Dear Kids,
Happy Mothers Day to all you wonderful daughters and daughters-in-law of mine! I’m so proud of you all. I know raising a family is hard, but there’s nothing more important you’ll ever do. And besides, you and your husbands are raising such perfect grandchildren for us! And thanks to all of you for the Mothers Day presents. They’ve been been spread out over several days, and it’s been lots of fun. Wonderful things have been coming in the mail, besides Donna coming by to plant flowers, and Paul and Stefanie coming by to visit, and Al and Carson dropping in, and Nora coming Saturday morning to go hiking with me. And speaking of hiking . . . .
My leg is doing better. It still hurts like crazy, but I’m able to block out the pain and do practically everything I want to do. Our hike at the Jordanelle was only about three miles round trip, and I used my cane, but it was perfect weather and we had a great time talking and enjoying the beautiful scenery. Nora said she was inspired by the fact that I’m always saying in my letters that if anyone wants to go hiking, please come by! So if anybody else wants to hike, I’m up for it now, even though it couldn’t be anything long or strenuous.
Our cats are endlessly entertaining. Tina was eating a dollop of pudding that Dad gave her, and Scout came by and pushed her away and started eating it. She whacked him in the head with her paw, but he just kept eating, looking sideways at her. She tried to side-bump him but he didn’t budge. Usually Tina gets the best of everybody, but Scout won that time. The two of them are exactly the same size now (although Scout’s four feet long when he stretches out on our bed ) and we can only tell them apart by their color. Tina’s more brown. Miss black and white, Sonia, doesn’t get into trouble as much as the other two, but sometimes she’ll start a fight by bumping past Scout. So he starts chasing her, and the fight is on. When they all run down the hall together, it sounds like a herd of elephants.
The work on our cabin is supposed to start tomorrow morning, and continue non-stop until it’s done. I’m cautiously hopeful. It will be so much fun having cabin parties again! I’ll keep you posted.
Lots of love to everybody, Mom
