A visit to Grandma Call

Over the weekend we went up to Idaho to spend time with Mom and Dad. Arbon had stake conference on Sunday, so Amber and I took the kids to visit Grandma Dorma. We had a great time visiting with Grandma while the kids played with the various legos and toys stashed in Grandma's closet. Of course the kids got hungry while we were there, and I hope they didn't eat her out of lunch meat and ice cream bars.

Grandma shared with us the story with how she and Grandpa met. Most of it is in her journal, but it was nice to hear the full story.

We had a good little visit. The kids always love to visit Grandma, so I am glad that we were able to get there to visit her while on this trip.

Fathers and Sons - 2007

On Friday, Johnathan and I headed out to our ward's seventh annual "Father's and Son's" campout. This was the first time in seven years that I was not in charge - for at least part - of the campout. It was really nice to go and not have to worry about anything. Johnathan and I had a great time.

We got there about 3pm and searched for the perfect tent site. We found one surrounded by trees. As soon as we were done with the tent, Johnathan and I went for a little hike on the Blackhawk trail. On the trail, Johnathan discovered what we dubbed the "Teeter-Totter-Tree". When we originally passed by this tree, Johnathan stopped dead in his tracks. I asked him what was wrong. He said that he heard a teeter-totter and was scanning the mountainside for signs of the apparatus. We then noticed that there was a breeze, and that the tree we were standing to would wave in the breeze and make a metallic squeaking sound just like a teeter-totter.

After our hike, Johnathan ran off to play with friends. I didn't see much of him that night until dinner. I made him a polish sausage, and then treated myself to a T-bone steak. Amber had laughed at me because of my well-balanced meal that I was taking. So I accomodated her by taking some cake with us. So, we had Steak and cake.

That night we enjoyed a short fireside conducted by the Bishop. We went around the group and talked about something that they remember about their fathers. I talked about the time that Larin Ward and I loaded up the four-wheeler and his odyssey and headed up Lake Canyon together as young boys. We had a great time until the Sun was going down. Then, I started to realize what we had done...we had left our homes and parents to go into the lone and dark wilderness. I was getting quite homesick and scared. Then, we heard an engine in the night. It was Dad and I think Vance came along too. They stayed the night with that grateful young boy.

Anyway...after the fireside, Johnathan went with friends and played some night games. He had a great time, but he has started to realized that he is not as fast as other boys. It really hurt his feelings that he was so slow. I guess that is something we are going to have to work on. Anyone know how to teach someone to run faster???

After a nice night's sleep, we got up and made breakfast for the camp - pancakes, ham, eggs, and Tang. We cleaned everything up and put our tent away. We had to get home for Johnathan's baseball game, but before he headed back up north, we grabbed a geocache called "Utah Valley Overlook". It had an incredible view of the valley below.

We had a great time together. It is fun to go on these campouts with my kids. I sure enjoy every one.

Glen

Just thought I would let everyone know that my dad had surgery on Monday. He was going to have to wait till Tuesday to even see the surgeon (the dr was leaving on wednesday for his vacation - and wouldn't have been able to do surgery for about 2 more weeks), but seeing that I now have Doctor friends since I run the OR schedule, the surgeon agreed to do surgery Monday morning bef0re even seeing him in his office. Wow that was a long sentence....lol. He had a colonoscopy which was very overdue considering he has not had one in almost two years, since his cancer surgery. The doc found everything normal, no bleeding, polyps, or cancer. He also was able to debride dad's leg wound. He didn't know if he was actually going to be able to do this or not, since he did not see it till minutes before surgery. They thought they would have to send him to the plastic surgeon in Twin or Poky. Things went good, and he was able to go home that afternoon after surgery. He has not been home since he broke his leg April 15th! He started Physical Therapy as an outpatient on Tuesday, before he had been doing it while at the rehab place. Today he got his wound vac that will prepare his leg for skin grafts right as the surgeon gets back from vacation about the 18th. Dad is doing well, he is so happy to be home and feeling better. Now if we can just get him out of the habit of wanting to be in the wheelchair..lol.

1 Kings 18:41
And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink;
for there is a sound of ABUNDANCE OF RAIN.


I awoke in the night and I could hear that WONDERFUL sound of rain out my window.
I just laid there and enjoyed it, and gave thanks to my Father in Heaven
for such a beautiful morning.

We're having an afternoon this weekend!!!

As of yesterday, our weather down here has taken a quick turn to cool and rainy. Last night we had high winds all night long that scattered my proverbial sheep - thus preventing me from counting them as I tried to fall asleep.

I looked at the paper this morning to see what the prognosis is for the rest of the week. Looks like we will have rain and cool weather for the rest of the week. But, if you will notice, on Saturday, we have a "Chance for an Afternoon". How nice, I haven't seen one of those in a while! :-)

All Stars!

This Summer Aylee and Johnathan have entreated our family to practially an every day baseball schedule.

Aylee is on an all girls softball team called the Thunder Team. She is the official team catcher - you should see her in action. They do everything on the field, and so far, they are undefeated. They have tournaments coming up!


Johnathan is in a Coach-Pitch league. They bat and play outfield, but the coach for the team pitches the ball to the kids when they are up to bat. They really don't keep score yet, but it has been a good start for Johnathan.

We have softball/baseball games or practice on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. It has been quite the experience for our family. We sure are loving it!

New Toy

On Saturday I made a quick run over to East Provo to take a look at a motorcycle that was for sale. I took Aylee along with me as a little date. We talked to the owner and he said that he was moving back to Hawaii. He had to get rid of the bike and wanted to sell it as quick as he could. I gave it a good test drive and then started to ask him questions. Before we got into the price talks, Aylee kept trying to help by saying, "Dad, this is the cheapest one of all the bikes you have been looking at." I kept shushing her, hoping that I wasn't losing my negotiation position.

We haggled a bit to where I was able to get him to go down from 2,100 to 1,800 on the bike. He also threw in a helmet, cover, and a five gallon container full of gasoline :).

It is a 2002 Honda Rebel - 250cc. I was surprised with the power that it has. I took it on the freeway today and hit 75 without any problem - however, I backed down to 60-65 because I don't really like the thought of my body traveling that fast in free air.

I have driven it about 30 miles so far and have really enjoyed it. So I guess that leads me to my next question...anyone looking for a cheap 50cc e-ton scooter??? ;-)