Just two more weeks!

We are trying to cram in lots of activities in Creed's final time at home. On the weekend after conference we did Creed's endowments in the afternoon and Laila's blessing in the evening. We also squeezed in a trip with all the grandchildren to Chucky Cheese.

This past weekend Creed, Anette and I spent a couple of days at Lake Powell. The weather was spectacular and the drive was beautiful--except for the blown trailer tire. Unfortunately the fishing was slow, but we still caught a few.

Sunday is Creed's farewell talk in sacrament, so we will have a house full of company again. Pretty soon it is going to seem very empty.

We went to the temple again tonight and ran into Anette's sister who is down from Montana for the birth of her newest granddaughter. That was a nice surprise.

Sick again

Well, remember how I told you we all had swine flu last month. Hmmm. Seems we had something different. NOW, it's swine flu! At least, James tested positive for it yesterday. So far, the rest of us are healthy and trying to avoid James!

September update

September 2009

7 September - We went to visit Ruth's Uncle Wilton in Star Valley. Jackie and Sheri were also their so we had a good visit with he cousins and Wilton and Norma. Wilton has prostate cancer and doesn't expect to live much longer. On the eleventh we went to a free musical at the tabernacle cormemorating 911 It was a very good presentation and the tabernacle was packed to overflowing. The twelfth we went to a historic home show that featured several restored home of some of the wealthier residences of early people in Logan and two older log homes.

We went to a presentation on the Constition on the 16^th, Three of the Persion kids took part in it. It was really well done and we enjoyed it very much the 22^nd we had a freeze warning for Cache Valley. Fortunatly it didn't happen but I'm sure it wonn't be long now before it does.

29 September, yesterday our temperature was in the mid eighties during the day. Today our predicted high was about fourty- eight. They are predicting a hard frost tonight with the possibility of snow in Cache Valley. This morning we have snow on the foothills above our house.

30 September, it did freeze this morning and killed the squash and cucumber plants but I covered th tomatoes so they survived for a little while longer.

Jed and Calley came up on Tuesday with Harvey and Grey. We went up to Tony Grove Lake for a picnic and so Calley and Jed could see the colors in the Canyon. It was a little chilly at Tony Grove but very pretty. Harvey is a very active child and just wanted to run.

Balloons over our house!

This past weekend was Plano's annual Balloon Festival. It is held in a park near our house, but usually, the wind seems to blow the balloons away from us.

Sunday morning, as we got ready to go to church, balloons were flying over our house. And not only were they flying over it, they were landing all around it! One even landed in front of our house! Rachel was so excited! She had been wanting to see the balloons all weekend, and so far hadn't seen any.

Needless to say, she and Craig were late getting to Stake Conference! (Elaine, Lynette, and I were already there since we were singing in the choir, so we missed all the balloon excitement!)

Here's a photo of Lynette and her new piano!

Lynette's Birthday present

Lynette puts so much time and effort into her piano practicing that we decided she really needed a real piano. So, we found an inexpensive used Baldwin Acrosonic from the 50's that looks like it sat in someone's front room and was rarely played. We had it delivered while she was out of the house, so it was a surprise for her. I'll have to try to upload a photo later. Right now the computer isn't letting me do that.

She has been playing a lot since we got it. Even Craig and I have pulled out some old music and played a bit. It certainly sounds better than the keyboard!

Can you believe she is 12? She goes to Young Women this week!

Another Hatch Patch post

Well, yesterday (Saturday the 19th) I went with some of my mom's family up to the property in the canyon for a few hours, and had a good time. Here's some pictures! The two little boys I'm holding are neighbors of my mom's family. The one giving me bunny ears is my cousin.

In other news, I'm really busy this semester, which is why I only stayed with them for a few hours. My computer science classes, math class, and civilization class between them take most of my time, and then I work three hours a day, so I don't have much time for anything except later in the evenings.

Oh, and I do have two other people in my room this semester. Andrew, that I mentioned earlier, and then Michael, who's the one in the bunk above me.