Best Lemonade in Town

Thelma's Lemonade is the best icy lemonade around. You find it on the corner of State and 1st right across the street from the church office building. I went several times this spring while in Salt Lake taking care of Susan before they started selling it again. (Evidently they shut down the machine in the winter.)


It is cold and it makes you pucker. As you can see by the look that Hattie is giving us. If you are not careful when guzzling this you will get one of those brain freezes. It is so good

"Oh Grandma I love my Pinks"

One day when Hattie and I went to Temple Square she threw her arms out wide and said to me "Oh Grandma I love my pinks". She was refering to all of the pink tulips on Temple Sqaure. I must agree with her I love them and they were absolutely beautiful.

Happy Fathers Day

Write a short message to your Dad or brother or friend or what ever he may be to you.
This good man is my wonderful husband, friend and lover. He is all that I had hoped for as a young woman in wondering what kind of man I would marry. He is a great Dad to our children and even greater Grandpa to our grand children. He always wants to do what is right and is wonderful Bishop in our ward.

A new car for Jackie

Jackie's car is on it's last leg--or so she tells me. So I asked Miguel to see what he could find. He's got a couple of possibilities that he's going to fix up. I'll send a picture later. But in the midst of it mom said that I was looking at a car that needed some paint on the hood of the car. Jackie interpreted that to mean something else and asked me, "Dad, you're not going to get me a car that has a hood that is a different color are you?" Here's a picture of what she was picturing in her mind. "No, Jackie, I'll try to do better than that."
Dad

fun with the grandkids

I guess this event gets double billing because Naomi also "reported" it on her blog.
Mom & I went to Yakima on a day it snowed and I built a snowman with the girls. We couldn't find any rocks for the eyes so I went in the house to see what I could find and improvised--smashed pop cans. And I think I've invented a new way to do snowman eyes. I'll probably use pop cans from now on.

Nice day in the temple

We challenged the temple recommend holders in our ward to be in the temple this past Thursday--to attend whatever session they could. We ended up having 4th warders in every session at the temple. We had 51 attend during the day. We did 57 temple "units" (endowment or sealing session); some did more than one session. We were pretty excited how it turned out. I think we have about 100 temple recommend holders, so we didn't get everyone, but we had more members of the ward there in one day than we ever have before, that I've known about. I was grateful.

34 Years

Today is our 34th wedding anniversary. I wonder where all the years have gone. And then I look at the pictures of all of my kids on the wall in their senior picture and the wedding pictures that are hanging on the walls now along with grandkids of the those that are married and I know where the years have gone. It has been a great journey with Russ and our kids and grandchildren. We haven't always agreed and liked some of the things that we have done but we have loved each other like no others. I am grateful that Russ has been my companion and best friend and may we have another 34 years together.