Halloween Visitors

Making sure the grandparents of these trick or treaters get to see photos right away. They just knocked on our door - probably our only visitors for the night - we are going for quality not quantity this year.

UnSung Hero

So today Naperville North celebrated and honored a handful of students for their quiet contribution to the school community through the students personal efforts and generally service to others - those who makes a substantive yet unrecognized contribution. Parker, whose birthday is today, was one so honored as an unsung hero.




Laura and her kids dropped by for a birthday dinner and little celebration.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Parker - we love you!

National Geographic Deer

So we are enjoying a quiet Sabbath at home and Rindy calls out - deer. So over the backyard fence not more than 30 feet away 3 deer are grazing. Love - it. Totally unexpected visitors.

Bulls - Golden Nuggets

One of the members of the Napervillle 6th Ward works in Corporate Sponsorships for the Bulls and hosted the Stake YM & YW at the final pre-sason game of the year . It was comprised of a fireside chat, a Bulls hat and calendar, and tickets to watch the Wizards lose to the Bulls. Scott Sonnenberg spoke of his personal experiences spring from an experience wwith a prospector in a small Neveda town during his mission.

His Golden Nuggets inccluded:
1) Press Forward - oursuing excellence and peak performance as opposed to putting it in cruise control

2) Earn respect of your peers and associates as opposed to chasing popularity

3) Develop your talents

4) Be Worthy - of the Lod's blessings, preparing to serve mission and going to the Temple

Debonaire

Another perk of the weekend was the visit of the two western debonaire sons from BYU. We had a wonderful visit. Sunday we were able to participate with the extended Rentmeister family in the blessing of Dean; then a drive in lovely Wisconsin where I dropped the boys of at an intimate wo-gate airport.

Great Grandma meet Dean Evan

one of the perks of the weekend was being able to introduce Great Grandma to the newest member of the family: Dean Evan Wilson son of Julie and Blair

Happy Birthday Father

"Give me my robe, put on my crown; I have. Immortal longings in me"
Shakespeare

After the formal service
And so we gathered to send father off to eternity with quick lovely graveside service, a Happy Birthday song, and a sending off of 90 balloons
How grand.
How fatherly.

Paul W Wilson

Don't cry because its over
Smile because it happened

The Ted Commandments

The tablet addresses social meetings and interactions but I appreciate the majority of the points on their basis of opening and developing relationships. In particular as guidelines as to how, what and when to speak out.

Rain

The body is an amazing instrument. Usually the expansive repertoire of bodily generated noises is first fully explored at camp in some fashion or another. Not all are uplifting, not all worth sharing, yet some have an enduring and lasting quality to them. One such noise generator is that of rain. The attached clip of a choir creating rain is better than I ever did at camp but hey, I never recorded mine, who actually knows how it would compare.