A New Year and lots of fun!

 After Camden and Eric left to drive back to Texas.  We wanted to give Suzy and Taylor a little comfort and alone time so we reserved a room at the Navy Lodge on Coronado.

On Monday we picked them up and toured around Coronado.  It was a gorgeous day! Unfortunately, Jim did not feel well and we dropped Suzy and Taylor off early at their room on the beach and Jim came home and slept for two days.  It turned out he had the flu!  We had the flu shot, but apparently he came down with one of the strains not covered.

The next couple of days, I went with Suzy and Taylor to see the Midway aircraft carrier and we also took a whale watching trip.

This A-6 is on the Midway and Jim flew this....I had fun imagining him sitting in the cockpit and landing on the carrier.  I really wished he was there as our tour guide because he knows so much about everything we saw that day.

The pictures above are on the whale watching trip.  It was sunny but chilly on the Pacific.
We did see a gray whale, but it was very difficult to get pictures..Taylor got some on his phone.
It was neat to hear everyone "woo and ahh" when the whale surfaced.

As the new year begins we have had a change in those Elders that are serving with us at the base.
Only the ones whose wards are in the afternoon can serve because we meet very early Sunday mornings.

I found out that my step sister, Zan, who is serving with her husband in South Africa at the Johannesburg Temple has a grandson serving in California San Diego mission and low and behold he is now serving at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot!! His name is Elder Dudley.

We love serving with these young elders and they love serving at the base.  We always have a lot of visitors that they can teach.

I am struck each week as we serve by the spirit that testifies to these young recruits and to us of the truthfulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ and the power that resides in the priesthood to bless all of us.