Grandpa's 89th Birthday

This post is all backwards. Someday maybe I will get this right. This is Eli and his new found cousin. This is his sad face because she had to go home and he didn't want her to leave. He was having so much fun with his new friend.Aunt Leora came from Lehi, Utah and her great grandchildren came from Sacramento to visit. It was the first time we had met them and it was a very nice surprise visit.

Mom loves music. When she was young her family entertained themselves by singing. Mom played the guitar and the auto harp. All her sisters were singers. This is Uncle Dick, mom's youngest sister Janie's husband. He drove Janie and Leora out for a visit. It was great having him. I think Dick loved his visit. He wanted to go fishing for Salmon. We spent Sunday afternoon singing Hymns. Everyone picked their favorite hymn and we just kept singing. Mom enjoyed this a lot and I'm sure it brought back memories of her childhood.

Aunt Jane is mom's youngest sister. She has a contagious laugh and is always lots of fun. I lived with her family for awhile when I attended LDS Business College in Salt Lake. She has always benn very good to me.

I was fun to have everyone here visiting and to celebrate grandpa's 89th birthday. We had two days of celebration with different groups of family coming each day. It was a lot of fun laughing, singing and remembering old times.

My niece Mariah, David's daughter, came which was really nice because we don't get to see her very often. Noah loved Mariah and she was a natural. She will celebrate her 18th birthday in October.On Sunday, my cousin, Leora's grandson brought his family for a visit. They are the only other Utah family members that live in California. It was fun for Eli because they had a son and daughter that Eli had fun playing with. I lost track of how many people came but it was lots of fun and I think grandpa enjoyed his birthday celebrations.

Swimming Fun

July was my month to be in the pool. I am so glad that Walt and Becky are so willing to share. Everyday after work I head for their pool to relax and exercise. I took Eli with me a lot which was also fun. He is getting more comfortable in the water and actullay stays in most of the time. He always wants to get in the hot pool to get warm. He won't jump in yet but once in awhile his mom would drop him in. He didn't like it much but it didn't keep him from coming back. He really enjoyed swimming and would always ask if we were going to Scotties house to swim. He really likes Scottie which kind of drives Scottie crazy.

Jason and Jodi celebrated their 4th anniversary June 4th. Time goes by so quickly. They are doing really well in Elko. It is a long way from me but at least I can stop on my way to Utah. June 11th is also Jodi's birthday. In fact June is a big birthday month. My friend Jan turned 70 in June. She looks so young and is finally getting ready to retire. Cindy, Maree, Dee and Becca also have June birthdays. June was a great month because I went beach hopping with Walt, Becky and Scottie. It was very relaxing and fun. At the end of the day we played Nertz. I always loose but I have fun. There were also two weddings in June. Eldon McBride and Tara Hipes. We always have a lot of weedings in our ward which is really fun. Mom seems to be holding her own and it was overall a good month.