"Play"ing....See How They Run

Oh My Word...this play had constant action.  It was hilarious.  The gal getting punched was like a rag doll and seriously cracked me up.  I bet every single person in this play was completely exhausted by the time it was over.  They ran around so much.  It was so chaotic and busy and funny.  It's always so much fun to experience the Theater.  I pretty much love it!

The group I go with makes it fun.  Barbie, Heather, Cari, Carol and usually Natalie are pretty wonderful ladies.  Natalie was camping tonight and so Kimleighel was invited to join us. My girls enjoy the theater like I do.  It was so fun having her come "play".  I always enjoy our visits coming and going.  I have grown pretty attached to these gals and told them to count me in unless I die...then...well then I'd be dead and wouldn't need to be counted in.  I Love "Play"ing!

The Books Arrived

Woo Hoo the books arrived.  I'm pretty happy with how these books turned out.  I know a 'writer' could have made them better but for me, I am happy with them.  I compiled the stories that were shared with us in this book.  We heard of so many ripples and miracles that happened when Jared was lost.  I have so much in a 3-ring binder but decided to organize it a little better in a book so that our whole family could have a copy.  There is still so much in the binder that I wasn't sure how to share.  I hope that for my family it gives us all a better idea of what we all went through.  Our experiences were similar but unique to us.  We were asked yesterday about this experience and somehow through our talking we realized that it was probably easier on Jared than anyone else.  Jared knew he was okay.  He knew that we were looking for him and he knew he was doing the things he was taught to survive.  The rest of us didn't know those things and so is was a very different experience for everyone else.  I am just thankful for all the lessons learned.  I am thankful for all the love shown to us and everyone.  I am thankful for prayer and our Heavenly Father.  I am thankful for miracles and angels.  I am thankful that I was able to organize thoughts and stories shared with us and have them in this book.  I feel blessed.

***if you are interested in having a copy of this book it can be ordered a lulu.com.  Search for Our Lost Scout and the Ripples and it will come up.  Double check the shipping options since they automatically suggest the more expensive shipping.

Sister Wright

Sister Wright (Julia) is another former sister missionary that stopped by to see us.  Sister Wright was only here in Hooper while she waited for her visa so she could go to Brazil. (one transfer)  We kind of got attached to her too.  We were so excited and absolutely thrilled when she called us last night to see if she could come visit.  She is attending BYU.  This girl has such a wonderful spirit.  My eyes got a little teary a few times as we visited.  Her cute boyfriend, Johnny came too.  I remember her telling us about a cute boy that she had met before her mission and Johnny is that guy.  They met  on Julia's first day of school in her first class which was a dance class.  It's been three years since that time and here they are...smiling and so cute together.

We told Julia and Johnny that we would like to take them to lunch before they headed back home.  They were cute and told us they'd like to go to Burger Bar so they could get a Buffalo Burger.  We were happy to oblige.  It was so wonderful seeing Sister Wright and her visit just made our Hearts Happy!  I'd call today a tender mercy!