Lamb E Umptum

We celebrated Steven’s 30^th birthday last weekend.  Thirty!?!?  First he and Tamara threw a fantastic Trivia Party Friday night and invited folks from KMIZ, the ward, and the family to participate.  He came up with some great questions to tax all our brains – well, all except for the Voldemort team (comprised of the Lambson family minus Steve and me who joined the KMIZ team) who pretty much nailed every category.  And he and Tamara had some great “door” prizes – wish I had won something.  

  

Steven with Tamara, drawing the door prizes

 

 Noah "helping" Uncle Steve with the trivia questions

 Team Voldemort

Beckie and Sarah 

 Gotta include a shot of Lucy

 Here I am feeding Lucy

 Emily and Lucy

 On Sunday, we had the family birthday dinner – omelets, biscuits, fresh fruit, and carrot cake.  

 

 Julina celebrated her 36^th birthday last week, too.  She didn’t get to be with family but she treated herself to a getaway weekend at a bed and breakfast in another part of Indiana. She will guest blog this weekend and share photos of her adventure.

We had stake conference last weekend.  And, we had a visiting authority – Elder Terrance Smith.  It was a glorious spiritual feast both Saturday and Sunday.  Steve spoke on Saturday – he gave a wonderful talk on reaching out to the singles in the ward.  Elder Smith spoke an hour each on Saturday evening and Sunday and he was so captivating and brought such insights to gospel concepts that it hardly seemed like he had begun and it was time for him to close.  A small luncheon is always provided for the stake presidency, the visiting temple presidency member and the mission president and whoever else is a visiting dignitary as well as the wives so it was really pleasant to get to know Elder Smith on a more personal level during that time.  The stake Relief Society presidency helped with both the larger meal for the priesthood leadership Saturday evening and the Sunday luncheon.  Plus, Sarah and I sang in the stake choir Sunday morning.  A busy but a great weekend.

 Tom Mingus, Richard Houseman, Elder Smith, Steve Lambson

Davy, our Frontier (truck) and I both were put to the test last Wednesday and I am proud to report that we both passed beautifully.  Davy had a safety inspection and I confess at 152,000 miles, I was a little worried he might have some repairs but thankfully, no.  And, I had a dentist appointment and my mouth was pronounced beautiful  J