More Summer Fun Updates

We had 5 weeks this summer to spend time with family and we loved every minute of it! Here are some highlights...

My Grandmother

Some of you may already know that my grandmother Pat Houston passed away yesterday, September 10th. She was a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, my church as well. After having not attended for about 25 years, she had recently begun attending services again which was very exciting. When I would go home to visit I would see her and my grandfather there in the back row of the congregation. They would be smiling and happy and it was great. This grandma was not the type that baked cookies all day long, but she was fun nonetheless. She was very excited her newest grandbaby Jane and had been making clothes for her since she was born. She'd made crochet blankets, hat and booties, dresses, pajamas, and many other items. Grandma was very skilled with the sewing machine and was excellent at crochet. I always felt very welcome and loved in her presence and we will miss her very much.
We love you Grandma.

From Jane visits Seattle

The funeral service for Pat Houston will be held on Saturday, 9/13, at the
Bellevue Stake Center of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.
It is located on Main Street just west of 148th Ave SE.

There will be a viewing from 10:30-10:45 AM, in the Relief Society Room and then the service
will be held from 11 AM - 12 PM. Following the service, the burial will take place in Redmond.

Then, at 2 PM there will be a luncheon at the Chapel for immediate family and close friends.

An additional viewing will be held on Friday, 9/12, from 4-8 PM at:
Sunset Hills Funeral Home (0.90 miles)
1215 145th Place SE, Bellevue, WA 98007 U.S.A.
Phone No: (425) 746-1400

WE'RE HERE!

So, we are finally settled in Nebraska. It took 14 people from our ward in Cedar City to help us finish packing and filling the truck and 6 people from our new ward in Nebraska to help us unload the truck and then we were done. Thank you all for the many hours of help with this long process. Although it was a sad and hard move, we are really excited to be here and look forward to what is to come. So far we have really enjoyed Lincoln and all the things to do and see. It's a lot bigger than Cedar so it's an adjustment, but I LOVE the fact that a Super Target is a 2 minute drive from our apartment! It sure beats the old 45 minute drive! Our ward seems really friendly and we feel really comfortable there and we are really happy with our apartment. I'll let you know more and post pictures once we have our internet set up.

We miss all our friends in Cedar, but the sadness hasn't really hit yet. Probably in a couple of weeks, once the exciting newness of the move has expired and we realize we don't have anyone to hang out with, we will cry a little more and realize how much we will miss Cedar City. You Cedar City friends better keep in touch!

Right now we are in Seattle for the next week for a family reunion on my mom's side. After that I will update the blog with new photos and stories.

Jane's January visit to Seattle

Here are some fun shots including her first plane ride and meeting family and friends (like mom's dog Big Red).