Week 56

February 19, 2018

 

Dear Family,

 

Thanks for the good job you did of wishing Dad a happy birthday! When my alarm went off this morning I got up, remembered it was Dad’s birthday and went back to bed and pulled the covers over my head. Valentine’s Day was hard enough – I didn’t want another day of wishing I wasn’t left behind. After about 45 minutes of running away, I got up and hurried to the office, but I was about 10 minutes late.

The day got better when the Elders brought in two baptisms to record. Sister Rasmussen baked cinnamon buns in the downstairs oven. They smelled so good and tasted delicious while they were still hot. We had lots of Elders coming in to get their phones operational.  At the end of the day I went over to the Institute to watch some of the elders try to beat President Hancock at Ping-Pong. I got some great pictures also of the gym with one half playing basketball and the other half playing soccer. The rowdiest game seemed to be something called Scrum played around a pool table without any sticks.

I was glad to see when I got home that some of you had gone to the cemetery, cleared off Dad’s headstone, and enjoyed his favorite treats. I can’t believe how much snow had fallen in such a short time in Wellsville.  I feel badly that Taylor, Sarah and the baby had to drive home in a snowstorm. It didn’t snow here in Pocatello.  We need snow for the farmers.

I was so happy to see baby Cora.  It was so nice of Taylor and Sarah to come up even after their plans to go to Lava Hot Springs fell through.  They came up in time to come to my Primary class.  The lesson was on the Shepherds going to see Baby Jesus. It suggested have a pregnant women or new mother talk to the kids about what preparations are made for new babies.  It was so perfect to have Sarah there with baby Cora. I was so happy to get my hands on her, hold her in my arms – new babies bring heaven closer. The Primary manual this year is all from the New Testament – that’s why we are still talking about the birth of the Savior.

It was a super weekend for me, because Friday and Saturday Talmage and Braden stayed here because Lila and Collin were participating in the Simplot Track Meet.  Friday, I got to see them participate.  Not only did Collin do the pole vault, but he also ran his first race  for a relay race.  We were blown away by how fast he could run.  Lila did well in her race, she paced herself, slowly in the beginning and then we got to watch her move up and overtake several other runners.  It was so fun to watch.  Saturday, the kids wanted to watch others perform so Talmage went with them to the meet.  Braden stayed at the apt. with me to do homework and I was still working on my talk for Sacrament Meeting.  We had a good time talking about the similarities and differences in our missions.  Liz and Glen came by on their way to Rexburg to have a mini-reunion with the former San Jose missionaries going to BYU-Idaho. It was wonderful to sit and visit with them.

I love you all and am looking forward to summer when I can catch up on all the fun things you have been doing.

Love and hugs,

Grammie