WE'RE OFF TO VEGAS ON GRAMPY'S BIRTHDAY

We're off to Las Vegas today.

Emma is being baptized on Saturday and we're excited to be there for that great event.

We also want to celebrate (a little late) Emma's and Danny's birthdays.

It's always exciting when we get to visit our kids and grandkids in Las Vegas. I hope we get to see Bobby. He's sometimes so busy that we can't see him, but I think we'll find a way this trip.

On Sunday night, Karen and I are driving to St. George, where we'll stay at a Hilton Garden Inn that we really like. Then we'll have a leisurely drive home on Monday.

I'll give you a report when we return.



Also, today, September 4th, is Grampy's Birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!!

(Who's that handsome dude with his arm around Grampy?)

I'm planning a visit to Dallas for sometime this month. I don't have the specifics yet, but trips to Dallas are always fun.

I'll see some of you Dallas folks later this month.

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, DANO!

Well, I started the day yesterday thinking I’d call Dano sometime during the morning to wish him a Happy Birthday.

I had a dentist appointment at 9:00 AM, which lasted until 10:00 AM. I then had to run up to the Red Cross Center in Orem for a 10:45 AM Platelet Donation appointment.

That took until about 12:30 PM.

I thought I’d go home, eat some lunch and give him a call.

Instead, while I was fixing some lunch, I received a phone call asking if I could go to the church cannery to help can some peaches, since a couple of the people who volunteered were sick.

I left for the cannery as soon as I finished eating and I was there until 5:00 PM.

Karen got home from work and I got home from the cannery about the same time…5:20 PM or so.

She said, “You’re probably too tired for an adventure, aren’t you?”

I said I wasn’t, so we took off for Mapleton to a friend’s house. This friend was selling off some antique furniture to make room for some other furniture.

We bought a beautiful old wardrobe and trucked it home.

Of course, we couldn’t just let it sit somewhere and put it in its rightful place at a later time, so we began the process of moving furniture and the stuff that was in the furniture to their new places of honor.

By the time we finished, I was exhausted and went to bed.

So much for calling Dano on his birthday!