Nola: Part 2

Sybil created a club and appointed officers including Henry as the treasurer.

Iris: Do you know what a treasurer is?

Sybil: yes

Iris: What?

Sybil: He has some sort of authority or something, I guess.

Henry: No, I hunt for treasure.

We drove through David's childhood neighborhood. He showed us where he played Wipeout, where boys tried to kick each other off bikes. Then we saw a man walking his pig. 

Saturday morning: a group went up early to Baton Rouge to do baptisms.

You might not notice, but Elijah's pants are actually several sizes too big. He forgot to get them from the dry cleaners in Vegas, so Fabio picked them up and sent them to us, and then we found out the cleaners actually gave us a the wrong pants (a costly mistake for us since they lost the pants and we had to buy a new suit).

The endowment session was wonderful. The celestial room was overflowing with people who loved and supported my boy.

Burgers

Iris taking advantage of a sudden storm

Back in Nola: Sal's

After Sal's we hadn't had enough sugar for David, so we went to Brocattos. Jake flew in to be at the temple with us and he had us laughing to the point of bellyaches. Jake and David recounted the story of driving back from Baton Rouge and getting stopped by the police. David told the policeman that his friend was about to explode in the car and asked for an escort to safely get back into traffic and to a bathroom asap. The officer obliged. They were on a bridge that was dozens of miles long and Jake talked about wanting to hang his butt over the rail, but couldn't because Grace was in the car. Jake is not a quiet person, so everyone in that Italian dessert shop knew about Jake's bowel issues. He said, "If Grace and Elijah ever get married, Grace will probably say, 'That guy Jake can't come unless he wears a diaper!" Then Jake turned his focus to finding Claire a boyfriend. He walked around the shop saying in a loud voice, "Are there any attractive teenagers who want to date Claire?" And he'd make several loud commentaries on why certain boys and men would be good or bad for her. "That guy is really old. You'd have to be patient. How long would you have to wait until that age gap would be more normal?" 

The good news is that my teasing has never looked so benign.

Sunday pictures