My Bookclub friend Cherie Yates passed this along.

COOKIES

At an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight, She hunted for a book in an airport shop, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see thatthe man sitting beside her as bold as could be grabbed a cookie or two fromthe bag in between them. She tried to ignore to avoid a scene. So she munched the cookies and watched the clock as the gutsy cookie thief diminished her stock. She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by thinking, "If I wasn't so nice I would blacken his eye." With each cookie she took, he took one too. When only one was left, she wondered what he would do. With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh, he took the last cookie and broke it in half. He offered her half, as he ate the other, as she snatched it from him and thought....ooh, brother! This guy had some nerve. And he's also rude, why he didn't even showAny gratitude! She had never known when she had been so galled. She sighed with relief when her flight was called. She gathered her belongings and headed to the gate refusing to look back at the thieving ingrate. She boarded the plane and sank in her seat. Then she sought her book which was almost complete. As she reached in her baggage she gasped with surprise, there was her bag of cookies in front of her eyes... if mine are here.... she moaned in despair the others were his. And he tried to share. Too late to apologize she realized with grief that she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief! Moral of the story: How many times have we absolutely known that something was a certain way, only to discover later that what we believed to be true....was not?

"Always Keep An Open Mind And An Open Heart, Because... You Just NeverKnow....You might be eating someone else's cookies"

Thanks to all who so willingly share with me.

We saw Shrek 3 last week and loved it.

Enough for now...love to all.

The is our little Mouseketeer, Kailey Jo. She is almost 9 months old and looks so much of Michaela as a baby. Kailey has basically two moods, really happy and really ticked. When she is happy, she is so charming and alert. She is already starting to pull herself up to start walking. Spence and Michaela didn't walk until they were around 14 months. The joke around our house was that there was always an adult around to carry them and why ruin a good gig.

Life continues to be hectic. I have a 2 day sales meeting in Detroit this week. That three hour time difference wipes me out both ways. On Saturday, Doug and I slept and watched movies most of the day. I did go to the LA Temple for the Long Beach Stake commemoration of the rededication. We met in the Solemn Assembly. The speakers talked about the originally building of the LA Temple. The land (21 acres) was purchased in 1937 for $170,000. Today land in the area goes for about $5,000,000. an acre. Building was to begin on the temple right about the time the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor so it took 18 years to complete. I don't go to the temple as often as I would like. However, the peace that I felt while there is like no other.

Steve graduated from the U this month. We are so proud of him. He has plans to move back here to California. The kids adore him and will love having their "big" brother around more.

I took this picture of Michaela in Balboa. I love the bamboo grass backdrop. Michaela is entering the pre-teen phase of her life. She is challenging her parents on a regular basis. While she reminds me of myself at that age, creative and quirky, she is definately her own person. She loves to set goals for herself. She drew this picture of Christ giving money to a poor lady. I love her understanding of spiritual matters. She is my joy and as she said to me many years ago, "we have a spring between our hearts."

Enough for now...love to all.