1 May 2016

Hi everyone, and Happy Birthday to Macy (Apr 27) and Calvin (today)!
   We've been having some nice weather, cold in the mornings, but very pretty during the day. Sorry to our Denver bunch!  Don't mean to rub it in!  :)
   Gran and I went to Howard Moon's funeral yesterday, it was very nice.  The Catholic Father did a lovely job, even though he had never met Howard.  There was a lot of family there; more than I had expected, and about 10 of us from Egin.  We went to the graveside service as well, and while we were there, Gran and I walked over to visit Granddad's grave.  While we were there, I saw a headstone that was a bench. I think I'd like to have something like that...just saying!             
   Dad and I will be going to see Captain America: Civil War, next week at the Roxie, in St. Anthony.  Jocie, Janie, Jake's family, etc...will be there too. Sounds fun!
   I have just started reading a book called The Road Less Traveled, it's pretty old...I think it was first printed in 1978 (Aimee!)  :)  It's by a psychologist named M. Scott Peck.  Have any of you read it?  I'm only about 40 pages into it, and I'm really enjoying it.  It helps me understand how people (including myself) work, and why.  I hope some of you might give it a try too. 
   You kids in school are down to the last month of this school year, and it's a busy time.  I hope it all goes well for you. You'll certainly be in my prayers. 
   Thank you Aimee, Sam, and Dixie for your emails this week.  All fun news, and interesting!  It's so good to know what is going on with everyone.  We all enjoy the stories and pictures you share. 
   Love to you all!  Mom/Johanna/Nana

Hi Everyone!

I'm going to hurry and reply since I am really supposed to be packing to go to MOSS with Ellen first thing in the morning.  Thank you so much for your emails, Mom!  I really look forward to them every week!  And thank you for telling us about Howard's funeral.  I'm so glad you and Gran could go. 

Everyone here right now is cleaning up the kitchen and/or eating popcorn.  Except Spencer, who is pretending to be a rock climber.  It is so fun having a 4 year old in the house!  Hooray for Macy and Calvin!!

James is starting a new position at work tomorrow and is really looking forward to it.  He will still be a Hardware Engineer but will be working in a new group.  I've asked him a few times what his new group is called, but I can't remember.....I'll have to ask again.  He got all moved over to his new building and desk on Friday and has heard all about the first couple of projects he will be working on.  I'm excited that he is excited!

We've had a few more airplanes sales this last month than usual, so that has kept us a little busier.  We sent 40 to Palo Alto, CA, 100 to Brazil, IN, 50 to Woodway, TX, 2000 to Houston, TX, 10 to W Farmington, OH, and will send 20 to Aurora, CO and 225 to St. Louis, MO tomorrow.  They are all folded, boxed up, and ready to go.  It is so fun for me to learn about some of these places!  Like, I never knew there was a Brazil, IN.  And W Farmington, OH is technically a village, not a town or city!  I really should put up a map just for pinning all the places we have sent paper airplanes. 

We have 4 wedding announcements on our fridge right now with two more to come for sure.  Plus, Mom told me about another reception, that I am going to go to, even for just a few minutes.  Mom and Dad got the announcement.  Steven Atkinson, from St. Anthony, is marrying a girl from Moscow, Megan Paul.  I don't really know Megan, but I do know her Mom, Amy, pretty well.  She owns the gym I go to and love so much. 

Love you guys so much!!!

Hello Everybody,

Glad to have the updates Mom!  Hope you guys enjoy the movie!!  When we read your email on Sunday night Joseph was quite insistent that we drive up so we could join the movie party.  Wish we could!!  I'm sitting on a bench watching Josephs soccer practice, and enjoying the nice weather.  Picture attached. 78 degrees here today.  Can't promise we won't have more snow though. 

I've shared this story with a couple of you already, but I wanted to tell everyone.  At Josephs last soccer game his team was awarded a penalty shot.  Joseph was playing defense, but the coach called him down the field to take the shot!!  He ran up the field and took the shot.  The ball went right through all the defenders and into the goal!  It was the highlight of the game for sure, and Lynsey and I as always were very proud to be his parents.    

On Saturday we went to the theater to watch "The Jungle Book" in 3D.  It was very entertaining and a bit scary when Shere Khan and Kaa appear to be coming out of the screen at you.  I think everyone enjoyed it.  

Lynsey and I have been enjoying taking some long walks together.  Lynsey and her good friend Sarah Easton (who is very pregnant) will be walking together in the Boulder Boulder 10K.  So we've been doing some preparation for that.  I've also been spending some time getting ready for the 100 mile bike ride that Sam and I will be doing in June.

So, I didn't get this finished yesterday.  I'm no longer watching soccer practice, I'm at my desk and it's Friday!!  Looking forward to a fun and busy weekend.  I took a nice bike ride this morning with my riding buddies from church.  It was perfect weather, finally don't need a jacket or any other warn clothes. We did find a few mud holes left over from all the runoff from our last snow storm. 

Sam will get in this afternoon, and we're going for a road ride tomorrow morning up Deer Creek Canyon.  It's a long climb up so we'll have a lot of fun coming back down!!  

Joseph has another soccer game tomorrow so hopefully he'll get another goal!  

I hope you all are well, and lot's of love from all of us in Denver.