Monthly birthday party

We had our monthly family Birthday Breakfast yesterday. It is always fun to have the entire crew over. The only one missing was Le, and she had just gotten off a late shift, so, I am sure that she relished the opportunity to get some sleep with nobody else in the house.

The birthdays that we celebrated were Kennedy, (8th) Debbie (15th), Addison (17th), and mine (20th). Mine was the big six oh, but they spared me the black balloons, walker, Rogain, etc.

All and in all, it was a very good day.

Blessed spring

Today I had to go to Beaver to work on the golf course there. Yes, they do have a golf course, and a fun one. Anyway, here it is the end of April and it rained all the way to Scipio, then snowed from there on. The irony was the number of people that were riding motor cycles. I'm sure that Ken Whetstone could explain the joy of such a wonder event to me, but for the moment I am stumped.

Would you believe that Margaret declined my invitation to go with me to visit Beaver? Opportunity lost!

On Monday it hit eighty degrees at home. It has been my tradition to begin to get the swimming pool ready for the summer when that happens. Maybe I've jumped the gun this year.

End of an era

Several months I was released as bishop. It was five years that went went by in but a moment. It was the most wonderful experience that I wouldn't wish on anybody.

It was five years that Margaret proved to be an absolute rock. She not only was there for me to support me as bishop, she was there to support me through all of the other trials that I went through. That includes 11 surgeries, several deaths in the family, and other trials.

Now the time has come to change course in our lives, so before I was released, I extended applications to the temple to become ordinance workers. We are now starting our callings in the Jordan River Temple.

Looking forward to a new year, and being able to catch up on a lot of things that got placed on the back burner for the past 5 years.

It was a delight to have been called to serve, it is a delight to have the calling completed.