COVERING THE BASES ON SUNDAY

Dear Family,

We had a great Sunday but did a little hustling.

We drove to Bountiful to attend church where a former Sister Missionary, now Elizabeth Newren Egburt was having her new baby blessed.

We got there a half hour early and called Cathy who lived a mile and a half away so we dashed over there. It took longer but we did have exactly a four minute visit. That was enough to greet Pete and little Philip, smile at little Lily, hug Cathy, and meet their new dog which is a cross between a Pug and a Pekinese, (Which should be against all breedng and cloning rules). It was a four minute visit and Cathy was a good sport.

We went to this Bountiful ward which was large and watched the baby blessing. Here is a picture of Jared, Liza and little Caleb. She had a challenging pregnancy, a difficult delivery and we saw the baby in the hospital born prematurely. The baby weighed under five poundsand and had a low Apgar rating. He spent some time in the newborn intensive care unit.

The little guy rallied, went home,did well on nursing, and now is over nine pounds and can turn himself over. This is a picture of joy and happiness and gratitude for the blessings of Heaven.

The smile of joyous Motherhood is universal. Here is a picture of Mom at her first Mother's day Sunday in Cambridge, Mass., holding, Roy 48 years ago'

We then traveled to our home ward for Fast Meeting. It was a great meeting as well, with one General Authority who resides in the ward, an Area Seventy, a Stake President and so many others in attendance. We sat there with Al and Paul and our six grandkids with Maryanna on my lap, little Henry LeRoy on Mom's lap and the others spread over two rows. Our Elder Lawrence's younger brother was leaving for a mission to Fiji. His two older brothers served in Munich.

Then it was over to Cheryl and Paul's and their eight kids who are all in full steam and energy. We had a great meal and a family night that included a lesson, comment, piano recitals and prayers. It was a full Sunday.

I should mention that Saturday night we went to another Jazz game at the Energy Solutions arena. President Monson was there with his brother and grandson. We chatted about the Jospeh Smith Papers project and he mentioned that he had read the complete book which is an accomplishment. I got hung up in the introduction but will push ahead.

At one point two of the Jazz Dancers came up to the box in their little sequined outfits and shook hands with President Monson and gave his family souvenirs. He was most gracious and asked their names and chatted with them

It was another great weekend

love, Dad

Dinner at Paul and Cheryl's