Kindergarden Graduation (not as extreme as it sounds)

No, no crazy buy/rent a cap and gown for your Kindergartners graduation. They sang songs for us that they had used throughout the year to help them learn things. And yes they came in wearing a cap, that they had made and got a diploma (bought at the dollar store and names printed on them) so it was fun. and they had cake afterward.

Singing

singing...

...singing

singing.

Cap, diploma and a rose.

My first baby is growing up into such a big girl. I'm proud of her and all her hard work.

Spish, Splash!!!

The girls started up swimming lessons Monday. They LOVE them. I've been wanting to get them to swimming lessons for a while now, but we don't get the Cheney parks info, as we aren't in Cheney.
Each session is 2 weeks, 5 days a week, each lesson is 30 min.
I hope we can continue with this... though it is a lot of driving back and forth. We pack a lunch and go to the park. There we play and eat.... the girls are loving it.... and so am I.

Arilyn

Swimming all by herself. She had seen her sister using two noodles and not having help, and wanted to try that too. So we asked her teacher before they started if she could. He said yes.

Rhiannon, doing her "ice cream scoops" they stand on a platform in the water.

Crawling like Spiderman along the wall.

Front float.

Today, they took one of the noodles away. Today she had to try it with only one.

I've got to say, the girls are cleaner than they have been in a looooonngg while :o) Shower, Swim and then shower again.... Splish, Splash I was taking a bath!!!

Rhonda

Today we said farewell to an AMAZING woman.
Rhonda Eileen Jorgensen
died June 18th, after battling cancer for 12+ years.

The funeral was something beyond anything I've ever experienced. It was a true tribute to the life she led. The services were filled with music and stories about Rhonda.

Pallbearers: brother in laws- Lee and Jay, nephew Bryan, brother Layne and nephews Jared and Steven

The kids checking out the really deep hole.

I made it onto a picture, I was there :o)

Arilyn holding the flowers from my mom.... and the pink carnation and yellow flower Arilyn picked out for Rhonda.

We went to the institute for a wonderful dinner, surrounded by family and friends.
Afterward we headed back to the cemetery, Arilyn wanted to be the one to put her flowers on top of the grave.

Arilyn placing her flowers.

Here they are.


Oh, and I forgot to tell you.... when we got back to the cemetery the gate was locked. So to get in there, the girls and I had to crawl the gate. Luckily nobody got a picture of me

No.... I didn't it through the little holes.

It was a wonderful day. Yes, we will miss Rhonda. We also know that she is in a wonderful place, surrounded by people who love her.
Rhonda, till we meet again.

Reflections

I've heard said at church before, by people bearing their testimonies, that they look forward to kneeling at the feet of Christ in the next life, and kissing his feet. I have always know that when I see Christ again, that that is what I would probably do.... But I never felt it. You know the feeling that the others express.
Until yesterday, then I understood that feeling.
I don't know if you all know, but Elm's sister Rhonda (my sister in law) is dying of cancer. And her time is drawing near. I'll be surprised if she is still with us on Sunday.
She gets anxious and stressed quite a bit, and needs comfort. One of the things that calms her is having lotion and cream gently rubbed on her legs and feet. When ever we are in visiting, I do that for her. Yesterday, as I was gently massaging her feet... I was thinking of how very much I love her. And how if she needed me to, I would massage her feet all night.
I then though, if this is how much I love my sister, that I would sit for hours on end and rub her feet, how wouldn't I feet if it was my Savior in front of me. I now understand, how people can talk about kissing the Saviors feet.