Central Park, Baby!
It was a beautiful day outside today. I slept in and enjoyed some breakfast before heading to church. I brought a bag with a blanket and lunch in it too to go to Central Park afterwards.
Church was really good today. In Relief Society the lesson was on Joseph Smith and his experience. It was cool because at the beginning of class today a girl introduced herself as visiting from San Francisco and getting baptized in a few weeks. So, that was cool. Sunday School was about trusting in the Lord's counsel without questions it because it is a trusted source. The instructor compared it to information in the dictionary. When we don't know what something means we go to the dictionary to find it out and we don't question what it has to say at all. It's just true because the dictionary says so. So why don't we do that with the Lord or his appointed leaders. Interesting, huh? I never thought of it that way, but so true! One of the girls in the class compared it to when President Hinckley said girls were only to have one piercing and that was in their ears. Although many people didn't understand why, it was a matter of obedience and trusting the source. It was cool.
Sacrament was tied into that in that it talked about sustaining our leaders and following in faith from the beginning instead of with skeptism.
After church, Lyndsey, Laurel & I were getting ready to go to the park, when Taylor, Valerie, Jacob and Dallas decided to join us. It was a fun little outing. We sat on this huge grassy area in what's called Sheep Meadow and enjoyed Fritos, Peanut Butter & Banana sandwiches with some gummy bears to top it off. It was great!
Afterwards, Laurel, Jacob, Dallas and I set off to find Bethesda Fountain & Terrace, which was used in the movie One Fine Day. You can see the picture below, but in the movie it was from another angle and it was raining.
Then Laurel and I split off from the guys and went exploring to find some picturesque settings and found a few. Afterwards we went to the Great Lawn where she wrote in her journal and I enjoyed a nice relaxing 30 minute nap. It was FABULOUS!
We came back to the I-House where we ran into Dr. Cressman in the cafeteria. He asked me if I had talked to Susan Walton yet, the new PR faculty member who's coming to BYU from Harley Davidson. I said I hadn't spoken to her personally but was on a conference call with her on Friday and wondered if she was trying to reach me. He said no, but that she would be coming into town on Wednesday and Thursday (the days Cressman would be in D.C.) and he wondered if I would show her around the I-House and a little bit of the area. I agreed, figuring it was a good opportunity to meet her...I just hope it's not weird.
Anyway, Lyndsey's going to work on designing her wedding website now so I'm off.
G'night!
-mk
Valerie, Laurel, Dallas, Jacob, Taylor and Lyndsey at our picnic spot.
A view of the city from the north end of Sheep Meadow.
Bethesda Fountain & Terrace (from One Fine Day)
A beautiful view of the city.
Church was really good today. In Relief Society the lesson was on Joseph Smith and his experience. It was cool because at the beginning of class today a girl introduced herself as visiting from San Francisco and getting baptized in a few weeks. So, that was cool. Sunday School was about trusting in the Lord's counsel without questions it because it is a trusted source. The instructor compared it to information in the dictionary. When we don't know what something means we go to the dictionary to find it out and we don't question what it has to say at all. It's just true because the dictionary says so. So why don't we do that with the Lord or his appointed leaders. Interesting, huh? I never thought of it that way, but so true! One of the girls in the class compared it to when President Hinckley said girls were only to have one piercing and that was in their ears. Although many people didn't understand why, it was a matter of obedience and trusting the source. It was cool.
Sacrament was tied into that in that it talked about sustaining our leaders and following in faith from the beginning instead of with skeptism.
After church, Lyndsey, Laurel & I were getting ready to go to the park, when Taylor, Valerie, Jacob and Dallas decided to join us. It was a fun little outing. We sat on this huge grassy area in what's called Sheep Meadow and enjoyed Fritos, Peanut Butter & Banana sandwiches with some gummy bears to top it off. It was great!
Afterwards, Laurel, Jacob, Dallas and I set off to find Bethesda Fountain & Terrace, which was used in the movie One Fine Day. You can see the picture below, but in the movie it was from another angle and it was raining.
Then Laurel and I split off from the guys and went exploring to find some picturesque settings and found a few. Afterwards we went to the Great Lawn where she wrote in her journal and I enjoyed a nice relaxing 30 minute nap. It was FABULOUS!
We came back to the I-House where we ran into Dr. Cressman in the cafeteria. He asked me if I had talked to Susan Walton yet, the new PR faculty member who's coming to BYU from Harley Davidson. I said I hadn't spoken to her personally but was on a conference call with her on Friday and wondered if she was trying to reach me. He said no, but that she would be coming into town on Wednesday and Thursday (the days Cressman would be in D.C.) and he wondered if I would show her around the I-House and a little bit of the area. I agreed, figuring it was a good opportunity to meet her...I just hope it's not weird.
Anyway, Lyndsey's going to work on designing her wedding website now so I'm off.
G'night!
-mk
Valerie, Laurel, Dallas, Jacob, Taylor and Lyndsey at our picnic spot.
A view of the city from the north end of Sheep Meadow.
Bethesda Fountain & Terrace (from One Fine Day)
A beautiful view of the city.
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