Wonderful Day

Sometime I sit down at this computer late at night (or early in the morning), and I have a difficult time remembering what happened at the beginning of the day (there must be more than 100 hours elapse between getting out of bed in the morning and getting into bed at night!).

It was SK's 72nd birthday today.  His day started out with going to several different items for our meal tomorrow.  He had a list, and did a good job of getting everything we needed.  He also made a trip to the bank....time to close out accounts....and to another variety store.  He drove to the center to deposit everything in the refrigerator or on the counter (just a few things less to worry about tomorrow).

While he was gone, I baked two Texas Sheet cakes, wrote some more notes and prepared some things for the center.  At 11, we left for the temple.  We were on a special missionary session, and we led it. That was very meaningful for him....I heard him tell someone that there is no better place to be than the temple on your birthday.

We took some pictures afterward of two of the other senior missionary couples....they are great people....both doing records preservation in different areas of the city.  There were a lot of young missionaries attending the session, and SK snapped this picture with two cute young sisters.

Sister Williams on the left, Sister Floyd on the right and me in the middle!

Elder and Sister Brookes on the left and Elder and Sister Ottley on the right.

We still had two stops on the way home before we could say we have everything we need for tomorrow.  By the time we got home, we had one hour before we needed to leave for our dinner appointment.

SK took a brief nap, while I finished up preparations.  When we got in the car, SK said, "I am starving."  He hadn't eaten all day.  Ethan always says to him (on days like today), "We have got to get that guy - the one who keeps you from eating all day!!!!"

We were on a pretty tight schedule all day, and SK does not like to wolf down food....he would rather go hungry than gulp everything down on the run.  Busy days often leave him famished.

But he was soon rescued from a day without good food....we ate with Jens and Susanne....he is the director of institutes and seminaries in Denmark.  What a treat it was!  We were enjoying ourselves so much, we didn't even think to take pictures.  We had delicious moist salmon, pasta salad, green salad, and delicious whole-grain rolls.

We especially enjoyed our evening with them and their two adult children....Louise is just home from her mission, and Jakob is 17 or so.  They are a great family and enjoyable to be with.  They shared some inspiring experiences they have had.  Jens is truly a master teacher, but he is also a great leader. He has been the stake president in the Copenhagen Stake, the Denmark mission president, and all kinds of other very busy positions.

When dinner was over and we had eaten dessert (roed groed med flode!!!!), we sat in their lovely living room and talked for well over an hour.  It was enlightening and spiritual as they shared with us their engagment and wedding story (and then asked to hear ours!).  It was a wonderful way to spend one of our last evenings in this land.

SK spoke with several of our children, and heard a rendition of our very short birthday song from some of the grandchildren....pretty funny.

I am certain he would say that it was a wonderful day....because it really was.  But to SK, every day is usually a wonderful day.

You have gotta love a guy like that.