A First

Location: somewhere in the atmosphere 40 minutes above eastern Wyoming, on my way to Minneapolis
Seat: window
status: online!

That's right. Using the new Delta wifi available on their planes now. Kind of fun. I just watched two videos posted by Emily about the babies! Cool.

When I arrived at the Delta terminal there were MANY PEOPLE checking in, in line to check in, and looking for the end of the line to check in. When I arrived at the security line, I was amazed to find that I was number 10 in line! No kidding - I walked right up, no weaving back and forth and through the long lines. There was one scanner line that had NO people in it. I was checked in and through security in under 5 minutes!!
A first for me.

I also had a funny dream this morning that I was going on a trip, traveling in cars, and Kc and Emily and the babies and Clyde were part of the entourage. We fed the babies, and I went looking for Alex. I found him with Clyde, peeking out from a blanket with the biggest smile ever! There were some odd parts about this trip, like KC strapping one baby on his chest so KC could travel on the FRONT of the car, and Cindy Pratt, our neighbor, was leading us with her motorcycle. Yes dreams are weird.
Too bad I woke up and found I was only traveling by myself!
But that big smile from Alex was real and I can't forget it.

sorry no photos.
sorry for the overuse of the word 'line'

Ta Ta from the sky.

June Growth

I love my pot of front porch florals. I love to water it.

Tiger lilies, that I brought from my parent house 20 years ago, and they grew so well I transplanted these from the first bunch I planted.
(and notice there is no grass in the raspberries for about one minute..)

A very full line of bushes along the fence. This is what happens when you let everything just grow, no pruning for a few years. Um, I'm sure there is a life's lesson here, but I'm too tired to attempt to state one..

Roses in their June glory. Love this view cause it makes me happy every time I see it.
See Pratt's cute storage shed with the red door in the next yard? fun.

The Plum bushes were very over grown the last few years. They flopped almost to the ground every time it rained and the snow was 10 times worse. We pruned with a vengeance this spring and they are more upright, more healthy and not out of control.
There must be something to this pruning concept - must get on board more often..
Life lesson here too I bet.

tonight

Tonight I read many of the emails sent to me by my brother for the last two years since my father moved in with them. He's now 94. I found many comments of ward members, friends, and dad's co-workers from the temple that my brother had included in his email updates. So many of the comments were about how all these people were so happy to see my dad at church, or how much they loved him, or how they recalled a special experience with him.
I wanted to have all these types of comments/ memories in one place so I only copied and pasted these comments - I have 5 pages!
It was a privilege to read these again and be reminded of my heritage.
It feels like a Sunday to me.
Amen.

Just Dance in Park City

Setting: Park City Resort
Event: Robinson family vacation
Challenge: To 'Just Dance' and beat Camille's score!
We also played plenty of Farkle. Clyde and the boys created a new rule and we heard them talk about playing for real money!

We loved the zip line, the scooter and slide
(even though we waited 50 minutes for a 45 second zip!).
Great views - too bad we did not photograph the huge marmots outside our window.

And yes, the snow was melting.

We love these faces

We enjoyed a full day / evening of tending the triplets in late May. There were four of us to tend three babies - Clyde, myself, Nicole, and Michelle. The babies did great, we enjoyed every moment, and we all grew in our appreciation for what Emily does on the many days she is the one adult at home with three infants!

I love how Bennett was trying so hard to imitate Clyde and his disappearing tongue.

Alex is very captivated by Clyde's facial antics.

Ruby is cute as ever.
We miss them - they are changing so fast!