Vegas when she was five, which is where she grew up. Season is the youngest of five —she has two brothers and two sisters. She has bunches and bunches of nieces and nephews.

Season has a tons of favorite books which include To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Anne of Green Gables, Walk Two Moons, Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice, Screwtape Letters, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Her favorite book that she has read this year is "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak.

Her favorite vacation was Hawaii, where she and her husband went for their honeymoon, and she has wanted to go back ever since. Season has also always had a thing for Boston and finally got to visit there just a couple of weeks ago—which is where she is at in the picture above.

Season says she is pretty much just a fan of food in general. However, she does not like seafood. Season loves to read, write, and do graphic design. and she also wants to take up sewing.

Season went to BYU-Idaho and graduated in Communications and minored in English. Now she works for an online craft store called Oh My Crafts. She is in charge of their blog and does a lot of their photography and graphic designs.

Her favorite scripture is Jacob 6:12 "O be wise; what can I say more?"

Season and her husband Thomas are expecting their first baby in April! ....if you want to know more about Season check out her blog http://www.seasongiles.blogspot.com/

Super Saturday

Today was our Super Saturday....we started with a wonderful

waffle breakfast that Wendy and her crew put on....it was YUMMY!!!!

Then the Projects began.....

Quilting

Cute Baby Wipe Cases

The Family Proclamation/ The Living Christ Picture Frames

Crystal Beaded Temples

and Hygiene Kits

A BIG Thanks to all those who helped and who came!!!

Ward Halloween Trunk or Treat Party

What a wonderful Halloween Party we had. Thanks to all those who helped to put it on. The turn out was great, if you couldn't make it you sure did miss out!!!!

There was a Chili Cook-Off where Jim Garrison won with his White Chicken Chili. Owen Svendsen won the kids costume contest with his adorable Dumbo costume, and Brad Stoker won the adult costume contest with his skeleton costume. Danny Delange won the Pumpkin Carving contest with his pumpkin with the guts coming out.

The kids had fun with the toss game, face painting,
and decorating cupcakes!!!

Here are some pictures of the FUN filled night......

The winning pumpkin is the one on the far left...great job Danny

Bonnie Parks and company, aren't those
girls dressed up cute???

Katie Nelson and the adorable Mariah as the Care Bear

Look at this great crowd we had come

Bishop Gardner and Janice

Amanda Hutchings as the beautiful "So You Think You Can Dance" contestant

Cheryl Olson with her beatuiful butterfly wings

The Whitehead's

The Robertson family

Abbey the Witch

The Wilkins Family

Emi Parkes

Karlie and Brad Stoker (this is the costume that won for Best Adult Costume)

The Dana's

The kids had fun with the ring toss

Decorating cupcakes

Once again THANKS to all those who help with this great night!!!!

Sister Spotlight: Janice Gardner

Janice Gardner is the lovely wife to our wonderful bishop. Janice was born in Blackfoot, Idaho and grew up in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Before settling here in Orem, where she has lived for the past 30 years, Janice lived in California, Arizona, and Texas. Janice and her husband, Robert have 5 children. They have 3 girls and 2 boys. Their 2 boys live here in Utah County; 1 has 4 children and the other has 1 child. Their oldest daughter lives in Orem and teaches at Lone Peak. Their second daughter is married and lives in Connecticut and has 1 child. And then their youngest daughter teaches kindergarten in Washington DC. So the current grandchild count is 2 girls and 4 boys. Besides being with their family Janice and Rob love to travel, go to plays, concerts, hikes, and bike...whenever they get a chance!!

Janice says that she works as the family landscaper, housekeeper, cook, financial assistant, and recreational deviser. Her favorite books are Count of Monte Cristo (for Drama), Emma (for Romance), and The Articles of Faith (for Religious). Janice's favorite foods are chocolate from Germany, Mexican tacos, South American breads, and Lasagna.

Janice has several vacations that she has enjoyed. For family outings she has enjoyed going to the Uintah mountains, Bryce, and Zions. For Church history vacation she likes going to Palmyra and Kirkland. For vacations out in the world she has enjoyed Asia, South America, Spain, and spending Christmas in Germany.

