Home Sweet Home

Happy day! I was home with my family in late June and it turned out to be just the girls and mom and dad. A girls weekend usually means much silliness--like dance parties and Jane Austen-ing, but we also enjoyed the gardens at Temple Square, lunch at the Lion House, an IMAX about the Alps, and some gallabanting about the planetarium. Lauren gave me an update on her recent artwork projects, which were, as usual, most impressive. Dad is working on some marketing for agave nectar and we used the free samples in a bread recipe--it turned out great! We had a free dinner at Chipotle--a happy accident, and I stocked up on quinoa (25 pounds of it!). At the end of the week we drove to Boise to visit extended family on both sides.
In Boise Grandpa shared with us some of his own homemade grape juice, made from the grapes that he grows in his own back yard! This is pretty impressive for an almost 87-year old! Aunt Susanne was, as usual, all generosity with her food and good company. The main reason we went, though, was to see Grandma in the hospital. In accordance with Haslam tradition, before we left, Dad gave her a back massage and Lauren and I each took a foot and plenty of lotion and massaged her feet. She loved it! Good memories.