Week 66
One of the fun parts of living in a small town is the newspaper.  It has a "Smile of the Day" picture every day with a little caption about why the person is smiling.  Since this is the buckle of the Bible Belt, more than once the reason has been, "because he (or she) loves Jesus" or "because Jesus loves me."  Every Sunday, in the Lifestyle section, is the agriculture page with valuable information about caring for cattle, hogs, hay, etc.

Another fun part is the events sponsored by the city.  Yesterday was the 14th Annual Daddy Daughter Dance at the community center.  Over 900 folks went to one of three 90 minute dances.  We went to Zaxby's for dinner, and a dad in a dress military uniform and his little daughter in a fancy dress came out on their way to the dance.  Fun.  Just before Halloween, there is the Dance With Your Mummy for moms and sons.

The temperatures were mostly warm this week (in the 80s yesterday), so we took a little walk on Tuesday and came across this plant in bloom.

Not very pretty yet, but blooming on February 7th!!

For FHE on Monday the YSAs had a Heart Attack party--making fun hearts and messages with which to plaster doors of some in the ward who just needed some loving.

They "attacked" about 7-8 kids

A young man in our ward is here on a track scholarship (he's from Las Vegas).  Yesterday he ran his best time ever, under a 4 minute mile, and was the top collegiate finisher in the mile race.  The two who beat him were Olympians.  

Go Josh Thompson!!

That's the news from this week, nothing earth shattering, but life is good in Stillwater.