Elders Quorum Service 08/29/09

While the Garzas are gone the Elders quorum has taken on the task of keeping the grass and weeds down. Man they live way out there. Things went really well today, other than we could have used another push mower and weed-eater. Here are a few pictures.

Brother Murders told us to met at Sister Green's driveway at 8am. We were there by 7:50. By 8 there was no Brother Murders. 8:10 no Brother Murders. I think it ended up being around 8:20 or so. There had been a problem with getting the key.

While we waited KC took advantage of the time to sleep. KIDS!!

Of course President Ross did too!!

Thanks to all who helped us do this quickly and with a good spirit.

Pushups

Scout meeting 8/26/09

These are used to try and use up some of the endless energy that the boys have. Unfortunately I didn't catch them doing any actual pushups.

Stake Swim 08/22/09

The stake activity for the month of August was swimming at Adamson Lagoon. All of our kids seemed to have fun.

Here we see Brother and Sister Ross visiting. I think Tish is telling him a joke.

Pay special attention to the satchel on the shoulder of Tish. Notice how it gently hangs, like it is weightless. What you will not notice is that there is a set of keys that should be in there but aren't. That made for a creative ride assignment after the event.

This was the weapon of choice of Josh. His wet shirt. Brother and Sister Ross as well as myself got wet by the hand of Josh.

Philip is up to something.

Sarah proved hard to photograph. Here she is with Jade (from Conroe).

Caught

Practice, practice, practice.

Combined Activity 08/19/09

The first game I had planed. It didn't go over all that well. The learning curve was a bit too large, and there was a little bending of the rules. I'm not sure why they have paper taped to their heads. Kids.

The second game involved going up to the person of your your choice (if you're in the middle) and asking them "If you love me, smile." You know that if the right, or wrong, person is in your face being asked in the right way, it is impossible not to smile. The only exception, and still reigning champion, is Sister Welch. She never cracked. The kids seemed to like this game better that the first.

Brother, I knew you loved me.

Jessie tries to get Jake...

... then KC.

Harley remains in character.

Kayla studies hard.

Isaac isn't sure about this game,

but Nikki seems to like it.

Jake ponders something while Josh can't seem to take any more.

I'm not sure what the belly rubbing is for.

Philip. Keeping it real. Feeling it. Oh yeah.

Goofy Girls

More often than not the young men in the Branch (or the world) are a bit goofy. On occasion you run across the young women being goofy. I found Brittany and Jamie practicing one Wednesday before mutual. I suspect that the young women do this in secret, and at girls camp.

Melons, Melons. Yum, Yum.

Brother Foster is well known for raising some of the most delicious melons around Madisonville. Victoria and I made a visit to his farm this afternoon to help pick and to learn a bit about raising melons. Thanks Brother Foster for all the help.