A Great Tea Party

Marty invited me to come along while she interviewed "the aunt's" about mom the other day! What a lovely afternoon, listening to them remember their childhood and hearing their memories of grama and grampa Lundgren and mom. It was so fun to have them talk about growing up during the depression, the war, their boyfriends and how they all got along with a houseful of girls. It was interesting to hear how much they all loved mom and it made it seem like she was right there. Thanks, Marty, for taking me along.

Home is the heart of life...
Home is where we feel at ease, where we belong, where we can create surroundings that reflect our tastes and pleasures...
Making a home is a form of creativity open to everyone.

---Terence Conran

Lovely Friends

"I get by with a little help from my friends".
-John Lennon

The other night the women of our neighborhood had a wonderful get together in Pat's garden, down by the cottage. How nice to get together with friends young and old, have a little dinner, enjoy one another's company, even watch a movie outdoors! I am blessed to live here! What a lot of lovely friends I have.

I was feeling good enough the other day to spend some time with Jake! What a welcome change from laying around, nursing the back! Abby came home long enough to take him to little gym and I went along to see what he has learned while I've been away!

Wow!!!

look at that!!

College Grad!

Congratulations Whitney!!! After long hard studying, a summer full of teaching and taking 21 hours to finish, getting a B- in that awful math class, you've been putting off, you're finished!!! Our youngest daughter is a college graduate! We couldn't be more pleased at this great accomplishment! Way to go Whitney! We love you!!

Things I learn

I was reading in a book the other day and found a saying that I thought applied to me. It went something like this. "In a sense sickness is a place more instructive than a long trip to Europe, and it's always a place where there's no company, where nobody can follow." I think it is like that, not because you don't have visitors and people being kind to you, but because you have so much time to yourself to think and to wonder about life. With this latest stay in bed, I have gone through the regular depressive thoughts of "why me, again"? and all that blather that no one wants to hear, but because I am always blessed I come out on top with lessons learned that help me and bless my life. The latest comes from this young man, my grandson. Jim and I, along with Tyler and Melanie took them for an outing last Saturday. I felt well enough to go along and observe their fun and it was a fun day. On the way home, there was a quiet moment in the back seat and then 1,2,3 and all four boys, in unison said THANK YOU GRAMA AND GRAMPA!!! We said how nice of them to be grateful. Then Jack said, " You should always be grateful for everything, even little things, even your weaknesses, cause they will make you strong"! I asked him where he had heard that, if his parents had taught him that or had he heard it in primary? He responded that he didn't know, but he always says in his prayers every night "Thank you Heavenly Father for my weaknessess, help me to overcome them, so I can become strong". Wow! I've got so many weaknesses to be grateful for. No wonder I like hanging out with little kids so much, they are so much smarter than me!

The PA Gang came to town!

We've had a busy week! Swimming at Abby's, hiking, party and sleepover at Grama Polly's, Park City and the Alpine Slide! As Jake would say Fun, Fun, Fun!!!

My Garden

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a home-grown tomato
-Lewis Grizzard

The seeds I planted before my surgery bring me great joy as I wander around my garden and see how they have grown. Jim's tomatoes are appearing and I can't wait to get my first taste of those delicious home grown vegetables, picked right off the vine. And Jake's pumpkins are making their way out the earth. They will be here in time for Halloween! I was so worried that my flowers wouldn't get watered properly, but Kaden and Preston, our neighbors next door and Jim have taken care of them nicely! I think the flowers will be ok.

Inner Strength

Woman must be the pioneer in this turning inward for strength.
In a sense she has always been the pioneer.
---Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Luke broke his arm the other day! The worse part of the whole ordeal for him was that it was his pitching arm! The PA gang are nuts for baseball! I'm sure he'll recover and return next year! His brother's are behind him 100% . While he was at the hospital, they made a poster wishing him well, posting his stats! They each gave him one of their toys and tough boys that they are could not hide their own tears when their little brother had tears because his arm hurt! They are a great bunch of ballplayers and I sure love my grandsons! Can't wait to see you all!!!!