I hadn't realized that it has been over a month since I posted! A lot has happened since then. I have another new grandbaby! This sweet little boy is Lowe Goodrich, my daughter's and her husband's first child. Unfortunately all the pictures are still on the camera! I've been waiting for my husband to download them but he hasn't yet. Anyway, I spent a week with the new little family to help them out even though I don't know how much help I was. I did spend one night up with the little guy so they could get some rest and I got to hold Lowe a lot on other days. When I got home, my other 2 grandsons seemed SO big!! It is fun to be a grandma, I don't have to worry about feeding the babies or changing them unless I want to, I can just hold them and love them. Another reason that I haven't posted in a while is that my parents came to visit from Wyoming. We haven't seen them for about 2 years as they just recently got back from a mission to New Zealand so it was good to see them. And their timing couldn't have been better as they got to see both of their newest great-grandchildren--they got here on the same day that Lowe was born.
Other things going on in our lives are that my youngest son got his mission call--he is going to the Philippines Cauayan Mission and reports to the MTC on July 22nd. We need to get him ready to go. The same day that his mission call came, I got a new calling at church, I'm now the Enrichment counselor in our ward's Relief Society and I have been going to lots of meetings to find out what that is all about and to plan our next Enrichment which is scheduled for one month from today! Nothing like having to jump right in with both feet and hope that you come back up to the top!!! I'd always thought that I don't mind being on the committee but I never want to be the Enrichment counselor! Never say never as that is usually what you get!
This weekend my daughter graduates from nursing school and they are blessing their baby too so we have a busy weekend ahead of us. I was talking to a friend and she said, "Remember when we were young mothers and never had any free time and we couldn't wait until our children were grown because then we would have some free time? Well, our children are mostly grown and we're still waiting for that free time!!" Isn't that the truth?? But you know, I wouldn't trade any of it for the world.
Mother's Day was great for me. I didn't have to do any cooking--my husband and sons grilled chicken and we had bought a double chocolate cream pie at Costco for dessert. I can't decide which tasted better, they were both yummy!! I also got to talk to all my kids, even my missionary son in Germany. He has been out for 14 months now and you could tell that he was having to think of how to say things in English, he even asked his companion once how to say something! So he has definitely been blessed with the gift of tongues. It isn't an easy mission but he is working hard and learning a lot nonetheless. We are proud of him and all our kids as they are all making correct choices and living right. What more could a mother ask for?
I guess I've rambled on enough. Belated Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there! Hopefully I won't wait over a month to post again! :-)
