Weekend

 We went back to Starr Valley and I love being there.

I hung a flag in the bracket where my grandpa used to fly a flag.

We had some wild rainy weather, so I brought it in periodically, but then I'd take it back out.

Olivia, Aunt Olivia, Hannah, Laurel, Maisy and I went to the temple on Friday morning.  I love that there is a temple in Elko now.  It is so nice to go with family and to see people I know there.  After the temple, we went to lunch together, along with Jean, who is a neighbor in Starr Valley.

Friday afternoon I spent some time getting everything whipped into shape for our honored guests.  My dad came for dinner and then much later--around midnight--Braeden and Anna and family arrived from California.  We were so happy to see them.  QE slept on the floor in our room and she went right to sleep (I was expecting it to be hard for her to get to sleep, in a new-ish place, but she is a sleep champ).

Saturday we spent enjoyable time with our delightful grandchildren and then went to the cemetery where my dad was placing the headstone on my mom's grave.  No one is a do it yourself-er like my dad.  My uncle Drew came from Fallon to help, which was so kind.  Drew had the headstone on the front of his backhoe and brought it that way from my dad's house to the cemetery.  According to the instructions that came with the headstone, you needed six strong men for the job.  I supplied three.

It was kind of rainy, but we made it work.  I did zero to help, but Edgar was there with his strong muscles and skills with moving heavy things and Olivia and Edgar's boys were there to help move the headstone plus to apply the adhesive, which took strong hands.

Here's a picture we took at the end.

Edgar, Marcos, Adam, Omar, Olivia, Ammon, Mark, Drew, Ruben, my dad and Braeden

Good good men (and good good sister).  Olivia contributed by taking off her jacket (which was actually Edgar's) and wiping the rain off the headstone before applying the adhesive.

My dad came for lunch and we had a good time visiting some more.  In the afternoon, we went back to Salt Lake and met up with Emma for dinner.  QE rode in our car and we had a purely delightful time with her.  We stopped at the rest stop and looked at the salt, which she loved.  She also tasted it, which I recommended as not the best idea, but I applaud her curiosity.

We had dinner at Cafe Rio and then came to Pleasant Grove.  I went straight to bed and slept for 10 hours.

We spent a nice morning sitting on the deck and watching QE play on the grass and the Young Prince is the happiest sunshine boy in the world.  He just makes your self esteem escalate when he smiles at you.

We went to church and I was in primary with QE.  Happy days!

Clarissa was in town for a wedding and we were thrilled to have her stop by and see us Sunday afternoon.  We took a walk along the Murdock Canal Trail in the evening.  The weather has been unusually cool, and none of us are sad about it.