June Newsletter

I will start with Laurie this month. First of all she was released as the 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency and then 26 seconds later she was sustained again as the 2nd Counselor in the Relief Society Presidency. Our dear friends and neighbors across the street, the Walkers, are moving to Midway. Sister Walker has been the Relief Society President and one of Laurie’s close friends for many years. The sister that was called to take her place, kept some of the members of the Presidency. So Laurie gets to keep on trudging along. Overall, I think she enjoys the calling, all except having to give the lessons and conduct. She could do without those two things if she had the choice. Anyway, back to the Walker family, their kids are the same age as many of our kids, so they are going to be sorely missed. Shane, Miranda and Mollie won’t have their buddies just across the street to play with anymore. Staying with the Laurie theme, she is going to California to spend a week with her mother which will be good for the two of them. The rest of us will have to fend for ourselves. It always gives us a good dose of reality when Mom leaves for a week. We certainly gain a better appreciation for all she does. Laralyn has her tonsils out a few weeks ago and is struggling to recover. It has not been easy. It is a good thing she married such a patient kind husband in Rodney. Prior to getting married, Laralyn was hardly sick a day in her life. Since she got married, she hasn’t had a day that she hasn’t been sick. Bethany still works for the hospital, Austin is looking for a job for the summer, Macall is busy making plans and looking forward to EFY, Youth Conference, Girls Camp and just a lot of having fun this summer. Bryce is going to work on his eagle project and said today that he wants to try out for the play here at the Draper Theatre (Peter Pan). Shane is our little baseball star these days. He had a slow start this year but he is playing awesome here at the end of the season. The last two games he has hit the ball clear over the center fielder’s head. He got a homerun, a triple and batted in two runners in the last two games. His coach gave him the game ball last game for catching a fly ball in the outfield and hitting the home run. He got a new bat and helmet for his birthday and has been making good use of them ever since. Miranda is our big news this month. She was baptized on Saturday and we want to thank those of you who came to support her. She looked very cute in her white clothes and was very excited about getting to be baptized. Mollie graduated from Preschool this past month and is excited to start kindergarten next year. I got interviewed by the Salt Lake Tribune about our wellness program and the story landed on the front page of the Sunday paper a couple weeks ago. Well that catches you up with what is going on around here. Have a great summer.