More graduation...

So Brandon graduated from pre-school last Wednesday...sniff, sniff, sniff.Brandon and his friend Chelsea. These two even had ice skating classes together.

Waiting for his teacher to call his name.

Yeah!!!!!! It's over. Miss Tammy giving Brandon one last hug (and treat).

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

I know, I just posted last night, but I didn't mention that MarJean and Darrell just celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. They didn't want a big party, but just to go out to dinner with their kids and grandkids. Congratulations! In today's world fifty years is certainly a number to boast about.

Happy Days!

Boyd and I started off May with a trip to the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving Point. Sharon, Mary Jo and Brandon went with us. I love that place. The gardens are always beautiful, but the Tulip Festival is incredible. Here's Boyd and me in front of some raised beds of tulips.

Brandon joined the girls and me in front of a showy red and gold bed of tulips.

Mary Jo, Brandon, and Sharon sitting on a bench in the middle of the frangrance garden


A long shot of the gardens. Brandon is having fun rolling down the hill.

The girls and Brandon playing like they are tulips.


MarJean sent me some cute pictures of her little great granddaughters, Nora and Holly.

Levi and Wendy's little girls.

Nora looking for eggs.

The girls in their make-believe car. Or maybe it's a space ship.

Nora swinging. She's wearing her favorite dress.

DADDY AND JERRY

Last Monday we made a quick trip to Twin Falls to keep a promise we made to Jerry and Daddy to have Jerry sealed to his parents. Monday night we got together at MarJean and Darrell's place. Of course we ate too much, but we had a great visit. Teresah and Gene came both for the sealing and to see two of Gene's kids graduate from BYU. It was the first most of us had met Gene and he made a favorable impression. He fits right in and is a great guy.

Dave's wife Peggy helped us make the arrangements and I tracked down all of the appropriate paper work. Daddy and Jerry had hoped to live long enough to have their sealing done in the new Twin Falls temple, but they both died before it was completed. We felt it was appropriate to have it done there anyway. The temple is beautiful and all was as satisfying and moving as we had expected.

Afterward we took a few pictures. I took these first two, then I handed my camera to Gene so I could be in a few shots. Being unfamiliar with my camera, he accidently turned on the video feature.

Easter

We had a great Easter that started off with David and Peggy coming for the weekend. We had a great time with them. We shopped, ate out, commiserated over the Jazz game, and did a lot of talking and laughing. I hope they come again soon.The Easter egg coloring on Saturday had its share of disasters and spills that left my kitchen chairs, floor, and walls drenched in blue and green dye. Fortunately the moms cleaned it up. Easter Sunday went much better with a great Sacrament meeting, followed by a delicious dinner that everyone pitched in to prepare, then the older grandkids hid eggs (filled with coins instead of candy) for the little ones to find. Later David and Nathan played Esther's new guitar. We were all together and had a great time. Following are a few pictures.

MARCH MADNESS

As near as I can tell March wasn't a great month for anyone in the family's favorite college basketball team, but there's still been some March madness going around. I got a picture of the hawk that has hung around most of the winter eating the other birds that visited our bird feeders. I think it's a Sharp Shin, but I really don't know a lot about hawks.
Brandon did a little mad dance to show off the bandaids on his tummy collected after one of his adventures.

Calton had trouble deciding whether he wanted cake or a cupcake to celebrate Spencer's birthday. Since he'd already had one cupcake he also wasn't sure whether he'd get away with a second one.

Spencer, sandwiched between Mom and Grandma Sperry was happy to receive the second book in a series he's enthused about.

Spencer blowing out his candles while Alena laughs at his efforts.

Moab

We went to New Mexico a couple of weeks ago and drove through Moab. Here are some cute pics. Delicate Arch.

Balanced Rock