Visit to Bend

We spent the weekend at the Dodges. They put on this really great preparedness fair at the church on Saturday. They had 8 booths on things such as wilderness survival, water purification, raising chickens, canning, gardening, using wheat, and baking bread. They had samples for people to try. I helped with Sheryl's booth and we gave out samples of the stuff you can get from the church--hot chocolate, fruit mix, refried beans, and potato pearls. She had also made a big pot of black beans.

At the using wheat booth they had blender pancakes I want to try, and a stir fry made with softened wheat kernels. It was delicious.

We watched Jason and Jonathan ride the dirt bikes. Coming over the hill is Jason and the other pictures is of Jonathan in all his gear. He's really getting a kick out of it.


I got to meet Jessica's new friend, Wes. He has beautiful green eyes, a terrific grade point average, and wants to be an engineer. Jessica is turning 17 this week!

On Sunday they needed a chorister for Sacrament meeting so Jonathan volunteered me! He was playing the organ and we were a good team. I liked the songs he chose. Then the choir was singing and their accompanist didn't show up so I agreed to play for them and sight read a Sally deFord song that was quite nice. I was really eating it up because I don't get many opportunities to help with music in our home ward.

Speaking of our home ward, while we were gone we got a new Bishop--Greg Carlson. He'll be great.