CATCHING UP

JUNE 19TH 2009

THE REST OF MAY CAME AND WENT AS ALL THE MONTHS HAVE THIS YEAR IN A HURRY. ON THE 27TH WAS GRANDPA VERELANS 2ND YEAR TO HAVE LEFT THIS EARTH. ON SATURDAY PENNY CAME FROM SALT LAKE AND ON SUNDAY AFTER CHURCH SHE, CLAY, KAREN, LANIE, CJ, LENELL AND BOYS AND MYSELF ALL WENT TO VISIT THE GRAVES IN BURTON AND WILFORD. RYAN AND KARA AND BOYS MET US AT BURTON AND ANDRA CAUGHT UP WITH US SHORTLY BEFORE WE HEADED TO WILFORD. KAREN AND LANIE MET SOME OF THEIR HEILESON RELATIVES AND FOUND THEY HAD KNOWN THEM IN THEIR WARD AND LANIE WHEN SHE VOLUNTEERED AT THAT SCHOOL. WHAT A NICE SURPRISE FOR ALL OF THEM.

AFTER LOOKING AROUND AT ALL THE FAMILY GRAVES WE HEADED TO WILFORD. LANIE RODE UP WITH ANDRA SO THEY COULD VISIT AND ANDRA DIDN'T HAVE TO DRIVE ALONE. IT WAS SO NICE TO SEE DAD'S GRAVE AGAIN AND ALL THE OTHERS THAT WE'VE BURRIED UP THERE. I STILL WISH HE WERE CLOSER BUT SINCE HE DESIRED TO BE IN WILFORD I CAN PUT UP WITH THAT.

PART OF MAY WAS SO NICE AND I GOT SOME GARDEN PLANTED WEEDS PULLED AND THE BLEEDING HEARTS TRIMMED WAY BACK TO THE GROUND. NOW THEY ARE SO BIG AND BUSHY I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I'VE CUT THE SUCKERS OFF THE TREE'S TWICE NOW AND PULLED WEEDS LIKE CRAZY.

AS WE WERE LEAVING THE CEMETARY IT WAS CLOUDY AND WE GOT A LITTLE RAIN AS WE CAME HOME. THEN MOST OF JUNE WE'VE HAD RAIN AND MORE RAIN. I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THE FARMERS COMPLAINED OF TOO MUCH RAIN BUT THIS YEAR THE HAY GUY'S WISH IT WOULD HAVE TURNED OFF SOME DAYS AGO. MY CARROTTS AND BEANS AND TOMATOES ARE THRIVING. I PLANTED SIX STRAWBERRY PLANTS AND THEY TOO LOOK HEALTHY. I PICKED ONE TINY STRAWBERRY THE OTHER DAY AND IT WAS SWEET. I DON'T EXPECT A BIG CROP THIS YEAR. I HAD A FEW RED SPUDS FROM J'LENE THAT WAS SPROUTING SO I'M TRYING TO BE A POTATO FARMER THIS YEAR. I PLANTED THEM IN THE NORTH EAST CORNER BY THE FENCE. GUESS WHAT THEY CAME UP SO WILL SEE IF THEY PRODUCE. I THINK NEW RED POTATOES SHOULD BE A GOOD MEAL ARE TWO.

RYAN AND KARA CLEANED MY RASPBERRY PATCH AND PUT POSTS IN TO HOLD THE BUSHES UP AND SEPERATE INTO ROWS. LOOKS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE BERRY'S AGAIN THIS YEAR. LOTS OF BLOSSOMS. OH WHAT WILL I DO WITH OUT THEM TO HELP ME DO THE YARD WORK. I'VE BEEN SO BLESSED TO HAVE THEM CLOSE TO HELP ME.

