Linda found a long lost cousin, Frank Hovey, who lives in Solvang. Our grandfathers are brothers and their spouses are sisters. His dad, Harold, was visiting  him, so Linda made a  visit to see them.  Harold showed Linda an old video tape he had of Linda at age 7, with her sisters singing on top of a picnic table at a family reunion.  Pretty funny!

In February, Mom and Dad drove to San Jose and visited Nathan and Lys and their 2 darling children.  We loved going to conference with them, playing with Sammy and Katy, eating their good food and visiting the park.  We love to visit our kids and grandkids and look forward to regular times together. How did we get a family full of such beautiful people???

As the president, Mom is involved with the stake young women and recently worked with her great counselors and secretary in planning the Best of EFY for the youth from 4 stakes.  About 500 youth attended the lecture and then a dance followed. Youth in this generation are so awesome.

Keeping busy

Dad and I are so happy and busy doing all sorts of fun things. One thing we love is teaching our friend Nelson each week about the gospel. Dad is the home teacher and he is a new member so we spent 2 hours discussing pre earth life. It is so fun to do missionary work.