Katelyn the Wedding Planner!

Hey'all-
Happy 4th! I am doing great today! I am wearing red, white and blue to celebrate as that is really the only thing I can do. No complaints though we have a couple of bbq's to attend today. We don't get to go to any parades or do fireworks which is kind of a bummer but oh well. I had Sister Wright cut my hair on Thursday night. We had some time so we just did it then. I had decided to go short so I would be cooler. She cut off about 8 inches total in an a-line style. It is so cute I love it a lot. She said she thought it made me look older. It feels strange though not having so much hair anymore. I am enjoying the benefits of it though. She is the best! I just figured while I had a hair stylist with me I might as well get it cut. I will send pictures soon. We had a pretty busy week this week preparing for the wedding. Sister Wright is a women of many talents so at first I wasn't sure what I could contribute to the wedding. A member of the ward helped us plan a menu for the wedding as we had no idea what to do. We ended up having chicken salad sandwhichs, spinach dip, cheese ball and crackers, fruit, vegetables and dip along with some punch. We helped decorate the cake and I learned how to make a butter cream frosting and homemade fondont. That was a lot of fun I enjoyed doing that. I bought the fruit, cheeseball and the crackers. The wedding was so great and they were so happy. I am glad that they made the choice to get married so they can get baptized on the 16th of this month. In a year they can make it to the temple which would be great. On Saturday we were out knocking doors and trying to contact as many people as we could. It was a hot July day. By 4pm the sky looked a little clouding and it started to sprinkle. We took my umbrella as I didn't want to get wet. Well, it started to get worse and all of the sudden it started pouring rain and we went door to door both under the umbrella. The rain was blowing and we were getting pretty wet so we decided to stop and head to our dinner appointment at Karen's a little early. We showed up at her doorstep dripping with rain and puddles in our shoes. She gave us clothes to change into while our clothes dried in the drier which was nice. We had a pump up lesson about her baptism and gave her encouragement. All she has to do is to stop smoking and we know she can do that. We had fresh vegetables grilled on the grill along with some steak. It was so good! She and her mom both came to church yesterday which was great. Her mom attends church elsewhere but enjoys coming to ours so she will probably join someday. She wants to get Karen's kids to come. We met the mission president and his wife on Friday. They are so nice I can tell they will be great leaders. I look forward to working them. Got to go have a great day. Love, Katelyn