Last Sunday afternoon/evening, Steve and I and Emily drove to Columbia to hear Elise sing in the Memorial Baptist Choir annual Scholarship Concert. It is always an excellent concert and on the drive there and back it was good to visit with Emily one-on-one.
Kirsti shared this photo of Ivan with us - fast asleep sitting up. Poor tired little boy. We get to visit with Alice, Ivan and Kirsti every Friday morning for about fifteen minutes via FaceTime and it is one of the highlights of our week. What a blessing to have technology that allows grandparents to watch their grandchildren growing up even though they are 1,300 miles apart!
Speaking of grandchildren, Larkin was baptized yesterday. I got to give the talk on the Holy Ghost. Steven and Elise drove over from Columbia to share in the day. Elise arrived Friday evening and will be here through this afternoon - Steven just came for the day. Papa Joe, Joe's dad, drove over from Colorado. Sadly, Vicki couldn't make it. Larkin shared her baptism day with another little girl from her Primary class, Brielle Martin.
Aside from the baptism, which was the highlight of the week, it was my first Home School Orchestra class on Tuesday afternoon. There are eight students ranging in age from 8 to 14. Seven girls and one boy - seven violins and one cello (guess who is the cellist? Yep, the 8 year old boy). I look forward to a great year with them.
It was also the first day back for the Afghanistan women's group on Monday mornings. And, the first time in a month that we had Come Follow Me scripture study with Elizabeth Crippen. After two surgeries, she was finally back in a place to join us via Messenger.
We had to take the Kia Soul to have a right turn blinker bulb replaced. Happily, it cost under $50. I finished processing the remaining apples from our neighbor's trees, I baked two half-batches of gluten-free cookies. And, while Elise has been here, we watched Big and The Client.
I close with a cute photo of Larkin who, like the cats she adores, loves to play in empty boxes.
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