Week Number 12

Swans Protecting Eggs (ten)

This has been one of the prettiest weeks that we have experienced.  Spring is all around us.  The trees are in bloom.  Flowers are coming out.  Birds are singing. Baby Swans are getting ready to hatch. If you can believe it, the sun has even been shinning -- well at least most of the time.  Yesterday (Saturday) it was a little cold and rainy, but that's pretty normal.
Saturday, our P-day, we cleaned (as usual).  Then we went from one end of the tube (underground train) to the other end.  It took us a little more than an hour.  We wanted to get to a library where most of the newspapers of England are housed.  We spent most of the afternoon looking for relatives of a less-active member that we have been working with.


Leicester Square

Annie was a good sport about the whole thing.  She kept looking and looking, but neither of us found anything.  We determined
that the family, being very disfunctional, just didn't make any effort to be included in the paper.  Just to give a flavor for what we were up against, the father and mother of a very large group of children, got married after all the children were born  (does this sound familiar Jessilyn?). 

Oh well, we got the marriage certificate for the above couple on Friday.  We know that it will be a good gift to the daughter of the above couple.  She is the less active member.  Annie has her committed to go to Relief Society on Tuesday.


Leicester Square

After we left the newspaper library, we headed home taking our time.  We stopped at Leicester Square, where all the theatres are.  It was raining so we didn't spend much time, but we saw some of the main theatres that have some of the big shows.  We also wanted to see Picadilly Circus which is one of the prominent sites to see in downtown London.  It was interesting to see all the lights, signs, billboards, street entertainers, etc.  As we walked backed to Leicester Square we passed the theatre that had the show, "The Book of Mormon", a sarcastic, but humorous, look at Mormons.



The Book of Mormon Production

We made it back to Leicester Square and decided to eat there.  There are so many steak houses and restaurants all over for people going to the theatres.  Most of them were quite crowded.  We ended up eating at Pizza Hut and felt like we had a good meal -- pizza with half of what Paul wanted and half of what Annie wanted, two salads and two drinks. 

We saw more of the Mormon ads in the train station as we headed back home.  Got here quite late, but had a good day.

Mormon Advertising @ Tube Stop

Mormon Advertising

Two other exciting things happend.  Early in the week we found out that our daughter Kathie, has an actual plane ticket to come to England in September.  It will be so good to see family from home.  The other good event occured on Tuesday when we got word that we could start another digitizing project -- the capturing of information on those that served in the British Air Force.

Guess we better round up another week.  Before we do, we'll just mention our Emyli who turned four this past week and our appreciation for being here to serve the Lord.  We don't always know why it is that we are doing what we are doing, but we have a testimony that we can make a small difference in doing the work of the Lord. 

We express our great love for our family and friends.  If you read this please know of our great esteem for all of you.  If you don't read this, we still love you all!

Grandma and Grandpa, Mom and Dad, Elder and Sister Smart

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