One week from today....

Oh my! I don't think they're going to let him go!

Out to dinner with the Z's.

My brother and sister in law are in town so we met them and my parents for dinner last night.

It was fun to be together and catch up.

The words of Isaiah

In May, I finished a reading of the Book of Mormon. While reading it, I really felt the admonition to study the words of Isaiah. I have taught Isaiah twice in seminary, but I really don't understand it very well and honestly find it a bit boring. But I am determined. So with my study journal in tow, I began to study it. The first thing I decided to do was to read aloud. The dog comes out of her bed and stares at me while I do this but that's okay. The next thing I decided to do was use this wonderful book Margo gave DTA for Christmas one year. It is called "The Old Testament for Latter-day Saint Families". It is fabulous. It explains EVERYTHING! It has definitions of words and explnanations of symbolism and quotes from modern day prophets. It is making so much more sense to me now. I highly recommend this book.

My Daughters

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My daughters: sheesh, I love these girls!

Our New Obsession!

DTA and I have a new obsession: Poirot and Popcorn! Having exhausted all the Sherlock Holmes' DVDs, we have discovered a new favorite detective. He is Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. Poirot is the most endearing French detective you will ever meet. In the pure Agatha Christie style, everyone is a suspect! DTA and I look forward to any night we can spend with Poirot and popcorn!

I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

This morning I returned from young women camp! What a week! We had rain and thunderstorms and tornado warnings and rain and mosquitoes and hail warnings and dirty bathrooms and shoes that never dried and rain! Did I mention we had rain?! But we also had miracles and bonding and laughing and spiritual workshops and testimony building and nature appreciation. It was a very good week. I got to know some of our little first year campers so well and loved being with our young women president. I love when we come together as a ward on Bishop's night and share our testimonies. I thought a lot about My Boy when I was there and how he labors in heat all the day long with no relief. He hasn't had warm water for a shower in two years and he sleeps under mosquito netting every night. I felt like I had a little glimpse of his life. Having said all that, I am so glad to be home! I had such a wonderful, warm shower as soon as I walked in the door. As one of my first year campers said to me this morning as we walked away from our campsite, "I have such mixed emotions". I said, "Tell me about that." And she said, "I love it here but I also can't wait to get home". Yup...that's the way it is.

Happy Birthday, LC!

Our friend, LC, who moved to Kentucky, returned this weekend to celebrate her birthday! It was so much fun to see her and share in her very special day. How we miss her!