Letter postmarked 15 July '09

Dear Fam;

Oi! Tudo Bem? Everything's going well here at the MTC.

Katie, you never cease to amaze me in your laziness. You inspire me to new heights of do-as-little-as-possible-ness. Thanks for the awesome new letterhead (Katie used a letter template when she wrote a letter to him on the computer and didn't change the defaults - so it had some company name with a random fake address, etc). It sounds like a party in the life of Katie. And then you told me about your mosquito bite. And I immediately regretted calling your life a party. You must be so completely miserable beyond ... existence! : ) And actually it's Winter here so it hasn't gotten above about 85 degrees yet. Awesome.

Yeah, no fireworks on the 4th for me. Although there have been 2 or 3 soccer games, so there have been plenty of fireworks!

Da-Man -- It's a shame we can't equate Tiger Woods Tour (a Wii game) to our real golf game. By the way, I don't think I've ever played a full 18-hole course. We'll have to work on that when I get back, neh?

Also, I always remember (4th of July) pancake breakfasts and yours were always the best! I remember I got stuck with some Rawlins pancakes one year. Prime rib is to ground beef as McGregor Pancakes are to Rawlins Pancakes. : )

And I like the Jack Handy quotes. Excellent.

Leese - No, I never read The Giver, which, now that I think about it, is quite odd.

I'd say my favorite time of the day is right after lunch and dinner -- we get one hour to eat, and we usually finish with about half an hour to take a nap. Aw yeah. Still don't know what Brazil nuts are called, sorry.

Sorry I didn't have much time to write a long letter. Love you all!

Elder Trenton McGregor