Week 30

Lots of wonderful highs this week.  Three young women in our ward received their endowments, so we went to the temple on Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday.  Friday and Saturday were two siblings, one of whom is going on a mission in July.

Molly on Tuesday

Jennifer and Sienna on Friday/Saturday--with their other sister Jessica and friend Michael

There is a lot of construction on the interstate on the way to OKC.  On Tuesday it delayed us for only about 5 minutes, so we weren't worried about leaving too early on Friday.  Big mistake--traffic was completely stopped several times and moving at 5 miles an hour for long distances.  Our friendly google maps app told us we would arrive at our destination (the temple) at 1:30--the time the session was to start.  We kept debating whether or not to get off on an exit and take surface streets, but Kerby just felt strongly we should stay on I-35, so we did.  When we finally got past the construction, it was clear sailing (and I drove just a bit above the speed limit) and we arrived at 1:17--cutting it a little close, but on time.  One of the little tender mercies we experience so often.

Along the roadsides lots of the wild flowers from early spring are gone, but they have been replaced by gaillardia--a hardy prairie flower that just happens to be the state wildflower of Oklahoma.  I've been growing them in my garden in Utah for 20 years--who knew?!?!

Zillions of these happy guys along the freeway

This was transfer week for the missionaries, and Sister Liddell (who has been here since two weeks before we got here) was transferred to Shawnee.  This was her first move, but she was still here on Monday for the FHE bowling trip--Wednesday was the actual transfer day.

Sisters Liddell, Smith, and Christensen

Since Monday was a holiday I spent a couple of hours playing with the new serger.  It is an engineering marvel, hence it was quite hard to figure out--will actually work on the kimonos for the Wondertorium this week, so we'll see how well I did figure it out.

Kerby made me include this dreadful picture

We make little magnetic labels for each missionary who leaves from our ward and they get posted on the Called to Serve world map.  Our predecessors, Elder and Sister Andersen got it started and we think it's a great tradition.  Here is Ammon putting his on Roseville, CA.

Tuesday Twiddles seems to be a success--15 YSAs there on Tuesday, with some whole group games and several sub-groups later on.  Not a lot more to report this week, but we are grateful for scriptures, words from living prophets, and our institute classes.