The Week After Conference

On Monday we had an impromptu reunion at Chuck-a-Rama. Keith, Cousin Shirley, Susan, Rick, Cecelia, and Aunt Myrtle.

Here is Keith, Rick, Susan, baby Becca, and Cousin Jeanie.

Tuesday we ate at our friends' Thai Restaurant. Their son DJ came home from his mission on Friday.

On Wednesday was my 25 Year Service Dinner for Granite School District. I received a lovely faux gold pin. Here I am with fellow teacher Joy Newsome. Her husband, John, is a son of a family that lived in the old 24th Ward. His Aunt Janice gave me hand embroidered dish towels in 1976. What a small world!

As usual we worked on the house, and even had a little help from kidlets with new gloves. They are picking up scraps from wiring. Afterwards we ate hot dogs in the camper. Emma and Jon were out for their anniversary. We had a fine time.

On Sunday, (Happy Anniversary Emma and Jon!) we had the Mission Report from DJ with a full Thai dinner at their ward house.

All in all it was a great week with a full schedule.

Two Richards

We were very fortunate to have both of our brothers, Richard and Richard, come for General Conference this year. Keith's brother, Rick, and his family stayed with Mom Allart. This gave them a handy place to park, and provided walking distance to conference and back. They participated in the banana split event, and generally had a good visit. Here is Matt and Alice.

Jana had a friend from the Boston area come for General Conference as well. This is Gail. She is a Jewish convert, and has been a member for four years. They were very blessed in being able to obtain a seat for every session except Priesthood Conference.

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day. Opa and I decided to "borrow" Cirrus and take her to Ari's ward to sneak a picture of the girls in their new Easter dresses. Cirrus looks more like a little girl these days instead of a toddler, while Ari is at that adorable toddler stage. I think they look beautiful!

Crimsel and Cirrus in their finery. Crimsel is almost as big as Cirrus. Hmmm, a future football player, or wrestler? Time will tell. He is definitely all boy.

We were invited to Chelsea & Kyle's for Easter Dinner. I was asked to bring rolls. Rachel Gates inspired me with her cute bread bunny, and so we became creative. Here are the results. We had a wonderful time.

Family Time for Easter

For Easter this year we decided to watch Veggie-Tales "Easter Carol," on Friday. Dirk and Laura invited us to their home as it is more centrally located for all.

After the movie Opa & Oma passed out Easter bunnies, and bubbles.

Here the kids are showing off their bubbles. Then we were entertained with some hopping and jumping.
a birthday bear "Patrick," for Crimsel,


and some gymnastics!

Finally, the kidlets decided to take matters into their own hands, or feet, I should say.

When the little "Racers" were finished they decided it was time to read. I love this photo of Cirrus "reading" to Ari. Their faces are flushed from all the running.

Crimsel was left to do his own reading.


We had a fun time.

Oma & Cirrus Outing

Wednesday evening Cirrus and I (Oma) went to Ballet West's performance of Cinderella. This was Cirrus's second time to the ballet. Last year we went to "An evening of Ballets". Cirrus was beautiful in her long red dress, and her hair up in little braids pinned in buns. Only one cushion was allowed per child, so we supplemented with Oma's sweater and Cirrus's coat. Once again Cirrus was spell bound, and thoroughly enjoyed the ballet. Adults found her adorable and talked to her. During intermission she twirled in the aisle, and was asked if she was being Cinderella. She promptly replied, "No". She looked into the orchestra pit and was intrigued by the harpist tuning her harp. She watched for a long time, past Oma's interest level. After the ballet Cirrus was being a typical little girl and an older lady asked her if she was a ballerina. Cirrus's only disappointment was that she didn't get to meet Cinderella in person. The ballet was two and a half hours long. It is still amazing to me that she sat still for so long, and was so interested. Opa was our chauffeur for the evening, and carried one little sleepy Cinderella into her house when we took her home. We had a wonderful time.

picture taken from http://www.balletwest.org/Performances/cinderella.html

Happy Valentine's Day

As everyone around here KNOWS, we had a sideways blizzard yesterday. Meaning more wind than actual snow. Kids slept over at school in Alpine District, and vehicles were stranded on many roads. Not us, we were safe and snug in our home. We decided to car pool today, and after dropping me off at school, Keith found a foot deep snow drift in the garage of our new house we are building. Several inches were shaved off the top of the drift when he pushed the car door open. During am recess Keith called to say that he had a mishap with the car.

He was driving north on 5th West, by the Jazz practice center, and a snow plow was plowing southward on I-15. An avalanche of plowed snow thundered down over the side off the freeway right on top of the windshield. We now are the proud owners of a decorative windshield. I wonder if it will pass inspection!?!

We are very grateful that Keith, and others were not injured in this incident. We do have rock chip repair with the purchase of our last windshield. Maybe......

Happy Birthday Ariana!

Laura and Dirk had a kid party for Ari on Saturday.

Cousin Jameson, Ari, and friend Kate.

Ari and cousin Cirrus.

Cousin Crimsel, friends Bridger, Hudson, and Ryder,

cousin Cirrus and birthday girl Ari!