Special K and the Smoke Alarm

We try to feed the missionaries about once a month. We appreciate the fact that they've left home & taken two years away from school & life to share the gospel. Also, with three sons we can foresee the day when our three boys will be able to serve as missionaries & hopefully be fed occasionally.

Chris served for a while as a ward missionary and worked with Elder Mauer.

Ryan perfecting his double Windsor knot.

When we were living in Maple Valley, Washington, we invited the missionaries over & I cooked something that sounded wonderful from Cooking Light magazine. I wasn't paying attention (hello, two little boys running all over!) and the kitchen filled up with smoke. Our smoke detector was connected to the whole house alarm system so when it went off, the entire neighborhood knew that I was having a rough day in the kitchen!! The alarm started sounding just as the missionaries arrived. We opened the front door & the back sliding glass door for some cross-ventilation & then I looked for something to fan the smoke away from the smoke detector in the hallway. I spied a box of Special K cereal & started fanning the box to clear the smoke. The top of the box was closed, but soon opened with the weight of the entire box of cereal pounding against it. Special K flew down the hallway & back into the kitchen.

A few weeks ago I was trying to fill out a survey for Relief Society when I read the question, "What is your funniest story?" My kids told me that I'm just not that funny. :) I was happy to remember this story & tell them that I can do some pretty ridiculous things.

I like the following video about young men preparing for missions. If you have 5:08, it's worth a watch.

https://www.lds.org/youth/video/why-missionaries-must-be-morally-clean?cid=HP000064&lang=eng