Saturday review

Well, it has been another busy week!
I worked with Ralf and we laughed and laughed. We listened to "KOLA" 89.9 fm which is an oldies station with typically stupid radio commercials. It was never the stuff that was supposed to make us laugh that made us laugh, but the stuff we added, we could have been our own MST3000. It was fun.

On Monday we had family home evening with the D. They are a family in our ward from PacAsia. My little friend, Colleen gave the lesson about faith, as part of her personal progress. She has so much capacity for love and leadership. Afterward each family member bore testimony of the things Colleen had said and what ever else moved them to speak. The Spirit was so beautifully present. Then we had dinner of fried or roasted chicken and vegetables with shrimp. Everything was really nice. We played a game or two and had icecream. It was Andrus, the dad's birthday, we brought one of our favorite games (rumikub) and played. Everyone had such a great time! I was really lucky and got the most supreme set of tiles and so was out by the first third of the game. But the others continued and learned really great strategy.
This all sound so plain and ordinary as I am writing it, but this is no ordinary family. There are 5 kids in all. Dad works two jobs to support his family. His work visa has been outdated for a couple years so the jobs he takes probably just barely enable him to really take care of his family. They are such good, honest, genuine, humble people with so much to offer the community, and it sucks that they live in fear of being deported at any moment. From what I understand, they are standing entirely on their own two feet, with no governent or church assistance.

I would love to take them all to Disney land soon and just have a full day of playing. I wish I could magically make all their emmigration problem just float away, so Andrus could work in the field he is most qualified to fill, and earn the money that he so richly deserves.

Okay, so Tuesday I had YW and we went down to Laguna Beach to clean. We did clean a bit but then ended up down on the beach playing with sand crabs. They are so wierd!!! Just there little antena stick up out of the water and catch the surf. If you reach down in the sand you can pick several in one swoop.
The girls were all standing in a circle discussing why no one brought their swim suits. Marie and Rena and I were all standing in a circle and Marie asked if I was going in. I stood there in Jeans, having just got off work and at first thought, no , we have leather seat in the car and I just couldn't see myself driving home soaked. But as I stood there, I remembered how much as a kid I loved when my leaders did crazy spontaneous stuff. so I found someone to hold my purse and started wading into the tide toward Aley who was already out swimming. When the first big wave hit, I dove beneath it. It was great!!! Such a fun time! By the time we left everyone was soked.

It was Colleen's first time at the Ocean and the look of light and delight that was on her face is something I will alway equate with wonder. She was radiant. I drove her home and that enlightened radiance filled up the car! We sat on the floor mats.

Wednesday I prepared JE's Birthday suprise, but I won't write that yet. You never know who is going to read these things! All I can say is that he has Monday off and that it is going to be one of the best Monday's of his life!!! What fun.

Thursday night we had temple recommend interviews. Our stake presidency is so neat. They are just so fun to talk to. Wholey spiritual.

Later that night, JE went on splits with the Bishopric and had an interesting time. While he was gone I bake a huge 14" cake. Butter cake with chocolate buttercream frosting. We took it to his work Friday. He did not even get a piece, that is how fast it went. (I am not proud or anything!)

Last night I shopped a little for JE's B-day suprise while JE himself bambooed the rest of the hallway. Hurray! Now we just have 2 bedrooms to wood and some tile, some paint and 2 ceiling to scrape!

Today we are going to the county fair. We love to look at the collections of stuff and the animals. Maybe afterward we will stop by the beach for a bathe.