A surprise after church

We were up late again last night preparing for Sunday School. This time we were both teaching -- Susan teaching the adults in the chapel and me teaching the youth in the Relief Society room. Susan was worried about being on her own because of technology challenges. She insists on showing slides which is not …

Christmas 2021

Today is Sunday, the day after Christmas. Derek and Gentry (Susan's son and grandson) flew in (to the Pittsburgh airport) on Friday from New York, arriving at 2 pm, and will be leaving early tomorrow morning. It's a complicated and unfortunate situation. Katrina (Derek's wife) moved from their home in Centralia WA to New York …

Happy birthday, Braxton!

My grandson, Braxton (son of Sarah and David), turned 8 today. Unfortunately, I've only seen him a few times and they were so brief I have no memory of them. But since I wrote a birthday post for his sister, Joselyn, nearly two years ago, I want to do the same for him. Dear Braxton, …

Thanksgiving 2021, etc

After going a couple months without seeing Andrew, Tina, and family, we saw them 3 times in 5 days. They needed baby-sitting help while they helped with moves. Their moving business has been doing very well, but they have trouble keeping good employees. On top of that, Hunter and Harper were sick so they couldn't …