Monty's Baby Blessing; Let the Game Continue! Prison Badges

Sunday was baby blessing day for Montgomery Truman Thomas. What a little doll baby. 

The blessing took place at Klarissa's sister's home in North Carolina. Jen and Jordan's son got baptized and Monty got blessed all on the same weekend. It is always fun to see the faces of our loved ones on zoom calls. We were so happy to be included in the special occasion.

What a beautiful family who cooperated so well for a family photo which made me super happy.

Later that day Rebecca's and Ben's families came for dinner with the intent of getting down to business after dinner finishing up the game they had started weeks before. 

Caroline gets so anxious to see Ben's boys. She's a baby-loving girl, that's for sure, and she takes such good care of both of the little boys.

Madison also loves the little boys. The two families made plans to go to Lagoon the next day. 

Ben loves his work schedule of Wednesday through Saturday so they can do things, like go to Lagoon, on Mondays and Tuesdays when it is less crowded.

When I was at Walmart, I heard someone exclaim, "Sister Thomas!!!!!" It was one of our missionaries, Amy Palmer, who was there with her sister and her new husband, Keegan Anderson. It was so nice to see her again and get to meet her husband.

We went to dinner with Lynn and Michael Maughan at Goodwood Barbeque in Draper. It's always nice to get caught up on what they are doing. I am kicking myself because I forgot to get a photo of us enjoying our dining experience together.

The timing worked out perfectly for us to have an early dinner with Maughans and then get back home in time to change our clothes and go to the stake center to get our temple recommends signed. There was a great group of people there who made the waiting and visiting very enjoyable. 

When we got back home, we got on the computer and reserved our seats in a temple endowment session for July 29th. The appointments are getting filled up quickly now that the temples are opening up again after such a long closing due to Covid.

Glen got busy tearing out the dead bushes on the side of the house. Dallas had removed one the other day and Glen finished up the project so he could continue to spread out the bags of dark mulch. He did 31 bags the other day and 33 bags this day. We could use even more bags to completely finish the job. Yardwork is never-ending!!

We got the official notice that the prison will now allow us to go in for religious services beginning this Sunday. When we received a photo of our badges, I sent it out to the family and got a good chuckle out of Sarah's response.