Some random pics from two weeks of being at home

Two weeks at home. Here's what we did:

The dogs. It was a funny moment that I happened to capture. All they ever want is to come inside the house.

I sent Hannie out to pull some weeds. She found some helpers :-)

Hanna wanted to play I Spy before she went back to school. Here's Mark in his game stance...but he still lost.

A sketch by Mark of a girl who gave a talk in sacrament meeting.

Ethan and Rebecca sent us this pic of Baby in the hotel room. A full length mirror provided hours of entertainment.

Good old Mark. Sneaking selfies and photobombing at the same time :-)

Our first lesson in seminary. Glo is holding a 30 pound rock. It was all about burdens. Obviously, Mark has none :-)

Hoodie, making off with the dough....

I drove Glo to Philly for her lesson. I couldn't find parking anywhere, so I made a quick reservation for the open house at the temple (which guarantees parking). I didn't want to be dishonest and just take the parking without actually visiting the temple, so I visited the Gardens...and snapped this pic. And just being there, I shed some more tears.

The one and only time Hootie has ever climbed into bed with me. It must have been the wet hair :-)

John had a much needed scope of his knee (his meniscus was torn). We thought it would be fun to bring Baby into see him afterwards. She wasn't so sure about it all though...

Nobody gave up, and she still wasn't relaxed.

But with Baby, you just give her time and she ALWAYS warms up to anyone.

Hannah has decided to put in her mission papers. This was the photo we submitted. She wanted a different one, but Mark, having worked with transfer boards for the nine months he was the assistant to the president, insisted that smiley, friendly pictures are the best ones to have. Done!

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SURPRISE!!

When the pizza guy came to the door last night, here's what John saw: It took a few seconds for John to process who the pizza delivery man was, but when he did, he was incredibly happy (and couldn't stop saying "heeeeyyyyy....". It was Jared Moran, John's best friend. And me, I just knelt down, right then and there, and began repenting of all the lies that I have told over the last four months, hiding this most amazing surprise :-) I told Sarah the other day that I was glad to see the light at the end of the falsehood tunnel, because if I kept this up much longer, I was destined to end up in liars' hell... Jared ran the Air Force marathon with John last year. It was his first marathon, and from what he told us, his last. However, he called in June and said he was coming again, but I was supposed to keep it a surprise from John. I'm not sure what changed his mind, but we sure are glad he did. John hates runnings marathons alone, and ther...

Getting Hannie Home

Knowing that Hannah was leaving on her mission to Ecuador February 7, I needed to get Hannie home. To her credit, she took care of mostly everything out in Utah, including finding someone to buy her apartment contract. When I got there, it was all about driving her around so she could take care of last minute things (selling back her books, mailing back a rented book, turning in her work stuff at the library), but really it was about some good old girl time too. Eating at some of Provo's great eateries and buying cupcakes. Kitty, sampling some of the goods. Ah cupcakes. Sweet Tooth Fairy bakery has become a tradition every time I visit Utah. Seriously, they sell the most delicious cupcakes and cookies there. It made sense to me to buy eight cupcakes for the two of us for a three day drive home. Little did I know... One of the things that I have done too many times to count now is helping my college-age kids move in and out of their apart...

A Quick Trip to Mackinac Island

Allow me a pity party for a paragraph. As much as John is earning buckets of money for us and for our retirement, his weekend calls have been infringing on our time together. Like I said, it's a complete pity party, because my logical mind reminds me that I should be happy he's making so much money, but my heart feels rather lonely at times as I reminisce about trips we have taken that we don't have time to take again. I love John. I don't need him around all the time, but I find that the best quality time with him is when he doesn't have other distractions like work, and call, and hospital credentialing. Anyway, I guess that was two paragraphs, and I don't need to take it any further than that, because I don't want the body of this blog post to be about me and my loneliness. I've been wanting to go to Mackinac Island for two years now (I can hardly even believe that it's been that long since I was there). With Lake Michigan getting colder and t...

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