Munzers Are All Over!

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Today was really fun! As a day out with the Munzers from York, we enjoyed the Bank Holiday, firstly by walking around the Blaise Castle estate. That place is amazing - and our walk co-ordinated perfectly with the rain not falling on us! Then we came home, had some lunch, and watched 'The Sound of Music' on TV, remembering all the places we saw on our honeymoon in Salzberg. Inspired by that, Helen and I showed Mum some of our wedding and honeymoon videos, and then we went out for the evening to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and the little walk around there. As you can see in the photo above, Dad had a good time on the play equipment there!
Truly, there's so much to see in Bristol. And it was nice to spend a bit of time just enjoying it, and not worrying about getting loads of jobs done, for a change. Bless her heart, mother couldn't stop helping out though - she did the dishes twice, and helped with both the meals.
In the evening we had Family Home Evening together - songs, a lesson about taking upon ourselves the Saviour's name, and a game.
I love my family!

Our cute nieces!

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These are our three cute nieces that we had over last night. This was from last bank holiday monday, when we went to a castle in wales with James and Lorna, our friends, too.

From left to right, Naomi, Liesl, and Emily! We love em!

Having the Family Over

One thing I really like about having our own little flat is that we can have guests over. Last night we had Linda (Helen's sister) and our three cute little nieces. They came to church with us, then we could make them a bit of a pasta meal, and play some games before they went on their way.

Then we had our friend Alex Tovey over, and got to hang out with him for a while. Then an afternoon nap of course - it's Sunday!

Finally, my family - Mum, Dad and Ben - came down for a couple of days! So we got the bed settee out again, and they're all sleeping in the other room. It's such a good feeling to have our little home full of people we care about, that we can feed and enjoy company with.

As an extra bit of news for the day, we got a call from Sam Crewe today, to announce that he and his longtime girlfriend Ceriss Conisby are engaged to be married! Their big day will be in December. As I told him on the phone, it couldn't be two nicer people - we love them both, and are well excited for them.

The Funeral of Christopher Henry West

We just came back from Uncle Chris's funeral, in Cornwall. We travelled there with Elaine, my aunty, and Grandma Munzer - and what a sweet memorial it was. Chris was such a kind and gentle man, and the tributes paid to him were all so sincere and heartfelt. I felt a wonderful sense of family unity as I saw Chris's relatives, who are related to me, being so thoughtful, as is obviously in their nature to be so.

Funerals always make me think about my own life, and what I can do to be better. It might seem like a bit of strange idea, but for that reason, I find funerals quite inspirational. Chris's funeral was one of thanksgiving - he had lived a life of 91 happy years. I hope my own (one day) will be the same way.

Life is still cushdie! I recommend marrying someone as wonderful as Helen (if such a person exists in the single world now!)

An Exciting Week Ahead

Amazing how things happen at once! Last week was the last week of Early Morning Seminary, the last week of University term time, and Tuesday will be my last shift at Borders. Along with that, I gave a talk at Stake Conference on Saturday night - so now I feel like all the burdens of my life have been lifted off my shoulders!

Today has been a blissful day of relaxation and uplifting Stake Conference. I'm amazed how Conference sessions seem to line up with important chapters in my life. For example -

General Conference, October 2002. I am preparing to go to Oregon, during my 3 weeks in the MTC.

General Conference, October 2004. This is the day I return home from my mission. I'm very jet lagged.

Stake Conference, Bristol. May 2005. This is the day I first meet Helen.

Stake Conference, Bristol. November 2005. This is the week I propose to Helen.

Stake Conference, Bristol. May 2006. The last week of seminary, work and Uni. I start to think about what I'm going to do to earn money during the rest of University life.


It's a very exciting time. Helen and I are really enjoying being married, and still getting to spend lots of time with our friends. We were over at our friends Sam and Ceris's house today, for a lovely roast. The plan is that we'll have the missionaries over later in the week. We have a goal to deep fat fry less things!

Our First Dinner With Guests!

Well, this may seem a little bit domestic and cheesy to some of my audience, but I'm really excited about cooking Chili Con Carne for the missionaries and another couple tonight. I'm going to Ikea to buy some placemats this morning, and we're going to make it really nice.
Anyone who knows me knows that I'm not much of a cook, but having been given lots of lovely utensils and appliances, I think the time has come for me to step up to the plate. (ha ha ha...)
So here we go - cooking adventure extraordinaire, tonight!

Our Family Blog

It's a new family - the new Family Munzer! We've been married three whole weeks and one day now!

Woah!

Hooray!

Life is wonderful. I can't believe how good being married to Helen is. She's just the perfect woman to have as a wife. I'm glad I found her before anyone else did!

Phew!

So we're going to have a blog, because both Helen and I like blogging. To start with here's links to our photos for our wedding....

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ouraprilwedding/pool

And a photo of us! More later.