Week of February 3rd, 2013

Sunday in California

I can still feel the warm sun beating down on my back as we stood outside of John's church while we were waiting for choir practice to get over.  The kids had so much fun playing outside in the grass and the warmth.  You just have to be from Utah to enjoy it like it should be enjoyed.

We spent all afternoon there and then left about 6:00 to drive to St. George and stay with Peter.  We just didn't have the heart to make the girls drive it in one day.  

We so enjoyed our stay with John & Stacey & family.  It was hard to say good-bye.

I finsihed reading the book, "Time for Andrew" by Mary Downing Haun.  Mike picked it up at the bookstore because I had read it in the 4th grade as a read aloud.  I had forgotten how good it was.  Mallory and Cecily fell asleep about 10:30, but Bekah knew she would not hear the end of the story if I didn't finish it before we left her in St. George.  She was wide awake and very in to the story.  We finished it just in time to see the St. George temple.  I cried at the ending.  I had forgotten how good it was and it reminds me so much of doing Genealogy.  It is a ghost story and is very good and worth reading for any age.

When John holds her like this, her little legs kick like she is riding a bike or running--very cute.

After church on Sunday

Feeding the crew

We had to get a picture in front of a palm tree for Mallory to show at school!

 Monday

We woke up and had a very short visit with Tammy before she & Olivia left for school.  We let Bekah sleep and dropped her off about 9:30 as we were leaving to come home.

The trip home did not seem the usual 'long trip home'.  I finished the book for Mallory and Cecily and cried again.  We called Rob about 2:30 to let him know we were passing through Salt Lake and if he wanted a ride home.  He took us up on it, so we picked him up and took him home also.  We stayed and visited awhile there before finishing the trip home & dropping Mallory off.

We got home and unpacked and Ellen called.  Her computer has crashed and she was having a hard time.  We made a quick trip to Logan and her laptop data is now hopefully getting recovered.

Cecily got another sliver, only this piece did not want to come out.  A good thing Uncle John was there to dig it out.  Grandma is just not a nurse, but a hand holder. 

Saying good-bye to family and warm weather!

We are ready for the trip home!

Sleep again in St. George.  It sure makes for a wonderful stopping place!

Back to the snow of Utah.  We stopped at Subway for lunch and had to get a picture.

Tuesday - Thursday

Back to a more regular routine. It was good to read & study longer, did some shopping for fresh produce after being gone so long, went to DUP on Tuesday and read a history of William Capener, exercised, and did some Family History. I hadn't done any for 6 days and they had made changes to Family Trees.  You can now download pictures, so check it out and see the photos we have started to put up.  They are on: Joseph Aaron R. Capener, my dad and mom, dad's brother David, his mother, grandpa Jensen and Windward.

Wednesday we had a free day, so we went to Logan, shopped & went to the temple.

Thursday I quilted, listened to kids read, exercised, and did more Family History.  I have really found a good spot, so if you want names let me know.  

Friday

It was our day at the Family History library.  We've been cleaning again here and there, so be prepared.  The drawer by the computer table is no longer a junk drawer.  From the looks of the garbage can, I believe I've never cleaned it out since the house was built. Joe and Tesha came to spend the night before they went to Grandma Harris' to spend the day with her.

Saturday

We got the house cleaned up a bit before company came. Marion came over with his boys, and it was so good to see them all again.  He also brought Mike over and they all shoveled snow. They went to Chris's house while we hosted Cierra's first girl's choice dance.  They made home-made pizza's and played games until 8:15 and then went to the dance.  They sure seemed to have a good time.  It was so good to have a 'teenage party' here again.  I hope it happens again soon!  It brought back a lot of memories of previous parties.

Mike, Spencer, and John

 First haircut since the mission in October.

 I can look like Tom!

 Snow ice cream.  There was so much fresh snow and Mike wanted snow ice cream.  I had some orange juice in the fridge, but as I poured some on, the yellow did not make the most appetizing color for snow.  But it was white to begin with!

 Mike got the camera.

 Steven eating snow ice cream.

 This was a rabbit, rabbit, bunny game that, from the noise, was the funnest one.  Cierra will teach us all at the next family gathering. She is standing on the right.

 Six couples - They are actually all Laurels from our ward, which I thought that was a fun idea. Cierra and her date are the 3rd and 4th from the left.

It was such a great week, but much colder than California.  Dad & I are ready to go to Arizona.