Thursday, April 27, 2017
Friday, April 21, 2017
Chris
Rick got me a fitbit on points from United airlines. Yay. He was trying to set it up last night and the setup required a "dongle," which we didn't have. Drove to Best Buy, they didn't have one. Meanwhile Chris called, he and Zoya were coming over for dinner because Aly is in Dallas.
Aly had just bought the very fitbit I have; Chris got here and set it up on my ipad. Double yay.
It's so nice to have he and Aly here. Rick and I enjoy them so much.
Thanks, Chris and Aly, for moving to Austin.
Aly had just bought the very fitbit I have; Chris got here and set it up on my ipad. Double yay.
It's so nice to have he and Aly here. Rick and I enjoy them so much.
Thanks, Chris and Aly, for moving to Austin.
Monday, April 17, 2017
Easter
Paige had everyone over on Fri after school for the annual dyeing of the Easter eggs. Cathie and Rich, Stephanie and kids all came. It was quite fun and I was so happy to be here and able to participate.
All the siding on the grass is from the wind storm on Thurs eveing/night. It was so fierce it actually blew off most of the siding from one side of their house.
I had the perfect opportunity to go to a sunrise Easter service yesterday. It was in Cottonwood Heights at a Presbyterian church. The service started at 7am, which meant I left the townhouse at 6:15. No problem finding the place. It was ourdoors with the mountains in the background. Chairs were set up and a fire was crackling in a firepit. The people and pastor were super friendly.
A man was singing Christian hymns about Easter, another on a keyboard, before it started to set the mood. The pastor opened, I followed along in the program. Some congregant participation, many songs that we sang. The pastor's sermon was all about Jesus. Quite lovely. At the end he asked for people from the congregation to tell their needs for prayer and many people responded. The total attending was about 20-25.
It was a wonderful experience. Loved the mountains as the backdrop with the sun rising. Very symbolic.
All the siding on the grass is from the wind storm on Thurs eveing/night. It was so fierce it actually blew off most of the siding from one side of their house.
I had the perfect opportunity to go to a sunrise Easter service yesterday. It was in Cottonwood Heights at a Presbyterian church. The service started at 7am, which meant I left the townhouse at 6:15. No problem finding the place. It was ourdoors with the mountains in the background. Chairs were set up and a fire was crackling in a firepit. The people and pastor were super friendly.
A man was singing Christian hymns about Easter, another on a keyboard, before it started to set the mood. The pastor opened, I followed along in the program. Some congregant participation, many songs that we sang. The pastor's sermon was all about Jesus. Quite lovely. At the end he asked for people from the congregation to tell their needs for prayer and many people responded. The total attending was about 20-25.
It was a wonderful experience. Loved the mountains as the backdrop with the sun rising. Very symbolic.
Below pics from from the sunrise service
Monday, April 10, 2017
Park City
Last week was Spring Break for the ggrrls and usually they go somewhere but due to all the vacays they have taken this year, they decided to stay home and do a home vacay. On Fri they were going to Park City just for overnight and invited Scott and me along; Scott had 2 dates and stayed home but I went.
Unfortunately, the weather turned bad just for those 2 days. It even snowed on Sat morning. We spend time in the condo they rented, swam, and just enjoyed a relaxing time. The ggrrls loved swimming and staying in the condo.
On Sat morning we left at 11am and drove to one of Kincade's fav fast food places from his childhood. It must be a Heber fav because it was packed and only got busier. By then the sun was out and warming up, but too late to do us any good for the hiking Paige had planned for Fri and Sat. Oh well. We all enjoyed the outing.
I stayed overnight with Paige and Stella and Macy slept with me. Hattie wasn't feeling well and didn't want to, which worked out better.
I went to church with them; Paige taught. She is such a good teacher.
Then back to the townhouse.
Unfortunately, the weather turned bad just for those 2 days. It even snowed on Sat morning. We spend time in the condo they rented, swam, and just enjoyed a relaxing time. The ggrrls loved swimming and staying in the condo.
On Sat morning we left at 11am and drove to one of Kincade's fav fast food places from his childhood. It must be a Heber fav because it was packed and only got busier. By then the sun was out and warming up, but too late to do us any good for the hiking Paige had planned for Fri and Sat. Oh well. We all enjoyed the outing.
