We're catching up on all of our cute grandchildren these days. In April John and I spent a fun weekend in the Columbus Residence Inn with Rebecca, Garrett, Josh and Cate while Jack and Jolene did a 1/2 marathon. Well, they didn't take the whole weekend to run, so we only got the kids to ourselves for a few hours. We managed to hit a great ice cream place a couple of times, take apart a computer at the children's museum, do the OSU tour with the best guide ever, and check out one of the Columbus wards.
As we write, Jack, Jolene and Cate are in Evansville, IN, looking for a house. Jack has accepted a job there and the family will be moving at the end of June. We are all excited for them to be finished with school, etc., and to have a real job.
Anna went house hunting last month. Or was it March? Anyway, she is in a classic bungalow with three other women on Sherman Avenue. They needed a lawnmower so they made a deal with Cindy's brother who lives across the street. They use his lawnmower and he gets free babystting once in awhile.
At the end of April, we got to have Miles and Owen for a few days while Matt and Sara went to Hawaii. Ask them for pictures. Harper stayed on the other side of the valley and we missed him. It takes a village to get Matt and Sara out of town. Helping me were Martha, Richard, Anna, Cindy and her whole family. Harper got passed around a bit, we hear. Quote of the week from Owen after being told that Martha was his second cousin. (Really his first cousin once removed.) "So who is my last cousin?" Cindy tried to treat them to a night out at McDonald's, but Sara has taught the boys that McDonald's is bad for you. It's true. So they told Cindy they didn't want to go. When I asked Owen how come they didn't eat at McDonald's he said, "Because we're Mormons."
Catherine and I spent a couple of days at the BYU Women's conference. Now we can both say we went to BYU. Highlight of the conference was Buffy's talk, of course. I'm not kidding. I think she should post the text on the blog.
We're looking forward to having all of our family together at Keuka Lake, NY, in June. It is one of the Finger Lakes. If you want to see where we will be, check it out HERE.
We hope it is as gorgeous as it looks on the web. John and I will go to his nephew's bar mitzvah in Toledo on the way to New York and to JB's wedding in NH after NY. Two days after we return to SLC, we're going to Cape Canaveral to watch Jeff's last five years of work rocket into space. If you want to learn a little about the DAWN satellite, click HERE.
We will also have a chance to spend some extra time with our cute Virginia grandchildren. When I can figure out how to post pictures on the blog, I'll send some beautiful ones.
This has gone on too long. Maybe I should make my own blog.
XXXOOOBetsy
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1 comment:
Wish I had known Buffy was speaking. I would have liked to have gone. I didn't even know she was in Provo...
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