Humidity Rising

It is fun to be back in the south where Mardi Gras is a pretty big deal! We have celebrated Mardi Gras in some fashion since we moved to New Orleans in 1984. I usually make jambalaya and we have a king cake and try to have some beads around and the grandchildren have come to love this tradition. More photos later in the blog. We ventured into Houston a couple of weeks ago to one of the big convention centers where they were having an RV show. John has been dreaming of having a small, van style RV so it was fun to get to look at some. We realized after we got close to the convention center that we would probably need cash for parking and we didn't bring any, so we had to stop at a convenience store and use the ATM - probably not the best idea in the neighborhood we were in, but we survived! It was nice to be able to climb around in them instead of just looking at them on YouTube. We didn't time our trip home very well and had some good Houston traffi...

I'm starting this blog with the exciting events of this last weekend, then I'll go back and recap the last two weeks! We knew that of the possible duties of an Area Medical Advisor is to help missionaries that are having a serious health crisis to get home when necessary. If it is an Elder then John would go solo, but if it is a Sister Missionary, then we would both go. It is certainly something you don't look forward to because it means that a missionary is suffering and can't complete his or her mission, but we are available if the need arises. We got a call on Saturday evening about a sister missionary up in Ft. Worth that would need us to accompany her to Salt Lake City, so we quickly packed our bags and prepared for the trip. When we saw the flight itinerary and that we would need to overnight in Salt Lake City, we decided to try to get to Provo for a quick visit with our mothers! It is convenient that they live in the same assisted living facility, but we wou...