It has been a wonderful fast Sunday – such a powerful spirit in our sacrament meeting. Several members in our ward are going through very difficult physical challenges (cancer, etc.) and it has been pretty tough on their families, but I am seeing how it is binding us closer together as a ward family as we fast and pray for these individuals.
Congrats again to Chad on becoming a tenured professor! Always wonderful to hear great news like that. It was also neat to hear about Mom’s family history dream. Sounds like the Spirit of Elijah is in full effect in that household.
We enjoyed a fun trip down to Arches National Park for Spring break this past week. It was fun to see the kids go from wondering if it was going to be fun to exclaiming at the end of our trip, “This place is so cool—I could spend a week here and not get sick of it!” It was neat to see their eyes fill with wonder and see the spirit of adventure take over as they enjoyed the hikes and exploring the different rock formations and all the cool places that I have enjoyed as I’ve gone there in the past. I’m sure Becky will include some fun photos of our trip.
We also enjoyed going to the Monticello temple to do baptisms. That was the smallest temple I’ve ever been in. I’m proud of Natalie and Miriam for making it to every temple in Utah within a year. Miriam started on her birthday last year, and barely made it with 1 day to spare. Just one more example of how my kids inspire me to be a better person.
Speaking of Miriam… thanks for all your kind birthday wishes to our newest teenager. Somehow I find it hard to believe that she’ll ever throw some teenager attitude at me. Has there ever been a happier person in the world? Maybe Brenda, but that’s it. ☺
Enoch is out in the garage right now, putting the finishing touches on a disc (frisbee) golf goal that he built himself. He had the idea and wanted to pay for it all himself and so we took a trip to Home Depot last night, got home at 9:45 and he stayed up late building it. He’s so good with his hands and he loves building stuff. So I guess from now on we’ll just be getting him tools for his birthdays. Soon I’ll be asking him if I can borrow his tools.
Everyone else is deep into soccer season. Enoch’s knee should be healed enough that he can start playing in games in about 2 weeks. Auriana is done with winter semester soon and then she leaves May 1 to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam for Folk Dance tour. Great opportunities come from developing and sharing your talents.
