Congrats to Matt & Kimbre

Where am I?
Happy family

My fire hydrant with a new coat of paint

It was an exciting week. Matt and Kimbre welcomed Riley into their family and all went well. I drove up after work on Tuesday and Mom and I waited in the waiting room, with occasional trips to the labor room, until almost midnight when the nurse came out and said you have a new granddaughter. We visited for a few minutes and then went to Matt and Kimbre's place for a few hours of sleep. Mom stayed and I drove home, I had stuff to do at work. Mom came home Saturday afternoon and is still catching up on sleep. I painted my fire hydrant and kept up on domestic chores around the house. I didn't burn anything, fade any colors in the wash, and looked presentable each day at work. This morning we went to 3rd ward and helped bless Amanda and Matt's baby. Then we went to our ward where I spoke at Cody Woodbury's home coming. He served in the Ukraine. He will help his dad this summer and then head back to BYU-I in the fall. He gave a very nice talk. Summer is finally here. The temperature is warm but not hot, yet. Have a good week.

CARS 2

Some of the people in are family have heard of Cars 2 and some may have seen it. We are some of the people that have. Those who have not yet seen the movie or do not want it spoiled may not want to read on. It is filled with action and it is very intence! It is sort of like the James Bonds movies but nobody is a car agent in it. It is when Mater, (Lightneen Mcqeen's friend) gets mistaken fo a top secret spy and he recives a very important top secret photo. His co agent is Holly Shiftwell a purple corvette. The plot is about a rich land rover who puts on the world grand prix and tries to discredet gasoline companys by creating Alinoil a gasoline that has a bump that when it is hit with a magnetic beem it can be very dangerous. I will not say any more so I do not spoil the story and those of you have seen it are very lucky because it has a ton of action. It is a great movie but I will not say any more.

TRENT ZIRKER

DC Primary

I teach a primary class here in DC. It's a group of boys from about 7-12 yrs old (the 12 year old prefers our class to the one he's supposed to be in). There are four regulars who come. One is from Haiti, one is from Benin, one is from DC and the other kid appears to be mostly white and has a white name, but I don't know much else about him. The kids are like your usual kids of this age. They compare books and videos games and school stories and like to throw a bouncy ball off the walls of our classroom before class starts. They're actually relatively polite and catch on to gospel principles pretty quick. Most of them come to church with a brother, sister or friend, but none of them come with their whole family.
Today we talked about the parable of the Good Samaritan. Our version included references to getting "jumped", rather realistic imitations of stabbing someone, and street-wise talk about what to do if you saw someone you don't like coming down the road. (Jews went the long way around to avoid the Samaritans, these kids know how to cross to the other side of the street and not make eye contact while still looking tough).
These kids live a life that is very different than the way I grew up. Some are in a new country, most come to church without their parents and they all live in low-rent apartments. There's never a dull moment in the class (we almost had two ten year olds get in a fight with a rowdy visitor a few weeks ago), but I enjoy it.