Eric did this in April.
We joined Matt, his parents Debbie and Loren, plus Debbie's sister, Paulette, and we enjoyed the perform and some hot cocoa and banana bread after. It was a lovely Sunday evening and we were home before dark.
It was rather nippy outside and some sprinkles fell, but nothing measurable, sadly.
This is undoubtedly the birthday Alexa will never forget. She had a neck adjustment at the chiropractor and subsequently suffered a stroke!
This has been a most terrifying few days.
Lexi turned 23 on Monday, April 27, Mike and I sent her a birthday greeting/song in the morning and in the afternoon we received word from Tandy that this had happened.
It's been days of fasting and much sincere prayer, a LOT texting back and forth, much worry and concern. And gratitude.
Today is Wednesday the 29th, we've received word that she is showing signs of improvement.
We never even knew such a thing was possible, but she is getting the best of care, she has been and will continue staying in the ICU with checks every 15 minutes. She's receiving drugs to limit the chances of more strokes. It has mostly affected her arms and eyes, causing much dizziness and nausea. She is awake and aware of what is happening . She has a positive attitude, is faithful and we are ALL hoping and praying for a full recovery.
For no particular reason, Mike and I decided to watch all of the Star Wars movies--in Chronological order.
You may find us in the basement on many nights, up late, though we only do one movie at a time. We just tend to start later than we should.
I'm sure there are better uses of our time, especially this week since we have to speak in church on Sunday.
I think we are about half way through. Almost. We are NOT including the various Series or any animated versions, just feature films, though I may include "The Mandalorian" when we've finished the films. I watched that series and rather enjoyed it.
May the Force Be With You.
Oh. Dang. I should have posted/published this entry in a couple of weeks on May 4. Doh!
In all my years (69 of them!) I do not recall ever seeing iris flowers frozen so badly that they just bend right over in the stem/stalk! We had about 2 inches of snow this morning/last night and temperatures in the 20's. It was enough, apparently! My poor flower bed.
On a brighter note, Donna gave me some of Dad's amaryllis seeds from plants that he'd propagated thru the years in his green house. I thought I'd waited too long to plant and that they were no longer viable. But they sprouted! Finally! About 6 weeks after planting, they finally sprouted . . .I just hope I can keep them alive!! These are the candy cane red and white striped ones.
We WISH!
However, today is the 13th, and there actually some raindrops falling in Cedar.
Mike and I have done garden prep, and I've cleaned out some flowerbeds and Mike tilled some steer manure into our backyard garden spot. Our front lawn has been fertilized and watered well with ditch water. My kitchen seedlings are doing well ( too many tomatoes!!!)
Mike and I just spent a quick weekend up north.
We left Cedar City on Saturday afternoon after a 10 am to 2 pm Temple Office Shift, drove north and spent Saturday night in Herriman with Nick's family. Enjoyed dinner and games before bedtime.
Sunday morning we attended Church with them. Right after church, Nick and Mike and I drove to Vernal. We saw and visited Joe Maestas. Then we dropped by Muke's sister Sally's house, but she was just on her way out to have dinner with grandkids. And she is moving to Farmington, New Mexico later this month!!!
Mike bought us Chinese food for dinner ( at a totally devoid of patrons at 5 pm Chinese buffet. Made us kind of nervous. . .but we were fine, thankfully!) Then we had a nice visit with Lynna and Gary Kendall. Both Mike and I tested out their very fancy massage chair. Mike liked it. Me, not so much. I could see how Gary would enjoy it, however. It's pretty intense and he has some severe back problems.
We went there ( to Vernal) to attend an Addiction Recovery Program (ARP) Fireside that Scott and Theresa were speaking at. It was a regional one, there were a few hundred people in attendance and we were able to visit with all their kids, many of their siblings. They shared their stories and it was moving , quite touching and one could really feel the Spirit. As the title suggests:
Healing is taking place in their lives, and sharing has been part of their healing process. I'm glad we went. They were, too. After their presentation, we had time for some very brief family visits, then Nick drove us back to Herriman and we arrived just after midnight.
He drove through snow across the Strawberry Reservoir flats!
Granted, it's just a snow flurry, and nothing was sticking. It still had the "Warp Speed" star wars effect in the headlights. And then there was rain the rest of the way to his home.
I didn't think to take photos of the many folks we saw. Silly me. It felt like a funeral, but without a body. Ha. Only because that is usually the only occasion that we meet with family in such large amounts at our ages. Except that we ARE returning to Vernal in two weeks for Joe's 90th birthday celebration on May 2nd. His girls are putting on a big party at the park for him. We miss Mike's sister Jannae. But Joe misses her more.
Here are some selfies with me in my jammies, catching all the kids before they ran off to school. We ( Mike and I) also enjoyed a little gymnastics performance by Emily before we headed home about 10 am.
To rain! In Cedar! Yay!!!!
And Roz the dog, too! He's a Maltese, totally mauled by all the kids who love him a bit too much. Nick is Roz's person. (Note Logan peeking over the sofa back 😉)
For Founders Day! It's "Lunch on the Main" and we ate almost everything they had to offer. Note the big, full tummy.
