Dear Elder Leete,
We have had a busy week.
Dad flew off to New York early Tuesday morning and came back late Friday
night. He enjoyed the conference but
described it to me as “drinking from a fire hose”. I guess he was getting an
overload of good information. He liked
the location of his hotel- near Times Square so roamed there in the
evenings. He saw Lion King and said that
it was phenomenal. I guess he knows now
why we all wanted to see it the last two times it was here in Portland. . .
. He spent the day Friday being a
tourist before catching his late flight home.
He took the ferry to the statue of liberty and Ellis Island. He even squeezed in a quick tour of ground
zero before racing to the airport and barely making his flight. He had a good time and showed us all his
pictures this evening. It wore him out,
he went to bed early tonight, and isn’t feeling too good. We’ll see if he makes it to work in the
morning.
Here back at the ranch we enjoyed the high school choir
concert on Wednesday. Dad had the
camera, and mine isn’t working- so this was the first ever concert that we
didn’t record. It was very good. It snowed, so we had to unbury the car and
drive thru snow furies on slippery roads to get home. Rachel talked me into a night walk in the
green space that evening, so we bundled up and headed out at 10pm (Melissa was
already in bed). It was very beautiful
and quiet. Just a little strange to see
all the cherry blossoms on the trees covered in snow. It stuck, so the next morning school was 2
hour delayed. It was sunny and warm so
by the end of the day it was all melted except for some patches and snowmen.
After school Melissa talked me into going on a walk with her in the sunshine
(quite a contrast from the night before).
We saw that the snow did a number on the cherry trees- many lost some
big branches all over the neighborhood.
But I was happy to see the blossoms still there.
Thursday was the band concert. They also sounded great. It just was a little long. There as a man sitting behind me that was
visiting and was totally impressed- he was a grandpa that had been a music
teacher at one time- he gave a standing ovation and later I saw him talking to
the band director. I agree that Westview
does some pretty awesome stuff- a lot of talent in our area.
Tuesday Rachel planned a fun activity for YW that we all
enjoyed. Everyone came dressed in
black. We played volleyball in the dark
with glow necklaces and glow bracelets all over the net. We had a glow in the dark ball. It wasn’t glowing too well so I went home and
got my old volleyball and we broke a glow stick and smeared it all over the
ball. It looked way cool. After that we took down the net, put on the
bracelets and played soccer. Rachel had
bought only two colors of glow necklaces so we could tell who was on what
team. The deacons joined us later- then
it started to get a little crazy….
Everyone had a good time.
Yesterday it was the Winter Classic. Dad and I worked the doors for a couple of hours
so got to see most of the Winter Percussion performances. I decided that none of them were as good as
when my kids were performing! Westview looked good- they
definitely have a style that I recognize.
We weren’t there for finals so I don’t know what the final scores are.
The girls are now on spring break. Tomorrow, Monday, Rachel has it planned to go
get her drivers permit. She also has
lacrosse practice all week. Melissa will
be having Star Wars marathons- broken into several days- with Cami and Keturah.
That pretty much covers our week. Hope yours went well and you had
success. Share with us some of your
missionary stories.
Love you lots,
MomJ
Jennifer picked out the colors- she wanted wide rainbow stripes. After finally getting the yarn, Jessica whipped it out real fast. It was done the other day, and what fun the sisters had celebrating its completion! I guess it was worth the sacrifice for me letting Jessica make it instead of doing it myself- worth the joy I saw in my daughters faces!
