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Boy did we have a great weekend here this weekend. It was crazy, loud, tender, proud, spiritual, fun, filled with family and friends, and not quite as we expected. These kind of weekends never are.

My parents came to town on Thursday night. It has been many, many month since they were here last. It was great to see them. And a little startling too. You know when you see your parents and you suddenly realize they are mortal and won't always be with you? I had that wake-up call this weekend. But it was so good to see them, and have them here with us.

Friday was The Boy's birthday. The day itself was crazy--a quest to the big city in search of some dialysis product my dad had accidently left at home, that he needed each night they were away from home. Luckily a kind woman at a dialysis center in Salt Lake said she had some and had enough for their whole trip and THEN didn't even charge us for them. I love seeing the good in people!

Then, mission accomplished, we grabbed dear friend Taffy for a visit to the temple where we did some work for her family members. It was pretty neat being in the temple with my own parents, sitting in proxy for other daughters with them as proxy for other parents. It was a tender time for me.

That evening we went to dinner all together for The Boy's birthday. He ate like a horse...or a pig, whichever eats more. But it was good company and good food.

Then Saturday there were errands to run, chores to do, cake to be picked up at Costco, preparations to be made and even some down time to nap or watch a movie. Check, check, check.

Sunday, was spectacular. And it began with a 7 AM meeting for me. Our Stake Youth Committee is about 7 weeks away from a Youth Conference we haven't even got definitively planned yet.

Then, I met everyone at home and we visited with our stake patriarch for The Girl to receive her Patriarchal Blessing. He was so kind and so warm and so sweet. It was easy to feel the Spirit as we visited all together with him and he and his good wife spoke of their mission in Russia and how much they loved the Russian people. then he proceeded to give her the most beautiful blessing, full of promises and gifts, and reaffirming all the things I loved about her. Awesome. Truly.

Then church was pretty good and following church, The Boy was ordained to the office a teacher. All his six male cousins were able to stand in the circle for that. It was tremendous to see that. He also received a lovely blessing at the hands of his dad, Genius Golfer.

After that we all came back to the house for a luncheon. The cousins entertained themselves and had a great time together--they always do! Lots of visiting and a little relaxing. Then a few got scout uniforms on and we all headed back over to the church for The Eagle Court of Honor.

We filled the Primary room with friends and family and neighbors! The support was great and The Boy was presented with his Eagle Rank. The Girl had prepared a slideshow to share, but we had a few technical difficulties. Cousin Bryce helped out The Girl, after good neighbor Russ saved the day with a laptop loan, and even though the songs were out of order, the slide show went off and everyone was able to see what The Boy had done in scouts and for his project.

We ended the day with cake and some clean up and came home. We put our feet up for a little bit and just relished the day.

You know, there aren't many days that good in this life. But this one already is a treasured memory for me. My family was there, we are healthy, the kids were doing great things, the Spirit confirmed all the good things we felt and I headed to bed. Just as soon as I'd done that, the news broke in that Osama bin Laden was dead.

Wowzer, what a day!