Monday, August 25, 2008
One Last Overnighter Before School Starts!
Today Omaei begins kindergarten! So last Wednesday we got in one last overnighter at Grandma and Grandpa's house. What do we do for the fun of it? Playing hide-and-go-seek in the cemetery is always the first request. Then hiding in the closet below the stairs, thanx to Uncle Dallin, is a must! (LOTS of giggling with the "boo thing" and all. ) Then we must blow bubbles, play on the trampoline, and of course read books in Grandma's bed at the end of the day. These girls know how to have fun! We love Omaei and Kalani! And know Omaei will be the best little student ever!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Celebrating Life - Forever
Paula is a precious friend that just passed away from breast cancer . Like so many, I will miss her so much, yet am so glad she is now free! It's been a month of sorrow as well as love for her and her family.
This poem is from Mother Teresa, a definite description of how Paula too led her life. She presented a plaque of it to our family friend Judy Larson a few years ago, shortly after she was diagnosed. I know many of you will appreciate and recognize it there in Judy's home.
With all our love, God bless the Harrison Family!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Anniversary Adventures
This year we celebrated our anniversary twice: in Salt Lake and California! In June Mark surprised me to a night at Inn on the Hill, a bed and breakfast just northeast of the conference center overlooking the valley. That Friday we went to Utah Arts Festival and Saturday we toured the Conference Center, etc.
This is the Inn on the Hill!
This is a view of the church admin building and Salt Lake Temple, from the hotel.
Close up of the temple.
At the Arts Festival, they had an "earth harp", with very long strings connected from the platform you see here, to a bridge walkway to the right. The strings were 50 or more feet long! It resonated beautifully throughout the plaza.
The Conference Center is just loaded with beautiful artwork. This piece is one of my favorites. It's stained glass, made at the Holdman Institute at Thanksgiving Point, where I work. They've also done many stained glass windows for temples in the last decade or so. The image is based on a painting by Carl Bloch.
Now on to the second part of our anniversary celebration, our trip to Los Angeles.
We're standing in front of the Los Angeles Temple.
This picture is similar to one we used for our wedding announcement, back in 1973!
After the temple, Mark showed me tickets he'd gotten to "Wicked", a play showing later that night at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. He had taken Shelly to it four years ago and I'd wanted to see it since then. SO this was a GREAT surprise!!
Our boat over to Catalina. It was the early boat out of San Pedro, so we were still waking up from our late night at Pantegas.
My island escort! A great way to see the island!
And WHAT an escort!
A view of Catalina Harbor at Avalon.
Sunday morning we went to a ward in Los Alamitos where Mark grew up, and then visited with Kevin and Ellen on Sunday. On Monday morning, before my flight home, we walked along the beach in Manhattan Beach.
These were incredible times together. But then it's been an incredible thirty-five years together.
This is the Inn on the Hill!
This is a view of the church admin building and Salt Lake Temple, from the hotel.
Close up of the temple.
At the Arts Festival, they had an "earth harp", with very long strings connected from the platform you see here, to a bridge walkway to the right. The strings were 50 or more feet long! It resonated beautifully throughout the plaza.
The Conference Center is just loaded with beautiful artwork. This piece is one of my favorites. It's stained glass, made at the Holdman Institute at Thanksgiving Point, where I work. They've also done many stained glass windows for temples in the last decade or so. The image is based on a painting by Carl Bloch.
Now on to the second part of our anniversary celebration, our trip to Los Angeles.
We're standing in front of the Los Angeles Temple.
This picture is similar to one we used for our wedding announcement, back in 1973!
After the temple, Mark showed me tickets he'd gotten to "Wicked", a play showing later that night at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. He had taken Shelly to it four years ago and I'd wanted to see it since then. SO this was a GREAT surprise!!
Our boat over to Catalina. It was the early boat out of San Pedro, so we were still waking up from our late night at Pantegas.
My island escort! A great way to see the island!
And WHAT an escort!
A view of Catalina Harbor at Avalon.
Sunday morning we went to a ward in Los Alamitos where Mark grew up, and then visited with Kevin and Ellen on Sunday. On Monday morning, before my flight home, we walked along the beach in Manhattan Beach.
These were incredible times together. But then it's been an incredible thirty-five years together.
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