Bob's bench

We went to Corvallis On Friday on our way to Grandpa Bob's bench dedication.

I love staying with the Grandchildren and their parents... We watched Thea taking some wobbly steps and Matt showing us the things he built at Home Depot and Wyatt sharing his Cocoa Puffs with us. I love it when the boys say " Hey Grandma, look at this." It is soul satisfying.

Saturday we went to the Farmer's Market. Bruce got some cranberry, hazelnut sour dough bread. We got some cheese, a bag of hazelnuts and a bag of sunflower sprouts for a dollar. ( just the sprouts) and then on to Medford to stay with Dan. We went to a doggie park . I have never been to one before. They had a skate park, a bike park , tennis courts and the doggie park. The doggie park is enclosed with a track and all the dogs run free to smell each other, run and poop. There are shovels and trash cans to dispose the business. We walked around the track four times. Hallie, our grand-dog liked to run. she ran around a huge bush/tree thing in the middle of the park and then under a picnic table , the dog chasing her kept going around the bush/tree. It was funny. We went to Mongolian Grill with Dan for dinner.

On sunday we went to the singles branch with Dan and then off to the dedication. I figured it would be easy to find as we had been to the park before. We got there at 10 till and we were still walking around 20 minutes later when we spotted Uncle Dan and Kim going to the parking lot. We got directions to the food/drinks and then took pictures of the bench which I will add later when we down load them.

I am glad we went even tho we missed the dedication.

The food was marvelous and as Bob always wrote what they had to eat I will continue that tradition. I helped Angie in the kitchen slicing a long English cucumber on the diagonal. I then added a dollop of Hummus and then added sliced green onions.

We also had:

Goat cheese in philo mini tarts

cream cheese with sun dried tomatoes dip

French baguette bread sliced on the diagonal

sourdough baguette bread sliced on the diagonal

Meatballs

Pulled pork with rolls

shrimp, crab and desert was Lemon mini philo tarts (Andrew had 6) and banana bread in a bundt cake shape dripping with nuts and carmel

Thank - you John and Angie for putting this together. It was a calm, peaceful closure to remember Grandpa Bob.

Court of honor

Andrew earned three merit badges at the court of honor. He got winter sports, first aide and communications. He is First class rank now. One more merit badge and he will get a star rank.

Four Generations

Patty Goff from Salt Lake city, Utah, Karen Kevan holding Thea Kevan, Ben Kevan and Wyatt Kevan.
The picture was taken at Riverside Park in La Grande Oregon.
Genealogy, we are doing it , our genealogy!

Crystal is home!

We picked up our daughter at the Portland airport on Tuesday. She is home from her mission in New York City. Ben and his family were there and Dan drove up for the day and night. We ate dinner at the Olive Garden across the street. We stayed at the Phoenix Inn so the kids could go swimming. We went to the Portland temple Wednesday morning. We stopped at Multnomah Falls on the way home. Crystal was released Wednesday evening. She is so happy. She can do ASL. (American sign lanuage) She can speak Chinese. She is not afraid to talk to people. She helps around the house. She is fun to have at home!

Saturday

We put in a new tree in the front yard, bought a dishwasher and
found out the electricity wasn't hooked up to the old one, took a load
of branches to the recycle center, took two boxes to the DI, dug up the raspberries, took raspberries to the neighbors, and cleaned one bathroom. I have to change out a toilet seat and clean another bathroom. Crystal and mom are coming this week.
Andrew went with me to the re psycho center. The tarp blew off twice but we weren't charged because it was cuttings from the yard. Andrew dug out under the peach tree on threat of not coming into the house until it was done...
Bruce planted a pretty pink crab apple tree in the front yard to remember Grandma K.

Can we come over for dinner? I do not want to cook.

FOOTLOOSE

I got three free tickets to Footloose at the Elgin Opera house last night. I donated some costumes and we got the free tickets and my name in the program. The play was wonderful. Crystal had sung "I need a Hero" for something in high school and now we have the background story for the song. I liked the "Mama Says" song.
The lead had on Carma's prom1980 red/black dress that she donated to the costume shop.
The story is about a boy from Chicago that comes to a town where dancing is not allowed. It is also about rebellious teenagers that need love, parents that are doing their best, and getting over death and abandonment. I was laughing and crying.
Bruce wants to see the Broadway production.
They start rehearsals for Joseph and the Technicolor dream coat on Monday.

Retirement

Bruce has turned in his retirement. It is in effect as of April 1st. They hired him back for the last three months of his contract. They will probably list his job after the school board accepts his resignation on Wednesday. His last day will be June 25th. He has a PERS meeting in Baker on Thursday so that will be ready. He will look for part time work and will coach basketball and will be Bishop which is like totally a full time jorb in itself.