We spent a delightful day in the Boise area on Saturday. We stayed Friday night in a Hilton Garden Inn on the west side of Boise. The hotel turned out to be across the Interestate from the Boise Temple.

Whenever we’re traveling, we like to do a session in the temple in the area if at all possible and we’d definitely planned to do a session here. We were able to attend the 9:30 a.m. endowment session and afterwards had the opportunity to do some sealings. It’s a lovely temple and we enjoyed our time there.

After the temple (and a delicious ice cream cone at a drive through hamburger shop), we went over to my cousin’s house for the real reason that we were in the area. Her husband Sean was being baptized after having seriously investigated the Church for several years. He and his wife Cheryl along with their three boys are a class act and just wonderful people. When Cheryl told me about the impending baptism, I told her we would love to be there. They arranged the date such that we were available and then Sean invited me to be one of the speakers at the baptism.

The event was well attended from their ward. The baptism went off without a hitch. Afterwards we gathered back at their home for a backed-potato dinner and some delicious chocolate cake. Even though Cheryl made the cake especially for Sean, we didn’t leave much of it behind for him….

It was good to see my Aunt Nelma, Cheryl’s mother. A couple of months ago we made a sad trip to Las Cruces, New Mexico for her husband and my uncle Delon’s funeral. She is doing well as can be expected, but lonely as expected.

We had a great time and all too soon we had to leave to drive back to Pocatello as both Nina and I had obligations this morning in Church. I was substituting on the organ and Nina had to be at the Prison. We made it into bed about 11 p.m. last night and both found that the night passed all too quickly.

Thanks, Cheryl and Sean for a very nice weekend!