Blessings------Continued

To continue my diary...We all met at Melissa and Jeremy's ward meetinghouse for a luncheon Saturday after the sealing.  Kathy, Lora and I then shopped for graduation, Father's Day, and a gift for Ashlynne.  That evening we celebrated Shane's birthday at the Texas Roadhouse.   We were able to get a 5 generation picture that evening.

Great-great Grandmother Thora Anderson, Great-grandmother Bonnie Anderson Weber

Grandmother Julie Weber Kearney, Father Shane Robbins, Son Keano Nielsen, Daughter Tanisha Nielsen

Keano is the 5th generation directly to Thora Anderson

Blessings

This past ten days has been full of blessings--some were tangible, some were spiritually felt, some were seen, and all were awesome.  On Thursday, May 20, we were blessed to have Kathy Woolley arrive from Moscow, for our joint trip to Utah.  We picked up Grandma Anderson (my mother) Friday morning at 8:00 a.m. and began the drive to Utah.  We met Ron & Noreen Hawley at the Larry Miller Ford dealership at about 2:00 p.m.  Mom then went with them to their home in Park City for the week-end. 

Kathy, Leonard and I then continued on to the Pavillion Inn in Murray, Utah where we planned to meet our children and grandchildren who were coming for Ashlynn's sealing and blessing to be held the next two days.  At the motel we met Melissa and her two children and Lora Strawn.  We watched the children play in the motel swimming pool where Boston found great fun playing catch with "friends".  He was laughing so loud we could here him above all the other children in the pool.  Lora and Melissa played with him and gave Ashlynne her first swimming experience.

After Melissa left with her children to finish up the list of errands she had for the next day, we met Shane Robbins, his girlfriend, Ruth Nielsen and children Tanisha and Keano as they were coming out of their room at the same motel.   They were heading out to get swimming suits for the children. 

We took Kathy and Lora to dinner and then went back to the motel to meet Karla Bitter and Tom & Julie Kearney.  We all ended up in our suite where we enjoyed a long visit with Shane.  He told us about his life in Roosevelt, Utah and working on the oil rigs there.  We laughed, talked, and enjoyed the evening together.

The next morning we arrived at the Draper Temple to find Melissa and Jeremy had already taken the children upstairs to prepare for the sealing.  We met Ashlynne's birth mother and her family.  We spent a few minutes visiting with them and the Despains, as well as Noreen Hawley, my mother and the other members of our family as they arrived.  Soon we were witnessing the wonderful sealing of Ashlynne to her eternal family.  The joy was tangible, the tears were real, the spirit was beautiful.

Our Side Garden

We had wonderful weather a week ago and I almost got the hillside garden cleaned.  Saturday of last week, March 6, was another gorgeous day and I could have finished it, but chose to prepare my home and Primary lesson for Sunday instead.  This week has been 1. cold 2. windy 3. rainy.  Sooo-this is what we did on Monday:

Here are pictures of our side garden--almost completed.  We still need more plants, but the nurseries are not stocked with our choices yet.

Valentines Day

Here is a picture of Leonard's Valentine's Day gift.  We made chocolates, valentine cookies, a basket to hold the chocolates and a card at Relief Society.  He woke up on Sunday to find them sitting at his place at the table.  My Valentine gift is also shown here.  The Salt & Pepper Shakers!  Leonard took me shopping for his gift to me.  I got a new T shirt and he got new gloves.  We went to John Deere Days on the Thursday before Valentines Day for dinner....and won a Doorprize!

Our big gift will be this week-end, however.  Craig and Maria and Connie and Alan gave us hotel reservations for State Wrestling Week-end.  We leave tomorrow for Pocatello.  More to follow later.

Yard Landscaping

Well, here is my first blog posting.  I have attached some photos.  I hope they all work right.  We have removed the evergreen border along the equipment driveway.  Wow!  What a change.  We have some ideas for landscaping, but any input will be appreciated and considered.

We are thinking of roses and grasses with maybe a red maple shrub and a few red flame bushes, but we are still in the planning stage.