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Quick trip to Las Vegas for Brandon and Kelli's wedding.

The drive wasn't too horrible considering we were only there in the city for about 28 hours.

All of us (Mom and Dad, the Porters, us) had much strife about getting lost and following directions.

We stayed at a nice Hotel and Laney got to swim some in their pool.

We had a very nice time at the Groom's dinner. I got to see Tom Grassley for the first time in probably 31 years and meet his wife. We had fun speaking with them and Steve Andreason.

Jensen watched the little kids at Kelli's house during the dinner. It was hectic because there were a lot of kids. But, she made $$$$ and said she still wants to have lots of kids.

Once we actually found it and arrived, the temple was very nice. The sealer was Pres. Bruce Stucki. I recognized his voice right away from his April 2006 conference talk. Joey stole the show when he came in to be sealed to them. He was looking around and waving, not paying attention at all to the ceremony. But, it was very touching to contemplate the great blessing this is to him.

Gioacchino Rossini

Laney had a "great day" on Wednesday. To celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday they had a green eggs and ham breakfast at school. It was a little bit of a fiasco because they found out late that they didn't have authorization to deal with raw eggs in their cafeteria. They soon got someone on sight who was duly trained in the proper handling of all things ovoid and able to spot salmonella bacteria with the naked eye at ten paces and the kids were adequately pleased.
I know the Health department has to worry about making people ill. But, how many lame brains handle eggs every day? Besides I'll bet the green dye kills all germs:)
In the evening all three girls went to a dress rehearsal of "Cenerentola." That's Italian for "little girl who sits in the cinders and goes to dances in glass slippers." Laney was especially excited. I am just glad she was able to sit through almost three hours of it without really being able to understand what was going on. She couldn't read the subtitles very fast, I'm sure. But, then young imaginations are probably pretty good at filling in the blanks when they don't have all the information. All three girls loved it and especially enjoyed seeing Lenore's brother, Dan in the chorus.
Late last night I was switching channels on the tube and came across the first "three Tenors" performance from 1990. I remember Ed showing this to us when they visited once. (He's not really into Opera. But, had really enjoyed watching the interaction of the singers and the conductor.) I watched it again simply for this aspect. I will have to make the big kids watch it for kicks. The setting at the Baths in Caracalla is magnificent.

Jensen Morp (Prom) Picture - Alice and the Mad Hatter

So Jensen's date shows up to get her for the dance and I'm getting acquainted. It turns out to be one of the Young Men in our ward whom I have never met before. We invited him and his family to Church.