Besides that, my allergies have been the WORST.
I rode my bike to campus, however, so that's an improvement of sorts
Still kind of hurts my hip joint, however.
Friday morning after working in the Temple office, I wanted to take pictures of pretty flowers, but we had OUR picture taken instead.
Some seeds are sprouting in trays on my kitchen floor. Tomatoes and some zennias. Maybe later will be herbs, peppers and onions
When I was a librarian, on of my favorite days of the year was March 1. Our books checked out for two weeks, so I could say that title phrase. Maybe one person got it through the years.
The Ides of March is also Corbin's birthday. Yay! He's 15 this year and going snowboarding with a friend -- for a week! How fun.
We just spent the weekend up north with family and friends. It was great fun! We came home Monday afternoon 3/16/2026. We unloaded and unpacked . . .and I needed a nap!
Since it stays light longer now, after I forced myself awake from that late afternoon nap ( always SOOOO hard!) I went out back and pruned my apple tree! I'm so glad Mike bought that electric chain saw on a pole. Those big branches are SO much easier and quicker. Whew! The photo doesn't do it justice because on the right side, our front tree is towering over the house and blends in. . . On the left side, the neighbor's tall cherry tree is towering over it in the picture. But the apple tree truly is pruned fairly evenly. I even took some limbs out of the peach tree. It's a "Fair" job, I would say.
Before we left on our little weekend jaunt, I cleared out the front flowerbed and got rid of some hollyhocks and FOUND all five hyacinths that were buried under and between them. Hyacinths are short-lived, but oh-so-lovely and I love them.
Levi's apricot tree is in full bloom. I'm guessing it will freeze again before too long and those fruits will be lost. There are a couple of limbs that hang over in our yard that we enjoy.
Nick's ward meets at 9 am. It was a nice sacrament meeting, but we are never any help to Kaylee with their kids. The kids don't want to sit with us, they always just climb all over Kaylee and bug her. Sunday School class was nice, but I kind of wish I would have joined Kaylee in her 15 year old class where they were going to act out Joseph's OT story. 😁
We had the whole afternoon to go on our planned visits after a quick lunch at Nick's house. A sandwich with chips and we were on our way to Bountiful.
First step: Kevin and Sherry Figueroa. FORGOT TO TAKE A PHOTO!! A delightful visit with these special friends. Then we went to Brigham City and saw Rick and Lana Nelson.
Rick and Lana. It's only been about 33 years since we last saw them, but Lana and I are friends on Facebook and I've kind of followed their daughter on Social Media for years.
Great visit with them, too. The Tamashiro's from North Logan were supposed to meet us there, but must have forgotten. Then we stopped by Rick English for just a few minutes.
Mike and Elder English. A long time since seeing him, too
Next stop: Centerville and Kathy Gardner. Mike taught and loved their kids in Seminary. In Hawaii. About 40 + years ago. Crazy..
We drove past the Brigham City Temple. Picture below. We also saw the Layton Temple and several others.
Back in Herriman at 9 pm! Friends in the Gospel. Nothing better. Except family, of course.
Zzzzzz
Mike and Nick went to the Sportsman Expo.
Kaylee took Rachel to the Oquirr Mountain Temple to do proxy baptisms. I stayed with the others.
We played games, the kids played with their friends, too.
In the evening there was a Ward "Pi" Day party with "Minute to Win It" fun little games.
Roz, the Maltese dog. He is Nick's dog. Or, rather, Nick is Roz's person! Roz prefers Nick to anyone. But he's pretty friendly and likable. For a dog.
Friday March 13.
Mike and I got up on Friday, dressed, ate, packed and drove up to Salem. We had a delightful 2 hour visit with Lynn Richardson. It's so fun to catch up, and Catch Up we did! And forgot to take a photo. She still looks just the same at 71. Two of her kids live with her.
We headed to Lindon, Utah next. Temple Open House! So pretty. So BIG. I know it's not one of the larger temples, but it sure has a lot of stairs. We took them all. Down, down, up, up, up. Up some more. Down. Down.
We found it!
And, the end of February, too!
We've had a few snow showers. Nice for our water supply. Not nearly enough, however.
I just noticed some robins in my backyard, so it must be getting close to spring. My daffodils think it is. So pretty.
Ugh. My pictures never post in the order I'd like them to. Here we go in reverse time order:
First! We went to the movies today. Absolutely LOVED this film! Highly recommend. Some fun surprises and twists I did not expect. So fun to be in Italy again. That was almost my favorite part of the film. You decide what YOUR favorite part is!
Around Feb 17 we got some serious snow! Yay for water!!! Yes, my daffodils thought it was Spring. Not yet, girls! It melted quickly, but there are some hefty piles of ( dirty ) snow in parking lots still, almost a week later. New Harmony probably had 16 to 18 inches. We might have had about 6 to 8, but it blew around and that made it hard to measure.
