Sharissa's visit

Sharissa flew out for the weekend and we drove to Logan and went to dinner with Christina, Ryan, Jenny & Serge at the Elements.  

We also toured temple square gardens on top of the conference center and the city creek center. 

Ben, Shera, Rylee & Ezra came to visit on Sat. morning. 

                                  Sharissa enjoyed holding her baby niece, Lena & nephew Ezra.

I love photography

I love photography, especially the immediate reward of digital photography.  Here I am sharing my camera with Andrew.  He likes it too.  My house is full of photos and I love being able to remember things from photos.  Shera is a talented photography and I really enjoyed using her newer camera.  Jenny also likes taking photos.  So it runs in the family. 

bees and hummingbirds

The bird bath is really the bees drinking fountain. 

closeup of bees 

The  hummingbirds are back including some golden ones.

Full lunch counter.

grandkids

I went up and helped Christina for several days while Ryan was in Boston.  Here are some photos.

Christina and Lena asleep in the hammock swing. 

Amy playing at the neighbors in their play house. 

Esther at the neighbors. 

Happy Weights now that Dad is home

 

Grandbabies

The past five weeks have been busy with the arrival of two grandchildren.  Christina & Ryan's baby girl, Lena Jan Weight and Ben & Shera's baby boy Ezra Benson Taylor. 

Christina & Lena

Ben & Ezra

Lena and Ezra were both big babies weighing around  9 lbs. 5 ounces. 

This brings our number of grandchildren to 10.  

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.