A View From Down Under

For Mother's Day I received a new camera that I wanted. One of its features is that it is waterproof to 3 meters. Actually using that feature is a little scary! Who is comfortable sticking their camera underwater on purpose?! But today I did it! It is summer now and time for a new header on my blog. I was so glad that the rain left with the arrival of summer, well, the day after anyway! In case you don't live in Utah, at least 15 of the 23 days of June have had some amount of rain! It has been cool and cloudy almost every day! Today the sun was shining and we went swimming so I decided it was time to take a picture! You can see how well it worked by looking at my title picture. Pretty cool, huh? But I tried adding Jocelyn's feet and got this cute picture too! It wasn't what I had in mind for the title, but it was too funny not to share! Welcome Summer and please stay for a very long time!

For Feet's Sake!

When the title of your blog is "Footnotes" and you have a foot of note, you should share it! So, in preparation to run a 5K at the Draper Days Festival with Colleen, I decided I had better add running to my walking schedule. So I set off on Friday. I was literally 3 steps from finishing my run when I stepped on a rock and rolled my ankle flat to the road. OUCH! It nearly brought tears to my eyes! So I limped the last couple of blocks home and took some pain killers. After about an hour, it felt better. I could walk with no problem and went about the day. By that night, I could see that there was swelling around my ankle bone, but no big deal. Saturday, I looked down at my feet and realized my whole foot was now swollen. Being on it all day had caused it to swell, I guess. Today isn't much better so I thought I would share a picture so everyone can see my big, fat foot! Don't worry, it doesn't really hurt except for being tight from the swelling and I am sure it will be better in a few days. For those who like things by the numbers, there is a 1/2 inch difference in the circumference of my feet. Just thought I'd share that foot-note!

Journey to Middle Earth!

The mission papers arrived and after waiting a few hours for family members to get off work, Jordan opened his mission call! If you are a "Lord of the Rings" fan, then you know that according to the movies, New Zealand became Middle Earth. If you aren't a fan, then I will tell you that Jordan will be serving in Auckland, New Zealand speaking Tongan. He is very excited! He studied Samoan last year in school and Tongan is similar. He will report to the MTC (mission training center) on August 19. Here would be a good place to insert some Tongan saying, but I don't know one, so we will have to leave that part out!

Happy Birthday, Dad!

I was doing my usual thing today when I realized it was June 1, Dad's birthday! I thought about him and missed him and wondered what he would think about all of his family now! I decided he would love today's technology! He was always aware of the newest advances in his lifetime. I think he would have loved the internet...all the news he could want all day! I even think he would have embraced blogs and Facebook! If my math is right, he would have been 75. He would have loved knowing all of his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but actually, I know he does know them and that he is enjoying Claire and Lily right now! So, in honor of Dad, I pulled out some pictures to share with you. Happy Birthday, Dad!