Rambling

So, I took down my last post because after reading it again I'm not sure it made sense when I was trying to explain my Dad's circle of trust thing.  Things have been fun but busy around here.  I went to the temple with Wendy on our Anniversary Friday night.  That was nice.  It seems like I'm at the stage of life where I always have more questions than answers after attending the temple.  I guess this is a good thing because it has me thinking.  It always humbles me  observing all the patrons engaged in serving others.  A lot of money, time, and resources are dedicated to temple work.  I  know I don't make it a high enough priority right now. Katie gave me a stack of people to work on in our family, and I'm on my second or third year working on it.  I hope she does not give up on me because it seems I have a more spiritual experience as I do work for my own family.
    Lisa is playing softball.  She likes it and I think it is fun too.  Their coach has always kissed-ass up until now.  There was friction this last weekend and it is going to get worse.  I enrolled Lisa in Rec softball because  1) we think it will be fun. and 2) I would like Lisa to play with kids in her own neighborhood.  Her current softball team has one kid from Roy, two from Syracuse, three from Kaysville, three from Farmington, two from Centerville, and two from Bountiful.   I'm wondering how important this is in the big scheme of things.  Also, Lisa (and Eric and David) are talented in academics and music.  I'm wondering if they should be involved in sports that are less competitive so they can focus their efforts in other avenues.  Track and field, swimming, and all the other olympic sports don't require the same commitment as baseball/softball which are insanely competitive.  We went to a UU baseball game yesterday and those athletes are not college athletes.  It's pro-ball under the guise of college athletics.  It was amazing the stuff those athletes can do.  The other team was a division I school  but did not even belong on the same field. Wendy went over and was chatting with some of the Pro scouts that were in attendance and it was fun to listen to a MLB perspective to the game.
     At Sunday school we have a really talented teacher.  She brought up some really interesting thoughts about Joseph Smith.  But, I was also thinking about the youth.  I was watching one of the bishopric members interact with the youth and I was thinking to myself how much fun the guy is and how lucky those kids are to have these leaders that make sacrifices of their time.  The young women leaders are good too and I'm excited for Lisa to attend camp this year.  Lisa has a tournament in Idaho the same time as camp, but both Wendy and I have been discussing not going to the tournament to attend camp.  I think she will have a lot of fun, and when I look back, it was between the age of 12-18 that my testimony of the gospel grew the most in my lifetime.  Lisa played around 130 ball games last year and I don't think we will regret it if it is 124 or what ever because we make her attend camp.