Dear Family,
I tried to write yesterday to reach my goal of writing every Monday, but we had so many viruses on this computer I had to wait for dad to come to the rescue. Thank goodness for such a great dad!!
Week three of June was hard and great. I got a call Tuesday to learn that Max had been in an accident in the van. He was actually doing service, turning left onto 4100 South from Deno Drive to pick up Uncle Ted and take him to the airport. He thought the eastbound car was turning, not changing lanes and he pulled out and hit it. Janey came upon the accident on her way home from work and that was comforting. Aunt Karen joined them, too. Thankfully no one was hurt, everyone was seatbelted, and the other woman was very nice to Max, who was rather shaken. The car is now in the shop being fixed.
On a happier note, I got to go to Hale Theater with grandma, Nancy and Karen and see Dirty, Rotten Scoundrels. That was fun as we saw Royce and Mardette, Rich and Barbara and a bunch of other people we knew. And it is fun to sit by Aunt Karen at a play because she just laughs and laughs!
Friday and Saturday was the Ragnar Wasatch Back. Yorgs were nice to let us use their surburban. Blaine, Nick, Rosey, Max, Marg and I all headed up together. Our team name was "Running for Presidents" and Andrea had made everyone yellow t-shirts with a photo of our chosen president on the back. I think some of my favorite moments of the whole trip were listening to Blaine read about the bad "A" presidents on the drive up. Very interesting. We got to the little town of Freedom in plenty of time to start my leg 7. The other van had started at 7 am with Ryan and Andrea Lindsey, Tom Larsen, Ned Nordgren, Bryan and Chandi Hurd. The weather was so perfect and the scenery thru all those little towns is beautiful. The hard part comes on the second round, running thru the night. Ug. That is when you start to wonder who on earth would ever pay $85 to be a part of this 191 mile race. The older I get, the worse I do getting no sleep. Thankfully others were willing to drive. Finally at 5 am we could get a little sleep until it was time to run again. Like last Ragnar, I am totally in awe of my kids. Who would have thought they could all do so well? Yes, we can do hard things! And it is amazing what a few days perspective can give you. I think had I written this when I got home on Saturday I would have just moaned and moaned. I'm not ready to do another one, but I certainly don't have regrets that we did this. So many fun memories.
And while we were running, dad was helping Curt pack up his belongings all day. The condo is sold (it should be final tomorrow). What a great brother dad is.
It was fun being together on Father's Day. We missed Kristi and kids and hope to get to hear about your trip. I loved my phone message from Gwen about the joy of picking and eating strawberries. We enjoyed our steak dinner and being together with everyone else. We missed Warner, too. Dad appreciates all the thoughtful gifts. I loved doing puzzles with little Bret - smart boy he is.
Time is up. Love to all,
Mom
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
June so Far (Mom)
Hi Family,
I have set the timer for 15 minutes and decided that I would try and write each Monday morning to catch everyone up on the week at home.
In this case it will be a week and a half. June 2 Janey and I went with Nancy, Marg, Karen Yorg, Gwen, the twins and Aimee and Tami to St. George. Janey posted the pictures and we had a fun and relaxing time. Karen brought crafts, we gave facials, we watched movies, we ate both in and out and the most intense activity was probably tanning! We loved that Stef came. We missed Rosey and Kristi, A LOT! We hope maybe someday we can do it again with everyone.
Meantime the boys all went to the Jordan North Stake Fathers and Sons in Fountain Green. Dad, Max, Blaine, Ben, Nick, Bret and Clay reportedly had a wonderful time. They brought home lots of popcorn!
Dad started his new job that the LDS Church office building on Monday, June 6 in the media dept. So far, so good! He really likes it. He is currently sharing an office with his boss, Tim Taggart, and he likes that. That office is right next door to Stef's dad (who played a huge part in dad getting the job. We are forever grateful!) The dept is moving to a building across North Temple in a couple weeks and he will get his own office. Dad is in awe how wonderful it is to sit in a meeting with others, face and face, and discuss things. He worked at home/long distance waaaay too long. He wears a suit and white shirt and tie everyday to work and the minute I finish this letter I must get downstairs to my ironing! Or go buy him new shirts (ironing is cheaper!)
