Preston's new friend

Preston has been mentioning his friend, Aiden, for a few weeks now. I thought it must have been someone he met when Jared had the boys somewhere. After continually asking him where he met him, where does he live, how old is he, it has become pretty clear to me that Aiden is an imaginary friend. These are the things we have learned about Aiden thus far:

• He has green hair and green skin
• He's from St. George
• He lives in a box
• He drinks alcohol (Preston loves to talk about alcohol since we told him that we don't drink alcohol)
• He got in trouble for playing in the snow too long
• He shares his drinks with Preston (hopefully not the alcoholic ones) ;)
  
• He almost died because he got a fever and had to go to the hospital
  

We have a niece that had multiple imaginary friends when she was growing up and I thought it was hilarious and adorable. Now that it has happened to one of my own children, it's a little creepy. I guess we'll just have to see how long 'Aiden' hangs around. Has anyone else had experience with this?

Change is good, right?

Well the day I'd been dreading for a long time, finally came. Our bishop called me into his office and told that I was going to be released from Young Women's and put into Primary as the CTR 5 teacher. I actually shed a few tears in the Bishop's office. It wasn't because of what I was heading toward, but what I was leaving behind. I'm sure Primary will be a great new adventure and I will love it, but I am definitely going to miss all of the girls that I've gotten to know so well the past 4 years in Young Women's. Maybe it's because mentally, I'm still 16 years old, but Young Women's has been a really great experience for me. I guess I'll try to look at the positives!

• I can plan a vacation for sometime in July instead of going to Girls Camp and getting dirty and stinky for days on end.
• My Wednesday nights have just been freed up
• There's a better chance of getting 'snacks' with the 4 year olds than the 14 year olds
• I can become reacquainted with my long lost favorite past time of coloring
• I'll get to keep an eye on my boys in sharing time and make sure they are really being as good as their teachers claim they are.

So I made it through my last Young Women's theme and didn't have a total meltdown. I guess I'll be ok. New Beginnings on Wednesday will be quite literal for me, but I guess that's what life's all about, right?