There are a few posts in which I
have mentioned George and Peggy Bird.
They lived across the street from my mom and dad. We played with their children and we have remain
connected and have spent holidays together and all the grandchildren are
friends. But the connection dates back
even further – for George Bird’s dad and my great uncle were really good
friends – making our families friendship lasting at least five generations
now. I think that’s cool.
The youngest of the Bird children was
the only girl. She married and had three
children – a girl and twin boys. One of
the boys received his mission call to Oregon and was recently transferred to
Myrtle Creek. Thus we had invited him
and his companion to have dinner with us.
I hadn’t realized that Roland had suggested they wear their P-day
clothes. That was different. We fed them and learned more about each of
them.
One Elder loves the rural areas. He appreciates seeing trees that are not a part
of the Las Vegas scene where he’s from.
He doesn’t care for the cities. Like
me, he enjoys the light traffic and fresh air.
They hate the one way streets which seem to be a part of the larger
cities (Eugene, for instance).
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We played Baulderdash with them. Turns out Birds’ grandson is really good at Baulderdash. For the most part he was at least five to seven spaces ahead of everybody else. Roland did finally manage to catch up with him. They were on the last square and everybody had guessed the correct answer thus Roland and Elder (who comes from Birds) were theoretically tied, but Roland said to shake the die to determine the winner. Elder won.
It was good to visit with a Utah
family member. I accidently kept calling him by his first name instead of
Elder. Old habits die hard. I believe we all had fun. Before they left our house, they left us with a message and a prayer. It was a good night.
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