Dear Elder,
Hi! Thanks for
sending us that wonderful letter. It was
nice to read about your efforts to reactivate a sweet family to the gospel and
also about Dalia’s new baby. What great
blessings! Keep letting us know what is
happening there, we find it all fascinating.
Yesterday was a nice day.
Church was packed because Elder Porcaro gave a talk. He will be in the MTC soon. Also, Elder Lowe gave a talk because he just
returned from a mission. It was a wonderful meeting. I liked the rest of the meetings, too. After the missionary-youth discussion and my
meeting, which went really late, we had a nice family home evening. Thomas gave the lesson, Katrina made the
treat, Miriam shared a family history story about how singing the hymns saved
your great great grandma and her children from danger. It is written in the words of Great Grandpa, and I will send you a copy if you would like. Dad did the activity which was a “ding”
story, and we had brownies for treat.
Friday night, Dad and I stayed over in a hotel and had a
very nice time. We ate at the Cheesecake
factory and tried to watch a show on Dad’s laptop, but the internet connection
was too slow. The sweet kids and Becky
took care of Grandma while we were gone and did a great job.
Thursday Thomas had a jazz band concert and played
wonderfully. They played three songs and
he sat the middle one out because he was out of breath. I think Thomas told you—Dad had him stop
using all deodorant, cologne, etc. over the weekend and it significantly helped
Thomas’s ability to breathe, so now we have him on non-antiperspirant deodorant
and hopefully the breathing issue will go away for good and I can cancel his
appointment with the cardio pulmonologist. Our prayers have definitely been
answered. I am so thankful for the Holy
Ghost and that Dad is worthy to receive its promtings.
Wednesday Dad went to the ski resort to meet up with his old
friend, Les. They had lots of fun
visiting and catching up on each other’s lives.
The kids went to mutual where they all played human foosball. Wednesday was also the day that Cassandra and
Emerson closed on their house. We are so
happy for them! They have been very busy
buying curtains and making repairs. Dad
has been able to help them long-distance a bit, and he was really happy to be
of use. I told Cassandra what I could
about window coverings, but I’m not sure what kind of help it was. Cassandra emailed me cute pictures of Lily in
her pumpkin costume. They were so cute!
I will attach one with this letter.
I didn’t see Jon much this week, but he did come home for
awhile and got a sandwich. He also has
been helping Dad set things up so that the cameras at the Wash Hut are
connected to Vic’s home computer enabling him to monitor the laundry from
home. Costco opens Thursday. I’m guessing Jon is happy to finally begin
doing what they hired him to do.
Dad was gone Tuesday night, I can’t remember why. He was probably working at the laundry. The rest of us ate pizza and watched the
presidential debate. It was the second
of three debates. After the first
debate, pretty much everyone said that Mitt Romney had won. After this second debate, most everyone said that their own candidate
won. Tonight is the last debate, and
we’ll see how that goes. It is very
interesting to watch it all unfold.
Last Monday night we had a family testimony meeting for
family home evening. It was wonderful to
share our feelings about the truthfulness of the restored gospel of Jesus
Christ with each other. We also watched
Dumbo as a family because Dad had never seen it and wanted to. It was a very nice evening.
Well, that was our week, Matt. We love you and hope your week went as well
and better! I can’t wait to get your
letter today!
Love,
Mom
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