Somebody's Getting Married!!!!

Marriage seems to be the theme of the week. Before I share Daniel's latest email here is another story. I am often amazed and frequently amused by how my children see the world. Yesterday our youngest comes to me. 

"Mom, do you know at least one person who doesn't believe in marriage?"

"What?! What do you mean?"

"Well. If you know one person that doesn't believe in marriage they just need to watch that one part in The Princess and The Frog when they are married. Because they kiss after they are married and turn human again because she is a princess now. Because she married a prince."

That, apparently, was all the proof he needed that marriage is real. 

Here is the latest from Elder Monzingo:

LORDS AND LADYS, THIS WEEK, SATURDAY, AT 5 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE MARRIAGE OF CRISTIANO AND ÁVILLA IN THE Marambaia CHAPEL OF THE Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latterday Saints. IT IS PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE LAND THAT ALL THOSE IN ATTENDANCE SHALL BRING CAKE, BECAUSE I WANT SOME. It's not a good Idea to write official declarations

when you're hungry. It just doesn't really work out well. We are super excited for said wedding, it's gonna be great, it's totally gonna be the wedding of the century cause it's definitely the most important wedding that has/will take place for a while as far as I'm concerned. SO, We is excited. Actually we're helping to do a little bit of the decorations, we go to their house and Ávilla hands us some scissors and other stuff and says "Cut this" and so we do. But it's going rather well. All the preparations are underway and everything is all good. This week went fine for the most part. we were able to run into some new people, once again we are teaching a pastor, Sort of because he isn't yet but is planning on becoming such, BUT he understands scriptures and stuff super well. Rather glad to have people that get it. I love you guys. Have fun, don't die. 

Ahoy There Mateys

Step. Thunk. Step. Thunk. Step. Thunk. This is the sound Jacob makes as he walks in his bright orange straight leg walking cast. Stepthunkstepthunkstepthunk. This is the sound he makes when he tries to run in his bright orange straight leg walking cast. Yesterday, when I was listening to the slow walk across the kitchen floor, I kept wondering if this is what a pirate with a wooden leg sounds like. Thinking of pirates, I next remembered meeting my future brother-in-law for the first time.

Kermit took me to meet his sister, Tara, and her husband, Cash. We had a nice dinner. We were engaged in conversation, when out of the blue Cash says, "So, I hear you're a pirate."

We were all a little surprised. I wondered if there was some family joke that I didn't know yet. The looks on Kermit's and Tara's faces told me that they didn't know what was going on either. I stammered some sort of reply.

What we had failed to appreciate was Cash's inner conversation. The comment made perfect sense to him. He had noticed that I had a tattoo. He started pondering tattoos and who would typically have a tattoo. I'm glad he passed over biker babe and sailor before he landed on pirate.

Today, I am listening to Jacob step-thunk his way across the kitchen floor. Maybe we are part pirate.