This last week we had the great good fortune of visiting our son and his family in Austin, Texas, where they have lived the last few years. We flew out on Saturday evening and flew back on Wednesday. We enjoyed seeing them and meeting our granddog, Penny. Addie won the most enthusiastic grandchild award. Every time we came to the house, she would yell, "Papa!" (for Opa) and jump into Scott's arms. It was very endearing. She was a big fan. We spent Sunday at Lincoln's house watching General Conference and then went to a park to see the famous Texas bluebonnets which were blooming. First we had a Texas-shaped waffle at the hotel where we stayed. I was trying to duplicate a picture from 1970 when I was a tiny tot:    I also visited a friend whom I have known for 45+ years: Monday we went downtown and walked on the trail that goes next to the Colorado River of Texas (which is different from the Colorado River in Utah). We rented some canoes: We saw quite a few turtles: A...

Happy Birthday to David ! David is the child who made us parents. Here is his birth story. We look so young and, actually, we were. Bringing him home from the hospital to our basement apartment--we weren't supposed to have any children there but we were moving soon With David coming first, I had no idea what to expect for his birth. A few weeks before he was born, I started feeling mild contractions. I was naively hopeful that this first early labor was as hard as it was going to get but, of course, it wasn't.  Every evening I would start having mild contractions and then it would quit about the time I went to bed. I went to the doctor about a week before my due date and he said I was dilated to 3cm which was a lot of progress for a first baby. He also said the baby was face up instead of face down and he wanted to try and turn him. So he did and it really hurt! The doctor thought the baby would be born soon--and he was right--he was born about 12 hours later. The new Aunt Heid...