Bonus Email

Even though our Elder said he'd try to write again, we were surprised Saturday morning that he had written at 9:00 the night before! Love it!

Josh- what's up?? how's having the coldest biggest room in the house? I hear you dug the car out of the snow. How is school going? still as busy as ever? study preach my gospel especially pages 176, 89, 1, 17, 31, 47,103, and definitely 185. That book is really really important almost more important than scripture study. It's been written by modern day prophets and apostles so essentially it's scripture but it gives essentials to teaching and it still refers to scripture. You'll be really ahead at the mtc if you do. I showed people your apple splitting thing and they think it's the coolest thing so they do it every day almost. I only did it like 2 or 3 times, it's that cool.

Jessica- keep aubrey in line. she's a trouble maker I promise. practice the viola. and sweep the kitchen when no one is looking.

Aubrey- keep jackson in line, maybe even steal a piece of candy out of his candy hording stash, but then when he notices secretly put a bigger better candy in it and then later tell him you did. If you do this like 3 or 4 times I promise he will really really like you.

Jackson- keep jessica in line. you won't understand this but it puts equal powers in each of the houses (u.s. government). ask josh about this, he will be the mediator but tell him mediators don't yell or force, just resolve with quiet calm solutions.

Alex- do you remember you're my brother? do you see kenzie sometimes? can you spell your name on the computer? are you Josh's pet monkey? go on a mission you can have ice cream bars any time you eat. tonight we had pizza so I had four pieces of pizza and I found out if you eat it upside down (the pizza, not you) but still pointing at you, you taste a lot more of the pizza rather than tasting through the bottom crust layer. Then I had an ice cream bar because I ate my whole dinner.

Everyone- Don't forget to try the cookies and cream chocolate milk the byu creamery offers. You can't get it in a drink dispenser machine but you can if you go to the creamery and buy it, it tastes really really good. We get it from a fridge so it's in bottles. Try to be sensitive of Kenzie, we don't want to scare her away or anything. So ask mom before you ask her any questions about what's it like having things different in her life or anything that could make her feel bad. (Josh) She is sensitive to your kind of sarcasm, I understand it but she might take it literal. I feel like I'm peter pan leaving the lost boys and making sure they don't hurt wendy or anything.

Y'all take care!

Elder Rice