New Days...updates for you

Aloha, Family--It has been a balmy and beautiful week here in Hawaii. It's the kind of weather everyone who's been experiencing winter for so long would be sooooo grateful to enjoy. But, even though it is home to us, Hawaii STILL is beautiful any season and we appreciate where we are every day.

This past weekend we enjoyed watching the many NCAA games. Even though I don't follow them through the year, except the NCAA II Seasiders, it is fun to watch these top college teams at home, here, relaxing together. Walter Roese's team [USD] was beaten, but it's great that his team got to advance to second round and it's just his first year there as assistant coach. Easter Sunday Megan was ill, but Dad joined me at church--a nice change as he usually is on campus for church services in assorted wards. The bunny lay a single trail down the stairs for Megan to follow one more time...then she found her eggs hidden in many places the other girls will remember...under the piano was one, of course. Remember where our bunny liked to hide his eggs?

Our Easter/birthday ham dinner bash was Monday. Both Lindsey and Dad blew out the candles on the Texas cake...with little guy helpers, of course. We'll have to have someone who was present with camera in hand to post one of those photos. It was a pleasure to have my "Hawaii Family" all present for that; Megan needed an additional day off from work to recover still, so she joined us, too. Now she's all better, and nearly has completed her independent study English class that she'd scheduled in for the break. She now has some time away from that and is enjoying Youth Conference with her friends today, Friday, and Saturday. Orchestra practice is Sunday, so it's nice that YC ends Saturday.

MY spring break comes soon...classes are going well and soon it will be finals time! Today was fun for me to make additional travel plans for the PA/Graduation trip in May. That always is fun for me! I used some RCI points that we'd accumulated to get Dad from Chicago to and from Scranton. Even linked him up with my flight back to Chicago...he'll arrive a little earlier in Scranton on May 5, which is good, so he can get the car and check into the hotel. I arrive later at night. We used RCI for the rental car, too.
Now we can make some arrangements in Palmyra area and we're nearly set for our adventure. We're calling this our celebration of "400th Month-aversary" since that will take place April 21. Married for one third of a century!! Whoever thought it'd last this long? [we did.]

I can truly vouch for GEICO and their good service. The adjuster came yesterday to trade the van title for a pay-off check. It's better than just having it die from need of being junked due to major maintenance, I guess. It does still seem strange without the van...even Devin thinks so still...but we're adapting. Think of all the gas we'll not have to use now??? And lower ins. premiums, and maintenance/registration/safety inspection, etc. Simplicity has been our style...now we're simple again in this department, like we were for so many years before Mazda truck, and Neon, and Camry.

My Friday will be the usual "Friday Tidy" time, then GG at 11, then off to the FHC for an afternoon to assist and learn more about the new fh online program. I think Dad is ready for a break this weekend...he's been living and breathing "WASC ACCREDITATION" for the past several months, and the team leaves tomorrow after their report. WHEW!! Dad is due for a break from that...and then comes SIFE!! Employee dinner for BYUH is next week, too. Always something in his hands...but as you all know, that's how he likes it!! At least we all know him. Please know it meant a lot to him to hear from you all today. Did I ever think I'd be married to a 59-year-old man!! But he's so young in spirit in many ways, so young at heart is what matters.

Closing this now, but letting you each know I miss you and hope to visit with each of you soon. Keep on blogging! Love this way to catch you all up at once and vice versa. Happy Weekend, everyone!