Saturday, June 1, 2013

Happy 45th Anniversary!  Has it really been that long?  Sometimes it feels like yes and sometimes it feels like it all went by so quickly.  When I think that our family has grown from the two of us to 29 I am amazed.  I am so grateful to James for the good husband, father, and grandpa that he is.  I couldn't ask for a better companion in life.  He means everything to me.

I spent a nice quiet day at home here in Vernon.  James went in to town to do a little shopping and he was amazed at the traffic he encountered.  I guess lots of people are up here to escape the heat.  While in town he bought flowers to plant and then went to Safeway to get steaks and cheesecake.  He came home and grilled some filet mignon steaks and made salad and coleslaw.  I especially loved the coleslaw, although the steak was delicious too.  He gives me strawberry cheesecake to eat while I am talking on the phone to Vickie.  She called to wish us a happy anniversary.  Next week she and Harold will celebrate their 44th anniversary.

Right after lunch we started our fast.  James went outside to plant flowers.  I sat on the front porch and read to him from our book The Grecian Princess.  After the planting we took a nap.  As the cows came later in the day James chased them away.  As we were going to bed they came again and he chased them away again.  I literally had to do nothing today except prepare a mini Book of Mormon lesson on the house of Israel, the Abrahamic covenant and Jacob 5,  to share with the girls tomorrow, if I go to church.  Right now I have a cough, head cold, and the chills.  I may not be going.

Jared text us to wish us a happy anniversary.  So did Michael and Joe.  How sweet!  This evening before going to bed James and I watched "The Nanny Diaries" starring Scarlett Johansen.

The high here today was 82.  In the valley it was 108.