Barb sent me her pictures from Mom’s birthday party, and as I suspected, her photos are better. They do a better job of showing how surprised and happy Mom was!
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Happy birthday, Mom!
Mark and I pulled a fast one on Mom today with the help of some of her friends and family. We managed to pull together a surprise birthday party for her in 2 days!
Continue readingWe’re Ho-ome!
We arrived at our new home late in the afternoon on Monday. I had been looking forward to sunshine because it was such a wet summer in Door County, but we arrived in heavy rain and a thunderstorm that we could see all around us in the mountains.
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There are a lot of LDS churches around here, as you might guess, and a handful of mainstream churches. I have looked at all of them online and wasn’t feeling very hopeful, but I was drawn to check out the Greek Orthodox Church here in Price, Hellenic Orthodox Church of the Assumption. I had once visited an Orthodox church in Los Gatos, CA, when we were Workamping there, and was intrigued.
Continue readingStations of the Cross
Several people from my church gathered this afternoon (in 99 F heat) to go to the Degrazia Gallery. Degrazia was an American painter who studied under Diego Rivera. In 1963, he did a series of paintings of the Stations of the Cross that are only brought out during Lent. We weren’t allowed to take pictures of the artwork, but I got photos of some of the other things around the grounds.
Continue readingResponse from my readers
Yesterday I posted a blog about the weather here in Tucson vs the weather in southern Oregon. I asked if you had pictures of your weather last week or could at least tell me what it was like…
Continue readingUmm, we’re here
My bad for not writing this sooner. We actually got to Tucson on Sunday afternoon, but we’ve been so busy that I haven’t had time to write. Some of you have been asking where we are, so that has prompted me to write the final chapter on this trip.
Continue reading4th of July weekend
The last few days have been just about more fun than I can stand! First, there was the 4th of July with our J-1 kids, and Zak has also been doing more work on our bathroom.
Continue readingA whirlwind of activity
You may have noticed that you either get feast or famine from me. My mother called me last night and said that I hadn’t written in a while, and when I checked, it’s been nearly a month since my last blog. Usually, it’s because I haven’t had anything to report, but this time it’s because I’ve been too busy to write, so this might be a long blog.
Continue readingFrom Eagle Crest, OR – Dad’s favorite place
Before I start writing about today, let me back up a bit. I did finally get through most of the boxes in Dad’s garage last Thursday and then I started focusing on the memorial service. Saturday night, I was up all night working on the slide presentation because I was having technical difficulties. First I tried to do it as slides, but then it stopped letting me add any more after the 13th slide. I had to scrap that and try to set it up as moving slides. I was still working on it when Mom got up at 5:30 in the morning!
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