May 20, 2012

It is Logan's birthday this Sunday. Please give him a call or send a card.




Grant's News

May 13, 2012

Grant's work-week was painfully slow. Even Mother's Day, a pretty eventful day in the restaurant business was disappointing. On the upside some of his favorite work buddies, like Goalie, are back from college for the summer and work is a lot more fun with them there. Grant's days off have been spent doing a lot of gardening. Monday he planted willow trees, Wednesday after work he planted ferns, and then on Thursday Mom and him went and hit up Menards and he planted a bunch of new perennials in the garden. He is super excited because his pumpkins and sunflowers started sprouting this week. Grant also finished reading the epic novel Les Miserables this week and is starting on a biography of a woman that was a refugee from Somalia and became a political activist.


The Jackson's of Albuquerque

May 20, 2012

This week Stacie returned to work while Kevin enjoyed caring for Henry. Henry had some difficulties with the transition, refusing to eat much on Monday and crying through most of the day. However, by Friday he seemed to be much more adjusted to eating from a bottle and being apart from his mama. Although Stacie missed Henry very much, she is very grateful for the blessing of being employed, especially after receiving news that due to a lack of enrollment Kevin won't have a teaching job over the summer.

After a long week of being apart, Stacie, Kevin and Henry cherished a wonderful weekend. They caught up on lots of cuddling and re-planted their garden (which suffered from an accidental overnight watering). I the evening they went to a baseball game with some friends. It was lots of fun taking Henry out to his first ball game and Kevin really enjoyed watching his favorite sport. Stacie treasured being with her two best friends all day.

Tonight they look forward to watching the solar eclipse from the foothills of the mountain. But don't worry, they won't watch too closely.


May 13, 2012

This week Stacie cherished lots of snuggle time with Henry. She returns to work tomorrow and will be missing him very much. While Kevin was on campus working on finals, Stacie and Henry played at the park and their backyard whenever they could. Since there has been lots of stormy weather in Albuquerque they spent the rest of their time inside cuddling while listening to the severe wind outside. Today Kevin and Henry showered Stacie with love. They picked out some cute new clothes for Henry, a craft store gift card, and beautiful flowers for Stacie. They also made her a delicious dinner ending with chocolate covered strawberries. Needless to say that she feels like a queen.


The Haws Family of Colorado

May 20, 2012

This week Haley had her field day at school and Kayla her end of school celebration. Kayla was sad to leave her teachers Ms. Carrie and Ms. Angelika, but she is excited to move on to Kindergarten next year. I feel like we have been running around all week trying to get things ready for our trip to Utah. Earlier this week Andy received his end of tour awards, and is getting ready to pack up so he can come home. We are all excited because he should be home within the next two weeks!

May 13, 2012

This week seemed to be such a busy week that I don’t remember half of what we did. On Wednesday after Haley had her doctor’s appointment I took them to Coldstone Creamery to get an ice cream. The weather was so beautiful that we decided to eat the ice creams outside. As you can see Kayla very much enjoyed hers. Then they convinced me to let them run though the splash pad by the movie theater. On Friday, Haley was a little sad that her field day had to be rescheduled for Monday because of the weather. I was a little relieved because I had so many things I needed to get caught up on. On Saturday when we went to the commissary the girls were able to take a picture with a big olive and the Egglands Best egg. They thought it was pretty cool. Andy seems to stay busy. We have about 21 more days until he will be home! We are trying to have a surprise homecoming for Haley and Kayla, so they still think he will be coming in July. So please keep it a surprise if you talk to the girls.

The Haws Family of Wisconsin


Well it has been a interesting couple of weeks. Mom was hospitalized on May 11th with right sided weakness. I deeply appreciate your prayers including those of you that put Mom's name on the temple rolls of your temple district. Mom stayed for several days including Mother's Day but we are so happy that she came home with no evidence of a stroke. We have enjoyed time together as a family. We celebrated Mom's birthday as a family enjoying a special dinner together at El Mezcal. Last night we had the joy of having Julie and Jeff, Emily, Grant, Lanette, Logan and Mom and me for dinner. It was really nice. Mom joined me for hometeaching two of my very special hometeaching families last night.  You have a wonderful Mom.


Logan has been busy with a school play. He did a very good job. He goofed up on one of his lines but I think everyone agrees that it may have been the funniest line of the whole play. Logan and I went camping together at the Eau Pleine flowage on Friday night. On Saturday Logan helped us get the lawn done which was sorely needed.

Lanette has finished her school year. She is very happy and has been making plans for a number of activities. Lanette has mastered the cellphone and the agenda. She will be spending several days this weekend with the Elmhorst and then attend a graduation party.

Emily will be graduating this week from Marshfield High School. She is working two jobs to make ends meet. She is planning to attend the University of Minnesota in one year after she has raised the needed finances. It was fun to have her over on Sunday and to listen to her piano talents once again.

This coming week will be Mom and my 32nd anniversary. It will be wonderful to celebrate such a wonderful experience. I cannot tell you how much it means to me to be married to Mom. She is awesome. She is a friend, a counselor, a confident and the love of my life.

Dad