Grateful

Last Saturday, October 25th my Grandma turned 92. Her children, grand children, and great grand children gathered at the community center in Hyde Park Utah for a birthday dinner. It was a beautiful day. 

As we drove home I thought about how grateful I was

to hear my Grandma bear her testimony, 

to sing a few of my Grandma's favorite songs with my cousins,

to watch my daughter play

with her cousin Maggie,

to walk barefoot in

the cool grass,

to play tennis with no shoes

on and my pants rolled up,

to not be in a hurry

to leave.

Grandma I am happy you lived to be 92.

Racing

The weekend of Sept 27th, my brother Aaron and I went to the Porsche Club Races in Tooele at the Miller Track.  We finally got our race car back up and running.  I drove and raced in the race car while Aaron drove my silver porsche in the non-competitive sessions.  The race car ran great and I managed to finish 4th in my class.  Not bad for my first time actually racing.

Fun with Finn

You might think we are skiing but no, this is a train.

Finn is the engine, I am the freight car.

Later, Derek has to give up the camera and 

be the caboose.

Chug a chug a choo choo!

We always have fun when Finn comes over to

play. 

Hockey

Alex is playing hockey this year again with his High School where he is a Junior.  They've played four games this year so far and Alex leads the team in goals with 11. He really is a talented skater and has great hands.  

Fall

Here are some pictures we took last week at Sundance. I wanted to get a family picture but Derek came home with hat hair and facial hair. 

     

Turn Around

My Mom used to have the sheet music to a song called "Turn Around". Here are the lyrics for one of the verses.

Where are you going

My little one, little one

Where are you going

My baby, my own

Turn around and you're two

Turn around and you're four

Turn around and you're a young girl

Going out of the door

 When she would sing it, tears always came to my eyes. I guess even when you are the little one they are talking about, the thought of leaving your parents is sad. 

I will never forget my Dad giving me a hug in the kitchen before I got married, and with tears in his eyes saying "I didn't think you would be leaving so soon."

I guess the reason I am reminiscing is because Lindsay turned twenty this past week. I found this picture of Lindsay and I when I was her age. The older I get the faster time flies.

Forty-Love

Since January I have been taking tennis lessons and going to the women's tennis workouts. It has been really good for me. I am not competitive by nature but I can get worked up (especially by aggressive know it all's, with no patience for beginners :) . Most of the ladies who come to the workouts are extremely nice and give good advice. I have made new friends, laughed at myself a lot, and had some great bruises (the best one was from running into a huge screw that held the net as we were switching sides).

Top three things about learning to play tennis

1. I have to say the outfits

2. having something in common with my husband (he is a know it all but very patient).

3. winning points against my arch rival Jenny (one of those mentioned above).

Three things I need to learn

1. stop apologizing every time I hit a horrible shot

2. stop watching the ball and run!

3. How to get rid of tennis elbow