December 11, 2019

jjjjjooooobbbeeeeeeeee!!! That still comes up every time a coupon from Dominoes comes through. Isn't life just a delicious delectable array of fantastic weird and wonderful precious sacred experiences? Here are some of ours as an update. The most important one is that Annie got pooped on at the ward party. She had one of the three babies on her shoulders, and well, she had to shower. We went to VEGAS! Dad and I had SO SO SO MUCH FUN AT ANDREA BOCELLI! How can we ever thank you enough. It was one of the most amazing musical experiences I have ever had. We just had the best trip and had so much fun together and it was AWESOME! The concert was exquisite. He defended his heavyweight title as who some say is "the best singer in the world". It was EXQUISITE. He also had an incredible violinist, a female opera singer, a ballad singer, dancers and then his SON. Seth is 12!! Last night we blew out candles and said stuff we love than Spen dropped a beat on his phone and we had an epic rap battle about Seth. Mikey Dunn won and got the CD of Christmas with the Chipmunks. after that we went to Walmart and Seth wanted all of us to go to something that reminded us of him. We didn't buy it we just collected it and it was really fun Annie is getting her patriarchal blessing Sunday, and guess what, Seth is getting his too! I'm so excited for both of them. We all missed you tons last night when Mr. SilverRush was going on. We helped Mary Lou Roeling sew a quilt for Papa Smurf and we were finishing it and I had to go so Annie could dance BALLROOM BEAUTIFULLY at Festival of trees. Mary Lou stayed and Grandma was trying to get ready for Festival and she had Mary Lou help her pull up her girdle. We are not going to Mexico. My heart is broken. Don't want to talk about it. I'm in finals, 4 big projects papers and tests left. If all goes well I will still be breathing tomorrow night and I will be done with this semester! Jen went to Zupa's to look for Allee but she wasn't there. Seth went out to go the ward Christmas party in a Christmas sweater and shorts and barefoot. Jen made him go get shoes on and he came out in mismatched shoes. Chrimbuschins forever! I bore my testimony in my class! I stood up and said "in my monologue it says "for the love of God" and I just want you to know that it is literally saying "if you won't do it for yourself, do it for him. I just want you to know that I love God and if I love and thank with every breath I could never be grateful enough for all he has done for me so I just need you to know that I would never use His name in vain." The big tractors are here digging holes for Nate and Nic's house and Jeni and Smitty's house! Grandpa Jello is a MIRACLE! He has nearly every person in the neighborhood signed up and working together to take care of our own poor. He has "inactives" and "anti's" and whatever labels we put on people all wrapping and loving and shopping and serving. It is miraculous. Seth got a longboard for his birthday. This was the coolest story. Seth told me he wanted one. The Next DAY on my way home Darrell texted me and said "I just found longboards on sale and felt like he should call and see if we needed one. He ordered it, I stopped on the way home and picked it up, and it was in my hands, a $99 board for $39. I feel like we live, love, breathe and survive on HIS GRACE. WE GOT PICTURES OF YOU THIS WEEK! They are SO FUN! Two different groups of people. This morning I had lost my stagecraft folder and sweet Jen Jen asked me if I had prayed about it and she said an outloud prayer right there and I had it in my hand 3 minutes later, the Spirit reminded me that I had taken it for another class in a different bag. Oh Joseph, I just saw a news article about the measles outbreak and how horrible it is, and here I am writing you this silly letter. Im so sorry. You are precious. We miss you!