Dear Family,
This was a pretty slow week.
Dad has piles of stuff to do for the Branch and the District. But most of
it does not involve me. Without the missionaries here, my life has slowed
considerably. You’d think that as I get older, I’d like the slow
pace… But not this slow. BTW.... I do do some indexing in my
"spare" time.
So I think about all the
activities you are involved in and wish we could be helping out. I wonder
how all the activities in Vernal are going. Nashelle has bitten off a
huge chunk to begin a theater. I hope the Open House went well.
Larissa posted herself with a big ComicCom character. Heather sent us a
clip of Kara playing Volleyball. We miss seeing her. Raynelle sends
us regular messages on the i-pad and reports on the bathroom remodeling
project. Larissa and Tanner both had birthdays. We miss Cassidy’s
games. I hear that Tanner spends a lot of time trying to find a parking
spot at college. When I was his age I walked miles and miles in
snowstorms to school. Kaelin still posts about his fish. Karilynne
spends most of her time lounging in a hammock because things are so quiet in
Vernal. Not!. Julianne wishes she had more cars. They only
have five, but they need a few spares while others are being repaired.
Heather and “Ruth” are becoming BFF and her newest book is out.
Shoshauna loves taking 3 graduate classes while working full-time
and managing other activities. Scott and Jill are busy teaching dating
etiquette to Josh prior to the Prom.
And Mom and Dad. What are we
doing? I decided we need a P-day. Dad has already written it
up. I searched for a place to travel to that we had not been to. I
found the perfect beach town. This country really has wonderful
beaches. You just have to travel a bit to get to them. I had to
search the internet for a while to find a transportation mode. I finally
found one, and it was almost free. We arrived at a distant city and
booked an island tour which included lunch. People take these trips to
swim. Of course we had not brought swimwear. The boat stopped at
four spots for swimming in beautiful clear water. This is the Aegean
Sea. We had a nice lunch on board. Dad and I lounged around for
about six hours on this boat. Dad did get to swim because the boat owner
loaned him some trunks. He didn’t offer to loan me any. As dad
mentioned our return trip was very lengthy. As I was sitting in the back
of the bus on one leg of the journey I remembered our first trip to Turkey with
four children. Their memory was it was hot and stinky. This bus was
VERY hot, and I was melting. After about an hour on this bus, we got off
and were able to get on the metro. I’ll never go that route again.
Oh ye of little faith…. I always
get stress prior to Sunday services. I worry that no one will show
up. I have such empathy for parts of the world with few members.
But so far we have had people attending. This week-end we will be gone…
and I worry about our little branch. Dad has a counselor, but we all help
out a lot during the meeting. Dad blessed and passed the sacrament
today. There were six in the room. It included a new couple from
Hungary. They are moving here. She is 7 months pregnant. He
will be working for NATO. They come from wards and stakes in
Hungary. They seem enthusiastic to be a part of us. We invited them
to dinner, but they seem to be all booked up for a couple of weeks. They
are currently staying in a hotel untill they can find an apartment. We
need the elders back!!!
So, I now have a Fitbit, whatever
that is. Any advice?
Love,
Mother
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