Janice's favorite scripture is Jeremiah 29:11-13. Janice also says the Life is Good--It's a journey of adventure and discovery: mainly over rocky roads, sometimes smooth sailing, and often through solitary by-ways. So her motto is ENJOY THE JOURNEY.

Mark Your Calenders Now.....

WARD TRUNK OR TREAT PARTY

Friday October 3oth

6:00pm

@ the 200 West Building (665 S 200W)

you won't want to miss seeing all the
cute kids in our ward dressed up!!!!

Sister Spotlight: Heather Buchanan

Meet Heather Buchanan. Heather and her husband Jared have been in the ward since it was created 3 years ago. Heather has 2 kids, Ian (4), and Maggie (2). Heather grew up in Southern California but has lived here in Utah for 13 years now. She has 2 brothers and 2 sisters.

Heather loves to craft. She likes to quilt, crochet, and do little craft projects. She usually ALWAYS has some sort of project she is working on. Her favorite books are the Twilight series and is re-reading once again. She loves to eat any form of Mexican food (especially chips and salsa) and could eat it everyday. Her favorite vacation was one she just went on this past Spring, which was an Eastern Caribbean Cruise with her husband. They enjoyed a wonderful 7 day (KIDLESS) cruise to Belize, Cozumel, Honduras, and the Great Stirrup Cay. She got to do things there that she has never done before like Snuba diving (a form of scuba diving), repelling in the jungle, rafting through caves, and getting stung by a jelly fish. She also can't pass up the opportunity to go to Disneyland. She has been going there since she was a little girl and LOVES it. Now that her kids are old enough to enjoy it she loves taking them to see there excitement as they spend the day at "The Happiest Place on Earth".

Heather is a stay at home mom and loves it. However she does work part time at Great Clips in Provo doing hair. She has been working there on and off for the past 12 years. She usually doesn't let people know that she does hair but I guess the cat is out of the bag now. She really enjoys cutting hair and loves the few hours a week she gets to go and work but loves being a mom even more.

Her favorite scripture is D&C Section 4. She says this is her favorite because a religion professor at Ricks College made her memorize it to the tune of "Called to Serve".

Sister Spotlight: Jessica Tyler

This is Jessica Tyler (& her husband Jonathan). Jessica and Jonathan have been married for 2 years and have been in the ward for 1 year. She serves in our Ward as the Young Women's President. Jessica was born in Colorado Springs, CO and lived there until she was 5 then moved to Boise, Idaho. Jessica is the oldest of 5 kids. She has a brother (20) serving a mission in the West Indies, another brother (17) who is a Senior in High School, another brother (15) who is a sophomore in High School, and a sister (12) who is a 7th grader. Jessica's wonderful parents and siblings still live in Boise. Jessica also has fantastic in-laws and brother and sister in-laws, as well as 2 nephews and 5 nieces.

Jessica's favorite book is "The Little Prince". Her favorite vacation was studying abroad in Paris (she says it was more like a vacation than school). Her favorite foods are Couscous, Ratatouille, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Quiche, and Salmon. She says her favorite scripture changes all the itme but right now it is D&C 88:118.

Jessica got her undergraduate degree from BYU in French with an Art Minor. She just started her first year of Law School at BYU. Her husband Jonathan will finish his undergraduate degree in Business Entrepreneurship at UVU in April. They love to travel and hope to go on some big adventures when they are both done with school.

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WaRd TaiL gAtE PaRtY

When: Saturday September 19th
3:30pm
Where: at the Orchard Creek Pavilion
Why: to celebrate the start of FOOTBALL season and
to get together and have FUN!!!!

There will be a delicious BBQ dinner for everyone with games and a place to watch the BYU/Florida State game which starts at 5pm

the only thing you need to bring is yourself and/or your family...
& don't forget your appetite -- wear your favorite sports team t-shirt or athletic attire!!

C-ya there