Just Photos (mostly flowers)

So here are my photos of my flowers. I have no idea why this text is underlined. The older I get the less I know.

De-junking! Clean it out! Toss it!

The garage is about half-way done here. The dirt and junk doesn't really show up too well.

I still have a lot to do. I guess we are going to have a garage sale next Saturday. We are getting rid of lots of stuff. Stuff that has been sitting around gathering dust for 30 years or so. I appreciate the help received by Cecily, Leslie, Christian, Joel, Arinda, Britt, Annika, Kaisa and of course Sofia and Tressa who supplied the diversion and entertainment.

More pictures will follow.

Sunday Dinners

I love the monthly Sunday dinner tradition and I don't think we would be doing it without Leslie really pushing it. Actually, she started talking about doing it ten or more years ago but we never really did anything about it. She got a little more aggressive about doing it and we finally got it going. I think the first one was at Joel's last labor day, but I'm not sure. Anyway, it is really good. It makes me more grateful for my family every time we get together. Let's see if I have any photos from past get-togethers.

Some of these photos look like they kind of need some explanation. But I'm not explaining. We just had a lot of fun. Some Sunday dinners it is just the Woolf extended family and sometimes it includes the Russells or some of the Parkers or some of Joel's roommates or other people. Our family never was quite big enough so we just kept adding to it. Sometimes permanently and sometimes temporarily - mostly depending on the inclinations of the "additions."

Oh, and we have to include the photos of Jennie and Chica's wardrobe. They were kind of interesting too.

Grandma's crappy but important videos

About two weeks ago Hana invited me to come to her track and field day at Franklin School on March 7th. She told me that it started at 12:30. It turns out that Madison's class had track and field in the morning and Hana had hers in the afternoon (if I understood right). Hana was kind of bummed that Greg was able to be there in the morning to see Madison perform but had to go to work and couldn't stay to see Hana, so she was quite pleased that I came.

The volleyball was pretty boring because they weren't really rotating like they were supposed to and the high jump was almost too easy. But Hana really shone in the hurdles and especially in the long jump. She took 1st place in the long jump! So look at the videos that I took and see how well Hana did.

Okay, so they were really short videos, but you can play them over and over again!

I love growing things

I love to plant flowers in my yard. I didn't for many years when my kids were small because I didn't think we could afford bedding plants. But then I started to think about my mom and how she always planted pansies, mums, violets, bleeding hearts, honeysuckle, bachelor buttons, gladiolas, etc., etc. I decided that I wanted my kids to remember me for flowers too. But it took me a long time to figure out what would grow in Arizona and when. The ones my mom planted in Utah that will grow here - grow in an entirely different season.
Here are some from my front yard. Oh yeah! And roses. We both love roses.
The Gerber Daisies are for Anna. They are some of her favorites. I haven't figured out how to arrange the pictures on my blog the way I want them to appear and put the notes about my photos next to them. Oh, I'm SO computer illiterate!


I like my
petunias and snapdragons too. They are much prettier this year than they were last year. I guess I'd better quit with the photos. It is going to take forever to load.

I'll show you more flowers later.

My terriffic husband - David!

David has been having a lot of very "unglamorous" medical problems lately. It's been very scary too. A lot of these things that he has to deal with could eventually be fatal. Well, life is actually fatal. What I mean is that some of these things are indicators that David could be moving on a little sooner that the rest of us. But then look at Marcia and Jim. Who would have thought he would ever outlive her!
Just to let everyone I know that I really love David. Here are some of the things I really love about him:

1. He loves the Gospel of Jesus Christ and always tries to fullfill his callings and be a good example to others. Well except for two weeks the summer of 1977. Muriel and West took the older boys to Wyoming with them and while they were gone, David took a vacation from going to church. He stayed home and slept and watched TV andeven washed his car on Sunday. When we got to the end of the second week, David asked me if they were going to be home the next Sunday. When I told him they would, he sighed and said, "Well, I guess I'd better get my butt in gear and get back to being a good example and a Father." I suppose he repented because we haven't noticed any serious lapses since. He's been a pretty darn good example.
2. David loves me. I know that David is not perfect (although I was young enough and foolish enough to think so at first). He makes mistakes and has his faults, but he is almost perfect at loving me. There have been many times when I have been mean and grouchy and absolutely awful! And he loved me. I have weighed more than 200 lbs and was embarrassed to show my face outside the front door. And David loved me anyway. I have been unreasonable, stubborn and critical. And David still loved me. I can trust him. I can depend on him. I believe he will always love me. My Dad loved my mom --"No matter what- - -" and I wanted someone who would love me like that. I think I found him.
3. David is sweet with his grandkids . He loves them and is delighted when they show love to him.
4. He is forgiving. He has been abused and maligned by a few people in his life and he forgives them.
5. He is clean and has good hygiene. He takes good care of his hair and his beard .
6. He listens to me and tries to please me.
   
7. He likes to give me gifts and I am very hard to give gifts to. He has made it a life-long study, trying to find gifts he can give me that I like. Mostly, I guess he just lets me do whatever I want to do and encourages me in it.
8. He is very smart and a fast learner.
9. He's nice to snuggle up next to at night and he makes me feel safe.
10. We can spend hours and hours together and enjoy ourselves the whole time.

I really like having David around. I hope he's here, with me, for many, many, more years!!!