Happy Birthday Carl and Dane!

This is Grandpa with Dane.  This was just a few days before we left for Copenhagen.  I can't believe he is three today.  Carl, I apologize but for some reason I have no pictures of you from last summer.  Happy Birthday!  We are so proud of you and the man you are.

We had our Stake Conference this weekend.  It ended up being much busier than we originally thought.  We left for Stake Conference at 9:30 and arrived there just before 10:30.  At 10:30 there was a musical program of a Stake Choir, a men's double quartet, a duet by a father and daughter and the Closing number was incredible.  I cried all the way through the music.  Conference was uplifting and I will write more on that it the coming days.  Above and below is a picture of Tomas Kofod as he looks today.  He was Christ in the movie, "The Testaments".

For the closing number of Stake Conference, Tomas Kofod sang a solo as the stake choir hummed along.  It was "This is the Christ" and it was so moving that just thinking about it brings tears to my eyes.  He came out to be with the missionaries as soon as Stake Conference was over.  He posed with them and signed autographs.  I think he is one of the kindest human beings I have ever met.  He so freely gives of himself. 

This is me with our temple Presidency, President and Sister Williams.  Sister Williams is Reuel and Vonda Christensen's daughter.  We have such a good time when we get together.  We reminisce about Ephraim and Manti together.  We were going to go to the temple on Thursday but it is closed for maintenance for the next two weeks.  Glad we told them our plans.  It wasn't announced anywhere.

After conference, we had a goodbye party with the branch members for the Hansen's.  They leave tomorrow to go home to Utah.  While we were at the party,  our Mission President, President Sederholm (pictured above) invited all of the Senior Missionaries to his house for a goodbye dinner for the Hansens.  We left home at 9:30 and got back to the apartment at 9:30.  It was a full and wonderful day.