May Memories

One of the highlights of the month included a mini-family reunion Memorial weekend on the East Coast at Meredith & Bryan’s home in Maryland. Dallin, Janelle and girls came up from Virginia. Seth, Tiffany, Preston and Asher were in DC for the week. Seth was at a conference where he was one of the host administrators. A big responsibility, yet a nice recognition for him. Tiffany was taking the two boys sightseeing during the week. Emily and Bronson had tickets to fly to Philadelphia, where they toured on Saturday, and then drove down to gather with the family at Meredith's house. They had a terrific time visiting the Washington Mall, going to church together, along with nonstop sibling conversation, while the 11 children, 13-years and under were organizing and practicing a play they had written. There were 22 scene changes (Ha!). It was quite the production!

May is filled with flowers, planting and receiving them. Mother's Day is perfect for celebrating in May. No where is it more beautiful than Oregon in May. I love my reclining chair that I received for Mother's Day. Nothing better than sunshine and warmth for my health. I spend cherished moments on the deck listening to good audio books.

Another highlight of the month was our Sisters Retreat at Waldport OR, just 15 minutes south of Newport. We had so much fun going on walks, sharing tender mercies, cheering for Ondalynn and Meredith in their half marathon race in Newport on Saturday morning, going to the beach, visiting the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, sharing some of our favorite things,celebrating Julia’s birthday, along with lots of laughs, and some tender tears, as Vivi shared some tender mercies while going through her divorce. We arrived Thursday afternoon, May 30th, and we headed back to Gresham after church on Sunday morning,. All of the sisters and daughter-in-law's were there, except we really missed Janelle, who had clinicals. She is in her last year of her Masters program In speech pathology. She loves working in the hospital with stroke victims. The husbands were good to tend the children while the mommies were away. It was such a bonding, wonderful, inspiring weekend together. We all loved being together. It was truly a special weekend. The rest of the month was the usual busy comings and goings to the temple, grandchildren concerts, etc. Our life is very full and wonderful.