ON JUNE FIRST JANA AND ROB AND THEIR LITTLE ONES CAME TO VISIT. THEIR STAY WAS TOO SHORT AS ALWAYS. I ENJOYED THE TIME WITH THEM AND ALL THE THINGS THEY INCLUDED ME IN. IT WAS FUN TO GO SEE PARKER FEED THE DUCKS AND SEE THE NEW BABY GEESE AND DUCKS. OH MY THE MOTHER GEESE SURE PUT THE RUN ON THE DUCKS SO THEIR BABY'S GET THE MOST FOOD. WE HAD CHINESE AT HAPPY'S RESTARAUNT AND I STAYED HOME WHILE THEY TOOK PARKER BOWLING. I WAS A BIT TIRED I THINK. THAT WAS TUESDAY THEN WEDS. WE WENT TO REXBURG AND VISITED THE TETON DAM MUSEUM AND PICKED ANDRA UP WENT OUT TO BIG JUDS. IF YOU'VE READ JANA'S BLOG THAT BURGER IS NOT EVEN BIG IF YOU ORDER THE VERY BIGGEST THEY MAKE. HOW EVER JANA THOUGHT THEY COULD HAVE SHARED THEIRS FOUR WAYS. THEY DID BRING SOME HOME FOR LATER. THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD DAY TO BE WITH GRAND AND GREAT GRAND'S. THEN THE FOURTH OF JUNE WAS VERELAN'S B/D SO BEFORE JANA AND ROB LEFT WE WENT TO SMITTY'S FOR BREAKFAST TO CELEBRATE HIS DAY. LANIE WAS IN SCHOOL AND MET US FOR THAT MEAL. OH SO MUCH FUN AND LOVE FOR EACH ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS.

AFTER THEY LEFT MY HOUSE WAS AGAIN VRY EMPTY FOR AWHILE. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY MOM ALWAYS HATED TO HAVE ANY OF HER FAMILY LEAVE. DO YOU EVER GET OVER THAT FEELING I WONDER??

I'VE BEEN GOING TO LUNCH WITH MELBA JENSEN AND A LADY FROM OUR WARD
WHO HAS GONE WITH MELBA TO LUNCH FOR YEARS.
IT WAS MY TURN TO CHOOSE SO WE WENT
FOR LUNCH ON THE TENTH AND THEN DOWN TO SEE THE TITANIC. IT WAS MY TURN TO CHOOSE AND WE'D TALKED ABOUT GOING TO THE TITANIC. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING. THEY GAVE US A CARD WITH SOME ONES NAME AND AT THE END WE LOOKED TO SEE IF WE LIVED ARE DIED. THEY BOTH LIVED AND I DROWNED. WHAT A FINALE TO ANOTHER WISE GOOD DAY.

SUNDAY THE 14TH I NOTICED SOMETHING WHITE ON THE DRIVE WAY CLOSED THE GARAGE DOOR WHEN I GOT BACK FROM CHURCH. THEN WHEN I CAME BACK FROM DINNER WITH CLAY AND KAREN I COULD SEE THERE WAS SOMETHING ON BOTH DOORS AS WELL AS THE DRIVE WAY. I GOT OUT AND LOOKED SOME ONE HAD THROWN EGGS AT MY GARAGE. I SWEPT UP WHAT I COULD THEN MONDAY SPENT AN HOUR AND A HALF CLEANING EGGS FROM DOORS AND DRIVE. WHAT A MESS!!!! I KEEP WONDERING WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE THAT???

SAW THE DENTIST ON THE 16TH AND NO CAVITY'S. I GOT A NEW TOOTH PASTE THAT WAS RECOMMENDED TO HELP STOP MY GUMS FROM PULLING AWAY FROM MY ROOTS. I'M FINISHING THE LITTLE BIT LEFT IN MY CREST TUBE THEN WILL GIVE THE PRICEY PASTE A GO.

I GOT KRIS RICHARDS VISITED ON WEDS FOR VISIT TEACHING. SHE IS DOING WELL WITH HER CHEMO ALTHO WITH HER LAST TREATMENT SHE SPENT A WEEK GETTING OVER THE NAUSEA. SUCH A SWEET DEAR LADY SHE IS. HAD LUNCH YESTERDAY WITH THE OVER SIXTY'S LADIES. SO THAT CATCHES ME UP ON MOST OF MY ACTIVITIES TILL NEXT TIME.