Rasmania 101: Short week, short letter

This past week went by quickly--and especially as far as this newsletter is concerned as I wrote the last one on Wednesday. I do have a few things to write about for those few days.

Thursday is my new designated skating with the grandkids day. This Thursday didn't work out very well, however, because I found out that I had to meet the finish carpenter at the house at 10:00. I was supposed to meet the grandkids at the rink at 10:45. I thought maybe I could get done in time, but I ran late. Luckily the kids skate well enough that they don't really need me. They don't really want me to teach them, either. Jieun and Adrienne got there and got Ollie, Doyeon and Yuna on the ice. I finally made it and got on the ice in time to skate with them for 10 minutes before I had to run to lunch. Christine and I were taking Nan out to lunch for her birthday that day. It's wonderful to have sisters. We get along so well. We had a great time visiting for about three hours.

(I'm not sure what to do when they start eating the ice shavings)

We played so hard and so well over this past few months, that it felt good to get a little bit done around the house(s) on Saturday. Roy went over to the lot with a few boys from his previous scout group and had them weed and pick up trash, and I stayed home and finished picking most of the fruit and cleaned the house. I also had a Cook Family Organization meeting in the morning.

Roy had his shed installed on our new lot this past week also, so he could start using it for storing various things.

It looks crooked, but it's level. It's the ground around that's not.

The brick on the front of the house is looking really good. I keep thinking I need to put some updates on the blog, but then forget to take any pictures. Maybe next week.

Saturday night Roy and I spent our date night with three of our grandsons while their parents attended the U of U / BYU game. We had a "movie night" with them and ate popcorn on the couch together. At one point Gunnar pointed to his big toe and asked, "what's that?" I answered, "I think it's dirt, and I proceeded to wipe it off his toe. He let me do it and then said, "I think it's a booger."

Other than that rather disgusting but funny incident, we had a good time with the Green boys. They play pretty well together and Finn puts up with a lot from his older brothers.

Ollie

Finn and Gunnar

Gunnar

Sunday was quiet. We had regional conference. Elder Ballard was the presiding authority and gave a great talk about our responsibilities as members of the church in the headquarters of the church. We had a nice long nap and had dinner with just Roy and I and Caitlyn and Jennie.

I found out from reading Phil's letter that he had back surgery this week. I wouldn't know if he didn't write letters each week.

Here are some cute pictures that have been sent to me recently: