Bob had a birthday recently and I made him a black forest cherry cake. It was really yummy. Our home teachers came that evening as did Lydia, Peter and Eve so we had a nice celebration.
Another picture shows Eve high on the ladder. She wanted to see what the oranges looked like when they grew so high in the tree. We have really enjoyed the grapefruit and oranges and are so happy that we can share them with family and friends. When Ann (my sister) came from Orem UT the end of January we sent lots of citrus to family members who live in NM and UT. It was great to have Ann visit and show off our house. We do love it here at the "Triangle Ranch". It really is resort living. So if you are coming to the Phoenix area, give us a call and come visit.
We have picked lemons from various people's trees and squeezed them so I have lots of lemon juice in the freezer that makes really tasty lemonade. Stacie, a neighbor, loaned me her juicer attachment that works on my bosch machine and it makes the work go really really fast.
We do have company coming next week. Rosemary, Virginia and Nick are coming from CA so we will have a dinner get-together with other family members in the area.
Then we will have friends coming on the 29th all the way from HI. It will be great to visit with them and catch up on old times (we knew them in Germany).
We will be making a trip to Salt Lake City, UT area the first part of April. We are excited to see family members and hopefully lots of friends too.
Notice our pretty almond tree all in bloom. Surely hope it won't be too many years before we get almonds off this tree. Bob has worked hard to get the garden to grow and we do have things coming up in the raised beds. Gardening in this soil is a bit difficult but I am sure we will learn as we continue to try new things.
We took the cover off the pool and we are just waiting for it to get 70 degrees so we can start exercising in it again. Hopefully by 28 March it will be warm enough to go swimming as we plan to celebrate Eve's 5th birthday with a pool and pizza party. It will be a special day for her as her other grandparents will also be in attendance as they recently moved to Tucson.
Last week we had an exciting week, at least for me, because we had a visit from Connie Giauque, she was a missionary in Hungary at the same time we were there. Then the next day we visited with an uncle and his wife that I had not seen since 1970. The next day we visited and had lunch with a high school friend, Betty, that I hadn't seen since high school days. I had heard from her or about her from an aunt from time to time but it was neat to see her again and to meet her husband. It is always rewarding to visit with our girls and their families who live here in the area. Bob's brother also comes by often and helps out with projects. It is good to be with family.
My goal is to visit all the women in our Windrift Congregation. I love to get to know people. Everyone has a fun story to share! So I have been making visits. I am the compassionate service leader for our church (ward). My job is to ask people to help serve others when there is illness, or some other need. I want to know the sisters so I will know who I should call when help is needed.
The last picture is a beautiful house that we drive by when we go see an aunt and uncle so we thought we would just share it with you. It is located in a lovely neighborhood that has its own landing strip for airplanes.
One other thing, I have forwarded emails about the political situation, social security and various other things and I know that I have not checked snopes.com but I feel the United States is in trouble. I think we all need to become better educated and we need to speak up for our rights and our freedoms or they may become limited. So much is going on in the world today and it concerns me. Somehow I need to make a difference but I am not sure how I can so if you have any suggestions of what I could do, let me know. In the future if you see an email from me and you are tired of getting them just quickly delete it and don't waste your time if it bothers you and then forgive me for sending it.
1 comment:
How fun to be close to family. It sounds like you are really enjoying it there. WE are going to try a garden this year. I had no idea that almond trees were so pretty.
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