two totally unrelated stories:

1) yesterday paul completed the Hotter 'n Hell Hundred (HHH), a 100 mile bike race in the texas heat. he has a lovely sunburn line from his helmet straps, but he completed the race in about 7 1/2 hours (including a 1/2 hour stop to get a tire replaced, he literally wore through a tire, and there was a line for the repair), so he definately did better than his goal of under 8 hours. (would have been closer to 7 w/o the repair!)

GO PAUL!!!

2) today in church afton sat still for the whole first hour! this is a first, and by far a record! some friends sat with us on our bench, and they brought a 1 week old foster baby. afton got to hold the baby for the talks during sacrament meeting, she did great, making sure the babys head was supported, tucking the blanket around her (it was really cold), and occcasionally unwrapping her little fingers/toes/elbows/knees/etc to see how cute they were, and then wrapping her back up. it was really sweet, and made me so happy! the only downside was rayna getting jealous... she wanted to hold the baby too, and she was not really very gentle, so paul had to take her out to the hall til she fell asleep, which in retrospect was also nice...

GO AFTON!!!

ps, pictures will follow.