Gardening thoughts

I have been busy helping Christina with her new baby Lena, so I have not posted for a while, but you can see my photos on Christina's blog. Also Picassa changed and made it more difficult for me to upload my photos to my blog. I always dislike have to figure out new things just when I was comfortable with doing things on the computer a certain way. I was so grateful to be at Lena's birth. I like this quote because it talks about what we want to pass on to the next generation. We should so live, so labor in our time, that what came to us as seed may go to the next generation as blossom, and what came to us as blossom may go forth as fruit. --Ruth Anderson Wheeler I really liked that quote. I think that God loves gardeners. The most important events that have happened in the world have happened in gardens, the Garden of Eden, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Garden Tomb. I love all the gardening references in the scriptures... the parable of the sower, Alma's parable of Faith as the seed, the parable of the Olive Tree, etc. Speaking of flowers, my orchids have been exceptional this year. We have enjoyed them for months and months while soaking in the tub. I think the bath water adds to the humidity.

Busy time at Easter

We went to Ben & Shera's for Easter and to celebrate their 29th birthdays.
Ryan & Christina and Amy & Esther came down for the weekend for his grandfather's 90th birthday.

Faun Bronson's Funeral

Bruce with his Bronson 1st cousins, Russel, Linda, DeeAnn, Kenneth, Richard & Pat at the funeral of his mother's brother's wife, Faun Bronson who was buried in Huntsville.  Her husband Vern passed away in March of 2008 while we were in China, so we missed that funeral.  The first time I even knew that Bruce had living relatives on his mother's side of the family was at the funeral of Evelyn, his step-mom.  That is when I first met Vern & Faun Bronson.  Faun gave me photos and genealogy of the Bronsons.  She was a really sweet person and so friendly. Vern lived to be 95 years old and was still driving snowplow for Huntsville.
Grave of Bruce's great, grandmother, Elizabeth Fisher Bronson, the grave next to it is of her child, Margaret.

 

The grave of Bruce's great grandparents, Hulda & Charles Stromberg in Huntsville, Ut.  

Trevor & Sara sledding

Here are some photos of Trevor and Sara and Ben. They went sledding and enjoyed the snow.

 

 

 

 

Sharissa, Trevor & Sara go Skiing

Ben and I took Sharissa, Trevor & Sara to Sundance to go skiing. They thought it was awesome.

 

 

Sundance is small but has the best scenic views.

 

Amy's 3rd birthday

We went up to visit Amy & Esther and celebrate Amy's 3rd birthday which will be on Sunday. She will have a party tomorrow, but this was our celebration.

 

 

Amy is a good big sister to Esther.

 

January photos

I realized that I have not kept up with my blog. We went to lunch with my brother, Bud and Pam and Jan. He is doing better.

 

We enjoyed seeing Christina and the girls in Logan.