Spring Break, Continued

 And it continues to snow! Nick and his family joined us on Wednesday, along with Great Grandma Autrey. We enjoyed some hot dogs together for lunch. The kids had already eaten before we got back from the temple, so it was mostly adults who ate. They had done some hiking and had fun times with cousins in St George.  They did some coloring and playing games with me and grandpa.

And we have lots of snow! It snowed all day long. We got a few inches of nice wet snow here in Cedar, but it started out being the hard, yet fluffy, "corn" snow. It's like little teeny styrofoam balls, kind of. Off and on there may have been a little hail, rain and sleet  mixed in. It was a very wet day. And that is just what we have been praying for!

Crocs in the snow! ( The holey, plastic shoes--NOT crocodiles!)

Pellet snow corns

I didn't do a very good job of meal planning, so it was mostly sandwiches , fruit and snacking type foods. Hot dogs, BLT 's. Cookies. 

One of Nick's face imprints was so good you could see the creases in his forehead! But falling snow filled it in quickly. I would be hard-pressed ( pun intended) if I could even accomplish the push-required to DO a face print in snow!! He did more than one and his face was very cold. Brrrrr

After tired kids ( and Grandpa) were in bed, Nick and Kaylee and I enjoyed a quiet,  shorter version of Quiddler, yawning all the way through. I guess WE were tired, too.

Thursday morning, they headed out after Grandpa made waffles for breakfast. They delivered the coloring contest pages from our little local paper all around town-- in the snow! They got goodies and treats from some, which was fun for them. And they have the chance of collecting and winning other prizes from those businesses. Then they headed on home to Herriman.

Emily requested a picture with Grandma. I was flattered😊.

Mike and I went to Boyd and Carole Fife's. They leave Monday for their mission in Adam Ondi Ahman.  Mike had a tiny bit of grout to finish and *I* got a lovely tour of their new home, now furnished. They have a lovely "gathering place" at long last.

On the way home, Mike and I had bar-b-que @ Fire and Smoke in Kanarraville. It was really good! They have a nice business there and the decor is Barnwood and Texas-themed. 

And, now we get to plan for attending the 10 am General Conference session on Saturday morning! I'm excited! It will be my first time to attend general conference in the Conference Center. 

Medically boring

 I like that diagnosis given to me by my physician. I went in last week for my annual wellness check. I am so blessed. I am "medically boring." There is nothing amiss in any of my blood work or any of the Little evaluations that he makes. I did have blood work done the previous week, and we discussed that there. My liver, kidney, thyroid, etc things are functioning well. 

Like I said, boring. And I couldn't be happier.

MORE Little Liebhardt's! Flowers, and Fingers

 Nick, Kaylee and kids stopped by briefly on their way to St. George for Spring break. Too bad it's going to be chilly and cool! 

Tonight, Mike and I attended the oratorio, "Lamb of God" by Rob Gardner. Beautifully done. Our community is so amazing. Talented. Generous. 

Today , I 

1) Played pickleball for 1 1/2 hours, 

That's a bruise on my index finger from hitting a ball with my finger instead of the paddle. It kind of stung for a bit when I first did it, but doesn't hurt now.

2) went to TWO stores

3) re-wrapped grapes in chocolate egg foil for April Fools Day tomorrow. Luckily, some grandkids dropped by to test them out for me. Haha

4) Rode my bike UP hill to Cindy Williams house for lunch with her and two friends ( Georgia Beth Thompson and Cindy's other ministering sister.Sis Calendar?)

5) was rather tired from that ride in the wind and took an afternoon nap after the kids headed down to St. George.

6) was in the bathroom a lot with a tummy ache. Guess I ate too many chocolates :-/

7) visited my Mom, but ForGot to bring her the springtime bouquet I picked for her. 

8) I planted columbine seeds in a pot. They are from the seed library.

9) watered my front flowerbeds. I need to get a bucket and water the pots on the far side of the driveway. The hose doesn't reach that far..

