Valentine's Week
15 Feb 2005
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Taken February 10, 2005
Danae was REALLY excited about the bargains she found being able to purchase all these pairs of shoes with her birthday money from Mom & Dad Fails. Thanks Mom & Dad Fails! :)
Taken February 12, 2005
Danae & I went to Greenfield's Churrascaria for part of our Valentine's Weekend! We had a great meal (thankfully subsidized by www.restaurant.com). After dinner we watched the UMD Terps finish the regular season sweep of the Duke Blue Devils!
Taken February 13, 2005
Pictured here are Danae, Jerry, Mahalia, Pamela, and Nelson Lotz. Sunday was a VERY special day because Mahalia was baptized. Danae & I have become good friends with the Lotz family (we also home teach them). Mahalia asked me to baptize and confirm her, it was an honor to honor her request!
Taken February 14, 2005
Danae serving up warm cinammon rolls made fresh for her Valentine's day morning.
Taken February 14, 2005
Danae sporting the new intimate clothes she received for Valentine's day. Don't you like those slippers! :)
Taken February 14, 2005
A closeup of her UMD Terp slippers!
(Hopefully they'll keep her cute toes warm! :))
This week has been a busy one of school and work, but we had a wonderful, uplifting weekend!
Saturday morning, to kick off Valentine's weekend, I (Jerry) made banana fritters for Danae. Danae has fond memories of her Grandma Pearl making them for her. We both enjoyed them even though I'm sure they weren't as good as Grandma's. After breakfast, Jerry went and played basketball while Danae worked out at the UMD campus facilities. We then enjoyed cleaning things around the house in preparation for our evening outing and Sunday. As stated above, Saturday night we went to Greenfield's Churrascaria for dinner. It is in Rockville only a few minutes from where Danae works. The location was actually good because we were going against the UMD basketball traffic both ways. We also celebrated the UMD win over Duke (although we didn't join the customary riots in College Park [Washington Post Riot Story]).
Sunday, was a stark contrast. Since we have church at 1pm we have the full morning to relax and prepare for church. Danae prepared a wonderful continental breakfast and we both read the Sunday School and David O. McKay lessons. Church was excellent and our neighbors from across the road, whom the missionaries have been teaching, came to Sacrament meeting. They are such wonderful people, we are looking forward to going to their house tomorrow to watch the Special Witnesses of Christ DVD with them.
The best part of Sunday (for me) was Mahalia's baptism. Mahalia is a bright 8 year-old in the Lotz family. We love the family — they are frequently in our prayers. Although we would have much preferred to have seen her father perform the baptism, at Mahalia's request, Jerry performed her baptism and confirmation.
On a different note, intramural basketball has begun again at UMD, and Jerry enjoys the release. Although he didn't enjoy the pounding the team received in their game last week, he enjoyed that he (and the whole team) played better this week — they even managed to win. :)
Love,
Jerry & Danae
P.S. We'll have to tell you how our talks go on Sunday — we're also preparing for those! :)