Maggie's Bridal Shower; Wedding Season Is Upon Us

My niece Maggie is getting married on Ben's birthday! A bridal shower was held at her Aunt Bonnie's home. It was actually held out on Bonnie's front porch.

Rebecca and I rode together and were some of the last to arrive. Fortunately--there was no more room for us to squeeze in with the group, so we sat on some rocking chairs on the side porch and could do much better at social distancing from our spot on the porch.

We were very impressed with the way the food was served. The meat and cheese wrap sandwich was wrapped in saran wrap. The fruit cup was covered with saran wrap. The vegetable and dip cup was covered with saran wrap. The chips were in individual packages. The candy bars were individually wrapped. 

The only thing not wrapped were the cupcakes. Knowing Amanda made them had me throwing coronavirus caution to the wind and eating one anyway. They were pretty fancy with a pie shell cup, jam covering the bottom, and then the cake and frosting. 

It was nice to have an outing and be able to see some of the extended family once again.

We had our weekly home church. We almost had a catastrophe involving Glen's wardrobe. I like us to match and had him wear his brown suit to match my brown skirt. He said it was a pretty tight fight for him to be able to get that huge cast into the pant leg. 

Glen enlisted my help to get his pants off that leg at the end of the day and I didn't think it was going to happen. I tugged and pulled and maneuvered the pants until I thought the only option would be to cut them off him. But, determination paid off and he was finally free of those binding pants.

WHEW!! No more wearing the brown suit for him until he gets that big cast off his leg!!

That's the reason this guy is opting to wear loose-fitting sweat pants every other day of the week.

I enjoyed so much the rule Sarah implemented when she started homeschooling her boys. They have mandatory outside time every day. 

Sitting outside on our front bench for a few minutes every day has become mandatory every day for us if I have any say in the matter. Fresh air does a recovering-from-surgery body good!! 

Look at handsome Spencer. Brooke decided to help him comb his hair over so he would look cool. 

Face masks are the rage these days. Madison has figured out how to attach the mask to her stuffed animal.

Looks like the Golden family will be wearing their masks more than ever at Lagoon with this new ruling. Rebecca said initially Lagoon only required them to wear their masks when they entered the park.

Speaking of masks...whoever would have thought we would be required to wear masks while attending church??!!?? 

Ben's ward and Rebecca's ward met for the first time on Sunday. Our ward is scheduled in 2 weeks. I asked about Brooke, wondering why she was not in the photo.

I have been going to some doctor appointments this week--one of which was the dentist. 

It doesn't seem very welcoming when there is a big STOP sign on the door telling everyone they are not welcome until they are escorted inside by a member of the staff after many questions are asked and temperature is taken.

I was happy to see the hygienist and dentist were wearing masks, glasses and full face coverings. I asked the hygienist how things had been going with the COVID-19 shut-down and then reopening. When I asked her if she was scared, she said yes as she deals with spit and stuff spewing on her all day.

The big plastic guards protecting the receptionist are interesting as well. I was happy to see all the precautions in place to protect Mike Bronson and his office staff. As a patient I felt protected as well.

Since extra people are not allowed inside doctors' and dentists' offices, Sarah used Gatorade to keep Jonah happy outside while Eli was in the orthodontist's office. 

Imagine waiting in the summer heat in Las Vegas! Looks like it did the trick to make this little guy happy. Or at least he was happy when they got back home.

Speaking of hot places (with humidity added on top of the heat), Abe and Klarissa have been house hunting while they are in Florida. This is the winner house of the day. Just waiting for updates as time goes on whether they actually buy a house or not.

Abe shared some Magnus pictures from the photo shoot they had with him.

This is evidence that the wedding season is upon us! I had just mailed out some of Sarah's books and then got more invitations in the mail. It's hard to keep up with them.

 We received a sweet thank you postcard in the mail from one of our sister missionaries.

Not only did she appreciate Sarah's book, but she also included a sweet thank you to Glen confirming his inspiration in one of the areas he assigned her to work.

It's a blessing for a missionary to serve. It's a double blessing when their dedicated service leads them to their future spouse. And it is a blessing for us when we learn how an inspired decision was divinely designed to bless lives.