Easter Weekend

We had a great time on Easter weekend because we got to spend it with people we love. Tessha arranged for us to stay at the Quality Inn in American Fork so we all piled in the Camary - totally different than the us "all piling in the suburban" and made the trek to Utah- totally different than making the all night trek from Oregon of years gone by. :-)

Kristi brought up her kids and Laura and Mark came and then Gracie brought the party with her when she showed up. The kids swam in the pool and sat in the hot tub a bit and then Dad bought us bunches of pizza to eat up. Tessha went home with Laura and Mark and Alisha went home with Kristi and kids and Dad and I had the hotel room to ourselves. Needless to say, I think everyone was very tired and went right to sleep where ever we were at.

Saturday was a busy, fun-filled day of shopping and eating and enjoying everyone!!
Laura, Tessha and I started out in fabric stores looking for the just-right fabric and colors for the baby Nelson's bed. We're going to make his comforter and bumper guard for the crib. Laura had already received the appliques that she wants sewn on some of the quilt blocks. It's going to be so nice!!

Anyway, after a while Kristi, Alisha, Sitani and Marley joined us and when Laura had found what she was looking for, we all went to eat at the Chuck Wagon right by the fabric store. Mark joined us and pretty soon, so did Gracie. I don't think anyone went away hungry.


Mark took his bud, Sitani to go play and the rest of us shopped on. We still had Easter baskets to fill. This was great fun since we were all right there to say, "yeah" or "nay" to what went in the baskets. However, I think there were still a few surprises.

Sunday morning Mark and Laura hosted the Easter egg hunt and breakfast at their house and everyone received their Easter surprises (some not so surprising).

Mark and Laura took off for church, Kristi, Haini and kids returned home since Kristi was giving the RS lesson in their ward that day, and again; Dad, Mom, Tessha and Alisha piled in the Camary and headed north.

But wait, they turned right at Brigham City and went over to Logan to visit with Granma, Kelly, Julia and their family. Penny and her girls were already there and Julia had a fantastic Easter dinner already for us as soon as we got in. Yummmm!!

We had a nice, relaxing afternoon sitting around with more family and visiting to our hearts content. It was even a pleasant drive home since Dad did most of the driving. I think I even fell asleep for a little while. Yes, we returned home to snow!! Oh well, it was a wonderful Easter weekend! We sure love being with family.

The Tithing Blog

Ok, so Gracie and Jenni have started a "Tithing-Paying" blogging experience. For my most current "Tithing-paying" story go to my "Up Lift my Soul" site and I'll tell you the REST OF THE STORY...

A Weekend Away

Last weekend Dad and I were able to go to the Mesa Temple sealing for Mark and Wendy Duff's daughter, Erin. We had such a great time together I thought I'd share some of what we did and some pictures with you.
We actually left on Thursday night and although the flights weren't as cooperative as we'd like, we had an adventure to remember. We were waiting at the Delta gate but it didn't look like we were going to get on so Dad went to get us passes for US Airways. While he was gone, they called for us to board (small miracle!!)but since he couldn't make it back to the Delta gate fast enough, we let the seats go to another couple. I think they really appreciated it.
We went down to the US Airways gate and we able to get on a flight going to Phoenix through Las Vegas. Yap, we went to LV at 10:30 on Thursday night and then caught another flight to Phoenix. We got in around 1:00 in the morning and thanks to Dad we had a car and a room waiting for us. Needless to say, we were very glad for both of them.
After a restful night we took off on those fun Arizona freeways to find our way to Luke's place. He was there for his training and since this was his one day off, he went with us to the temple and luncheon. That was the best part!! It was wonderful to be in the Mesa Temple with Dad and Luke. I'd been there once while I was in college, but of course I didn't go in back then. This was the first time I'd been inside. We were all impressed with the Temple President's message at the sealing. What blessings we receive when we are faithful to our covenants.
The luncheon was held on the back patio of a wonderful Mexican place. The food was great and the company~the best. After lunch we took Luke back to his place so he could study more for his orals that he was taking on Saturday. Dad and I went back to the reception and then left for the airport. We were able to get our US Airways flight back into SL and then we stayed the night there and came home on Saturday.

Speaking of Gracie reminds me of Jimmy

I think most of you have met my close friend and companion, Jimmy. Sometimes I call him Swimmy Jimmy but either way, he doesn't protest. In fact, often when I talk to him, he's sound asleep in his bed, otherwise known as "his shell". Now, that is a sight to see, so I thought I'd share some of his pictures with you. Enjoy!