Actually, it even rained a bit this morning...which was too bad since we had not covered up the BBQ, the lawn furniture or some books from RS last night!!! Oh, well!! It has dried up now and when I finish this I need to go rearrange the deck. We had Encroachment (Dad's name for Enrichment) on the deck last night. We tied quilts and talked and ate. It went well. The turnout was small but we expect that in August. Unfortunately, it was also our anniversary but I would have had to do it anyhow if it was at the church. Dave and Adina got some steaks for dinner for us and David barbequed them on the grill....excellent. David is quite the gourmet cook! It made the RS event less intrusive since Dad had a great dinner when he arrived home even if there were women all over the backyard.

What else? Not too much. I'm getting organized for leaving for France on Sept 5. We can't bring much luggage so I need to put some thought into packing for this expedition. Maylene and Gary Perkins from PQ e-mailed us that they are moving up here for a new job in Portland. So I have been scouting out some houses for them to rent. I just went to see one in Battleground and wrote her the report. Dad is getting ready for the Aaronic Priesthood Commemoration Father son campout on Friday night. Only one member of the bishopric will be there...and only for the evening on Friday. However, it was cancelled in May due to weather and problems with leadership being available(including us who were at Marnie's graduation) so it will not be cancelled again. We're just not quite sure why they picked this weekend. I did find his airpump this morning when I organized that area of the garage.

Well, I'd better go down and put the deck back together and make dinner. Love you all. I saw on the Bennett blog that Mike and Brooke won't be back until Saturday. We're looking forward to seeing them again!!

Love,
Mom