New Experiences for us OLD FOLKS

Dear Family,

So we went to the Sweet Hearts Dance this Friday, did you say we were a week behind? Well, that is what the YSA do! The dance was great! We got dressed up, I don't think it was all that formal, yet we were the only ones in Tuxs! Thanks Mike for the use of your vest, of course YOUR tux won't fit me, I wonder why? Anyways, I am still down for my weight around 8-12 pounds weight loss depending on the day and what kind of feast we have. Don't have me count my weight tomorrow since we will have Cindy Jake and family over tonight! The meal will be great! I spoke today on the Book of Mormon in church, today. Do any of you have any stories to tell about the BofM ... when you were young or older? I need to remember for my next talk. I do remember when we use to read in the basement and we would have half the neighborhood and it was especially fun when we had the return misssionaries. I would have practically any language they wanted to read in my collection of Books of MOrmons.. Of course, my favorite language was Spanish. Then there was Melissa who would call me on my translation when it came my turn to read. "Dad I don't think you should make the literal translation like that." We try our best at it!

I got to use the new apron mom made for me. Do you like it? I got to help in the kitchen before the Cindy's family came over. I made some cookies, the drink, and ate a few cinammon rolls just for test! There are so good, I have been fasting all day!

Well, the family is here. Got to go!

Love,

Dad

Family Letter!

Family Letter!

Dear Family,
This was mom's finding this past week in her effort for junking! Yes, it is a cedar chest. We washed it and cleaned it up. Nice little box! Actually its a huge box. We measured it and it will fit perfectly covering the whole of Guy Guys closet! Its about 2 feet deep and about that wide. Since it is cedar we will use it to stick all those precious things we have accumulated over the years in. The best part being that we can close the lid and have it unseen! We are slowly trying to convert that room into a den/ comfy room for us to hang out in.




Now you see our other projects for the day , the TV Home entertain System and the sensor light for the garage. Both were as much fun to install as they will be to have. It took about 5 minutes to instal the sensor light and then it took us about a half an hour to play with it afterwards, moving here and there throught the garage to see where it would go off! A fun game. I literally was dragged out of the garage....only to meet my next task of the day. The theater system.


We were fortunate in that the instruction manual was pretty good. It didnt take long at all to plug in all the wires for the amps...but the trouble came when we tried to get the regular stations on the tv. After a ccouple of hours playing with it on our own, Kyle called and he walked us through the steps and troubleshooting our system until it finally came together! Imagine our joy to find that we have 20 stations! The problem with the instalation was that we hadnt initialized our new little converter box yet and we didnt have the wires running into the tv hooked up properly. After we got off the phone with Kyle we sat in wonder at this incredible new addition to our room. Stay tuned for next weeks additions. I have decided its time to let Cathy have a new computer! PS. I could hardly keep my head up at church this morning cause I sat up late watching the new channels! Thanks for all your help Kyle, would have never figured it out without you. love to you all, mom and dad

Family Letter!

Family Letter!

Dear Family,

I caught a bug, and mom made me stay home today!

Last Thursday, we had a great experience at the temple and afterwards meeting on the third floor for a chapel sesssion. President Hansen and President Shultz spoke. Inspiring! I hope you are attending the temple as much as time will permit. We were told that the Lord would not put further burdens upon those who were busy completing this work and that angels would watch over us.

So last week was Finals at Franklin High School. Pretty low key, until I got a call from Cathy stating that Dad went into the hospital at noon, again. Dave had taken mom home and I spent the night, so I could go with mom to pick up dad the next morning. He was going to go home that same day, because it was not as bad as before; but when he mentioned a shooting pain going to the jaw, the doctors decided to keep him over night for observations. You can imagine how fast he wanted to get out of there. The next morning, he called at 6:45 a.m. to let us know he could come home. We checked out about 9:00 a.m. They found nothing to attribute to the heart problem, just as before. In fact, he was given no restrictions and was told to continue the same as "usual". He could even mow the lawn, but he already decided to give the responsiblity to a lawn service company.

The next step is to put a monitor on his belt that would take a picture of his heart when the problem is occurring. It sort of sounds like the Joseph Smtih Story: " for how to act I did not know, and unless I could get more wisdom than I then had, I would never know...". The "MORE WISDOM" will be this monitor/camera ... That is, if the heart act ups during the next few weeks to a month that he wears it. Anyways, mom and dad are enjoying being back together at home again. Keep them in your prayers and call them from time to time.

Love,

Dad