catching up--August and September

It seems our days are one continual round of temple service, interspersed with Sunday meetings, and my giving piano lessons on Sundays while Greg bakes bread for the week; but as we look back, there has been time for many activities as well:
In August:
Our daughter Rebecca had her baby and I was able to travel to Germany to help the family.

In September:

We took several Autumn walks.

We were given the responsibility to plan the monthly Temple Conferences.

We took a group of missionaries on a walk to Casa de Campo, a large park that used to be a royal hunting preserve, where we ate picnic lunches next to a lovely lake.

We went to Belmonte with the Payas, where we saw the town, some old windmills, and the outside of one of the most beautiful castles in Spain.  Unfortunately it, like many tourist sites, is closed on Monday, our day off from temple service.

Our son Michael informed us that he was engaged to be married to a lovely woman named Elizabeth DeBroux.

And we were able to attend the temple sealing of a friend from our last mission, Herminia Martins, to her husband, Carlos Almeida.