Its Summer!!!

Yippy!!

Molly and I left school early today because we could. Tomorrow is graduation, but today was pretty much the last day.

Yes!

Here is our list of things we want to do this summer:

Go to the zoo

Go to the acquarium

Go to Wheeler Farm

Learn to walk

Learn to eat regular food

Go for walks in the stroller

Clean out the green room

Go swimming

... and many other things!

I'm a dork and had kind of sad moment today. As Molly and I were driving away from school I called my mom and was excited with her for a few minutes because school is out for the summer! After I hung up with my mom, I felt like I needed to go visit my Grandma and celebrate school being out with her. I would have stopped and gotten her a diet coke and some nuggets from Wendy's to celebrate this glorious day. We would have talked about how cute Molly is. Grandma would have sung, "I love you a bushel and a peck" to her. We would have talked about my goofy students and things going on at my school. We would have talked about what was happening in the news, the ward, the family. If Molly cooperated, hopefully I could have picked up a little or taken out the trash. Maybe I could have changed the wash or refilled her drink. Sigh. Oh well.

Grandma's swimming pool was put in her backyard the year I was born. Summertime, for literally my entire life, has revolved around Grandma's backyard. Her backyard is still there and we'll try to have fun in the pool this summer, but its just not going to be the same. For my 31 years of existence, summer has meant sun, fun, french fries, and Grandma. I'm sad. She won't be sitting in her chair with her mug of diet coke and her sunglasses on. She won't be hollering at the kids to stop running or stop fighting. She won't be there on the deck to talk to.

Anyway (this post was supposed to be about Molly), I get to go from being a part-time mom of 100+ and a part-time and weekend mom of 1 to being a full time mom of 1 for a few months.

Here is the little girl I get to hang out with:

She pulls funny faces.

She sleeps with her face smashed and her rear in the air.

She doesn't always cooperate or focus on her animal sounds even though she knows them.

(Sorry about the washing machine noise in the background, but Molly snorts like revenge of the nerds at around 1:35.)

However, she is really cute, she's mine, and I love her!

(Plus, she giggles like crazy when she is delirious and I pull funny faces at her.)

Memorial Day

Sunday

Valley View Cemetery
My mom's cousin Scott
Grandma and Grandpa Petersen

Bluffdale Cemetery
Great Great Grandma Jones (and children)
Great Great Grandpa Huber, son Albert, daughters Gladys and Helen, and 2nd wife Nora

American Fork Cemetery
Uncle Bevan
Great Grandma and Grandpa Chipman
Great Great Grandma and Grandpa Chipman
Grandma's Cousin Lloyd who died in WWII (only a headstone, buried in France)

Larkin Sunset Lawn in Sandy
My dad's cousin Steve
Great Grandma and Grandpa Petersen

Monday
(at Grandpa's request, we went in reverse order from the last many, many years)

Salt Lake City Cemetery
Aunt Evelyn's son David
Great Great Uncle Dee
Great Great Grandma Mary Dwyer

Mount Olivet Cemetery
Clara Dwyer and husband, Ilet (used to be Mary's daughter, but recent events have shown she was Mary's niece, interesting)

Elysian Gardens
Great Grandma and Grandpa Eccles
Great Great Grandma and Grandpa Eccles
Great Great Uncle Marvin and Great Great Aunts Ellen, Delores, and Hazel (and spouses)

Wasatch Lawn
Great Great Aunts Reva and Evelyn (and spouses)
Great Grandma and Grandpa Huber
Great Uncle Glen
Great Great Grandpa Meranda, Bessie, and second wife, Nana
Great Great Uncle George
Great Uncle Blaine
My mom's Cousin Kathy
Great Great Grandpa and Grandpa Petersen

Grandma!


We wrapped up this adventure at Wendy's.

We headed to Aunt Karen's for a Petersen family party! Everyone sat around the kitchen table and played dominoes.

Molly was sort of . . . well she screamed at us quite a bit . . . but was happy to come home to her own space. (This photo was borrowed from Rubie. Thanks, Rubie!)

Sold!

I've complained a few times about the dumb class I just finished this last semester. To add to my complaints, it also had a very expensive book . . . which I bought . . . and opened the cover once. It was $150 brand new at the bookstore. I found a used version of an older edition for $70 on Amazon. The book was paper back and about 1/2 inch thick is all.

The only possible redemeption for this class was the hope that maybe I could sell the book. I posted it on craigslist and KSL, hoping some other USU student would look there for it. No luck. Last night, I thought, "Why haven't I sold this on Amazon?" I posted it last night at a buck lower than the lowest price.

Today? Sold! Some guy in Connecticut bought it. After I paid for shipping and Amazon takes their little bit, I get $60. Cool, huh? I think so!

Old Pictures

My aunt Liz posted these on facebook a while ago and in order to keep them, I'm posting them here. She said I could steal them. All I can say is that I definitely had very blonde hair.

Haley and Chloe on a house boat at Lake Powell.

Grandma with Haley, Melinda, and Annie at Dee and Liz's wedding. Eleanor Roosevelt always kind of reminded me of my Grandma. I think I may have had this picture in mind when I've thought that.

Jodi's Wedding

My cousin Jodi got married on Friday. She married Trevor. I forgot my camera. Here is the "photo booth" picture of us. I stole it from Annie.

Jodi got married in the Salt Lake Temple and then had a dinner at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Molly screamed most of the evening. She didn't want to be there. Sorry everyone.

Congratulations Jodi and Trevor!

Here is a picture of them (also stolen from Annie).