This Week in Taylorsville

Monday I finally wrapped my brain around Clara's room; I had several days to psych myself up and the time had come. When I remembered to take the photo below, we had already made great progress. As a reward we ran some errands to Kinko's and Harmon's and then went in search of a place for a picnic. We ended up at the same park we had visited twice before, but it works well for both of us: Clara can slide and play and I can snooze in the shade -- there was no plane watching because they were all approaching from the north that day -- bummer.

Tuesday, after a phone tip from Anna, we located a very nice little wet-lands park on the Jordan Parkway. It was a cold and rainy day, but the sun came out for the noon hour and we had a fine time. We walked along the parkway trail for half a mile to the I 215 bridge and back again. Clara is a trooper. Since Tuesday was my last night, I cooked sausages and made a HUGE stack of pancakes -- they were all devoured down to the last morsel. Grammy joined us again because she and Lucy went to a church mother-daughter event together that evening.

Today, Clara and I got the kids off to school, washed and changed the sheets, and headed to the airport to pick up Rob and Anna. At that point, we suffered the first major cock-up of the week: the car was dead (perhaps an overhead light left on all night, who knows?). I threw Clara in the back of Rob's car (without the proper car seat and seat belt, tsk, tsk) and rushed north, arriving just as they got off the plane. Their trip was successful and they leased a house; I believe Anna will be posting about it soon. Rob went to work, Kris came from Provo, and we went to NPA to see Lucy perform the roll of Abigail Adams in their "Wax Museum." She looked wonderful and had her lines down cold.

Before

After: Hooray!!!!

This is what you get when you ask for a smile?

Riparian picnic on a rainy Tuesday

Clara is a first-rate slider

Jordan River is chilly and cold . . .

Fine weather for ducks

A wave from Clara along the trail

Pancakes for supper

Abigail delivers her well-polished lines

Lucy looked great

We are now back home nursing Kris's nasty spring cold, so all is mostly well. It was a fun week with those cute little binkers and I am surprised how well it all went.

That's all for now.

OXO

D.