Memorial Day

Mom and I spent Saturday decorating graves. My Dad's looked so nice, I decided to take a picture of it. It's still hard to believe he's been gone 13 years. We all miss him so much. I keep thinking how much he would have loved the cabin at Bear Lake.

We went to the Springville cemetary, and as I walked up to my grandparents grave, I spotted a friend who I served in the R.S. presidency with and found out her grandparents are buried right next to mine! What a coincidence to be at the cemetary at the same time decorating graves of ancestors next to each other!

We were able to visit Mom's brother & sister-in-law, Uncle Scott and Aunt Carol. We had a really nice visit and they reluctantly agreed to have a picture taken. I thought it would be nice to take one especially since they don't see each other that often. Mom always says "Whiskey" to get herself to smile, but I don't think it worked this time!

We headed back to the cabin and were surprised to see how green everything was. Looks quite a bit different from the pictures with snow everywhere. Now we just need the lake to warm up!

Catching up

It's been awhile since I blogged, so I need to catch up a little. On Mother's Day, I had Mom come over and made her favorite dinner - Rolatten. I made it on Saturday and had it slow cook all night and morning. Our house smelled amazing. Chelsey & her family joined us for dinner and we played cards after the guys cleaned up the kitchen. Chad and Jeremy stopped by and Julie called. She gave me some cute decorations for our cabin the day before. It was a really nice day.

This week we went up to our cabin again. Mason got to come with us and he was quite the helper. We had a pile of lumber that Ron cut up and Mason helped load it into the trailer and then unload it again into the wood pile.

In between helping, he rode the 4 wheeler. He rode it around the cabin over and over. He's pretty cautious on it and started out very slow, but started going faster as he got more confidence.

Thanks for helping so much Mason. Between helping us, playing cards with me, and riding the 4 wheeler, he stayed pretty busy.

Every one of our grandkids hold a special place in our hearts, including Mason. For some reason, he reminds us of Jeremy at that age. He has such a kind heart, always wanting to please, and so enjoyable to be around. Hopefully, he'll want to come again after we put him to work. We think the 4 wheeler will be the big enticement!