Where Did August Go?...

Dear Family,
It seems like just yesterday that most of you were here with us at the temple!  It is hard to believe that special surprise happened a month ago and it is now the first of September!  Time seems to be flying now....At the beginning of this three year time of service, the end seemed so very far away - now I'm afraid it will be here all too quickly!  We have a busy month planned with stake conferences, other meetings and various dinner invitations as well as a dinner here at the temple home for our maintenance workers.  Somewhere in all of this activity we need to pack our things so we can move the majority of them when our temple is closed the first two weeks in October.  During that time they plan to install the murals in our temple.  Dad will be taking the last third of the shutdown period so he can be here while they are installing them.  I'll return near the end...We definitely will miss the temple and all of our wonderful workers and friends.  What a wonderful memory it will be and how very much we have learned....
We love all of you so much and thank you again for all the effort that was put forth when you came here to be with us at the temple.  We will always treasure that special temple session and the time we were able to spend together afterward in the Celestial Room.  Thank you for the wonderful lives you are living and for the great parents you are to our wonderful grandchildren...We pray for all of you several times every day and hope that all of the children are settling in to a new school year and are happy.
The holidays will be here before we know it and so I was thinking about the family calendar today...Would anyone like to volunteer to be in charge this year or should we ask someone?!  Let us know what you think.
Please take a minute to write a note to let all of us know what each of you is doing. 
I (Dad) will add a note to what Mom said above.  I echo Mom's sentiments about the wonderful surprise visit.  We also want to thank Greg, Matt, Todd and Zach for making it possible for their wives to come.  We so wish all of you could have been here also.  We are grateful that Dave and Julie lived close enough that they could come and made the effort to do so.  It meant so much to us to have all that could come be here and to know that those that could not wish they could have.  We made a visit to Corcoran branch a month ago.  That is a small branch about 20 or so miles west of Hanford.  While there a man came in a little late and it was obvious he was visiting also.  After Sacrament Meeting I introduced my self to him in the hallway.  He said he was from Temecula and so I asked him if he knew any Pulsiphers.  He said, "do you mean Allen Pulsipher?"  So we talked for a minute and then I said, "Also, my late mission president has a daughter that lives there and her first name is Lanae."  He said, "Do you mean Lanae Turley."  I told him that was her maiden name and asked how he knew that and he said, "She's my wife."  He was there working on a computer system in the state prison that is in Corcoran.  What a small world it is in the Church.  Reminds me of the time we met a friend of ours from San Francisco in the elevator of the hotel in China when we were there with Amy, Jenny and Todd.  We love all of you and look forward to reading something soon from each of you on the blog.  As Mom said, it is hard to believe we are about finished here.  What a special opportunity and experience it has been for us.
            Love, Mom and Dad