April 4 to 10 th 2010 Marcia's visit continues.

The morning of the 8th Marcia, Julia and I went up to the Draper Temple, so Macia could see the beauty of it. We drove up the hill to get a good shot of it, My antenna was right in the way.

So we drove down a little further to get a nice good shot of this beautiful Temple.
As we were going in the wind was blowing and snow flakes were coming down off the mountains. A couple had just got married and the bride came out with a hooded cape on with her husband holding it on her. When he got her safely in the car, he took the cap back into the temple. It was too cold and windy to stop for pictures.

After a beautiful session, we got to go into the room where a the scene was fall Aspen trees, you felt like you could feel the whispering breeze coming through them. I took this picture of Marcia and Julia out side the Temple and the wind was still blowing , coming down from those mountain.

Julia is photogenic, no matter how the wind blows.

A couple of young girls came by and offered to take our picture, so I got in this one, as you can see my hair is straight up.

We stopped to take this beautiful over looking lower Salt Lake Valley.

A couple of days later, on the 10th we got ticket to go see the BYU Dancers at the
Marriott Center. Rita joined us and we went to have a bit to eat at Supa restaurant. After soup and salad. Marcia got some cheese cake for everyone to try.

Rita took my camera and began taking crazy pictures of us, here is one of the ones she took of me, she said "Take your glasses off". So I did.

I snapped this picture of Rita, in her new leather jacket.

Then we were off to the Marriott Center, got there kinda early and got pretty good seats, it was crowded. We were excited to see the beautiful program.

The following picture are a few of the dances we saw. It was just wonderful, Marcia took creative dancing while in her first year of Grossmont college. So she was loving it. We settled down for the show.

We hated to see it end, we enjoyed it so much.

April 6, 2010 - My 83 rd birthday, and a fun day.

The night before my birthday I came home and found am envelop on my door step with a birthday card and a certificate for a box of See's candy. I thought that was sure thoughtful of Dan and Alicia. The morning of my birthday, I can't believe I'm 83, I don't feel that old, I guess I still have a young mind. Julia had her friend Jamie come over and she cooked breakfast, she made cinnamon bread into french toast to help me celebrate my birthday. Later on Kathryn came with her little children and each one had made a birthday card for me. Janette made a huge one. They stayed until Rita came over to get me. We were on our way up to Salt Lake airport to pick up Marcia, she was coming for a visit. Randie had these flowers delived to me.


















After we picked up Marcia up at the airport, it was lunch time we decided to have a little bit of lunch, after a salad we indulged with dessert. Mine was the chocolate, was it ever good.









































We drove over to visit Bradley and Jeanne they had just got home from taking her mother to a nursing home, they had to bring all her stuff home from the Assisted Living place.


















Bradley wanted me to open his birthday gift to me. Here is the card, Inside was a Beethoven tune. He wrote "Do you remember me practicing this song over and over." He and Marcia were my best piano players, they didn't mind practicing.


















Here is the gift he gave me. I like frogs so he thought he would give me a funny one. It gave me a big laught.































Bradley has always had a funny side of him. He likes to make people laught, especialy his children when they were crying when little, he would do something to make them laugh to forget about crying. Now he does it with his grandchildren.


















Jeanne teaches school, I guess at this time of the month she was off for Easter break.


















After visiting them we went down to Gardners Village to look and shop around. I love this big Water Wheel.


















I saw this sign on one of the shops and it made a nice back ground for this picture of Rita and Marcia. I should have grabed someone to take the pictue and get in it with them.


















We stayed there at Gardner's Village, until evening, and Brad and Jeanne, Denise and Don, Rita, Derek wasn't able to come up. Julia came up. We celebraded my birthday and Marcia, as her's is on the 11th. We pretty much had the place to our selfs, as there wasn't much business that night. We had a great time. In this picture Marcia and I are opening gifts.


















This card is from Denise, and it said "The appraisal's been done.. You'r Priceless!"


















Here is Don and Denise they gave me some wonder lotion and other stuff.


















Julia drove all the way up from Orem to be with us. Boy they look alike here.


















Bradley and Jeanne. They contributed with stories of them growing up and stories about me, as did the others.


















Marcia and I eating our free birthday cake, we sent it around so everyone could have some of it. By then we are all to full. "Life is a superb gift from God, treasure it! Make the most of every day and every opportunity." It was a wonderful birthday. In the days that followed I got cards and stuff from other family members. Rita took me out and helped me buy another camera, paying for some of it as her gift.


















Here we are all together, Matthew on the end, Robert was gone somewhere so he came. He didn't want to be alone.

March 28 2010 Sunday Easter dinner at Denise and Don's

Julia and I were invited up to Denise and Don's for Easter dinner, after church on March 28, Actually Easter was on Sunday the 4th of April. It fell on Dan's birthday
this year. Being General Conference on Sunday, we were invited up for this Sunday.
















Julia with Easter rabbits and ducks.





















Don here with his mother, he likes to do some of the cooking and make things nice.
















The lay out of the wonder dinner for everyone.















Their collection of easter rabbits.
















Denise pouring water into the glasses of their beautifully set table.
















Don says its ready come help your self, Jeanne and Bradley was invited. We just celebrated Bradley's birthday the night before.















Matthew, Denise,Don, Jeanne and Bradley.















You know me, I'm up taking pictures, Don, Jeanne and Bradley.















Robert, Carma, and Julia. They were enjoying the food, so I put down my camera and joined them.
















Denise got up and took my picture, why didn't I smile. oh, well.















Matthew and Robert and with their Easter rabbits. They still like to be kids. They were in a playful mood, as I snapped this picture.





















Then Matthew snapped our picture. We were in a playfull mood too.

March 29 2010 Bradley celebrates BIG 60 th Birthday..

Bradley the birthday boy, the "Theme"
was "Hawaiian" The food was Hawiian
and delicious. Some of the guest
in Hawaiian dress. Jeanne put it on
for him and she did a good job.



Rita, Bradley and Gabrielle began.
I did wear a Hawaiian Lea

Debbie and Ron, it was good to see
them. There was alot of Bradley old
friends there.
Anadine and Benjamin caring Millie.
Amy and Julia visiting together while
filling their plates.
I get in line for the food, sure looks
good to me.
All of us down stairs eating.
Ben and Anadine with their family,
Rita on the end.
Carah plays her banjo for Anadine to sing some songs for Bradley. Everyone enjoyed
it. As well as Bradley did.



Benjamin put together a side show of
Bradley's life. Here it is shown on
their TV. That's me, holding Bradly
as a little baby about 6 mo old, and
Randie is standing beside him.. That
was the year Loren was called back
into the Koren war and spent a year
over in Japan.

Here comes gifts opening time, Brad
gets some laughs out of some of the
gifts.

Mom's birthday letter.



And what is this?

Anadine bringing down the cake, lets all sing
"Happy Birthday".


Bradley with his grand children. Millie, Amy, Lauren, and Milo.


Bradley & Jeanne with some of their
family and grand children.
Family faces are magic mirrors.
Looking at people who belong to us,
we see the past, present and future.
We make discoveries about ourselves.