First...I have been very negligent on getting on here...especially to wish all well on their birthdays...Brooke..on Sunday...Jane...on Monday and Isaac today!! Our August birthday run! I think the trip down to California and Dad's biking trip so close on the heels of it really disrupted any possible brain I have left. We were going to celebrate all on next Saturday so I'd mentally put it down for that...then Brooke and girls will be going down to Utah for the Bennett family reunion. So hopefully eventually, I'll make it all right. Brooke and the girls are coming over tonight. I'm going to make that yummy salad that Tracey made with the frozen raspberries in it.

The last two weeks I've been substituting on another shift at the temple. So I've been spending both Tuesday and Friday mornings there. It kind of puts a hole in your week but is great for my spirituality. Yesterday, down in Oakland, we went up to the visitors center at the temple and saw the Joseph Smith movie. Dad hadn't seen it before and really enjoyed it. By the way, in rewatching the movie, I did see that they did show the aaronic priesthood ordination prior to the baptism. However, it is very brief..probably about 10 seconds if that and just says something about John the Baptist giving authority to baptize. They then show Peter, James and John giving the Melchezidek Priesthood...but I'm not sure they even say Melchezidek. Anyway, it makes me feel better that they didn't reverse it!!!

Well, at that point, Brooke and the girls got here...we had dinner...Buffy came home midway through dinner so I haven't had as boring of a night as I anticipated!

Grandma was in pretty good spirits today. The owner came and handed me an envelope with $5 in it. Apparently, she keeps trying to pay them for her dinner and gets very upset when they won't take the money. So, the agreement now is that they will take the money and then just give it back to me. Meredith called her and had a pretty good talk with her.

So excited about your apartment, Marnie....and Andrew looks just great...obviously thriving.

Love,

Mom