Layne had a special opportunity tonight to give a Patriarchal Blessing to our grandson, Scott. Since he is a close relative, Layne can bless him even though he lives outside our stake. Scott is the eldest son of our son Reed and his wife, Dorothy. The whole family came over tonight and sat in on this special blessing. Their tenderness after the blessing told me that the Spirit was there and it went well. I believe Scott felt the love of his grandfather and his Heavenly Father. That was proven to me when I transcribed it a few minutes ago. What an amazing privilege it is to have such things happen to us.
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| Layne and grandson, Scott, after the blessing |
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| Layne's pinhole pattern for seeing the eclipse |
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| The eclipse at its height, as seen through the pinhole, on cardboard. |
Afterwards we called son Gerald in Taiwan (via SKYPE--another blessing) and sang him Happy Birthday. Shortly after that we witnessed the solar eclipse. Layne made a cardboard cutout to measure the eclipse and it was fascinating! We all gathered at the appointed time to see it at its peak (the sun was 95% covered) as measured on our cardboard cutout. Then we enjoyed our dinner to the dimmed summer sunlight of an eclipse. Pretty fascinating!
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