An Extraodinary Event

Last night I left work a little late. My boss, Keith is trying to get everything ready for a trip to Ghana, Africa and so I've been swamped this week. Anyway, when I called Frank to tell him I was on my way he told me that he had dinner already started!

Okay, this is the first time in over 42 years of marriage that this has happened! He actually made us some tinfoil dinners and put them on the BBQ to cook. They were very good. He cut up red potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, frozen meatballs (innovative idea), and added some bacon and cream of mushroom soup. We had them last week and he helped me put them together so he decided he could do it all by himself.

I was told this morning not to expect dinner tonight when I got home...

Past Friends

At the end of June we traveled to Alberta to attend the wedding of Don and Paulette Mudryk. Frank worked for Don on his water well drilling rig when we lived up there. At the time he was married to Sharon, who was a good friend of mine. After their divorce, Don and Paulette stopped to see visit us a few years ago and even though we were sad about Don and Sharon we really liked Paulette. We became even better friends through emails and phone calls. So, when the invitation came in to attend their wedding on June 27, Frank's birthday, we decided that we would take a long weekend at drive up there.

We had a great visit as we were able to see friends we haven't seen in years. Many of them were Don's family. We also went out to visit with Henry and Doris Gancer, who lived a few miles from us in Elk Point. They were a little older than us and really took us under their wing when we moved up there. They were also wonderful to my grandparents, who continued to go up there to go fishing after we moved.

In the slideshow is a photo of our old homestead. As we were driving out to see the Gancer's we saw a bear a mile away from our farm! We never saw one during the seven years we lived up there.

Last weekend Don and Paulette made a trip down here to buy a tree planting spade. While they were here they bought us all tickets to the Glenn Beck show at the IF Civic Auditorium. They are also big fans of Glenn. It was a great show and we really enjoyed it. On Sunday we took a drive up through Yellowstone Park. Just as we got out to watch Old Faithful, it roared into life! It too was a fun day.

Don and I used to really cross horns on just about everything and now, I guess age has changed us all as we seem to be on the same page about many things. Life takes us in many different directions but it's always nice to go back down the road and revisit those places and people we used to enjoy!

Crazy lady driving down Sunnyside

Theresa said I better write my little story down............

Friday morning, June 12, it was raining like crazy when I stopped at Walker Two to pick up the paperwork. One of my daily duties. After a weekend of rain there were huge puddles of water all over.

When I came out of the building it was raining and I was trying to run to my car so I wouldn't get too wet. I always just pull up and park and run into the building but I couldn't pull into the driveway so I parked parallel to the road. I got to my car, opened the back door, put the box in the back seat and then opened the front door to get in. Right then a little red Honda drove by, going very fast, and totally blasted me with water. I was soaked! The inside of my car got it all over - even the stuff in the back seat got wet. I didn't swear but I was MAD!

So I started down the road and could see the car up ahead a few cars. There's construction going on so they had to wait in line. On past the construction I could still see them going down Sunnyside so I started driving a little faster than usual, weaving in and out of traffic, to catch up with them. I didn't run any red lights though! Finally, I caught up to them just past the hospital so I started honking my horn at them. Needless to say, I pretty well did that all the way to Yellowstone Ave. By then they fell behind me. They probably didn't want that crazy old lady following them any more.

I could still see their car on Yellowstone headed towards my office. There was a fender bender and I was tempted to stop and tell the cop what had happened. But, then I couldn't decide what the charge would be. Negligence with water? Performing a splashing criminal act? Failure to control splashing?

When I arrived at my office and got out of the car my clothes were soaked and my hair was completely wet on the one side. I finally dried off and calmed down but I still have my eye out for that little red Honda. I have their license plate number...

While Jana was Home

Jana flew home for a week on May 30 until June 6th. We sure packed in a lot of fun stuff while she was here... along with a lot of food! We went down on Friday night and spent the night in SLC to pick her up on Saturday. On Sunday she went to church with us and came in our primary class and made friends with our kids. Everyone came over for Sunday dinner. It was such a nice day! Bryler was crawling all over the place!

Tuesday night was the start of a BAD addiction for many of us... I made arrangements for the "girls" to come over to make the new fashion trend, Bumble watches! Nikki Robison and Lynette Green, friends and co-workers came over and showed us how to make them. We had a blast and now every penny is being spent on making them! But, we sure are fashionable now!

During the week we had the chance to have lunch with Dad and Merlene on day. On another lunch time it was Theresa, Jana and I. And then Layne was working on Sunday so he brought Karlee, Tanner, and Val down for another lunch! On Thursday it was Caleb's birthday so we all met at Applebee's for dinner! Jana also had lunch with a few friends in Poky one day and on Friday! So it was pretty well, eat, eat, eat... But it was so fun to have her around for the week. She just lives too darn far away.

Honoring Those We Love

It's been a year as of May 13th since Karla passed away. It's hard to believe that she's been gone that long. They set her new headstone this week so that it would be there for Memorial Day. Nyla and Cindi did a nice job of choosing one that suited her so well.

It's also been 20 years since my mom, Marie, died on June 2nd. It seems like yesterday... We still miss her so much. I feel bad that my younger kids have not had the chance to know what a wonderful lady she was.