Busy Times

We have been quite busy since I last wrote. I don’t think I have written at all this month (shame shameJ). We went to Grace to spend Memorial Day with Grandma Robinson. We left Sunday afternoon to go down. We stayed until Tuesday morning then headed for Utah. We spent some time with Grandma Wendel and got many family history things with our digital camera. I’m very glad about that. We did that on Wednesday. Thursday we went to Natasha’s graduation, then left Friday morning and left for Blackfoot for Kylie’s graduation Friday night. Karen told me as soon as we got there that Brittany and Shani were celebrating her birthday (which was the Wednesday before) Saturday evening at Brittany & Wes’s new house in Rockford or Rockland, I never can remember which. Their house is sooo nice and so big. It is probably twice as big as ours is. We had a very nice time there. Shani, Jon, Macie and Porter were there as well as Grandma & Grandpa Gray, Bryan and Bryce and us. It was close to a kitchen full. J

We had the Family History Center to do Saturday (I had to teach my last PAF class). So we drove back home Friday night then went to the FHC Saturday (We were there exactly 10 ½ hours and that included sleeping); having packed before we left we then drove down to Karen’s. We stayed there that night and went to Sacrament meeting the next day then went back to Karen’s to visit with your dad before he left to go back home after bringing Bryce out here. They got to Karen’s shortly after we did Friday evening. We stayed for Kylie’s Seminary graduation Sunday night, took Bryce home, met his one roommate and finally got back home at 9:00 that night. It was a big week!!!

I had had a sore that wouldn’t heal cut out off my left forearm the Thursday before we left and I could tell before we got home that there was infection in it. It was very red and spreading, tender wherever the red was, hot and it didn’t look good and felt just as bad as it looked. I went into the doctor Monday and had the sutures removed. I also had an IV antibiotic that day and the next two days then took it by mouth for 10 more days. I went to the doctor every day that week except for Friday. I did go to the FHC as well.

This is the fourth week of June and I don’t know where the time has gone. Richard and Téa got here on the 4th of June. They stayed with Téa’s mother. We saw them at least six different times. It was so good to see them. Duncan is now 10 ½. He will be a deacon before we know it. Cheanna turned 9 the Saturday after they got here. We went over to the Rydalchs’ and helped them celebrate. That was after spending 6 ½ hours at the center. (Our supervisor let us leave 1 1/2 hours early.) It was fun but Sunday after church I was surely tired. Monday too. Emma is 7 and Elena turned 6 day before yesterday. They were back in Phoenix by then. Ephraim is 2 1/2 , he’ll be 3 in August and is a real live wire. I really think he’s even more active than Jason if you can imagine. Richard said that he has uninstalled many programs on their computer many times and Téa said that if they had about six locks on their doors way up high they would be able to hear him unlocking them and get to him before he got away! J Anya turned a year old last month. Richard brought all six of them to church with him (Tea’s wasn’t feeling well.) and they were all so well behaved. (Even Ephraim. He didn’t hold still the rest of the day tho’ except when he took a nap at our place after dinner.) I don’t think the people in front of us knew that there were six children behind them. We picked up Macie and took her to the Arctic Circle and met Richard, Téa and their children there one Thursday afternoon. It was fun. Macie ate some lunch then went to play on the toys. She started following around two little blond girls. One a couple of years older than she and one about the same age. I had just got thro’ telling Richard, “she has all these cousins here and she’s following those little blond girls around.” About five minutes later Joy and Gerald Gray (Kent’s parents) walked in with Kylie. The two little blond girls were their daughter, Kelly’s grandchildren and their great grandchildren like Macie is our great granddaughter (and theirs too). It couldn’t have worked out better if we’d planned it.

Yesterday, we blessed Porter Dan Chugg. Jon gave him a lovely blessing. We then had a lunch out on Shani & Jon’s back lawn. It was very nice. They live in a very young ward. Their bishop doesn’t look old enough to be a bishop. (Needless to say he looks very young.) They have at least five nurseries in their ward. And noisy?!! You could hardly hear the speakers and you had to really concentrate to be able to understand them. The subject was one that has become close to my heart….Family History….They talked about the New Family Search program that we hope will be rolled out in our area by the end of the year. At the first of the year, they told us at the center that it would be within the next few months. Then they had many changes that the ones who already had it had suggested and so they pulled it back. Last Saturday someone said it may be next February or April before we get it. I sincerely hope not. But as our director said, “By the time we get it (we will be among the last to get it) all the bugs should be worked out.” That part is good. Last Wednesday I was able to start reading thro’ the special e-lessons they have online for the consultants. I worked on it Saturday also. I’m so excited about it. It will be neat learning it and be able to teach it to others.