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My mom was the best.  She was sweet, gentle and refined.  She loved and gave of that love freely.  I have wonderful memories of growing up with goodly parents.  She was a great example to me of what a mother should be like.  One time, when I was raising my children, I asked her, "Mom, would you have all seven of us if you had it to do over again? Of course, I knew there was no way she'd answer that in the negative, but her answer still surprised me and gave me a glimpse into her soul.  She said, "Oh, I would have had two more if I could have; one between Nan and Philip and one between you and Philip."  To me, that was the best answer she could have given.  That was the kind of example she was to me. Now that I'm a mother I have followed her example of her life many times over.  I wish I could still pick up the phone to ask her advice and tell her how much I love and appreciate her.  I know she sacrificed a lot for all of us.  I also know that we, as her children,
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Cait and Ori Spring Ice Show Addendum to the week of April 28 to May 4

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 Caitlyn and Ori were in an ice show on the 4th of May.  Only Sara and Nick's family and Jennie and Foster were around to watch them.  They did a fabulous job.   Ori and Caitlyn on the right with Ori's group of skaters;  Caitlyn Foster and Ori Sara, Cait, Foster, Ori and Jennie;  Dallin and Caitlyn Caitlyn with her skating group Ice cream after to celebrate!
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Picture Essay of our San Rafael Swell Trip

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Hyeji, Doyeon, Roy and I arrived in Green River, UT. in time to eat dinner at the Chow Hound.  The picture on the right is outside the restaurant--while we were all still clean.  After we got back to the hotel, I prepared for my Institute class.  Zoom is great because I can teach anywhere; as long as I have internet.  Roy and the girls were going to take a walk, but they were all tired so they just quietly read or did projects while I taught.       The rest of the pictures may or may not be in order, since they are from three different cameras, but you'll get the idea.  Roy deemed the rock formation on the left, "Catharine's Castle."  It would have been a good point of reference on our return, except that there were a lot of similar formations. The girls found a lot of fun places to pose for pictures.   It was just a little on the chilly side, but beautiful.  Doyeon and Hyeji mostly sat in the back, except on the 2nd day when we gave them each an opportunity to drive.
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There's a new movie out called, Escape from Germany.  I haven't seen it, but it's about missionaries during World War II making a miraculous escape.  Somehow Evan thought I'd talked to him about how my grandfather was somehow involved in this story.  I'm not sure who he talked to, but it wasn't me.  Also, it was more my mother's generation than my grandfather's.  It sparked my curiosity about whether or not my grandpas had served missions, so I called Dave.  He told me that as far as he knew, Grandpa Clyde did not serve a mission, but my Grandfather Cook served for 6 months in Texas.  He was limited to 6 months because of his farming responsibilities.  He also served with a full beard.  I can't remember which prophet was leading the church at that time, but he wore a beard and my grandfather loved him.   While my grandparents were too old to be involved in missionary work during WWII, my uncle Blaine was not.  He served in Czechoslovakia.  Apparently
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