It's Good to Remember When the Sprinklers Are Scheduled to Turn On!

Last week was kind of uneventful--we didn't have birthdays or holidays to celebrate! I guess the highlight of the week was taking Sarabeth's kids on a "Garden Tour" Saturday evening. Sarabeth comes every week to work in our garden in exchange for produce--good deal for us, huh? Daxton usually works along with her--at least for a while--and so he has taken quite an interest in how the garden is growing. They came Saturday evening just for a visit and Daxton asked if I could show him the garden--of course Aydia wanted to come too! I showed them the little baby cucumbers and the corn that is as tall as Daxton now, the carrots and green beans that have blossoms; we went looked at the rhubarb and onions--I was so enjoying having them in the garden with me. Suddenly, our peaceful tour was shattered when the sprinklers came on and we all got drenched! Daxton laughed and thought it was delightful--Aydia screamed and didn't think it was fun or funny! Art, Sarabeth and mother were laughing at us from the safety of the deck!

We weren't sure we should go to the Concert in the Park on Monday--it looked like rain, but we decided we wanted to get out of the house so we went to Paradise Cafe and got sandwiches, then to the concert. There were not very many attending but we only had a few little drops of rain and were glad we went. The performers were a barbershop chorus and another quartet--enjoyed the quartet more than the chorus. We did a little shopping on Tuesday--Mother said she just wanted to ride along, but at Costco I convinced her  to go in with us--the wheelchair makes that possible and with Amy pushing the grocery cart, it was a good outing.

There is a sister in the ward that used to be mother's visiting teacher and she was so sad when her visiting teaching district was changed and no longer included mother. (Mother and I were so sad too!)She told me that she was going to come and visit every month anyway and she has been faithful about doing that. She is so sweet and always brightens mother's day--she brings a message or story or something. Seems like she's always inspired to come at a time when I'm going to be gone--she came this week on the day I had a doctor appointment. She's a blessing in mother's life.

Thanks to Buffy for sending a sweet card--mother enjoys getting mail from family. It was great to talk to Kent when he called--I believe it was Thursday evening. So sorry to hear that he and Sheila have been sick. Also talked to Nyla on Skype Sunday evening--mother always loves visiting with her.

Saturday Heather came and we went to "scout" a place for family pictures. Mother enjoyed the beautiful park we found near us--it was nice because it has a paved bicycle path so it was easy for mother to enjoy the scenery from her wheelchair. Katie is taking family pictures for us tonight--appreciate having a photographer in the family!

Yesterday mother went to Sacrament Meeting--always so glad when she can come with us. We enjoyed a Concert in the Park in Pleasant Grove Sunday evening--an amazing family with five children who all play string instruments--violin, cello, and one played the piano. They played some wonderful classical music.

That's pretty much it for this week. Have a great week!