Sunday, June 14, 2009

When is summer coming?

I don't believe it will ever be summer here in EC. We have constant wind, clouds, and a few rainstorms that last only a minute. But the wind is constant. It hasn't been super warm at all since before school ended. But even with all the wind, I am still loving the weather. Not the cold, but the weather.
We had fun with Tyler and Nancy here for a few days. He is growing so much and is able to do so many things. He loves his videos and playing in the sand, even though he has to strip down to his nothings, then hated getting rinsed off. He loved the swimming pool, which was new and exciting for all of us. Definately someplace fun to spend the afternoon. We also took in the aquarium with Tammy and her kids, along with Nancy and Tyler. It was fun and I loved to learn about all the tropical fish. Koy got scared with the shark came right up in his face. And I even touched the sting ray. Aren't I brave?
We went through the new temple (I won't attempt to spell the name of the mountain range it is named after). I was surprised at how small the ordinance rooms are. Only about 50 seats in each room. Of course, I was checking out all the altar cloths in each room and saw some beautiful work. Makes me anxious to get back to making more. This week I plan on starching,stretching, and blocking the four I have completed. I can't wait to see them in the temple some day.
We had an interesting experience in the sealing room we went in. There was only the guide couple and us there and I noticed the altar cloth was turned with the wrong side facing, so the man said, "Let's just turn it over and make it right." So we did. Then he asked where we were from and Garth responded to him. Then he said Garth looked very familiar to him, but he didn't know anyone from our area. Garth then told him he grew up in Bennion, after which the man asked him his name. When Garth told him, he started grinning and introduced himself as a cousin. The son of Garth's Aunt Joyce. He is younger than Garth but they both remininced about their memories of the families. It just goes to show that you never know when you will run into someone you know.
When we exited the temple it was raining really hard, so Nicky and Garth went to pick up the cars while Nancy and I kept the kids under the cover. We were talking with the tour guides there and one of the men asked my name and said I looked very famliar to him. I told him my name and where I lived and he said his name was ....... I can't say it because it is Polynesian, but I responded back with "Oh, the Book Mobile Man!" He had driven the Book Mobile for several years when it came to the elementary schools. We had a nice but short little visit before we got into the cars and drove away. Again, you never know so behave!
I hope to post more about our summer in the next few days. Right now I am going to the basement to watch the laundry, sew on Koy's Christmas stocking, and try to keep the Sabbath Day holy, if sewing isn't considered breaking the Sabbath. It is relaxing to me, not work, and I am using a talent that I have been given.
Hope everyone has a great week with very little rainy weather.

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