holus-bolus: 30 May 2021

Sunday, May 30, 2021

30 May 2021

Gibson is nearly finished building his chessboard at Craterworks. He's doing a fine job crafting it.

Eddy and Jason came over on Saturday and helped Gibson and Brandan stain all of the wood for his Eagle project.

Becky left on Tuesday to visit her parents. Her flight went through Salt Lake City so she had the chance to meet Sofi for dinner and enjoy a short time with her.

Sofi is living in a cute apartment this summer with her friend, Emma. It made it a little easier to say goodbye since we will see Sofi again in a little more than 2 weeks.

One of Becky's purposes in going to Pocatello was to give her dad a chance to go away for a few days. Grandma relies on Grandpa for most of her daily activities. Grandpa created a notebook of instructions as a reference while he was away.

Here's a sample page from the notebook, this one showing all of Grandma's non-prescription medicine. She takes several prescription medicines as well. Becky relied on this useful notebook every day.

Spring is turning into summer and Becky saw many beautiful wildflowers when she was hiking in the hills above her parents' house.

Becky took the opportunity to check out the progress on the Pocatello Temple. It's nearly finished, almost 4 months ahead of schedule. One of the blessings of corona virus was the construction on the temple continued even when everything else was closed. The open house and dedication of this temple have not yet been scheduled.

This photo shows some of the exquisite craftsmanship of the temple.

Joe and Sarah came to Pocatello on Friday night. On Saturday morning, Grandma, Sarah and Becky took flowers to the cemetery to place on some family graves. This is Grandma's mother's grave.

This is a photo of the back of the headstone.

This is Grandma's dad's headstone.

We also put flowers on the grave of Resoltha Omira Sholl. She is Orin Floyd McComb's mother. It was a beautiful day to be at the cemetery and we saw many other families remembering their loved ones.

On Saturday afternoon, Joe brought Grandpa home from his short stay in Kuna. Hayden and Gage rode along with them. From the left are Joe, Joe, Gage and Hayden.

Then Annette and Jerry arrived. Annette and Jerry are long haul truckers and planned their route through Pocatello. It has been a long, long time since the 4 of us have been together. Of course, we had to get a photo in front of the cedar trees, our family's traditional photo taking spot. From the left are Joe, Sarah, Becky and Annette, 4 of the 5 siblings.

Here's a photo of Grandma and Grandpa. It was great to spend time with them and enjoy their mix of grit and optimism.

Becky left Sunday morning. She got to Salt Lake with enough time to check out the massive preservation project ongoing at the Salt Lake temple. The temple is about 18 months into a process that is expected to take 4 years.

Although a wall surrounds the site, including the 40 foot hole workers dug to install earthquake dampening structures, there are many windows in the wall that allow visitors to view the construction.

The other half of temple square almost looks like it usually does. Many beautiful flowers are blooming and dozens of missionaries were conducting tours on a sunny Sunday afternoon.

Meanwhile, Abe left on an adventure of his own. He and his friends are taking a road trip to Utah and back to celebrate graduation. They left Saturday morning. In the back seat are Abe and Jake. Camden and Spencer are in the middle and Malakai and Ashton are in the front. The last day of school for seniors is actually June 4, but the boys worked hard to finish their classes early so they could make this trip.

First stop was Ashton's grandparents. From the left are Spencer, Malakai, Camden, Annette (Ashton's grandma), Ashton, Abe and Jake. Ashton's grandpa, Gary, is taking the photo and is in the right corner.