Good things about Utah

So we headed to church early today because I heard through the grapevine that 3 babies were getting blessed and people in Utah usually have a ton a family in the area so there is always a huge circle and no seats. So we get there early (like 20 minutes) and the kids are behaving pretty well and about 10 minutes into waiting, Randy taps me and motions to the front of the church by the pulpit where the bishopric sits and says look. So I glanced up there and I see a familiar face, but not a face I've ever seen anywhere else but on TV 2 times a year. It was Elder L. Tom Perry (for you non-LDSers out there it is one of our apostles, just under the Prophet of our church). It took me a sec just cuz I've never really seen him out of my little box that sits in my living room. It was the coolest feeling in the world though. Apparently one of the babies that was getting blessed was some sort of relation to him and so he stood in on the blessing as well as the other babies that were blessed today. Could you imagine giving a baby blessing and having an apostle putting his hand on your shoulder, wow, it made me wish that Malia was a little younger, hee hee, just kidding. The spirit was really strong even though we ran out of sacrament water and it took twice as long as usual because of all the people who came. It was just awesome. Afterward Randy took the kids to primary while I cleaned up our coloring and toys mess. I saw Randy walking back in and Elder Perry was walking out and Randy was able to shake his hand. Oh and I don't know if you had heard how tall this man is, let me tell ya he is huge, but proportionately big. Probably 6'3-4" and just. . . BIG, he towered over everyone. He's a beautiful man and just had a glow about him.