It was an OK 4th of July........

Tab is a funny kid! So it's the fourth of July and he finds a pretty neat cowboy hat and wears it all day. Who does that??? Tab does! 

HEy Mom,

How was everyone's fourth of July? We saw some deec fireworks at Beachwood and they were just ok. Not as good as last year, but it was still pretty fun just to be out. I found a pretty neat cowboy hat so I wore that all day. We had a good day! 

There wasn't much to my 4th of July. There was a supposed hurricane that was going to hit on Friday so all the fireworks were cancelled. As it turned out, Friday night was a beautiful, clear night. But we went and saw some fireworks on Saturday so it worked out. They were okay fireworks. 

Yeah President Taggart is awesome. He is super duper different from President Jeppson. He works smarter. President Jeppson was a little bit of an old school knock doors work your socks off type of guy which was great too. I love both of them, regardless. Sister Taggart is still getting used to things. 

Tom's River is pretty good! We have lot's of people to teach. I will be here until I go home, I'm quite sure. There are plenty of people prepared and plenty of people in the area, but building up the ward is hard. It's a long story but I think things will progress here. It will just take time. It's odd, but we have some move ins that are sweet so things are getting better. And we'll be getting a new bishop soon. I like the area! We have plenty to do. 

I wish I could send you photos but I have not had my camera for two weeks! I left it in President Taggart's car. So when I do get it back, I will send you photos of our apartment. It's in a big complex called New Hampshire Commons. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.047037,-74.197289,3a,75y,271.13h,87.7t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sAHrNoAjzrjQbgB77WMGtRQ!2e0 That is an outside view of the buildings - we live in the back so you can't quite see our door. They're nice though. 

Sure, I'll go out to lunch for my birthday. It's just the two of us but I can bring along another two if you give me money ;) haha. We had a great time last year doing that on my birthday. We ate the Chicken Korma  this week and I didn't like it as much as the Masala. The yellow one tasted too much like squash and it was a little too sweet for my taste. But it was still yummy and we ate it all! Thank you for sending it! I'll be getting more probably today when we go to Target. We have a Walmart in our area too but I kind of like Target more. 

Nothing too new this week as far as teaching people goes. We had a good week though! 

Elder Jake Packham from Twin Falls, Idaho. We are definitely having a fun time together. 

Tell Colby to text my friend Zack Duke! So, Zack is one of our investigators. He lives in Brick, NJ with his Mom. His Dad is a member of the church and he lives in Provo. In the summers Zack goes to his Dad's house. I'd been teaching him for a couple weeks before the school year ended and he left to Utah. He is a quiet kid but he's friendly and he's a super good kid!

Oh man I am so lazy today. I don't feel like writing anymore! Sorry I was so short in writing! I didn't even write Clark or Reese haha. 

Well, I'm gonna go. 

Love you too! 

tab