We've passed a milestone with my youngest child becoming a legal adult! She can vote and she can go get her monthly blood work and flu shots done all by herself! Camille has been a blessing to our family and we're so glad to have her with us. When Mindy is gone, it is a little lonely for her, but there are definitely perks to being the youngest. We go on more trips and hikes and we hang out a lot with her little nieces and nephews. Here are some pictures of her from 9th grade. We love Camille! Happy birthday!
Last night as an Empty Nester activity, we had a dinner and a presentation. The presentation was called "The Book of Mormon's Mediterranean Biome: A Compelling Confirmation of Authenticity." Our presenter was Kent Crookston. Kent started out by talking about how when he was in graduate school studying soil science (ultimately he did research on corn at the University of Minnesota for many years as a professor), he was really disturbed when he read in the Book of Mormon that the Nephites planted ALL the seeds that they had brought over from Jerusalem and they ALL grew and produced grain. At the time, he didn't believe that could have possibly been true, but after much study, he believes it is true. It turns out that seeds can be very area specific and seed growers have to sell you the seeds that will work for your area. If you plant corn seed in Texas that's specific for Minnesota, the summer nights in Texas will be too long for them, and they will immediately try...