Dear Family,
We are home from Texas. The only thing I remember from the last two Texas weeks is that we went to the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. Before then I didn’t know much about Bush because I was a wee lad when he was the big cheese. Regardless of your political leanings, I wish our current leaders had more humility and an attitude of service that was once common years ago.
Amanda and I wanted to surprise her family by showing up at their house early to see her brother who just came home from a mission. They were expecting us a few days later than we arrived. It took two full days to get from College Station up to Idaho, consistently going fast enough for a hefty ticket. We saw flashing lights three times and were certain that we’d been caught. Nevertheless, we were never pulled over, and the police lights did nothing more than give me McDonald’s level blood-pressure and make me momentarily reduce our speed to 5 over the limit. We stopped at Billy the Kid’s authentic “real” gravesite in New Mexico and four corners (see picture).
We were with Amanda’s family a little more than a week. Other than doing yard work and playing soccer, I went to Deseret Industries three times. The Boise DI is the best one I have been in. They have good stuff that isn’t picked through by cheap people like me. Maybe that just means they have the perfect balance of Mormons there – enough to get some good donations but not too many that do all their shopping there.
That’s the end of our bi-weekly Texas-style family emails. Now life is back to normal and you won’t receive letters from us as often. Otherwise I’d end up telling you boring things like how I discovered that our cheese slicer can also slice fingers. Check your mailboxes in a few months for our first ever Christmas letter.
Love,
Brad
Hi Y’all,
The Bush Library/Museum (we really only got to see the Museum part) had a lot of displays describing Bush’s family, military and political experience. It portrayed him as humble and self-sacrificing to his country. It seems like he had a high sense of duty that is not as common a trait among people today. We watched a 15 minute video about his life, then looked at the displays. I liked reading the letters he wrote to his parents as a young man in the Air Force. Also, the museum had a collection of every U.S. president’s signature, from Washington down to Obama. Pretty cool.
Brad and Ben have finally met. I think they bonded a bit, too, so that’s good news. Ben is the same, just better and it was so good to be with him. We’ve gotten to see Brad’s family quite a bit, but we’ll be spending some real quality time with them this upcoming weekend.
Our new apartment is great because it doesn’t have cinderblock walls. I kind of feel like it’s a real home. Our bishop is very friendly, warm, and welcoming and we actually know a few people in the ward already. Plus, my friend and old roommate Maren lives just down the street. Things are looking good.
When we were in Texas, we were considered newlyweds. Here in Provo, we are considered oldieweds (we’ve been married over a year now, that’s ancient!). Yep, marriage is pretty much old hat by now.
Love,
Amanda
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