Girl Ask Boy!

Lincoln may have trouble convincing his little brother that this invite isn't for him!  Apparently Lincoln has been invited to the Winter Formal at his high school.  I love all of these creative grandkids I have and their friends!  First date for Lincoln.  I wonder what he will do to respond?

Grandpa Sitting

Angela invited me to a movie last night and Andy and the kids stayed with Grandpa.  It was quite funny when we walked in after the movie to find the following scene.  It only took me a second to realize it was all staged!  Grandpa was the only one who was asleep.

Impressive!

For two weeks in a row Caleb had the most Accelerated Reading points in his class so he again got to get a comic book for his hard work.  Way to go buddy, keep on doing your very best!

Artist in Training

I am amazed at all the talents that our grandchildren have.  This is one of the latest drawings made by Ava.  Can't wait to see her talent continue to develop.

My Alligator

Unfortunately, we didn't go to Florida with the California Duncan's so I didn't get any lessons on wrestling alligators.  Today it would have come in handy.  Taking a shower has not been an activity that Grandpa was interested in and it was definitely something that he didn't enjoy.  By the time I get him in the shower and cleaned up, he and I are both soaking wet and both of us are exhausted.  This morning I gave him his breakfast and then got everything ready to have him take his shower.  I told him that it was time to take his shower and he told me NO!  I tried several ways of coaxing him but to no avail.  I finally turned off the water and decided I'd have to come up with a Plan B.  Today Grandpa had a sponge bath and I suspect that this will become the new normal.  Believe me he wasn't happy about that either!  I think he said Owww, your hurting me about 50 times in the process of cleaning him off.  The next challenge was how to clean his hair.  I knew I couldn't get him to lean over the sink so I could shampoo him so I sat him in a chair, wrapped a big towel around him and then sprayed his head with my mist bottle.  I then applied shampoo and gave him a good scrub.  Once I got all the shampoo out and combed his hair he looked pretty good!  I have to admit it was kind of nice not being soaking wet.

Moral of this story is:  If you have an alligator to wrestle, don't!

Memory

I smiled because I remembered!  When Uncle Ben came to pick up the car and get Owen back to school he stayed with us for a couple of nights.  We were able to pick up Uncle Andy so we could all have lunch together.  As we were driving towards the restaurant Uncle Andy pointed at a road project that was going on close to the restaurant.  He said to Uncle Ben,  "that is a project that I designed and worked on."  I was immediately reminded of drives through Phoenix and hearing my dad say, "See that building?  I built it!"  Now that we are leaving the area I wanted to take a picture of the finished project so I can remember what Uncle Andy said and the great satisfaction that comes from doing things we love.

Quote

Be patient with yourself.  Perfection comes not in this life, but in the next.  Don't demand things that are unreasonable, but demand of yourself improvement.  As you let the Lord help you through that, He will make the difference.

                                                     President Russell M. Nelson

Happy Birthday Lincoln!

                   Happy
                 Birthday
                 Lincoln

               September
                     11
                   2001




* Intelligent

* Determined

* Accomplished

* Kind

* Serious

Happy Birthday Perry!

                     21 
                  Years 
                    Old

        September 10, 1997

           
       *  Innovative

       *  Funny

       * Intelligent

       * Hard Working

       * Wonderful

Sold!

Our first client came to look at the house yesterday and made a generous offer on the house.  We accepted and the house will go into escrow on Monday.  Aunt Amy is helping us find a house to rent and the realtor told us the escrow will close in 30 to 45 days.  The lady buying our house has a house in escrow that will close in two weeks and she put down $3,000 in earnest money.  This will be a bittersweet move for me.  We raised our children here and grew to love our new house.  Leaving our California Duncan's is the worse part but now we are going to be the Arizona Duncan's and hopefully we will get to see them in the coming years.

WOW!

This is what a cabbage looks like when it is grown by Peter!  I have loved that each of the Fargo grandkids have been given a cabbage at school to grow over the summer.  As you can see, Peter's cabbage really grew!  The main head was 1 foot across.  Aunt Becky wrote that from this cabbage she made two cabbage soup recipes, homemade sauerkraut, kimchi (she says, "if it turns out!")  and coleslaw.  She was also able to share with a friend and still has about 2 cups left over.  Aunt Becky is an amazing gardener and obviously her kids have a little of her green thumb! 

BYU!

It's football season again!  Lucky Uncle Christian got to see the game live!  If the team continues to look and act as good as it did last night this is going to be a great year for BYU football!  Of course with the great tuba player in the marching band this year it could only be great!

He Did It!

When Lincoln first got his car most of the pieces were in boxes.  For a year he has painstakingly rebuilt this Datsun Roadster and today he took his first ride!  In order to pay for his car Lincoln has stood on a corner holding up a sign to advertise a fondue shop, worked at a fireworks booth, put flags in and took them down each holiday, and did work for various people including installing sprinkler systems.  He has developed many friendships with various adults in the ward and neighborhood who helped him with ideas on what to do to get it ready for the road.  Today he was able to enjoy the fruits of his labor!  I am so proud of him and I'm sure you are all proud of his accomplishment too!  I can't get the video to run but when I do you will see him driving up the road!

Ahhh!

Family Search sent me a note reminding me that today would have been my grandparents 98th wedding anniversary.  Thank you William and Della Hickey for the wonderful legacy you left for me to enjoy.