This is goin' be hard to believe but I totally didn't take pictures at all this week and we had so many interesting things going on.
Saturday morning was the Stake Preparedness Fair. Kim was the keynote speaker. A favorite Christensen story that he shared will be included at the end of this excerpt. This would be the week of wedding ...some weeding--big difference with just one letter. We worked on the Wollenzien's yard and I sliced my little finger thinking it was a bush while pruning. We spent time setting up each night that week after weeding for the Voorhees/ Oates wedding reception. On Saturday, I thought I was going to throw up while we were setting up but I am sure it was because of the heat. Luckily during the beginning of the reception, clouds rolled in and it cooled off. It was a fun evening. Lots of people stayed a long time. We were helping to clean up until 10p.m. but according to the Wally's, the Voorhees were still packing things up until 1 a.m. Ohhh.
My weeds are still bigger than my garden plants ( talking about weeding).
We went ice skating after the Preparedness fair on a day that hit 100 degrees and it felt so cool and refreshing to be on the ice.
Today (Sunday) was the Oquirrah Temple dedication. Brooke and Whit came last night after hiking Timp. My mom came this morning and we all went to our Stake. It was a wonderful experience. Then while we were fixing marinated chicken kabobs for dinner, Jordan Langston showed up with a small Book of Mormon that had been covered in zebra and buffalo. It had the shape of Africa in the zebra fur. I have seen many missionaries bring home covered scriptures like that but Bryce didn't have anything with skins when he came home. We were happy to have Jordan stay for a visit and tell us more about Africa and the Wallys came also since we thought they might be tired from the reception. John was very quiet which supported my assumption. It was a great weekend with lots to remember. Here is the great story from Grandma Booth.
Grandma was widowed twice and accepted the challenge of caring for her five small children. It was necessary for her to go to work again in the mill in order to support her family. She earned a very modest income but managed without financial assistance from anyone. It was in the middle of the depression and the welfare truck would move down the street stopping at every house to deliver commodities except to the Booths house. No welfare went into that home and it was the only home in the block that didn't have a father. She worked in the mill as a weaver and every time she got the opportunity she would work a double shift, going to work at 7 a.m. and getting off at 11 p.m. She didn't have transportation so she would walk from the Peabody apartments to the Columbus mill. When the boys got old enough, she bought bicycles for them and they delivered groceries and newspapers to pay for them. Doris ( Kim's mom) worked at a "Five and Ten cent Store" on Saturdays. Whatever was earned by the family members went to mama and she managed to teach us the value of money and the blessing of work. After Sunday school each Sunday as she was leaving church, she would ask the service men if they had a place to go for dinner and every Sunday there would be from six to thirteen service men at her home for dinner. Se often said that she never knew how many pairs of paratrooper boots would be under her table at meal time. It was during the time of rationing but no matter how many she had for dinner she always had food left over. We learned from this experience that the account of the Savior feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves and 2 fishes was really true because we saw the surplus in our home each week.
