I started the year off well but have slowed down a bit. Hopefully this marks a turning point.
A lot has happened that I haven’t recorded – mostly family illness. Hannah was really sick a couple weeks ago. Just as she was getting better the two youngest girls got sick. Yesterday I started showing a fever. The two oldest girls have gotten off with minor sniffles.
Little Philmont was a success. The training really hit home with a lot of leaders in the Stake. The venturing program has been reinvigorated because of the event – that is a huge success. I am obviously not to credit for all of this – those that did the training are to be congratualted. Brother David Pack from LDS-BSA has breathed some life back into the Venturing program. Our Stake Young Men Presidency also did a great job preparing and presenting leadership training materials. All who attended were blessed. I only wish more had attended.
We moved Mom into her new place yesterday. Actually, I didn’t do that much moving because I was watching the girls in the morning while Hannah attended Stake Women’s conference. In the afternoon, I went up with my hometeacher Brother Danner and his wife to pick up Mom’s new washer & dryer and deliver them. They were a big help.
Mom’s new place is enormous. It’s called a condo but I think it has a thousand more square feet than our house. It has 3 bedrooms, a living room, a sun room, 3 fireplaces, a living room, a large kitchen, a family room and 3 bathrooms; plus a couple more rooms for good measure. It’s up on the bench and has a view of the lake and valley. There are tennis courts near by so I’m thinking we could drop the girls at Grandma’s sometime and have a tennis date. She has a year contract. It’s $1000/mo. but that includes utilities. Still, it is expensive. As usual, I am worried about her finances.
I was presented with the District Award of Merit on Friday night. I was surprised to be given this honor. Eight of received the award and I felt out of my league. The people in that group are of high caliber. I hope to live up to the honor that I have received.