Dear Elder,
Hi! How are you doing? Did you have a good Prep day? I hope all is going well.
This morning at my scripture time, I thought about how constant Heavenly Father is in hearing and answering my prayers, and I realized that it would be very ungrateful if I didn't write those things down. When I went to save what I had written, I found another document containing a record of prayers answered that I wrote in 2010. I can still see how those answered prayers bless the lives of our family today. Looking back on the way that Heavenly Father has blessed me in the past, renews my faith and gives me confidence that He is there for us now and will be always.
Yesterday we took the two pick-ups to get worked on. All the work that they need will cost us $765. The work on your old truck is mainly cosmetic, but Dad's truck needs shocks, front hubs, etc.
Did I tell you that on Tuesday, Thomas came in 25th in the junior high's 5 K? Pretty good for a kid who doesn't run and who came in second to last, last year. Dad and I caught the last half of Thomas's lunch room flash mob yesterday. They did great! Thomas said that the sound wasn't working in first lunch, so I guess that didn't go as well. I'm really proud of him for sticking out his neck and doing it. He didn't get many comments about it or anything from the other kids. I don't think most kids knew what to think of a group of guys being brave/goofy enough to do such a thing.
Katrina brought her friend, Laura home for waffle Wednesday, and Thomas brought Jayden. After that, Thomas made rice krispie treats to give away, and Katrina made cookies. They both want me to send you some, so you should be getting a package today or tomorrow. Both Thomas and Katrina went to the amusement park today with the junior high. I hope that they are safe and have fun. In that order.
Dad is moving his stuff out of O&A slowly. He came home pretty tired yesterday and was happy to see that Katrina and Thomas had dinner all made and on the table. I like it when we can eat together as a family--all but Miriam who was at Preston's family graduation party.
Grandma wasn't up to getting out of her chair yesterday, so I sent the kids in shifts to watch movies with her. The only problem was that she has a hard time distinguishing movies from reality, so the show they wanted to watch scared her, poor Grandma. We had to turn it off. I think it may be time to go back to Disney movies again for awhile.
Cassandra called yesterday morning and it was so nice to talk to her! She is getting her wisdom teeth out. I hope it will all go well. I'm so sad because yesterday was the last day before a new calling period, and she had a lot of minutes she could use, but we only talked a bit. I saw that she called me later on in the day, but I had missed it. I planned to call her and chat for a nice long time, but it didn't happen. How did the day get away from me like that? So sad.
I haven't heard from Jon and I hope that means he has lots of work. I hope he's also happy. I know that lots of work can be pretty miserable, but hopefully he's getting a chance to meet people and do things that will make for good memories. I keep praying that the hearts of the people he meets will be softened, because I guess Canadians really really really don't like people from the US. Hopefully he's had some nice conversations anyway.
I got a letter from Jacob yesterday. He mentioned again seeing you and he also mentioned wanting to take a picture of you together. It was nice of him to send me a letter. Which reminds me, I was planning to send you a list of emails and addresses yesterday, but the computer I had that stuff on wouldn't work for me. I'm so sorry! I'm going to get them all ready for next week. In the meantime, I work to keep people posted, and I'll let them know why you don't write back.
Have a wonderful day, Matt, and remember to write down your blessings!
Love,
Mom
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