Hi Everyone --

There's so much to write today, I hardly know where to start.

Hannah turned 17 on the 17th of July. For her "golden birthday" we went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We got reserved tickets earlier in the week and then went to the show Friday. She dressed up like she was part of the Griffendor House. We got a picture, even though we got growled at by the security guard for doing so. That night we went out to Yoko Sizzlers for dinner. Everyone who knows, knows that's one of Hannah's favorite places to eat here.

Saturday we were invited to the house of a church member family. They live quite far away, and it took an hour to get there. We visited in their new apartment, had an Indian dinner, played with their little boy (15 months), then came home. We got home about 10 p.m. It was late for us.

The skylight window in our bathroom is getting repaired. We can go to the bathroom now and not get rained on while using the toilet. They took out the glass and put some fiberglass on. This was screwed on with washers. They were supposed to caulk it too, but it was raining, so I'm not sure if that got done or not. They still need to fix another window that broke. We'll see how quickly this one happens.

Now for our Sunday morning excitement! We were laying in bed about 6 a.m. this morning when we heard a big crash. I asked Doug what it was, and he said it was the toilet seat falling down. I went in the bathroom later and there was the toilet seat up. He went downstairs and came back and told me that our Indian mirror by the steps had fallen off and broken. That was sad! We don't know how it happened, but I do know there were a couple of match sticks stuck in it this week. I don't know where they came from, but the match sticks were stuck in the wood carving. So there we were cleaning up the broken mirror and the broken frame. That was done and I went to sit down in the living room, when my foot got stuck in something. I looked down, and I had stepped in a pile of poop. It was on the rug in the living room. The only thing I could think was that there was an animal in the house. We started looking around and I pushed back the couch and there was a puddle of pee under there. Doug started varmint hunting! He took the broom to help. He did find the door to the roof open. I cleaned up the poop and the pee, and it was time for people to start coming for church.

We had 2 visitors from the US today. They will be here on business in India for another couple of weeks. We also had the family we had dinner with last night. Maheshwari was in Mumbai today working on paperwork. She got her mission call to San Jose, California mission. She reports to the MTC in Provo November 17. Total attendance: 8.

After everyone left, Hannah decided she needed to varmint hunt too. She got the electric tennis racket and Doug got the broom and they checked the house again. It could be a cat -- we have plenty of those around here. It could be a monkey -- I hope not, but a monkey makes the story better. Hopefully it is long gone and won't be coming back!


OK all you Nancy Drew detectives -- let us know what your theories and stories are. We need help!

Have a great week!
Love, Lucinda