The Black Family: January 2013

Preston at 3 months

"A grandchild fill a space in your heart that you never knew was empty." Author: Unknown

Mike invited LeGrand to the event of a lifetime--courtside tickets at a Jazz Game with all the extras! They had so much fun eating the gourmet buffet before the game; courtside seats next to the visiting team; complimentary half-time snacks next to the visiting team's locker room; walking with Gail Miller (Larry Miller's wife)and her new fiance to the half-time culinary extravaganza; saying "Hello" to the Kevin O'Conner, General Manager of the Jazz; being part of the Wizard's team huddles; being two inches away from John Wall; getting stepped on by the Wizard's coach as he walked the sideline; enjoying personally the conversations between Craig Bollerjack and Matt Harpring; and best of all--being with Mike. Check out this URL and see if you can find Mike (white shirt and tie) and LeGrand (green pullover). http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=400278345 Sorry! ESPN left the article on the game, but took down the link to the video where you could see Mike and LeGrand. Darn. Believe me though--it was awesome seeing them next to the Wizard's assistant coaches looking like they were part of the staff.

Hannah

Blizzard of '13

It has been four days since LeGrand and I have ventured farther than our apartment parking lot. Ogden received lots of snow; the temperatures have been around 0-20 degrees; and we are live on a busy street in front of the college and hospital. Needless to say, we are chicken to travel anywhere! We have heard the incessant ambulances though, and we are sure it was a good decision to ride this one out. We thought maybe Church might be canceled tomorrow. We hoped it would since we are speaking, but a brave member of our new bishopric stopped by today to make sure everyone in the apartments was okay and encouraged us to come join them. They split the ward we were attending and added our apartment to a sister ward that shares the building we were already in. We went last week for the first time and fell in love with the Country Hills Ward. Hope they will still let us come after we speak tomorrow. Wish we could transport most of this white stuff to San Juan County where they are in desparate need of moisture. We are still praying for all our friends in Monticello and Blanding.