Happy Friday!

It is a beautiful sunny day here today, a welcome change after several weeks of very gloomy mornings.  I love sunshine in the morning :)  I took Randy to the office at 5:30, so had plenty of time for a nice walk around the channels after dawn arrived.

 Low tide.

 I had almost given up hope on seeing my blue heron friend, when suddenly, there he was.

 He has never appreciated me standing this close and taking photos.  

Wish this was a better picture.

 And Here We Have Idaho

 Low tide! Can you tell where the water line is?  It's deceiving.

 Maybe this will help.

 There were lots of tiny little birds in this and nearby small trees.

At first I thought they were humming birds, but they were a bit too big.

I know there are at least a couple of them in this snapshot, but I'll be darned if I can find them!

I spent a long time just watching the fascinating little creatures.

Now I'm at the office where there is not much happening today.  Plenty of time to update by blog.

We learned yesterday that next week we will be meeting with all the missionaries to do some training -- Sister Castro on medical issues, Elder Truman on cars and bikes, and Elder Mecham on apartments and phones.  Sister Truman and I have been asked to assist our husbands with this, but it falls mostly to them. There will be three sessions, each one with a third of the missionaries.  This will take a day and a half, not to mention preparation time.  A wee bit stressful for Elder Mecham, who is in the process of getting new apartments ready for the arriving missionaries in a little over two weeks.  At that time we will receive 31 new missionaries.  We are "losing" only 3.  That's a net gain of 28 missionaries.  Wow!