BIRTHDAY WEEKEND!!!

So...this last weekend was so great.  Angie and Mike flew in from Las Vegas to Cincinnati and drove to Louisville that night.  It was late when they got in but it was so good to see them!  Unfortunately for them, our weather didn't want to cooperate and we had temperatures in the 30's and 40's with rain Friday and Saturday.  We went to the Louisville Slugger museum and factory on Friday and then out to dinner at Mark's Feed Store.  Saturday, Angie and Mike went to Churchill Downs and had a good time.  When they got back we drove to the Jim Beam Distillery in a snow storm!  You can't go anywhere in Kentucky without seeing signs for Bourbon Distilleries.  It was interesting seeing how it is made and what the end product looks like compared to when it goes into the barrels.  I think Mike like the fact that he was with us since the end of the tour is a taste testing and he got to use not ony his card but the three of ours too.  He had a lot of chances to decide which was his favorite 😋.

                                                          Mike & Jim       









The first barrell after the end of prohibition and the 300,000 the year I was born.

                                                                               
















     
 After leaving there, and the storm had passed, we went to Fort Knox so they could see where "all the gold" is kept.   















 That evening they took us to dinner at Rafferty's for my birthday.  Sunday was church and Mike went to the Mohammed Ali Exhibit and then ran the loop in Cherokee Park twice.  Sunday night we had chicken and dumplings and birthday cake.  Monday came too soon and all of a sudden they had to leave 😪. I'll admit there were a few tears shed but having them here made up for that, and the next six months will fly by.


Yesterday and today I hemmed suit pants for a couple of our Elders.  They found this little store somewhere downtown that had bought out a store going out of business.  They each got a suit, shirt, several ties and shoes for around $60.  They were thrilled!  The pants needed to be hemmed and no one else offered, so I did it.  One of the Elders is from Cedar City and the other from Blanding.

I've got a new office.  Same view...different angle.  It's much more private which will be nice when I need to see missionaries or do private phone calls.  The Priors are only here until Mar. 2nd. and the Flemings just talked to their replacements, coming the end of April.  The time is going way too fast.  I will hate to see them leave.  The Flemings have bought a big new truck (Elder Breinholt is jealous) and have a new fifth wheel waiting for them in Indianapolis that they will pick up on their way home.  Then they need to sell their class A motorhome they have in Arizona.  I'm trying to Talk Don into getting a trailer hitch on our car and just getting a small light weight trailer for travels.  He's trying to negotiate for a new truck.  I think we're at an impass 😕