Bethany Hamilton: Shark Attack--The Real Story

we saw the movie soul surfer about a girl who learns to surf again after loosing her arm--it was inspirational to me

memorial day weekend

Dear family
Sat dad and I went to Midway and Heber and visited our parents graves. Sunday we attended
church and rested. Mon we made pancakes, took a walk at the Murray Park--looking at the flooding situation. we also cleaned out a cupboard, cooked up some meat on the bar-b-que, and took some thank you notes and rolls around to folks who helped with the reception. It was a good weekend. We talked about our parents and what wonderful people they were. All of them faithful in their beliefs of the gospel. All of them great teachers to their children. and:
*funny--good sense of humor
*dedicated to providing for their families
*good company to be around
*family oriented, with their own families and their extended families
*open to having people stay at their homes
*friendly to others
*just plain good.
I hope by us sharing some of these attributes--they come alive a little more in your minds, its always a challenge to know your parents and to know your kids and bring them together, since they don't know each other that well, but we have eternities to do that I guess and they are going to love you and you are going to love them, I feel certain.

the truck has always been a favorite

dear family it always amazes me how much the grandkid love grandpa's white truck--they just love it and I always chuckle, to see the delight they find in taking the truck places

year end programs

Dear family one of my most favorite things about spring is the year end (school/dance/pre school year end) programs and dance performances they all tickle us--not pictured--Anna read a story she had written, mayley sang and said an individual part, and lastly preview of upcoming dance recital June (taken at the dance class)

when it's spring time in the Rockies

dear family--there's an old song my dad used to sing to me--when it spring time in the rockies--I'll be coming home to you...
Spring is slow in coming this year--but don't the Mts look fantastic!!!? wow....
I couldn't wait to for spring to break to 'come to you" so this past week when I didn't have school or substitute teaching--I found my way to Tooele and to Spanish Fork to play with the grand kids. It is so much fun to have that time with them and they say the cutest things. I really enjoyed myself visiting and just hanging out with them and being together. then Hayley had time to come home for a bit and cut our hair and visit. then we got to talk to kaci on the phone and hear about the things they are doing--and so the week was such a terrific one
it had just a few downs and lots of ups
the ups to elaborate on what I said above were
going visiting: part of those visits included:
*saw anna read her story in her first grade program...and watched a slide show-and swam with the kids a different day. Megan let me read books to her and kyle, played blocks with me.
*we will see mayley tonight--graduate from her pre school and meet her teacher Mrs Patricia
last week when I was in Tooele--we took her to her last pre school and we went to Macey's and hunter and i played the ice breaker game while she was at school and the baby was cooing.
-the downs were: hayley getting a flat tire on her car and one down was dad called and had me come pick him up as he has a flat on his bike clear up by 3300 south. now he is out in the garage patching that flat. and its Sat so I'd better get to cleaning and doing Sat chores. I've taken a lot of days "off" getting my health back after last weeks surgery and now I'm great!!!

The wedding quilt --resurfaces

Dear family--don't think that I've forgotten about being 'old school' and having the Bride and groom have a quilt. I made this awhile back so when that sealing day arrived this wedding quilt would be ready and waiting
Hayley saw it a few Christmas seasons ago--but I wanted to post it again for those of you who might not have seen it or may have forgotten the 'ramblin' rose--pattern quilt as it is called for the type of material used. the squares are some designs from a quilting class and half of them are a 'log cabin pattern' then it is machine quilted over all. I am happy they wanted to use it.
and they (Joe and Hayley) loved it. That is my last quilt of my life..for weddings. now I just have the baptismal quilts and then we'll end my quilt career-- all the piecing and stitches I always say are stitched of love-

we have a garden to pray over...the garden is planed and growing...

Dear family--its tells in the scriptures in Alma to pray over your fields..we don't have a field but now we have a garden to pray over..
we borrowed a tiller, did a little more digging in the dirt put in some corn, tomatoes, squash, beets, and radishes so now we'll wait and water and pray and weed THEN we'll hope for the best--you are welcome to any of the harvest...PS the strawberries and raspberries seem to have a come back--the peach tree not so much. but the apple trees seem okay after the cold spring days...