excitement at church today. When I got there, Gary told me we had a "celebrity" visiting. Of course, we don't look at Apostles in the Church as celebrities, but we definitely revere them. Elder Dallin Oak's grandson is a member of our ward, and they were blessing their baby today. Elder Oaks didn't talk to the congregation, as it was fast and testimony meeting, but it was very nice to have him sitting on the stand just a few yards from us.
Gary asked me if I thought he should go up afterwards and tell Elder Oaks that he was good friend with the guy who broke his son's arm at Provo High. That got me giggling, and I told him that he might as well, since in a conversation with Merrill Bateman (another General Authority and former President of BYU), he had mentioned that he had installed the two inch water line on his house. That probably doesn't make any sense, and it didn't at the time either.
We were at a social gathering at Elder Bateman's home when he was our Stake President and Gary was in a Bishopric. In an effort to make social chit-chat, Gary disclosed that very important piece of information to him. He nodded his head as though it was very interesting that when Gary was 18, and working for Provo City Water, that he had been on the crew that installed, not just a 1 inch water line, but a two inch one.
When we left that particular social gathering we both burst into laughter, and I can't think of it now without doing the same.
Now we both just need to show a little more reverence.
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Very funny, even though they probably did not think so.
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