A Midsummer Night's Dream"

On March 24th, 2010 we enjoyed attending the
school production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at the CAS
(Center for Excelerated Studies) elementary school where
Our Thespian grandson, Sheridan Harding
playing the part of "Bottom"- one of the theatrical
group.

Sheridan acted like he was having the time of his life.

We were impressed with the work that went into the production and pleased to see that the children were getting to love the
works of Shakespeare.
















If you will recall, Bottom gets turned into a donkey and
by a mischievous Puck and Titania, queen of the fairies,
is sprinkled with a magic dust that causes her to fall in love with the first thing she sees upon waking.

















While Titania is under her spell, her attendants are making a fuss over her newest love, the donkey (Sheridan).

Visit with Diane Knaust - 4-9-10

Diane Wursten Knaust with her husband, Bill and their sons
Jordan and Conner.




We were invited to join Joyce & Don and their family in Salt Lake for a brunch on April 9th to visit with Diane and Bill and boys before they left for home.






Left Back: Neil Wursten and son, Owen, Kendal Wursten, Jordan, Diane W. Knaust, Brandon Peterson, Joyce Fenner, Garth, Don Fenner, Janice, Reed McNeely.
Front: Vitoria Wursten, Bill Knaust, Conner and the dog.

Happy Easter 2010

On April 4th, the families here met at our place for a lovely Easter meal. The children had to hunt for Easter eggs in our family room because it was too wet outside.
We loved the little Easter bunnies that were with us this year.




Trysten Reynolds has Nyah Brown,
Addie Brown is in the middle
Kalen Reynolds has Eve Harding.
























Nyah Brown sleeps through the bunny picture.

Eve tolerates her rabbit ears as long as Trysten
will hold her.

Nyah Janice Brown arrives - March 12, 2010

As time drew close for Nyah's birth, we had Marenda and the children over for lunch.

Kasen is creating his own salad man - mosty of cottage cheese - his favorite food.













"Humm. . . I think I like the arms and legs best at the sides"



















Addie created a lovely girl salad.
















Garth thought this was a cute picture showing his recent connection with his nose and a hard place.










Today we took Addie and Kasen to meet their little sister - Nyah who arrived this morning at 7:02 a.m.










This is one proud big sister


















The Brown family -
Kasen, Marenda, Addie holding Nyah and Sam.

























And, of course, the grandparents have to get in on the fun as well. She's a lovely little girl and makes 23 grandchildren for us - 11 grandsons and 12 granddaughters.

Time in Arizona Feb. 2010

I don't have a lot to post of our time with Kendra. We were too busy doing things to think of taking pictures.



This one shows Garth and Kendra painting the bookcases for the girls' room.











87 yards if 2 inch strips of cloth is a lot to serge on both sides and then ruffle down the middle
but the end result was beautiful.























One of the best things for me was "grandma" time with the three sweet children - Kira, Trenton and Tessa.












We ended our trip with a visit to Alice Lange who had just lose her husband - Dave - after 79 years of marriage. This, coupled with the loss of her daughter, Suzanne in January, was very hard for her.

Garth's Birthday - Feb. 2010

Just thought I would make you all drool with this yummy birthday breakfast that I fixed for Garth.

















Orange julius,
Blueberry muffins
Grapefruit
RD Puffy Omlet with cheese sauce





























When we got to Arizona, Barry and Kendra and children put together a feast - grilled steak and potatoes etc. topped off with a yummy chocolate cake.

Kira, Trenton, Garth, Kendra and Barry. I'm
not sure where Tessa was when the picture was taken but she didn't usually want to be left out of anything.

My Sister's Funeral -1-24-10

The past week has been quite an emotional "trip" as we have helped prepare the casket, prepared music for the program and participated in the final "celebration" of my sweet sister - Quinta Nielson Beatty's funeral.

Quinta passed away on Wednesday, January 13th, after getting Pneumonia after Christmas. There was little expectation that she could or would pull through as she didn't want any interventions.

LuDeen called me to get some advice on how they should go about finishing off the inside of the casket that Quinta had my brother, Eric, build for her after her husband, Dell, passed away over 20 years ago. I told her that I really wanted to help and do this last service for my sister, so we left here Wednesday morning - January 20th - and traveled to Pine Valley where LuDeen lives. The fact that Utah and especially Southern Utah were being bombarded by storm after storm caused for a bit of concern traveling in and out of Pine Valley. They received over 2 feet of snow but we managed to do all that we needed to.

When we arrived on Wednesday, we practiced our song with Jeanette then she and Aunt Ardella left for home and LuDeen, Garth and I tackled the project. They had the casket taken to Pine Valley and we set things up in their very nice garage.

















We started by putting the satin on the two ends and putting batting in to puff it out. We then did the two sides. The pneumatic stapler helped the project to move along quickly












After doing the sides we then started on the lids.












After fastening the top with the staple gun, I then ran a bead with the glue gun and put on a decorative trim.























The finishing touches were added by our covering a pillow with satin, making a throw to go over the pillow and making a small tied blanket that could go inside. We called this Quinta's "comfort" quilt.













And we were finally done and ready to deliver the casket to the mortuary.



















With the back of Fred's pickup stacked with several feet of snow and more storm expected we weren't sure how we were going to get it down. By putting the seats in our Windstar down and pushing the passenger seat forward as far as it would go, we managed to get it in and got it delivered Thursday afternoon.




Friday, January 22nd was Eric's birthday so Fred and LuDeen, Corrin and Janice and their two daughters Christine (and her baby, Emma) & Camille, and Garth and I joined Eric and Marsha at Tim and Allen's Sports Grill in Hurricane for a birthday dinner then we all went to Toquerville to be at the viewing for Quinta and support her children.









Eric and Marsha Nielson











Corrin and Janice Nielson











LuDeen & Fred Lundin










Quinta's children & their spouses.
Left to right: Vance & Melodie Beatty Justet, Randie Beatty Haws, Lori Tate and Brad Dell Beatty.







Quinta's brothers and sisters say "goodbye".

Left to right: Eric & Corrin Nielson, Janice N. Hansen and LuDeen N. Lundin.





























Lori put together these things for a display table showing a glimpse into Quinta's 79 years of life.























At the Toquerville Cemetery -














Quinta is laid to rest beside her beloved husband - Dell Reid Beatty - who has been gone since 1988.