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 Monday, 2/12/24 Hello Brandon, I just emailed you. Hope you are doing well. I texted a huge long letter to both Michael’92 and Louis’80 about our family dinner at Sandra’s. How better to share than to write. That way 1-I get a copy, 2-I can connect with them at their convenience, and 3- They get feedback on everything I think is important. :)  So fun. tyhf for this technology! @ Have you ever felt that February is love month?  I haven’t. There were a couple of times in my life that I have felt that December was wonderful love month. Rand & Shirlee Packer are giving us a little credit card every week that shows pictures of love.  This is a new experience for me. When I think of February 14 I think of obligation, chocolate and flowers and maybe a card.  Maybe someday I will be like Rand & Shirlee and feel like spreading love. @ At the Bird’s yesterday I took them a little domed container of popped wheat. Surprise, surprise. . . they returned the ones I gave them last month. One was half full.  Nathan said Pearl still crunched on a few. So we exchanged. Yep, this makes me smile too. tyhf for congruency.  @

2/22/24 Hello Brandon, Here’s an observation I just wrote my youngest son, Michael: Good Thursday noontide Michael!  When Robert said "Hey" when we were sitting on the sandy beach next to the Virgin, Sunday. . . My dog, Hace, turned around and went to him. Robert doesn't like the imposition of dogs!  He pushed Hace away. . .   So I have noticed that when Robert gets home from work his dog Hitch jumps up on the entry bench and sits and wags his tail. That is how Amber has taught him to ask to be pet. Robert fulfills his obligation by petting Hitch while he counts to twenty and then he says, "There, you're done."            How are you getting along with your puppy?  v

2/25/24 Hello Brandon! Jesse Smith’s birthday is Tues 2/27 and he will be 47 years old. Do you write him for his birthday? _____ He plans on spending the day in the temple. Pretty good guy isn’t he! I made a place so I could sit with him in priesthood. We walked home together. When he was younger he did 40 sessions in the SLtemple in 6 days, not even eating lunch. Very impressive! You can tell which direction his heart is facing. I suspect that your heart is facing the same direction. . .  Here are our text messages: Friday · 7:15 PM\I’m back!!! At Katrinas for about a week for a Temple vacation. Did Initiatories and then three Endowment sessions today.

v-You are so cool!\Great job!\Love it.

 

Sunday 10:32 AM-I'm not sure what time wards start here! Got here before 10:30 and a Sacrament meeting was already going! Church site says 10:30, being 9 am last year!

Silly story: Karl Paxman was our EQ instructor today. He used his finger to write on the monitor/white board.  It was visible and so good. Nice and wide letters. Ryan & Josh make sure the microphone is checked out from the bishop’s office so Karl can wear a lapel mike and we can all hear. He said a cute thing today. “Can I have someone read this chapter about Solomon because my voice puts everyone to sleep.” I was a little wired up today so I made loud short comments now and then. I was sitting at the back so I gave Karl the T sign with my hands at noon. Time. After 2 more minutes and he was continuing on. . . I stood up and walked over and took the stopped clock off the wall. K-”Does anyone know what time it is?” Others- “Yep, it is past time.” So he closed. ha! 1- He must not have known why I was making a T with my hands. . . if he even saw it. 2-By standing up and pulling down the clock it made him ask. Ha!  

     Sandra told Brice that if he would coach Andrew’s soccer team she would do all the admin stuff. There weren’t enough coaches for the teams. Andrew might not have been able to play. Brice said, “Yeah, like when am I going to find the time for that?” and Sandra pointed out that they will be able to pick practice times that work for them.  So they had a practice yesterday and did not spend long gardening when they came over. I borrowed Jim’s lawn mower and mowed my towering weeds while they were here. I asked Sandra if it would be OK since her kids are sensitive to loudness. Plus she told me she doesn’t like the fumes. She thanked me for checking with her. I explained I have a hard time getting motivated to do yard work and their visits help motivate me. I sent them home with a bottle of apple juice. Last Sunday I sent Robert home with 20+ bottles.  Poor guy had to carry them all in the house by himself. And they have 15 steps in front of their house.