New BoM Manual Finally Published

I am an editor for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (yes, Mormons) and have been for nearly 32 years. I just got a print sample of my latest project--Book of Mormon Student Manual for institute students and all other students of the Book of Mormon.
Click here for a look: institute.lds.org/courses

Big Pile of Shingles

We got an early start taking all the shingles off the roof. It was a lot of work. We could not have done it without family--they were awesome!

Rob and Jared helped the high priests get the shingles off.

Josh removed shingles too, and then he cleaned all the guck out of the rain gutters.

They dropped the old shingles onto the ground, and we cleaned them all away! Rhonda, Dad, and gang filled up big and little buckets ...

Sarah and Lisa and gang dumped them into the dumpster.

We all worked really hard. Rob and Jared kept at it until all the shingles were off.

Thanks!
Here's Rhonda and Mom hard at it. It was dirty work, but somebody had to do it.

Peggy cleaning up.

That was one big pile of shingles.

Mom busy at work.

Justin was a great helper too (and Sarah liked having him around).

Sarah worked really hard!

Lisa too--and she got the dirtiest.

Cleanup time.

Celebration time--at SuCasa of course!

Thanks everyone for a job well done!
We hired a roofing company to put new shingles back on.

My Little Girl Is Growing Up!

Believe it or not--she is 19! I am a very proud Mama.

Even the dogs joined in the fun!

Sarah had a treasure hunt to find her gifts--way too many of them.


After a great dinner at SuCasa (where else?) we played Canasta and Rummicube.

New BFF

On our flight home from Pittsburgh, we met a new best friend--
Becky from Huntsville.
Since there are no coincidences, our sitting together had to be inspired.

Hey, Becky! Thanks for the Harry Potter tickets.

A whole lot of temple going goin on!

Tuesday night Peggy and Eva went to the Oquirrh Temple open house. Wow! You gotta go. Get your free tickets at LDS.org before August.

Wednesday night Eva and Rhonda went to the Salt Lake Temple (it's been a long time). Fabulous interior! not to mention very spiritual. You should go if you can.