Shall the youth of Zion falter?

I saw this a few weeks ago and sent it to Tommy and Hannah and then we all sat down and watched it also. This girl really is pretty terrific. It is worth 20 minutes of your day.

http://%20hillel.harvard.edu/media/videos/550

I Love to See the Temple

I've been thinking alot about the temple as Tommy is getting ready to and make his own covenants. I thought this was a beautiful synopsis.

Click here:

Why Mormons Build Temples
Throughout history, the Lord has commanded His people to build temples. Temples are literally houses of the Lord. They are holy places of worship where individuals make sacred promises with God.
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Ten is stuPENdous

Main Entry:
stu·pen·dous
Pronunciation:
\stu̇-ˈpen-dəs, styu̇-\
Function:
adjective
Etymology:
Latin stupendus, gerundive of stupēre
Date:
1640
1 : causing astonishment or wonder : awesome , marvelous 2 : of amazing size or greatness :

So I have to say that Danny is STUPENDOUS. First, it is a great adjective and it happens to rhyme with 10 which is a bonus.

On his 10th birthday, Danny received his Bear badge at his scout troop's Blue & Gold Dinner. He also requested his favourite dinner which is apparently steak, macaroni and cheese, and apples and Italian soda.

Stupendously delicious.

Danny requested as gifts a case of Jones Cream Soda and some cash-ola. Which I'm sure will be spent on a stupendous purchase.

He got phone calls from family far, far away who love him stupendously and sing nearly as well!

Perhaps the best gift of all was the tour he got of our good friend's manufacturing plant. Ted Melsheimer gave Danny a tour of Mustang Manufacturing. They make these tools that squeeze oil pipe lines of various sizes without breaking them. The tour was amazing, but to top it off, Ted had found for Danny a slide rule - just like the one he has always used - a math tool of a better era, because he heard that Danny was something of a stupendous mathematician.

But what I really want to say is that Danny is the very definition of stupendous. He is awesome and marvelous. He is kind and good. He is hard-working and fun. He is a good brother and a good son.

And I am stupendously lucky to be his mom.

Crepes-a-go-go (by Abbey)

Definitely the best crepes on earth! (sorry mom)! We went there for my birthday present from mom and Hannah! I know.. its pretty awesome! I got the raspberry chocolate nutella crepe. YUMMY! D.C was so fun. I miss Hannah so stinken much.

I am not sure if I am a city girl or not... you definitely have to walk A LOT more in a big city like that. We walked a total of about 45 miles in those 5 day we were there! But we ate good, so it balanced out!

This is me and Camilla messing around outside the Library of Congress after a very long tour that mom really wanted to go on. (We were just glad it was over). Probably my favorite building that we went to. It was a lot more detailed than I thought it was going to be! Hannah goes to school in the attic of the library of congress so i really wanted to go peek inside of it.

Of course Camilla was singing disney songs all around the town so people were always looking at us. so when we started sliding down the railings at the famous Library of Congress you wouldn't guess the look on their faces!

Camilla Writes about D.C

We are in the metro....freezing cold....and tired of walking. The metro is really gross and smelled really bad. Abbey and my mom kept on calling me a dork because i sang on the metro....because everyone there looked like they were feeling down. My mom didnt think singing disney princess songs was the best way to get their spirits high.

Camilla writes about DC

Abbey, my mom and I went to D.C. It was really nice seeing Hannah. It was really cold there. While we were there, a huge protest was taking place about global warming. I find it quite ironic that they were protesting during D.C's biggest blizzard of the year. This is a picture of when we first saw Hannah. We are in the underground tunnels on our way to the cafeteria for lunch.

20 years is a long time to do anything

March 4, 1989

+ 20 years =

• 6 fabulous kids
• 1 warm, fun house
• 1 great chiropractic office to feed all the people who live here
• no pets (hallelujah)
• 8 happy people

WHEW - who knew where that one day would take us?