What a busy week this week! On Monday I got a pedicure. Ta dah!  The local beauty college does a good job.

On Tuesday we took the dog to the vet for shots and found out about Greenies to help the dog get rid of plaque on her teeth. I worked at the Family History center for a couple of hours in the afternoon. Bruce went fishing, alas no fish.

On Wednesday Bruce and I helped serve coffee and tea at the local senior center. We get trays for the ones that have trouble walking. They had fried chicken, smashed taters with white gravy, nasty canned carrots, jello, delicious homemade rolls and butter, and a chocolate cake with chemicals, I means Cool Whip.

The church activity for the youth was canoeing at Morgan Lake. They went over safety rules and had races. They swamped a canoe and taught the youth how to upright the canoe. They had hot dogs and marshmallows for dinner. Andrew already knew how to do that so he went swimming and dunking each other in the lake.

Thursday I got my hair trimmed an inch and bangs shorter. I wanted to look nice for my sister’s visit. Our ward women’s group had a pot luck lunch at Riverside Park. I took a green salad with the greens from our garden. I added green onions, grape maters, sunflower seeds and grated motz cheese. It was a fun catching up and eating time.

Andrew had a soccer game with the local rec league. He likes playing. They have a good team with boys and girls mixed.

Bruce had his last Bishop’s meeting. We are scheduled to get released in a couple of weeks. It has been 5 years.

Friday I went to a couple of yard sales and scored some costumes, vintage clothing and some beautiful scarves and shawls. I bought some to share with my sisters! Okay I know I splurged some cost 50 cents instead of a quarter…my sistahs are worth it! yeah living on the edge.

Friday we feed the missionaries. We had sub sandwiches, peas from the garden and cherries from our tree. One Elder is from Kansas and the other from Texas. They are fun to have around.

Friday evening my 3 sisters and mom arrived; my sister Robin, from Virginia, who has never visited us, Elaine from Roy, Utah, likewise, and Bonita, who sings for the Mormon tabernacle choir. We had salmon from the store, on sale, corn on the cob from our freezer, rice, green salad from our garden, peas from the garden, cherries from the backyard tree.

Saturday morning, Bruce made waffles with raspberries from our garden and I alas added chemicals to mine- cool whip.

My sister, Bonita, who sings for the Mo Tab did a choral review at our church. The choir sings a variety of new songs and she gives a running commentary on the music telling how Mack Wilberg or Ryan Murphy would lead the music. It was fun and there were beautiful pieces. One song gave me chills as we sang it.

The stores down town were doing Crazy Days sales so we had lots of side walk racks to go through and some fancy cars to look at in the closed off streets. We had our picture taken in front of a restored Lamborghini. My sister had those. (Will post later) It rained so we dodged the drops by going inside some of the stores; the perils of shopping.

Saturday evening Bonita gave a fireside on her experiences with the Mo Tab. They were in the inaugural parade, the songs they sang on 911 as they had a concert scheduled and the changes they made, singing for a young girl with cancer at a hospital, and being refused to sing in a Baptist church as they think we are not Christians; interesting. She did sing ‘Nearer My God to Thee’. She considers her voice non solo so we hummed with her. Apparently a lot of the singers in the choir are professional singers. As far as I am concerned she has a marvelous trained alto voice. She talked for an hour and as she didn’t see any yawns, she talked for another half hour. I am grateful she shared her stories with us. She talked about the power of music and the peaceful feeling it brings. She handed out free DVD’s to the 3 oldest people there and 2 to choir directors. I think I will order some for me to give as gifts. They are very soothing and calming.

Sunday morning we took some photos with my hats and the shawls. The fam left for Ut. It was quick visit for us. My sisters got to talk to each other the whole way here and back. I want to go to Virginia next summer with mom.

It is excellent to see family again. We didn’t even have any fights or hurt feelings! Bonus! The house is already feeling quiet and lonely.