We arrived home from our British Isles cruise on June 1. On June 2, Paul woke up not feeling well and I was so congested I could hardly get enough breath at the higher altitudes of Heber. We made an appointment to see our doctor. Luckily, he could see us that day and luckily, we wore our masks. The doctor couldn't hear any thing in my lungs and the X-ray of my chest showed no pneumonia. Paul thought maybe he had a bladder infection but that turned out negative as well. The doctor gave us a prescription for some powerful cough medicine to reduce my congestion. When we got home, we got a text from Deon who suggested we test for COVID as both she and Gary had tested positive. We tested and Paul's test came out positive but mine was negative. I'm sure my test was a false negative as I was as sick as everyone. Paul had bragged about being the only one on the cruise that didn't get sick. He just waited till we got home. Obviously, we stayed home for several days but once Paul's fever broke on Monday, he was out working in the yard, while I barely could do a minimal clean of the house. His comment, "Well the weeds won't go away on their own."
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| Because of a COVID and a lingering cough, we missed two weeks of church. The first week was Stake Conference which we enjoyed in the comfort of our living room. |
When we returned from our cruise, we not only had a yard full of weeds and lawn that needed to be mowed, but there was a garden that needed to be planted and annuals to buy and put into our pots. Just thinking of all that was tiring but we plodded ahead. Paul had the weeds and the lawn mowed by the weekend, so on that Saturday we planted our garden, a few days later than other years. We went searching for annuals the next week. Again, we were so late getting these that the supply was a little picked over. We couldn't find any spikes so ended up with marigolds in the center of most of our pots. We could find very few wave petunias and those we found were grossly expensive. We bought regular petunias in purples, whites, and reds and got everything planted by the next weekend. We'll just have to wait and see if the pots look decent.
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| The horses head on the mountain tells us when its time to plant our garden. This year, because of the amount of snow we had, the horse looks more like a fire breathing dragon. |
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| We found two planted pots that we purchased for the urns in our front yard by the porch. |
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| The other pots look similar to this one with the marigold in the center instead of a spike. |
June brings Father's day and Paul's birthday. This month, they were only two days apart. We were hoping Todd and Kailee and family could come up on Father's Day as we hadn't seen them for a month due to our cruise and being sick with COVID. Sadly, they couldn't come celebrate with us as Kailee's family were celebrating with her family. Her Dad's birthday is the day before Paul's and it was his 70th so quite a big deal. We understood and decided to have them come up on Saturday morning of Father's Day weekend for sourdough waffles. They loved that idea. The girls were so excited to give Grandpa his gifts - a very clever candy graham and a gift card to Subway. Paul was thrilled. We spent Father's Day at home alone. For dinner, I fixed Hawaiian chicken which he requested. On his birthday, he wanted to go to Golden Coral for a late lunch so that's what we did. He loves the buffet. I'm not a fan but, at least, that meant I didn't have to cook a dinner.
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| So clever |
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| The girls helped buy the candy bars and put them on the giant art board. |
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| Enjoying the Subway gift card. The $50 card was used up within 3 weeks. We love our veggie delight sandwiches at Subway. |
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| Loving his birthday 'Linner.' |
Also, upon returning home from our cruise, we had to jump right into carrying out plans for a Ward Adult Progressive Dinner Party on July 8. We had held a meeting with our committee before we left to get some ideas as to how this should happen. It was decided we would have different host homes for appetizers and salads then move to Doug and Sandy Heiner's backyard for the main course and dessert. Once home, it meant calling the ward members to find out who would be coming, sending out sign up sheets for appetizers and salads and desserts and finding at least 6 host homes - 3 for appetizers and 3 for salads. Once that was done, we had to assign everyone to host homes and then notify them. It's been a lot of work because, except for making calls to the ward members, the committee has been none existent. Paul and I will do the shopping and cooking of the main course. We are serving teriyaki chicken on skewers, garlic green beans, and baked potatoes. It should be a fun party if all comes off as planned.
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| Paul is the spread sheet person to keep all the assignments and lists of things to do for this party organized and updated. These are a few of the many spread sheets he has filled out and printed off. |
At the end of the month, two things happened. We worked our last temple shift for two weeks as the temple will be closed for cleaning. We found out that the temple will be open until February 24, at which time it will be knocked down and rebuilt. We will be out of a temple assignment as of then - an end of an era for us after working in the temple for 17 years, minus the 2 missions we served.
After we worked our last temple session, we picked up Jillian at BYU. She had flown into Salt Lake and taken a shuttle to BYU where she needed to pick up an I-pad for her FSY assignment. She will be a supervisor this year, making sure the counselors are doing what they need to be doing with the youth. We went to Culver's for a late lunch and then brought her home to spend the night. After breakfast the next morning, we took her to the airport to fly to St. Louis, Missouri. The first two weeks of her FSY assignment will be at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. She was a little nervous but we know she will be wonderful. We are so proud of her for stepping out of her comfort zone and doing hard things.
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| Isn't she so cute!!! |
Now for a few memes that caught my eye this month.....
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| This is what is happening in our country today. |
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| Loved this |
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| As is stated in the Book of Mormon, as well as in Isaiah, men today are calling good evil and evil good. |
And since, in Come Follow Me this month, we have been studying the last few days of our Savior's life - his suffering in the garden, his betrayal, his crucifixion, and his resurrection - I though these posts were very meaningful.
And finally.....
