Kingston....we'll be there soon!

Here are some fun pics. of Kingston that Jess has sent me over the last couple of weeks. I honestly can't have too many pictures of my grandsons. I appreciate every picture I get cuz we don't get to see him much and I do miss him a lot!!! He is such a cutie!! We are planning on going out to California the third week of June to see Timothy, Jess and Kingston.......and of course Maureen, Jerry and family :) Can't wait!!!!
Steve is hanging in there in Africa. He is totally exhausted but surviving. Where he's at, just like Europe, when they have a meal......it's usually last 4-5 hours. Lots and lots of talking!!! So he gets back from dinner around 11 or 12 at night and it starts at 6pm. Pretty crazy but he will be home Saturday afternoon. Hurry Saturday!!!

Project #1 of billions

I took on a project that needed to be done months ago. And since I had nothing better to do (except for planning a farewell, dance costumes, buying mission stuff) and Steve is out of town....why not paint the front room. Timothy and Nathan repaired the wall back in December and I still hadn't painted yet. I took everything down, moved furniture and painted. Don't love Doc in the picture? She's not sure what to make of it......her world has been disrupted.
I got it done and I have to say......I should have done this earlier cuz I think it looks pretty good. I think Steve will be happily surprised.
BTW....he's doing good. He went out into the field for most of the day today. He enjoys the field work so much more than the office stuff. But he's doing great.

Almost done

Steve made it to Dakar. I got an email from him this afternoon. He's very, very tired cuz he doesn't sleep on the plane but he should be sleeping now.
So why the picture of the cookie dough? It's cuz I'm really burned out and I have a huge week.....uuhhh...month ahead of me. So cookie dough is THE comfort food today :)
Nathan's farewell is this coming Sunday and I will be getting the food ready for that. I will also be getting one of Emily's dance costumes ready for Saturday too. She has to have it ready by then for her Labyrinth performance. But this is Steve's last big trip for a little while and I am so glad!! I think he is more thrilled than I am cuz he's burned out from travelling too. I will keep everyone updated on how he's doing and if he sends me pictures I will post them on here.

Gone Again

Well......Steve left this afternoon for Africa. He just barely got back from Bali but it's just one of those crazy months. He will be back next saturday, just in time for Nathan's farewell. This week I will be working on his farewell (the food) and hopefully Nathan will be working on a talk. Before Steve left though Christopher, Lesa and Maddox came over to say good-bye. I honestly can't get enough of my grandsons. When Maddox came over he reached his arms out to me and gave me a huge hug. It felt so good!!! Jess sends me pictures of Kingston. I can't get too many pictures of him. I cannot wait to see him again. I am one lucky grandma!!!
So here goes another week with Steve travelling. As he sends me pictures I will put them up and keep everyone updated on how he's doing.

9 Years

Can you believe it? It's been nine years since I've seen my sister, Melanie. She lives in Virginia and with both of us having big families and the distance......time escaped us. She is coming April 5th for a little over a week to hang out with all of us and to take pictures of the "Labyrinth". The dance company Emily is in is performing at the Scera shell in a few of weeks. Everyone is so excited to see her!! The sad thing is that Nathan will already be in the MTC but I told him that we'll take tons of pictures to send him.
This picture was taken Dec. 88. It was just a few months after I had Jaron. Jaron and I flew out to Seattle to see family. Brad, Melanie, Jaron and I then drove down to Eugene to visit grandparents too. A great trip but Wow!!!....that was a long time ago!!!

Getting Closer

Today Nathan and I went to the distribution center and bought him lots of garments, white pants, white tie and white socks. Tomorrow night Nathan is going through the Mt. Timp. temple at 7pm. It seems like it is coming so fast.....faster than I want. I think he is pretty well ready to go. He even has his suit cases laid out on the floor with some stuff already in them. I do wonder if I will fit in one of them :)
Last week I joined a group called LDS mission moms (and dad's). I'm in the European mission mom group and we talk through email about our sons who are out or who will be out. I've received tons of emails about Finland and what the missionaries are experiencing out there. If I have questions I can ask them and I usually get 7 or 8 responses. I read all the emails to Nathan and it gets him just that much more excited to go. It is so cool. I wish I would have known about this when the other boys were out.
No pictures today......just trying to get use to the fact that Nathan will be leaving in 2 1/2 weeks. I know it's going to be hard. But he's so excited and ready to go.

Abandoned

Poor, poor boot. It's been abandoned in the corner of the room without a owner. No one to use it and feeling worthless.


But it's off!! No running yet but I've taken up biking. The pins come out in 2 months!!!