It has been awhile...

Wow, time is flying by and we will be on our way tomorrow to pick up Jen in Salt Lake City! No need to tell anyone how excited we are to see her and all our Utah kids!

We have been very busy putting in the landscaping and yesterday the final hole was dug and plant planted...we hope! What a job!!! Between that and getting Jen's room ready for her return, I have really had to stretch.

Anyway my yard no longer looks like a desert with two lonely cactus in the front yard. I now have a whole cluster of hibiscus and canna lillies:-) Clusters of golds, deep reds and ORANGE, of course! It finally has my stamp on it and it is wonderful to sit here in my little office and look out on color! btw, I did save the biggest cactus and put him in a big pot right at my front door. It didn't seem right to destroy him when he had hung in there for so long while the house sat empty waiting for a new owner to put a little water on him.

The back has a tropical feel with actual grass, birds of paradise, more hibiscus and canna lillies (red this time) and splotches of purples and deep pinks in bougainvillea and some other plants I still don't know the names of:-) Oh yes, and of course a few cute pygmy palms:-) I hope you will get to come for a visit and see it for yourself--I will include some pictures for you as an enticement:-)

We will be heading out tomorrow for Utah and plan to be there until next Wednesday. I hope to get to see as many of my friends as I can. I have heard from a couple of you who will be out of town and so I am sorry to miss you this time.

Don't forget to check out Jen's blog (http://jen-in-chile.blogspot.com/) and maybe leave her a note in the comments section. She will be arriving in SLC this coming Saturday at 11:20 American Airlines from Dallas. She will be sharing her testimony at our Brighton Point Ward the following day at the 11:00 service.

Thanks to all of you who have been so great about keeping in touch, via my blog, facebook and emails. It means alot to me:-) I hope you are having a wonderful summer!

Congratulations to Matti for signing up to run in the Honolulu Marathon in December. That is awesome! You go girl:-)

I am looking forward to having three of my grandkids (Addie, Deja and Chance) visit me in June along with Miah and Rachel. Yipes I better get back to work! I understand they are excited and so am I!

Signing off for now...pictures to follow shortly...