Horse Power (and Other Animal Powers)

To many of you I forwarded text messages today: my mother is having shoulder surgery tomorrow, and Uncle Ben fell off a horse doing some training and messed up his back. Your prayers are appreciated.

I sent this to Kristin today:

Send Ben my best. Also, let him know that doing trainings on a horse is a bad idea. Last time I tried it, I couldn't keep my laptop connected to the projector. And, my laser pointer was just all over the place (I could have blinded someone.) And then the custodial staff chewed me out about the feces on the conference room floor. I won't do it again!  

I'm not very helpful, am I?

Speaking of destructive horsepower: Miriam bought a car yesterday! Yay. I think.

Having a car is a big responsibility, a big money pit, and can be a big headache. We found a rebuilt 2007 Chevy Malibu with some dings and dents and broken AC for under $2000, and Miriam payed cash for it. (She also paid for the inspection and registration.) She is ready to go. We need to figure what insurance will be the best.

I'm happy for her. Our Civic is now having herky-jerky problems and tends to die when idling. She won't have to worry about my car woes anymore.

After getting the car inspected and licenses, I took the five youngest to the Davis County fair. Fun.

Lucy rode an elephant:

Esther found a unicorn:

Butterflies landed on us:

Sea lions wowed us:

BMX bikers wowed ... one of us:

Good times!

I am way behind on my updates, but I thought I should send you a thing or two! Love y'all!