100 days

Dad was calling in some prescriptions and getting 90 days worth of pills, and he asked me if we had 90 days left on our mission.  I didn't know, but counted it up, and it's 100 days!  It's hard to believe, but there it is.  We're hoping to complete some of the things we're in the middle of before we head home, and try not to think about it too much.  We really are enjoying the people and the work and the climate, etc. 

Last week we had a fun FHE where we played the game, "Two Truths and a Lie".  We discovered that some people are very good at lying!  My lie was that I spent 3 months in Germany before I was married with my best friend from the U.  They believed it (except one gal who knows how much I want to go to Europe and have never had a chance!).  Dad's lie was that he had backpacked in every national forest in the West.  They didn't believe him - they know there are too many.  But he has backpacked in a lot of them.  It was a fun night.

I went to the Relief Society Garden Party with Claudia, a gal we are working with.  I took a salad called "Tabboulah", made out of bulgur with fresh mint and tomatoes and cucumbers.  It was so good!  I learned about bulgur when we were on our sugar-free diet, and we really like it.  I'll try it out on the family when we get home.

The ward picnic was last Saturday, the 13th.  We visited with our friends, the Martins, and had a great barbeque, and watched the mid-singles interact with the primary kids doing face painting and playing games.

It was a very warm day, but everyone had a good time.

We had a visit from our neighbors in Riverton last week, Dennis and Joann Christensen.  We met them for lunch and had a great visit.  It's nice to see people from home. 

They are a very sweet couple, and good friends.  They have been good to Jenny and Brandon, too.

On Saturday, we wanted to get away so we wouldn't dwell on David too much, so a new senior couple that we have become friends with drove us down to Monterey.  We visited the aquarium again and saw the sights there.  They are the Nelson's and are wonderful!  They let us talk about Dave and are very loving and supportive.  It made the day nice.  Hope you all dealt with it okay, and felt the love and support of family and friends as well.

I love the jellyfish there, so had to take more pictures of them.

We watched a scuba diver feed the fish, and got a stranger to take our picture! Great day.

Dad had a good Father's Day, thanks to hearing from all his girls.  He loved the cards and phone calls.  He feels your love!  I made him an apple pie, and fixed a steak dinner for us. 

Yum!

He hasn't felt well for a couple of weeks.  We thought it was because of the little hop he took off a retaining wall at the last FHE, but the pain seemed to get worse after awhile, and last week, he broke out in a rash on his back.  It was all blistery and hot to the touch, and he thought it was heat rash, or something.  But someone mentioned it sounded like shingles, (Amy?), so he looked it up on the internet today, and that's what it is!  He had a shingle's vaccination last year, but I guess it only protects you about 50% of the time.  But it is starting to go away, and he is feeling better.  It seems to be a mild case.  Wow, we hope we get home before anything else happens!

Three of the sisters we have been teaching temple prep to are planning their dates to go to the temple, so we are excited about that, and we have loved the opportunity to teach the Gospel to others as well.  We appreciate all your love and support.  From your phone calls this last week, it seems like everyone back home is doing well. 

100 days!  Keep us in your prayers!