this is what i missed in relief society at my ward today, as recounted by melody’s daughter, sara

during the “good news” minute, one of the grandmothers in the neighborhood reported on having seen my son k~’s friend talon in the production of tarzan at tuacahn. talon is a quite talented actor, already at the tender age of 11, having performed at tuacahn, the shakespearean festival and a number of local productions; he’s about to head out as michael banks in the broadway tour of mary poppins. you’ve probably even seen him on tv.

a member of our relief society presidency-you may or may not know her, but i won’t mention any names–piped in, “we saw talon too, and he was great. i don’t know if it’s appropriate to say in this in relief society, but the older tarzan is not hard to watch, either.”

apparently the older sister concurred and um, may have even elaborated in some detail as to why grown-up tarzan was so easy on the eyes.

did i mention the bishop was attending relief society on this day?

after good news, my favorite relief society chorister ever stood up to do the “musical moment.” as she has done on occasion in the past, laura began her segment by recognizing a couple of women who were sporting really fabulous shoes. she invited them to stand and take a turn down the aisle. (now, you know i am a birkenstock girl. but i do appreciate a great pair of shoes. this is one of my favorite parts of our “musical moments.”)

laura then noticed the to-die-for pink heels sara was wearing. she invited sara to stand and take a walk, which sara obligingly did.

“wow!” laura said, “those would make tarzan beg for mercy!”

did i mention the bishop was attending relief society on this day?