Mother's Day Week

Last Sunday Mom had her day with cards, presents, and pampering on Mother's Day. We loved having Wendy and Steve and Amie, Holly and Dave, Ryan, Molly, Michael, Reed, and Sadie come join us for dinner. Dad made pork tenderloin and roasted potatoes and Nicole helped make crepes for dessert. We wished Brett, Lisa, and Sara could have been here, too but they each called and we were happy to hear their voices, if not their presence.

The week ended with Dad's birthday who was kind of hard to pamper since he insisted his birthday should be "just like any other day" and worked hard cleaning the garage and in the yard mowing, trimming, weeding, running over to Home Depot, and then over at Wendy's and Steve's helping finish their basement. Dad declined the offer of a GPS system for now and said the only gift he wanted a bucket hat for working outside. We ended the day with a nice dinner -- steaks and buffalo burger from the grill, potato salad, and green salad and then relaxed in the evening and watched the "Nancy Drew" DVD. On Sunday we celebrated Dad and Molly's birthday together with the classic pineapple birthday cake and ice cream with Wendy's and Holly's families.

During the week we hosted two of members of BYU's chamber orchestra. We had two very nice violinists -- Kaitlin from Tuscon, AZ and Julie from Fairbanks, Alaska. Julie was the fantastic violinist in the BYU Concerto concert that Ashley and Nicole played in in March. On Friday night we saw the orchestra perform with Jenny Oaks Baker at the visitor's center by the temple.

The week ahead promises some very exciting things -- Sadie's first ballet recital and Ryan's high school graduation. Nicole will be flying out to Denver to visit Jeff for Memorial Day weekend.