Beneath the Wraps

From Jaime's phone. I did not have access to these photos when I originally posted.  The first four are from Rush Famous Daves Jai with Aunt Julie Target with two neices you get a coat and you get a coat Mod's pizza

  Richard ’ s initial plan was to spend a day or two with each boy.  However we had Tony drive up from Salt Lake over Saturday and Sunday as both off for the weekend. Both work graveyard jobs and would rather spend two days with us together than just one day with each boy.  Biff and Tony are the oldest of the three. We slept in finally.   Called the boys and asked them to meet us for lunch. Before they arrived Jai and I walked from the food parking lot to an adjoining that had a Ross.   It was cold and had started to snow.   I bought a few items for myself but we did not find anything of interest to Jaime.   We went to MOD pizza – which I had never heard of before.   Jai told us it was almost identical as to going Subway in which there are a variety of choices on display and the customer can choose what will go into it.   I chose a miniature pizza with white sauce, spinach and bacon.   It was divine. Biff was the first to arrive –...

I believe we went to Rush Funplex directly after eating at IHOP.  Ally was so excited. I rode with her and Biff and had Claire ride with Richard and Jaime – just in case we separated.  Tony was pretty much on his own. Three kids in car seats.   When Ally saw me in the front she asked if I would ride with them.   She said she was glad I was with them because she likes me. Biff zigzagged his way to the fun center where eight of us had never been.   I don ’ t know how many pictures Jai had taken.   I know I took a couple with her phone, but not on my own.   This is pretty much how Rush made me feel: NOT taken at Rush but shows same trippiness feel And that ’ s only the visual.   I think it was the loud noise that contributed most to my headache.   I was already disoriented.   Each time we passed a sign or anything indicating the BYU logo I would think, “ That is the same sign as BYU.   Wow.   Didn ’ t think I would ever see tha...

  Richard has been wanting to see each of the boys and families for some time.  I had told him to take a few weeks in April but he would have to go by himself as Jaime is still in school.  Hopefully the mornings would be light enough for me to drive her.  If not, I think we ’ d be able to arrange something.  When he learned that Jaime would have a week off for spring break in addition to the weekends that surround it, he decided that we could both accompany him We were unable to find a dog sitter for Bonnie; those who were willing to take her already had dogs and after having my thumb and fingers mutilated due to her pulling away from her leash, I wasn ’ t willing to drop her off to anyone who seemed even remotely fragile – for I didn ’ t wish for her aggressiveness to become their problem.   We ended up taking her to a kennel in Winston.   We had to go north to the kennel but had to return south to go to the high school for Jai ’ s parent teach...

Ten days have pass since I have last written lots of driving  in the car a lot of miles a lot of time. Spring Break in the car 10 days to visit three sons and three sibs in the car Lots of driving We'd gone north  to drop off Bonnie  and then the high school for parent teacher conference  and then our way  out of town First to Layton to see Biff and his wife and daughter We ask Tony to bring his family as well   They drive up from Salt Lake and we eat breakfast 11 in all   And then we go to Rush – a family fun center with overpowering loud music and neon lights   bowling, bouncy houses, lazer tag, arcades, rides, did I mention LOUD   I think it is called RUSH because you are getting the same kind of rush that you might get from drugs – or so I assume.   I have never done drugs.   No desire. I was already disoriented from being in the car.   I don ’ t nee...

           So many times I have heard people say “ If you don ’ t like the weather in ______ stick around for five minutes and it will change. ”   And it does.            I was having lunch with some friends on Saturday.   We chose to eat outside as the air felt nice and warm enough to enjoy.   Carol and I both noticed black clouds hanging to one side, and yet the skies were blue with moving white clouds to the other.   Seems like the blackness pushed its way into the blue which caused a gray – And OH . . . So much wind. Without warning, the wind blew debris over us.   It looked like it was black hail falling upon us – and twigs in our food.   We decided to move indoors right before it started to rain! I remember feeling hot that very morning.   So we really have had warm and cold experiences within the matter of minutes.   I find myself dressing in shorts...

         Yesterday, while checking out my facebook memories, I was reminded that one of my nephews had been scheduled for baptism two years ago.  I thought it was strange that it would be two weeks into the month instead of at the beginning – but for whatever reason it was changed.  Gary ’ s baptism had been moved to the 7th and my oldest granddaughter were both baptized at the same time but in different wards.  I posted that it must have been changed due to revelation as that was the last baptism to be held for quite a while in 2020 due to the pandemic.         My sister left a comment about the craziness of it all and I asked if she had read our brother ’ s post about his mention of a cat they call “ Milagro ” and about his late mother-in-law who had gone into the hospital with COVID.   Yesterday he posted many of the details about the next six to eight weeks – the devastation felt, the passing, the f...

  Bonnie is barking Wants to go outside To bark at the neighbors ’ dog She sensed them Or so she thought Where are they?   That ’ s not a dog. She had seen the pigs before. Gosh they ’ re getting fat. Bonnie  is  intrigued. Where are the dogs? Wait a minute. Is that a . . . What the heck is that? Very unlike any dog that I ’ ve ever seen.   What kind of a dog is that? Do I even know if it is male Or female   Bonnie wants to play

            We have been trying to find a dog sitter to care for Bonnie at the end of this month.   Roland has been wanting to see the boys and had planned to do so by himself but Jai (aka Jenna) has spring break coming up and so thought we could all go.   But that would only give us a week.   Perhaps it would be better for Roland to go by himself?          Taking Bonnie for walks lately has been quite bothersome on my part.   I do not have Jenna ’ s strength.   She ’ s broken from her leash/collar four times now – the last two were very hurtful.   I sliced my middle finger on my left hand when she tore out of her collar to bark at the dogs on the corner.   And then on Valentine ’ s Day my right thumb got damaged when she tore loose (this time in a harness) and chased a dog into somebody ’ s house.   Needless to say the tenant was NOT happy – and I don ’ t blame her.   ...

          I don ’ t mind doing laundry as a whole.  Sorting is no big deal.   Adjusting the knobs and dials on the machine is also no big deal.   Even the folding part I can tolerate.   Returning the clean laundry to its rightful place is the most unpleasant part of the whole ordeal.   Still, I prefer it to putting dishes away.