Ok so now I am 50.....

Kay got me a crown and a tee shirt that says "it took me 50 years to look this good"

My first missionary experience

I was in the apartment complex laundry room and struck up a conversation with a Bermese woman who introduced herself as Prayma.  She said she had limited English.  I told her I was a Mormon and asked her if she had heard of Mormons and she hadn't but she is  Baptist.  My goal is to tell everyone I am a Mormon.  She said as we were leaving.... Invite me to church sometime.  I told her I would.   it was Conference and our car was full so not this week. 

The next night I woke up and stewed about what I should do first... invite her to church, take her to the sculpture exhibit of the Savior at the trail center, show her the Joseph Smith movie at the trail center, give her a tour of the history of the pioneers at the trail center or have the missionaries over.....   I prayed about it and decided I needed to have the missionaries over so the next day I went over to her house and told her SHE had made me not get my sleep and would she please allow our missionaries to come over and teach her a lesson about families and maybe I can get some sleep.  She thought about it for a few seconds and said "yes" so I called the missionaries right then and there and set up an appointment for Friday at 7. 

They came and she wasn't home, I was devastated, I felt so good about it.  We tried an hour later and she was  home.  I asked if anyone else spoke English in the house that would like to listen and she got her 15 year old daughter, the husband who speaks no English wandered in for the last 15 minutes and shook our hands and thanked us.  We had a simple restoration and Joseph Smith lesson. Prayma shared an experience of when her prayers were answered and told us she had never shopped on Sunday. And gave the closing prayer in her native tounge. We will go to the Sculpture exhibit on Friday and have another lesson there.  she cannot come to church this week but will be there next week she said.  She told me when she asked me to invite her to church in the laundry room, her friend said "I want to go too"  Let me tell you that was SOOOO COOL!  

Happy April fools to the next generation

Kay loves April fools.  Every year our kids say they will be on guard but he gets them……
Telling them they are going to Disneyland…, changing out the cereal in the cereal boxes.  Putting all their blankets in the shower.  Some of his things are just weird and some are plain mean but the kids have learned to laugh and expect something.     
He has been gone for a few April fools days and today asked if I was going to Rachael’s house.  Yes I am taking the kids swimming.  He appeared from the shop with these……

since he loves chocolate, these are chocolate candy bars I bought at 90% off after Valentines day.  He took a piece of masonite and cut candy bar shaped pieces and put them in the package to replace the candy bars.   So I have to go and take them to the grandkids.  When they open it they will pull out the piece of masonite with a message from Grandpa Kay.  I made him go and get the real chocolate we will give to their mom.

2 1/2 year old  Aaron loved his new candy bar toy.