The birthday boy Newland enjoyed celebrating his 8th birthday in Florida.
Turning 8 was a big day for this little guy because he was able to be baptized right on his birthday.
We attended the baptism via a Zoom meeting.
Those watching along with us via Zoom were Klarissa's father and Abe's siblings.
This is the 11th couple of our missionaries to marry and another couple is in the works. SO FUN!!!!
Three of her five bridesmaids were our former missionaries: McKell Childs, Alex Durfee and Brooke Eatchel. Two of his groomsmen were our former missionaries: Jared Hickman and Carlos Medina.
There were two tables of our former missionaries at the dinner: Sabrina and Jared Hickman (another mission marriage); Chloe Osburn Bramwell with her husband Michael, and Leslie Corona.
Carlos Medina, McKell Childs, Brooke Eatchel, Darcie Povey, Alex Durfee, Kailey Quist Crismon and her husband Will.
Nani finally did it--she quit her job. She was plenty ready to retire. It was a happy moment when I heard her boss gave her an iPad for a retirement gift. What a perfect thing to give her.
While waiting for Newland and Abe to get dressed into dry clothes, Wynne showed us a picture of Newland and a picture he had drawn of himself getting baptized.
It was a happy day and we were happy we could join in for the baptismal service.
It has been a very long time since we have been able to go to the temple because of Covid restrictions. We were very excited to be invited to a temple sealing of two of our missionaries in the Payson Temple.
Our instructions were to meet by the flagpole and at 2:45 p.m. the sealer would open the door and allow our small group to enter the temple. Once inside, our temperatures were taken and Glen registered a fever. Oh no!!
Glen and another man were asked to step aside and cool down a bit and then their temperatures would be taken again. The man passed the second time, but Glen failed.
Good news was his temperature was lowering. It was a really hot day and we had been standing in direct sunlight for a while by the flagpole.
After a few more minutes, Glen registered normal and we were allowed to join with the others in the sealing room.
We are always delighted when we learn of an inter-mission romance and especially thrilled when it leads to marriage. Kyllie Baugh and Brigham Wade were two of our Spanish-speaking missionaries. After Kyllie came home from her mission, she and Brigham started writing to each other.
When he arrived home from his mission, they began Skyping daily. Once he moved to Utah, it didn't take long for them to have a short engagement leading up to their beautiful wedding day.
The wedding dinner was held at a golf club. It was so beautiful!!
She came over to get our help getting it all set up and getting her requested apps on it. I am using the word "our" loosely since Glen was giving the vast majority of the help to her. Glen also helped her buy a cover for her iPad.
We followed that up with getting take-out lunch from Smokin' Bones. That was a good choice as we all had leftovers for the next day. It's a bonus when I don't have to cook!!!! Yummy leftovers are the best!!
Between my two heart surgeries, illness, vacations and Covid shutting down the world, I was never able to get the second one.
I had been dreading getting it because I got sick from the first one. Glen and I both felt rotten the day after we got the shingles immunization (his second and my first), so I wasn't looking forward to inflicting sickness upon myself. I have been feeling so wonderfully well and I didn't want to jeopardize that.
But...it was time...
Nani and I had talked for a few minutes more when I walked her out to her car. We had been standing in the sun for a while and I remembered Glen's issues with registering a temperature after he had been standing in the sun for a while.
If I was getting an immunization that day, I decided I better make sure I didn't have a temperature just in case they happened to check it before they would give me the shot.
Sure enough--I had a temperature--which slowly lowered after I'd been in the cool house for a few minutes. WHEW!!
The information paper I was handed before I got the immunization confirmed my hesitancy in wanting to get a second shot because I experienced almost all of those negative reactions. UGH!!!
I had planned to get my immunization that afternoon because the next day I had absolutely nothing going on (wait...that's my typical days during Covid...!) the rest of that day and the following day.
The "sore arm with mild or moderate pain" came immediately upon the removal of the syringe. OUCH!!!! I would rate my arm pain as more than moderate!! It was so painful!!
Here's the good news: I did NOT experience "tiredness, muscle pain, headache, shivering, fever, stomach pain or nausea." HALLELUJAH!!!!! BLESSING!!!! SO THANKFUL!!!!
As I was so grateful for my good fortune of not feeling sick the day of or the day after, this little feller had just the opposite. Glen was fixing himself breakfast and heard a loud noise at the front door. When he looked out, this is what he saw.
Brooke is a big bird lover and I was really glad she didn't accompany her parents when they brought our Costco delivery to us.
The whole Golden family came the next day to do mowing and weeding. We have been so thankful for all the family members who have taken care of the yard this summer. Nani even offered to come mow it when she heard both Rebecca's family and Ben's family would be out of town at the same time.
The grandchildren had a little diversion from weeding when they found a teeny inchworm.
There were a few plants and weeds that needed a shovel removal. Glen was able to do that much yard work with his booted foot.
It always makes me smile when I see Madison wearing her snow boots in 90+ degree summertime weather.
As we were sitting around talking, Rebecca noticed something on the underside of the cabinet.
(Sarah Thomas 2003). We have found several spots now where our dear teenage daughter marked her spot.
When I sent Sarah this photo, she put up laughing emojis and wrote, "Kids are so weird. And in pencil too. In case I felt guilty and needed to erase it."
Raising a household of boys, I am sure she can appreciate her antics even more now.
Abe's ward had planned a ward activity. They had arranged for a magician Zoom call. Abe invited all our family to join in on the entertainment.
The magician had us do an at-home trick with him. It involved numbered pieces of paper that we ripped in half. He had us shuffle the papers around, throw some out, swap some with each other and by the end, we magically ended up with our own number ones that fit perfectly together.
It was a pretty cool trick. It was a fun diversion for us.
Two of our missionaries came over for a visit. Brett Carpenter is on his way to Rexburg from Missouri. He stopped in Utah to spend some time with Kenton Stephens. It continues to be a delight for us to see the lasting friendships the missionaries make with each other.
Another one of our missionaries came to visit. Kaylene Parris brought her special friend Giovanni Nieto with her. His family lives in the mission boundaries. He is a convert and after his mission, he requested the missionaries come over to visit with his parents. Kaylene was able to meet him then.
She has been home quite a while now and decided to go back and live in Southern California with her aunt. From living there, she was able to connect with Giovanni.
I was not sure if I heard a knock on the door, so I went to check just in case. I looked out and saw a huge box on our porch and watched the delivery person driving away.
WAIT!!!! I wanted to call to him as I was sure he had made the delivery to the wrong house. We had not ordered anything this big.
It was impressive that a screwdriver was included. I thought that would be nice for people who might not have easy access to tools.
He switched locations and put it under the other part of his desk and found that to work better for his long legs. He also found it to be a great exercise for his recovering foot. It is helping loosen up his ankle and will strengthen his foot and ankle as he uses it over time.
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