The Bennie Bender

They got a new machine at dad's physical therapy place and he got to be the guinea pig to try it out. They have him coming every day now and have dubbed the new machine the "Bennie bender". Dad says it gives him a work out. This is him and his name sake! Dad and I got to be the witness couple for the session Friday. I had been concerned that they may ask us to do that, thinking that we would have to turn them down. Dad has only started kneeling for prayers now a couple of time. But when they asked on Friday, dad said we would love too. He was able to get up and down pretty good. I was worried that his knees would hurt but he said he did just fine. So, that is progress. I told dad it looked like we would have a quieter weekend this week. We had Andrea's wedding one weekend, the next was a funeral for Dad's uncle in Ogden, then last weekend was Jim's adopted grandma Anderson. So, we thought a wedding and two funerals was enough. But as we were leaving the temple, Kent Day told us that Lyman Buhler had died, so Saturday was another funeral. They have all been different, but all have reminded us of the importance of eternal families and the glorious blessing of life after this. We are so blessed to have this knowledge. I wonder what I did right to be granted this blessing, when so many don't know. It does make you want to shout it from the house tops, that all may rejoice! We had the great blessing of hearing John and Laura talk in Sacrament meeting today. They both gave such great talks that spoke to my heart and mind and I so appreciate their words and testimonies. We want to congratulate TJ on winning the spelling bee. Way to go! We are proud grandparents!