The Money-Eating House

My mother used to say, "A house will eat all the money you can give it."  Jim and I have done a good job feeding ours in the last couple of weeks.
 We put in new super duper triple panes windows in the front of our house.  Those above the bookcase were only single pane and we are already noticing the difference in the temperature in the room.

 After 30 years we finally broke down and bought a new sectional for the family room in the basement.  It had to be custom ordered to get it down the stairs and around the corner at the top.  But we do like it.

Mother's Day

Chris and Ange made it home from Paris and we celebrated Mother's Day with them for the first time in memory.  It was a lovely day and they gave the mothers Carmel Apples  in church! 

I celebrated Mother's Day in Utah the following Wednesday going to lunch with these wonderful daughters and daughter-in-laws.  We are so blessed.

California Tending

We flew to Fresno, California on May 4.  Look at all the snow covered mountains we passed over.

Chris our son met us.  Fresno has a great airport entrance hall.  Sequoia and Yosemite National Parks are close.

We've had a fun week:  awards programs for Ella and Jake,

  appreciating 13th birthday gifts,

 scripture study, car pooling, swimming and tennis lessons and stake conference just to name a few, 

I'm sort out of the cooking mode, but so far they haven't starved...cereal is always good.

Scenic Salt Lake

Since living in Demark and looking for things to post every day on my blog, I find I notice things and especially unique scenery more.

We caught this picture of downtown Salt Lake on our way to the airport on Thursday afternoon.

WE will be looking at California scenery for the next 12 days as we go to California to tend our grandchildren.  May or may not figure out the posting...

More April Blessings

Our granddaughter, Addy, took Second Place in the State Debate and Speech Meet with her original oration.

Our monthly Family Birthday Dinner is always a good chance to connect.  We are working on including some Family History stories in the Family Home Evening part.

Baby Charlotte is now wireless!  She is off the oxygen and monitory wires and weighs10 pounds.

Book Club

When we moved into our home on Flamingo Drive in 1975, there was a group of mothers with young children and we started a book club sharing good children's books.  As the kids got older, so did the books and now we just enjoy the reviewer's choice.

This month we met at Julie Jensen's.  The book and decorations were all about Monet.  It was fabulous in taste and decor.

 Right out of a Monet picture.