Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication 8-26-09

Hi Son,

I hope that you have had a great week.

So how is Mr. Red BMW doing after his surgery? Did you get a chance to visit him in the hospital? I hope that you are able to teach him, and that he accepts the gospel. He is the kind of man that could really be leadership quality for a ward in the area.

How are your other investigators coming along? Any families? How are Brandon and B? doing at church?

With your birthday coming up, Mary Ann is asking what you need/want for your birthday. I was thinking of another food box. Curry seasoning, more Tony's etc. Does that work for you? or would you rather have socks and a tie? Give me some ideas or that may be what you will be getting.

Our visit with Sharon last week was wonderful, and ended with attending the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Dedication. It was cool that Sharon was in town and able to attend.

Well Benson and Anneke are into school full swing. Benson is working to change his schedule around so he can get concurrent enrollment credit on somemore of his classes. He is hoping his internship is with a engineering company that his counselor told him about. And still no luck finding a job.

Mary Ann is down 42lbs and I have hit the 39lb mark. We are ending phase 2 of our diet this Friday, so we will start eating normal foods again. We just have to watch what we eat more carefully during phase 3. Aunt Sue is down 40lbs and she is looking really good too.

Mary Ann and I went to the Temple yesterday and got the Baptism, Confirmantion, and Initiatory work done for Uncle Bob, and Uncle Jack. Next week we are planning to get their endowments done and may be able to get their sealing to parents done the same day. I have been really having a great time getting the new family search program polished for our family tree. There is a lot of information in the database and it needs to be cleaned up and organized so that only the accurate information is displayed. As a Family History consultant I have had access for about 3 months now, but this week I was given access to the release version for final testing. It will be so great being able to share it with the members of the ward/stake.

Well, I guess that is it for this week, I am sure hoping that we get a chance to "IM". But I know not to expect it, anymore; and to just enjoy it when we get the chance. We love you and we pray for you and the people that your are serving everyday.

Take good care of yourself. Love you
Dad, Mary Ann, and Benson

--"It's never to late too live happily ever after."