Today is Porter’s birthday. He’s doing well. The big 18. Mom made a few custom t-shirts for him. One used the logo we made for his space camp last summer (below), the second says “Actually, it is Rocket Science”, and the last one says “I can explain it to you, but I can’t UNDERSTAND it for you”. Tonight, he’s at Mike Miller’s mission prep class tonight.
This week, Porter went on a second date with a girl from Idaho Falls (not the photo below, which is just a fun dance photo). The first was a blind date Colton set up. The second was not ;) We’ll see, but he talked to me about her unsolicited… hmm. Saturday, he went with me to Stake Volleyball, which was also fun. I helped Olivia Nelson touch up a logo for her cake business last week, so she brought me a subtle on the peanut butter / heavy on the chocolate cake to say thank you. Mom confiscated it and used it for Porter’s birthday (photo below)… so I’m morose but less overweight.
Tad is in full entrepreneurial mode. This week he found a soft serve ice cream machine on Craigslist for $25. He has visions of Sadie, Rachel and Brooklyn working for him selling ice cream this summer. He also bought 2 pigs to go with the 3 pigs Nelson's bought. They’re keeping them at the Blue House, and expect to make a killing off of them this fall.
They almost made a killing on their way home. They were flagged down on the Menan-Lorenzo highway by someone who told them the trailer door was open. When they looked inside, 3 of the 5 pigs were missing. With a really sick feeling, they retraced their steps and found all 3 standing in a huddle by the side of the road, not too far from a corner. None of them were visibly hurt, but they also stood motionless while they were recaptured, indicating their state of shock at being dumped from a moving vehicle in the middle of winter. No pig ever just stood still while it was captured. All 5 were happy and healthy tonight when we stopped by to help feed them on the way to Grandma Nikki’s.
Speaking of which, we stopped by this evening to visit. The kids weren’t very well behaved, but she invited them back when it was sunny and warm outside so they could play. Subtext : don’t come back until summertime :) We also saw the Moose that’s been living in her yard for the last few weeks.
This week we had a snow day due to driving wind, drifting and 4 inches of snow. It was bad south of Jefferson County, but Madison still had school. Mom and Becky took all the Nelson’s to the sand dunes to play, which turned out to be a lot of fun. Weather was bad enough to cancel school, but not bad enough to cancel the party… hmm. Parent / teacher conference was Thursday, so everybody was home on Friday too. Mom’s a little bug-eyed today after the week at home with all the kids, and the next paragraph. On Friday night, we took all the kids to the new Star Wars - Rogue One. Add it to your list. It was fun.
FYI: today they replaced our Young Women’s Presidency: Sister Franz, Sister Bennett, and Sister Dabell (new family), plus 4 others as YW advisors. They also replaced our Relief Society Presidency: Sister Lilly, Sister Gahn, and Sister Jensen. These callings gutted the Primary, which now gets to start over on finding people who are not flaky… or at least less flaky than the other possibilities.
The Idaho Falls Temple is due for rededication on June 4. My new calling will put me neck deep in the Cultural Celebration put on by all the youth in our Temple district. They’ll be performing in the Holt Arena in Pocatello on Saturday, June 3. We’ll see how it turns out. I’m also responsible for the Stake Aaronic Priesthood Campout / Service Project this May. Fun.
Mom talked to Jeff Gunderson today. Maria gets home in April… which isn’t that far off. Are you still writing Sister Gunderson? Longer or shorter letters than what you send to us? :) We did see her name and address transferred to the back of Pace’s Christmas letter when they were wet and smashed flat during the flood, so we know that she got at least one letter around Christmastime :)
We love you. Keep up the good work, and let us know little details like “I’m a zone leader”.
Dad
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