Rasmania 101: First week of school but still celebrating summer!

First, some pictures from last week. Grandma in the garden with the grandchildren. I didn't see that Sara had sent them to me, so they didn't make it in the newsletter, but they are precious if I do say so myself.

Hyeji started kindergarten. I can hardly believe how fast time goes by.
Gunnar started preschool. He made the deadline for kindergarten by one day and Adrienne wisely decided to wait until next year. She took a picture but didn't send it to me.

First day of school. Look how fashionable!

Max kept busy in Texas.

Max doesn't seem to let the Houston heat bother him. It bothers Elise, but no problem--Max can get in and out of the doggy door--and the yard is fenced so he can go out and play whenever he wants, no matter how hot it is.

Andy was called to be a counselor in the bishopbric is his ward. I think Elise thought that Medical school would save him from a calling like this. He'll be super busy, but I know that the blessings will compensate.

Elise has been told that a release from the Relief Society Presidency is coming soon. She wants a new calling to keep her mind occupied, but hopefully one that is manageable with Andy's calling and a new baby.

Roy and I at the Shakespeare Festival

Dad and I left Thursday around 2 to go to the Shakespeare Festival. We saw 5 out of the 6 plays in 3 days. We're kind of exhausted. The plays were, as usual, excellent. However, nearly every one of them was 3 hours long. I couldn't decide which I liked the best. The Taming of the Shrew was excellent with a husband and wife in the lead role. That made it fun. Amadeus was emotionally taxing but excellently acted. And Charley's Aunt was hysterical. We did that play in our Atlanta theater, but I couldn't remember it at all. My least favorite was King Henry IV part 2. It was a transitional play, ending part 1 and leading into the play Henry V for next year. It was well acted, but the story line was hard to follow. The character Falstaff took over the play (because of his acting and because of the number of his lines), and he really had very little to do with the plot. Of course, South Pacific is an all time favorite of dad's (and mine, but especially of dad's), and enjoyable every time. We missed King Lear.

We stayed in a bed and breakfast which made it impossible to stick to our diets because, of course, the hostess fixed breakfast for us each morning. We ate with seven other women and one man. They were all from Vegas and traveling together. They invited us to join them for dinner, which we did on both nights. We enjoyed visiting with them. We finally found a good restaurant in Cedar City--Chef Alfredo's Italian Restaurant.

Sunday we drove from Cedar City to Payson for Grandma Rasband's 83rd birthday party. Nick and Sara, Dan and Jieun, and Crista and Matt, brought their families down. Adrienne is in Jackson Hole and of course, Elise couldn't make it. It was fun to see the Theobald cousins.

Jennie with Yuna and Grandma, and Brittney (picture below) cutting the cake Adrienne sent (It was delicious, Adrienne).

Luke and Jenna

Two terrible pictures of me, but they're cute of the others in the picutre. Brittney and Liz Theobald (Oh, and did everybody catch that Liz is expecting !