Mother's Day and Baptism

Mother's Day and Baptism                                                                 May 15, 2013

            We have our garden in and the yard is looking nice. Our neighbors gave us some big loads of their horse's best. We weeded and tilled it all in, dug the rows and planted all the crops. We just need to have our lawn mower repaired. The lawn was looking awful and our mower is going to be in the shop for two weeks so I talked David into renting a mower. Nicholas' mower is also in the shop so he mowed our lawn and then we used it on his. He also tilled up a garden spot in his back yard.

             We were invited to watch our granddaughters play soccer. Gator told me that, "I only care about winning." She was amazing at moving the ball down the field. Taffy was so graceful on the field and she would fly and float down the field and stand in front of the goal. We were not sure if she was waiting for the opportunity to kick the ball in the goal or to be a goalie for the other team.

                        On Saturday we drove up to Salt Lake City and David did a wonderful job of giving a talk on baptism and then baptizing Richard Stanley. I was able to lead the music and offer the closing prayer. The next day we drove up for the confirmation. The door David went to was locked. That meant a delay of just enough time to have him only half way up the chapel before they started the conformation. He shook Richard's hand as he stood to be congratulated. Then we drove to Grandma Sheffer's to wish her a happy Mother's Day. We drove home just in time to go to our meetings. We had been asked to teach Primary for the Valiant 9 class that day.

            After church David made homemade pizzas and Bert and Julie, Nicholas and Amber, Alan and Kim, Katie and Caleb, Grandma Duncan and Aya, came for dinner and to Skyped with Sister Sarah Sheffer. We each took 3 to 5 minutes talking with her. She said the visit helped her with the idea of coming home. She will be home on the 13^th of June.

            We have enjoyed being with family and resting. David was so excited. Tuesday May 14, 2013 was the first day that there wasn't something that had to be done. That was a day of rest according to David's definition. There is still much to do, but all of the big fires were out for one brief moment. We are almost ready to plan our summer.

                                                God Bless You All, David and Gaile Sheffer