Reflections on our visit to Salt Lake City

We just returned today from a 4 night/5 day trip to SLC. We had a lot of fun! We loved seeing our Rives family on Saturday, as we made our way into town. We met Nathan's 2nd daughter, Laney for the first time. It was fabulous to see all of Nathan's family and also Natalie's family. We also had a nice visit with Rell & Karla. Many thanks to Steve & Barbara for a lovely lunch and several wonderful hours of visiting! We are blessed to have you in our family. :-)

On Sunday, we attended the 11:30 session of the Draper Temple Dedication. It was a wonderful spiritual feast and we are so grateful we could attend. That afternoon, Mom Beckert & I hosted a surprise 25th wedding anniversary for Kris & Steve (Ken's sister & her husband). The food was fantastic and the company so fun! We met Trevor's cute girlfriend, Cassidy. We enjoyed visiting and playing games.

On Monday, the girls enjoyed a special playdate at Grandma & Grandpa Hubrich's for some train time. They had a ball--thanks for all your work to set it up and take it down and for the yummy dinner. Ken arranged with his mom to take care of the children overnight and whisked me off to the Anniversary Inn for some very needed R&R. We enjoyed a fabulous dinner at Tucci's Cucina Italiana--fabulous Bruschetta! We enjoyed just being together and having time to talk and relax.

On Tuesday, we enjoyed a fun family gathering with some of our Hubrich family who love and appreciate us the most. We had lots of fun and were very excited to hear Dan & Becca's news of a new baby in the fall--CONGRATULATIONS! You are such great parents and we hope all will go well with the pregnancy!

Thanks to all who made time in their busy schedules to visit with us. We love you all!

Heidi, Ken & girls

Tender Mercies of the Lord

Yesterday was a very difficult day for me. I began my day with a very personal attack in my email inbox. My initial feeling was anger. Immediately after reading & responding to this email, I walked back out to finish getting my precious daughters ready to go off to school. Part of our morning ritual is reading scriptures together. I opened our New Testament to 2 Corinthians 4 and began reading where we had left off on Wednesday. The first two verses and the last two verses of our daily scripture study spoke to my heart and immediately removed my anger and replaced it with comfort and the love of the Lord. I wanted to share what has been so meaningful to me--I went back and reread it several times throughout the day yesterday.
2 Corinthians 4: 8-9; 17-18
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed, we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...For our light affliction, which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal."
I know the Lord looks on my heart. I will stand steadfast and immovable in my faith. I have no fear of the final judgment, rather a perfect brightness of hope of eternal life. I know in whom I have trusted. I know that the Lord knows He can depend on me. I will not let him down. I am forever grateful for His tender mercies. He strengthens me in my weaknesses and comforts me in my sorrows. How I love the Lord, Jesus Christ!

Let's Go to the Hop!

Our Stake hosted an adult Sock Hop! We had so much fun. :-) We enjoyed the company of a few other couples from our ward--the Morses, the Kruegers, and the Millwards. We lost by only a couple of votes for the "best dressed couple". We had a blast!