Wed. June 8 thru Sat. June 11 Max went on a Venture Scout campout. Our ward combines with the 4th ward so there were 8 kids from both wards. He was the oldest there. Leaders included Doug Moeller and James Yorgason. They took bikes and did lots of biking. They went to Goblin Valley and Fountain Green on the way home.
My best friend, Michele Gray Hart's mother passed away a week ago and the funeral was Saturday. I was able to take a meal in and visit with her several times this week, along with attending the funeral. I sat next to my own mom at the funeral and felt so grateful she is still around. It was great to be with Michele, too.
Janey, Rosey and I donated blood on Thursday. Rosey was fastest at 5:08. Not that it matters.
Dad and I went out to eat with all of the Stake Presidency on Saturday. It was basically our Christmas party that has taken 6 months to find a date for! We went to Olive Garden - yum.
We had lots to dinner yesterday. We missed Kristi, and Nick's gang. We ate pork roast and potatoes and gravy and Janey's delicious rolls. And carmel popcorn for dessert. Dad and I were able to have a nice visit with Blaine about all their upcoming decisions. Dad also gave him a Father's blessing. Janey and Warner stuck around to play a few rounds of Bananagrams to end the evening. It was a good Sabbath.
So that catches up a bit of our week. Janey and Warner are down to 16 days! It was fun watching Father of the Bride with them on Saturday!
We love you all.
Mom
I have set the timer for 15 minutes and decided that I would try and write each Monday morning to catch everyone up on the week at home.
In this case it will be a week and a half. June 2 Janey and I went with Nancy, Marg, Karen Yorg, Gwen, the twins and Aimee and Tami to St. George. Janey posted the pictures and we had a fun and relaxing time. Karen brought crafts, we gave facials, we watched movies, we ate both in and out and the most intense activity was probably tanning! We loved that Stef came. We missed Rosey and Kristi, A LOT! We hope maybe someday we can do it again with everyone.
Meantime the boys all went to the Jordan North Stake Fathers and Sons in Fountain Green. Dad, Max, Blaine, Ben, Nick, Bret and Clay reportedly had a wonderful time. They brought home lots of popcorn!
Dad started his new job that the LDS Church office building on Monday, June 6 in the media dept. So far, so good! He really likes it. He is currently sharing an office with his boss, Tim Taggart, and he likes that. That office is right next door to Stef's dad (who played a huge part in dad getting the job. We are forever grateful!) The dept is moving to a building across North Temple in a couple weeks and he will get his own office. Dad is in awe how wonderful it is to sit in a meeting with others, face and face, and discuss things. He worked at home/long distance waaaay too long. He wears a suit and white shirt and tie everyday to work and the minute I finish this letter I must get downstairs to my ironing! Or go buy him new shirts (ironing is cheaper!)
Wed. June 8 thru Sat. June 11 Max went on a Venture Scout campout. Our ward combines with the 4th ward so there were 8 kids from both wards. He was the oldest there. Leaders included Doug Moeller and James Yorgason. They took bikes and did lots of biking. They went to Goblin Valley and Fountain Green on the way home.
My best friend, Michele Gray Hart's mother passed away a week ago and the funeral was Saturday. I was able to take a meal in and visit with her several times this week, along with attending the funeral. I sat next to my own mom at the funeral and felt so grateful she is still around. It was great to be with Michele, too.
Janey, Rosey and I donated blood on Thursday. Rosey was fastest at 5:08. Not that it matters.
Dad and I went out to eat with all of the Stake Presidency on Saturday. It was basically our Christmas party that has taken 6 months to find a date for! We went to Olive Garden - yum.
We had lots to dinner yesterday. We missed Kristi, and Nick's gang. We ate pork roast and potatoes and gravy and Janey's delicious rolls. And carmel popcorn for dessert. Dad and I were able to have a nice visit with Blaine about all their upcoming decisions. Dad also gave him a Father's blessing. Janey and Warner stuck around to play a few rounds of Bananagrams to end the evening. It was a good Sabbath.
So that catches up a bit of our week. Janey and Warner are down to 16 days! It was fun watching Father of the Bride with them on Saturday!
We love you all.
Mom
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