Thanks!

Thanks to everyone for coming today--it was wonderful to have so many members of our family together to be with Chrystal.

And extra thanks to Suzy, who came over afterward and spent 4 hours putting all my girls camp food info into an excel spread sheet. It's awesome, and I actually have a prayer now of surviving the next week! I'm so lucky to be part of such a great family!

Tetris turns 25

Remember this game? One of the first I remember. Tetris turned 25 on Saturday, June 6, and Google marked the event in their logo. I love Google!

Opening Soon

A new wholesale restaurant supply is opening in Fort Worth next door to Home Depot on John T. White at East Loop 820, actually on Bridgewood. It is as big as the Home Depot or close. Ginny and I visited their location in Irving and I got membership cards. You have to have a tax ID to get a card but can let others use them. Anyone who needs large quantities of anything should check them out. They will be open in June and I will get more info. I am on their mailing list but have not received the June list. They have everything from a whole frozen goat to a soup ladle. What a place!

Gary and Romanda’s New Deck

Here is the new deck that Gary and Romanda had installed in their backyard. They joined it to a cement walkway replacing a really old uneven rock walkway. It is wonderful. Romanda sits at this table and reads her scriptures.

Party time!

at the von Bose house, Saturday night, 5-10, swimming, food, dive-in movie. See you there!

Oops--my mistake--no party on the 6th

Talked to Suzy last night and 2 of the guests of honor will be unavailable on the 6th. So, anyone who wants to is welcome to come to my house on the 30th and we'll just celebrate with whoever is here!

Wedding events

Here's the plan so far for wedding events for Chrystal:
June 6th, temple endowment 11 a.m. session
(Also June 6th in the evening will be a graduation party at Suzy's--see previous post)
June 20th, bridal shower, 10ish?
July 11th, wedding ceremony 9 a.m. brunch afterward at Cindy's, reception 6-9 at my house.

CJ's graduation

From CJ: Graduation will be on Saturday, May 16th. I realize that this is somewhat late notice, but my last class of medical school was yesterday and they gave us the final details on our graduation ceremony. The graduation will take place at the Fort Worth Convention center in downtown (near the water gardens). They recommend arriving around 2 pm to find seats with the ceremony starting at 3pm (we'll save seats if you let us know you're coming). Estimated length of the ceremony is 2.5 hours. Seating has never filled up since they moved to the convention center so anyone who would like to come be part of this day is more than welcome. It will be a pretty exciting day for us. However, with 2 parties already planned I don't want anyone to feel obligated to come (the parties should be more fun anyway). Afterward we will be going to Joe's Pizza Pasta & Subs on Little Rd. just north of I-20 for dinner. We'll look forward to seeing anyone who makes it down.

PS from Ginny: The Parties mentioned will be the evening of May 30th at my house for anyone who wants to come for a going away for CJ & Randi. This event will also have the von Bose clan invited and CJ's high school/old singles ward friends and will include swimming and hot dog roasting.

Suzy & I are also wanting to do a party for the Fowkes Fam on June 6th at her house. This will be a graduation celebration for CJ, Kenny, Carrie (who finishes her masters), Abraham & Damaris. Time & other details to be announced later.

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WOW! What a car show!

The FH Lions Club held a car show and along with some magnificent vehicles, these two motorcycles were on display. No one was around to talk to. If they were mine, I would have an armed guard on them. I took a closeup of the gun, so you could see details.

Spring

I love our rose bushes in the country. Most of them were bought cheap and Melinda and I planted them when we moved here about 15 years ago. These orange roses started out as little miniatures in a pot. Who would have thought that they would live; not just live, but thrive! It is fun to watch them and smell them and try to nurture them!

Open House at Gary & Romanda’s

Lots of folks including most of the local family came to see how well the house turned out after the fire. The new furniture is scrumptious and the house looks magnificent. Everyone was inspired to go home and de-clutter and clean.

Which ones are for real?

A message from Chrystal...

“We have a new family member.” This is the text message and picture I got this afternoon from Chrystal. We are waiting for...the rest of the story! Congrats!

Woody was here!

The best part of living in the country is watching the critters. My latest little friend lives in the mesquite tree next to the storage shed (near the compost for snacks). I took this through my car window the other morning. I was afraid to move and scare him away. He is a busy little guy, digging for bugs and probably destroying the bark. Oh well. mesquite trees are just considered junk trees anyway. This little guy is a yellow-bellied sapsucker (sounds like a red-neck insult) and drills holes and sucks the sap along with insects from the trees. Unlike regular woodpeckers, he has a brush-like tongue not barbed. So much for your nature lesson today. By the way, our Readers Digest North American Wildlife book is the most worn in the house except for the old FHE manual and our scriptures. Show this picture to the kids. I told some of them about it and they will be excited to see little Woody or should it be Sappy!