April 7, 2015 at 11:47 a.m.
Good morning family! I hope you had a happy Easter. We did. We stayed home and watched Conference on t.v. It was good. Many of the talks seemed designed just for us and were very comforting and enlightening. Especially the ones about how we serve in the church and why we serve: with joy and gratitude and humility. I used to think humility was perhaps a degrading idea. Now I think pride and the elevating of self above others is the odd idea. When we are humble we can really communicate with Heavenly Father and have his spirit with us.
After we had a barbecue with Tommy and Rilee. I wish all of you could have been here! First of all, Tommy and Rilee surprised us with a new purchase. They bought a brand new car. It is perhaps the cutest car I have ever seen with almost magical interior space. Think of a mini-Isuzu with a rocket ship dashboard and pink interior led lights. It's very spacious inside with rear storage and lots of backseat leg room. Tommy is excited to properly break in the BMW engine. I think they bought it for the sound system, though.
Alex is having some warm, beautiful days followed by snow and cold. I think Friday should be beautiful there. He is very busy in school, but glad to get out running when the weather permits.
Travis just returned from Denmark. Safely. He said the food was delicious and the country beautiful. It was a fast trip. Next month he goes to New York.
I talked to Tyler Saturday when he was on the beach with the girls. He said the new Port Hueneme pier and beach is beautiful. They have been working on it for a couple of years. Apparently it washed away into the Channel Islands. He and Dawn are very busy but sounded happy. The girls are wrapping up a successful year in school and preschool and seem to love it there.
Danny and Jenni took a needed break from house hunting this weekend. They have changed some of their loan approach and it might make their bids more appealing. Danny wants to get back into fly fishing with his boys and his scouts. I don't care if it's fly fishing or sitting on a rock with a pole and a puddle: once in my life I would like to catch a fish. (that might be near the top of my bucket list. ) I think it would be fun to go out on a boat and fish in the ocean. Ok, I just want seafood.
Dad and I fly to California on Friday. We booked the painfully early flight. I wake up all bouncy. This should be interesting. We will go to Laguna Beach Friday night. Dad has an interview in the area about contracting and doing consulting work after he retires. Then Saturday we will head to Port Hueneme. We have to stay at the Hampton on Silver Strand the first night as the Navy totally booked out the Holiday Inn Express, but we will move there on Sunday. We will check out the seasons for ocean fishing. We are looking forward to seeing Ty and Dawn and the girls. We'll be back on Wednesday night.
We don't have our summer planned yet, but we hope to have a lot of fun and see as many of you as possible. We love you and pray for your success and happiness all of the time. Keep strong, have faith and courage and laugh a lot!
Love, Mom
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