June 27, 2011

Grant's News

Last Sunday was Grant's last day working for Applebee's and since it
was Father's Day it was a nasty, busy day. He has been approached by a
local restaurant Hudson's to work there, but is still looking for
other options for now. Otherwise, Grant spent his week gardening,
cleaning, and reading "Gone With the Wind". He reads the book every
summer and is currently 1/6th the way through the 1400 page book.
Friday was his birthday and it was uneventful other than the family
going to El Mezcal for dinner. No one complains about Grant's current
free time as much as Lanette...who is getting teased by Grant far more
than she is used. to. Grant has convinced her that Kevin helps him
brainstorm teases when Grant calls to help him figure out how to tease
Stacie.

The Jackson's of Albuquerque

Of course, this was a nice week for Stacie and Kevin. On Sunday Stacie celebrated Father's Day by making Kevin a bouquet...of doughnuts. It was awesome. However, on Monday she was still working on recovering from her cold so she stayed home from work. Kevin took good care of her and she was able to return to work on Tuesday. On Tuesday Kevin enjoyed going golfing with his friend Nick while Stacie went to her Zumba class. On Wednesday, Stacie attended her last sewing class. Attached are pictures of her completed tote bag. She learned how to sew pockets, zippers, and button holes.


On Friday Stacie and Kevin were excited to go out to their favorite Chinese buffet with their friend Nick. Afterwards they walked around Goodwill and Kevin found a great stainglass mirror now hanging in their living room. On Saturday Kevin and Stacie celebrated their third anniversary! Now that Stacie is a sewing genius, Kevin decided to take her to the sewing store to purchase some additional feet for her sewing machine. Afterwards, they headed out to Santa Fe. In Santa Fe they ate dinner at a seafood Mexican restaurant and then walked around Old Town Santa Fe. They really enjoyed walking around the old cathedral and fountains. Attached are lots of pictures of their trip.



The Colorado Haws Family

We were grateful to hear from Andy a couple of times this week. He made it to Afghanistan safely but he did get stuck in Ireland for a day due to plane issue. He said that Ireland was pretty but very, very cold. From what he has told me he seems to be adjusting well to his job and out of all of his deployments this one has had the best food. Thank you for all of your prayers on his behalf and please continue to pray for his safety. This week I was able to find a few activities to take the girls to. On Tuesday we went to the library which was good because I forgot that they had story hour on Tuesdays so the girls were very happy join in. After the library I took the girls to a playgroup at the park with other people from church. It was nice that I was able to socialize with the Sisters while the girls were having fun running around. On Friday, Kayla’s friend Emma came over to play. They were so excited that someone was actually home this summer because we kept trying to get a hold of Haley’s friend and couldn’t but then we figured that they went to Germany to see her Grandma and Grandpa. On Saturday I took the girls to the U.S. Olympic Community Day. We had great fun watching the “Ace’s” do tricks on the trampoline. We also saw BMX bikers (which the girls didn’t think was very interesting), and Judo (a type of Japanese martial arts) where they seem to slam each other on the ground. The girls and I found Judo entertaining, but when I look for a type of martial arts to put the girls in this will not be it.

The Lane's of Virginia

Happy Birthday to Grant! Happy Anni to Stacie and Kevin!

So to everyone! Lanette now knows, so do not feel like you have to keep it a secret! We won't tell people in our ward here until the fourth, but it is probably okay if you tell. You may wish to wait until the fourth since that is a good time to bring good news to the table.

Monday, we were going to have the missionaries and an investigator come watch a video at our apartment, but the investigator canceled so we ended up just having the missionaries; which was still nice.

Tuesday, we mostly studied. Wednesday, we decided to go up to DC this past weekend- as we have been dying to do something this summer. So needless to stay we went up Friday and stayed the night. We enjoyed the pool, Red Hot & Blue (a resturaunt), and spending some quality time together. Saturday, we went to the temple and did initatories. We then went to the new air and space smithsonian in dulles. After that we just made our way home.

Tonight, Sunday, we are going to play some card games with some friends.

I know not everyone wants to hear about this, but we are going to the doctors tomorrow to do our 11-12 week check up, if we can we will post some more ultrasound pictures.


The Haws Family of Wisconsin

Logan has been playing soccer with his local team. They are doing very well and we are proud of his efforts. His chicken's eggs are in hot demand. The trouble is keeping up with the requests. A friend of my work dropped by and took two dozen and then he has several other customers anxiously looking for more. Logan will be doing baptisms for the dead this week. He is excited.

Emily went to Nauvoo last week. She seemed to really enjoy herself. Mom and Emily went to the Wausau Ward on Sunday so that they could hear the farewell talk of one of her friends. He is going on a mission to Slovackia.

Lanette has enjoyed school. They have been doing lots of fun things including picnics, bowling and strawberry picking. Her big excitement this week was to hear of Julie's pregnancy and then to go and hold Lisa Lonsdale's new baby.

Mom has been doing a lot of taxi driving during the summer. We enjoyed dinner on Friday night with Grant for his birthday and on Saturday evening with some great friends. I focused extra time on family history work this last week. It was delightful! My garden wants more hot weather but it is doing OK. Logan and Grant helped weed it for me this last week.

Love Dad