Sunday, July 20, 2008

Another trip to Carey

Last Saturday, my sister, Peggy, and I decided to make a quick trip to visit Mother and Dad again. We knew Mother was having a hard time feeling like cooking, etc., so we went back up there so soon after our Family Reunion and their 65th Wedding Anniversary Open House, to cook and clean for them. It was fun even though it was a lot of work, too. Peggy and I laughed and giggled the whole trip (51/2 hours)! We were able to fill my dad's wish for a "good roast, mashed potatoes, and gravy" for Sunday dinner. Peggy and Dad picked the last of the strawberries Saturday night, so we had strawberry shortcake with our Sunday dinner as well.

On Monday, we cooked the whole day, making the family favorites of chicken and broccoli casserole, lasagne, roast with potatoes and carrots, hamburger pie (or shepherds pie), chili, beef stew, calilfornia vegetable soup, split pea soup, plus a little homemade bread. We put everything in microwavable containers and froze it, so all Mom and Dad have to do is decide which meal they want and microwave it for a few minutes. Mother sat in the kitchen with us, and Dad appeared occasionally, so we had a great time visiting and cooking and sampling! It was quite satisfying to look in the freezer and see all those meals (in idividual serving containers) all lined up, labeled, and ready in an instant.

On Tuesday, we did a little cleaning, baked another batch of bread, gave lots of love and departed for Salt Lake. We were able to go to the Twin Falls, Idaho LDS Temple Open House and take a tour on our way through the area. It is really a beautiful temple, and so important to those Saints who have longed for one in their area for so long.

Peggy and I enjoyed being of service to Mother and Dad, and we really enjoyed having some time to visit with family in Carey, and of course, the visiting we did with each other on the trip. We got back to Salt Lake around 7:15 Tuesday evening in plenty of time for Peggy to catch her 9:00 flight back to Phoenix. Thanks Peggy for your love and support and hard work!! Love you tons!

I'm sure we will need to make another trip to help out some more, but it will be fun, and there is nothing we wouldn't do to help our parents because we love them so much!

Friday, July 18, 2008

Hello!

We're finally out here in the blogging world, thanks to Jamie.