We may get some rain and snow in coming days, which would be great. I planted seeds for peas in the garden in Saturday. I hope they grow! They are hardy and shouldn't mind the freeze.

Then Mike and I went to the concert. 

Wow. Full day. I even cleaned a few toilets😃

On Sunday, Kim and Terrie Hunter came over for dinner. Kim turned 74 the previous week. We sure do have some good friends in this town, and elsewhere.

 Fun times, good visits. Not nearly often enough. Oh, and they live in our Stake now! We had a GREAT Stake Conference this past weekend, too. Many good youth speakers and good words from our new and very youthful Stake President, Caleb Duncan. One of his counselors actually referred to him as the "Concluding Youth Speaker" at the Saturday night adult session. Haha. Mike and I got to sing in the Stake choir,  did two music numbers on Sunday that were just lovely. "When the Savior Comes Again" from the new selections of hymns, and "None But The Lord". 

A day with Littlest Liebhardt's

 We arrived in Herriman on Friday night, just in time for dinner. Lasagna!

Baths, games, movie ("Wild Robot") bedtime...we were tired. Ha.

Saturday after lunch, Mike went grocery shopping at WinCo, the rest of us went to Oquirr Lake at Daybreak and enjoyed a brisk walk or scooter ride  around a section of the lake. It was cool and cloudy, but dry. Then to a fun , new, big playground that was nearby.

From 4-5 or so, Mike and I attended a memorial gathering for Lynn Oyler in the Day Break area near Herriman. Lynn passed away suddenly last July, but there was no funeral or service at that time. We found a few folks to visit with there, plus, the "light refreshments" was the LARGEST charcuterie board spread I've ever seen. It was arranged on paper on a very large island/granite countertop in the reception/dining area of the clubhouse. A friend had put together a very nice slide presentation of photos to the music of The Eagles (Lynn's favorite). We really enjoyed seeing that. Gone too soon.

Back to Herriman for some dinner, ( like I needed to eat again!) a BYU basketball game that Mike Needed to watch, and then we were on our way home to cedar city. Arrival: 12:15 a.m. on Sunday morning. So nice to be home, safe and sound in our own home. That was an 11 day trip! 

Denver stay

 Our flight from San Antonio got in late on Wednesday. On Thursday, Mom's went to work, kids played, Mike and I visited Troy and Gayela, had lunch with them, then returned to Rossman's to "Tend"kids while Katie and Casey went to a company dinner Thursday evening. Hailey had a violin lesson-- that we all forgot about:-/ .  The twins played "Throw Throw Burrito" with me, and the older boys had friends over. I did laundry and made Banana Bread. Some more games. 

We headed out for Salt Lake City on Friday morning. What a drive! So much wind. But, in truth, we were just relieved our new car didn't suffer any bunny terrorist attack and damage while parked at the Rossman's. It's happened to them,!! More than once, and even to the loaner. Yikes. Rabbit(s) damaged/destroyed the wiring in their engine while parked outside overnight. Multiple times! All to the tune of thousands of dollars of repair bills, unfortunately. So sad. And we are relieved it didn't happen to OUR car while there. 🐇

 Whew!

We did see an unusual procession on the freeway that morning as we left Denver. The first overpass we noticed had firefighters standing on top of their ladder struck, all in a row, several trucks on the bridge overpass. I did not get a photo of that.  The next overpass, the officers were standing along the fence , facing North. Then we could see it was for a . . . We didn't know what?!. A dump truck funeral?. I honestly could not tell. 

Emergency vehicles on the overpass.

With people lined up at the north-facing fence.

A line of large trucks heading up a LOT of traffic.

Those didn't look like fire trucks to me, but they were three abreast, hindering traffic flow. So I took photos. 

This is what I later found on the Internet:

It was, indeed, a funeral procession. 

And we saw a Buc-ee's on I-25 North of Denver, too! Colorado's  first, the the furthest West location. It's the little things, and we (I?) apparently are obsessed with 

Buc-ee's. Ha. Mike even offered to stop there for me, but I passed on the offer. 😆

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