March Birthdays - Ferf, Sarai & Joel celebrated!

We went over and had a little celebration with Ferf and some of the kids for her birthday that day.  She said she usually cooks her birthday dinner/makes her dessert anyway, so she did.  We hope to get her out to a dinner/lunch she doesn't have to cook soon.  She made chocolate strawberries which everyone was happy to enjoy with her!  Happy #44 Ferf.  You are amazing!!! and we love you!!!

Sweet Sarai turned 11 and we had a little evening of birthday celebration at our house for her with a chocolate chip cookie/cake and milk.  She loves all things tiny and was pleased with her tiny gifts and panda socks!  She's a sweetie and we love her and kind of hate to have her grow up.  But, she'll be just as sweet a Sarai forever I'm sure! Happy #11!  

Next up was Joel celebrating his December 26th 8th birthday on March 26th the next year!  I got confused and tried to make it his #9 birthday!  We had such a nice day that day.  We went up to go to the Cedar City Temple to do sealings and got their a little early.  We ran over to Sportsman's hoping that just by chance they would have a pair of the boots, the only boots, that are comfortable for Paul with his poor arthritic foot.  And, there on the shelf, was the right boot in the right size!  I had called a month or two ago when the internet told me that they had one pair at that store in stock that was his size and the right boot.  They looked and looked and said they didn't have it, so finding it still there felt like a little miracle.  We bought them and made it right on time to the temple.  We had a great sealing session with only one other couple there.  We got all of our couples sealed - some from my side and some from Paul's.  And I felt something on one couple on my side and one on his side that I have never really felt before and I was sure that it meant that those two couples were accepting their work and happy to finally have it done!  It was sweet.  We changed to go home and then decided to get a drink.  We had to go through a waiting room...and there, waiting to do baptisms, Tasia and Zade Smith - our grand kids!  It was so crazy to see them there and we got to hear about some really cool activities they had been competing in and had gotten big awards for.  We probably wouldn't have even heard about it otherwise as they don't brag on themselves very well.  Then we went over and had such a fun evening with the Randall's celebrating with Joel. (Joel went around hugging everyone after he opened his presents.  It was very sweet.) We even got to go out and watch him shoot off a rocket for a school project he's working on.  It was really a very perfect day!