I stayed overnight with Paige and Stella and Macy slept with me. Hattie wasn't feeling well and didn't want to, which worked out better.
I went to church with them; Paige taught. She is such a good teacher.
Then back to the townhouse.
Thursday, April 6, 2017
Utah
I came back to Utah on Tues, staying with Scott and spending lots of time with Paige and the squirrels. I'm going to Park City with Paige and Fam on Fri until Sat, then stay over with Paige for church on Sunday.
The ggrrls stayed overnight last night; Paige brought them up at 11am (she wants to write and has a free lance project to complete also). The ggrrls wanted to feed the ducks, then play at the zip line park - that is a fun one. It was a beautiful sunny day about 60*. Paige is getting them this afternoon late and they will meet Kincade for dinner.
The ggrrls stayed overnight last night; Paige brought them up at 11am (she wants to write and has a free lance project to complete also). The ggrrls wanted to feed the ducks, then play at the zip line park - that is a fun one. It was a beautiful sunny day about 60*. Paige is getting them this afternoon late and they will meet Kincade for dinner.
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| Still too cold to get in the water, I did let them walk around on the rocks |
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| Stella is a nice big sis to Hattie |
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| After this Hattie had no fear and climbed and slid on her own |
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| Monkey Miss Mace, but all three were soon scampering all over |
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| Hungry ducks, not enough bread ever |
Monday, April 3, 2017
Galveston
Rick came home on Fri at 1pm and we left right away for Galveston. Because we hit rush hour outside of Houston, what is actually a 3 1/2 hour drive without any traffic took over 5 hours. But I understand that with Houston, there is no such thing as regular traffic, it is always a mess.
Out hotel, The Gastonian, was nice and right on the beach, which is what we wanted. We immediately went for a walk on the beach. Lots of dead blue jellyfish had washed up on the shore, we saw about 8-10 in our hour walk.
The hotel had a firepit area up on the beach they light every night, and one on their grounds. People were out around them, but it was late and we were tired so we just went to bed.
Got up the next morning, walked on the beach and in the water. Some people were playing in the ocean thro out the day; even tho we walked in the water, we didn't even go up waist high. Because this isn't the busy season, nothing was crowded. Came up to the hotel, got in the hot tub and into the pool. The pool was heated so it wasn't too cold.
We drove around to see if we wanted to see any of the town sights. The downtown is small and old, about what I expected. We decided we wanted to spend out time on the beach, since that is what we came to do, not exploring a touristy little town. Ate breakfast out, the beignets were delish.
I wanted seafood, even tho I'm not a big fan, since we were on the ocean. A late lunch of seafood and we were happy with our choice, but would try another place the next time. Lots of food leftover, luckily we had a small kitchen.
That night we walked out to the firepits, only the hotel grounds one was lit, it was quite windy so I think they didn't light the beach one.
Sunday morning got up and another long walk on the beach, then to the hot tub and pool. We left around 10am for home. All around it was just a super fun and relaxing weekend. We would definitely do it again.
Out hotel, The Gastonian, was nice and right on the beach, which is what we wanted. We immediately went for a walk on the beach. Lots of dead blue jellyfish had washed up on the shore, we saw about 8-10 in our hour walk.
The hotel had a firepit area up on the beach they light every night, and one on their grounds. People were out around them, but it was late and we were tired so we just went to bed.
Got up the next morning, walked on the beach and in the water. Some people were playing in the ocean thro out the day; even tho we walked in the water, we didn't even go up waist high. Because this isn't the busy season, nothing was crowded. Came up to the hotel, got in the hot tub and into the pool. The pool was heated so it wasn't too cold.
We drove around to see if we wanted to see any of the town sights. The downtown is small and old, about what I expected. We decided we wanted to spend out time on the beach, since that is what we came to do, not exploring a touristy little town. Ate breakfast out, the beignets were delish.
I wanted seafood, even tho I'm not a big fan, since we were on the ocean. A late lunch of seafood and we were happy with our choice, but would try another place the next time. Lots of food leftover, luckily we had a small kitchen.
That night we walked out to the firepits, only the hotel grounds one was lit, it was quite windy so I think they didn't light the beach one.
Sunday morning got up and another long walk on the beach, then to the hot tub and pool. We left around 10am for home. All around it was just a super fun and relaxing weekend. We would definitely do it again.
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