June Babies

These are pictures of our June babies.

Tawna turned 20 on June 12th.


Krista turned 17, today, June 29th. She had her cake yesterday. She is celebrating by staying inside to avoid the 106 degree day.

Wrap Up

Proof that I did attend the convention.


Our route home was through Frankfurt, Germany. Steve Hughes was there but he never came to see us, so we flew home.
We flew on a Lufthansa Airlines Air Bus. It was so nice. There was room to walk, hot towels before meals, they fed us twice, we watched 4 movies each, and all at the same price charged by US Airways (Airworst).


This is Greenland. It was settled by the Norwegians in 800 AD. Obviously, global warming has turned it white.

Warwick Castle

One afternoon, we took the train to Warwick to see the famous castle. It was built by William the Conqueror in 1068. It was used as a fortress and then as a house until the 1700's.



The inside.




The outside.



An archery demonstration.



This is a trebuchet, a really effective catapult. They had a demonstration that threw a fireball about 200 yards. It was cool.

Birmingham, England

The Convention was at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), so a couple of nights we took the train into Birmingham for dinner and sight-seeing. Buses took us from our hotel to and from the NEC.



This is Victoria Square, at the end of a food faire where we ate Indian food, ice cream, candies, cookies - you know - health food.



Roger, taking the Birmingham bull by the horns.




An outdoor Shakespeare production.

London, England

We rode a bus 2+ hours, each way, to see London. When we got there, we took a tour bus to see the tourist sites. We saw everything that people talk about, at a distance. Other than two stops, we spent the day on buses.




This is Sue looking at the Thames River. We listened to a recorded tour guide. Sue said that if she had the camera, she would have taken a picture of me looking at my watch because the bus was running off course and late, due to some demonstration downtown. We did make it back in time for the return bus, barely.




We enjoyed the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace with thousands of our best friends.




Apparently, they hired this band to play for the ceremony.



This is Sue posed at the Lord Baden-Powell statue, in front of the building dedicated to him. It is a conference center and hostel.

Coventry, England

My Rotary Club paid for Sue and I to attend the Rotary International Convention in Birmingham, England, since I am the in-coming president of our club. We stayed in Conventry, which is a suburb about 15 miles away. Our hotel was in a very rural area. It was a nice place but the bed was very uncomfortable until Sue put the duvet (a soft quilt) under us and the bottom sheet on top.



I wasn't going to pay $20 every time we wanted to go somewhere, so we took the bus all over. This is the stop closest to our hotel, about 3/4 of a mile away.





This is Sue and the Lady Godiva statue in Coventry, where she rode through the streets naked to protest taxation by her husband. I don't think the concept will be making a comeback.
We spent some time downtown to buy food and a white shirt for me. I forgot mine. We visited the Coventry Cathedral which was bombed in WWII. We also ate a "carvery" which is the typical English restaraunt. It was meats and vegetables. We also had Yorkshire Pudding, which is pancake dough baked in a muffin tin. Then you fill it with meat and peas and lots of gravy.





Don't be surprised if you see this hairdo on Sue. She had me take the photo for hair styling reference.

New York City

After the graduation, your mom and I headed to New York to see Jessica, including a 9 hour wait in the Richmond Airport because US Airways overbooked our flight and the next two after us. We finally made it about bedtime. Landon and Evan drove the next day to NYC on the way back to SLC. Yes, they were going the wrong way, but it all worked out in the end.
While we were in NYC, we rode the bus and the subway alot, went to a play, visited the financial district, ate at Chocolate by the Bald Man, went to the Brooklyn Bridge and just had a great time with 3 of our adult children.


While Landon and Evan were in Washington DC, your mom and I got to visit Jessica in her classroom. She is a very good teacher and her students respect her. We really enjoyed the visit and your mom brought pencils for everyone that had "California" written on them. Jessica will be graduating with her Masters in Education this summer. Since she teaches ESL, she probably could teach anywhere. She has chosen to stay at the same school for at least one more year. We are proud of her accomplishments, both in and out of school.


Apparently, the Wienermobile knew that your mom was leaving Savannah and headed to NYC because it followed her.


Landon, Evan, Jessica and the Statue of Liberty from Battery Park, just down the street from Ground Zero and Wall Street.

Law School Graduation

Landon's graduation was a wonderful event. It was outside and it was drizzling until the program started - then someone turned the drizzle off. We chose a spot in the back under a tent.


This is what it looked like from our location when Landon was presented with his diploma and "hooded."


The happy family, ready for a new commencement.


Evan, your mom and me with the new graduate.

Charlottesville

On May 15th, we headed to Landon's graduation from the University of Virginia Law School.


Your mom took a little time to play ball with Aiden behind Landon & Sarah's apartment complex.


That night, we went out to the graduation dinner party with Landon, Sarah, Jim, Char, Evan and your mom and me.


Then to the graduation dessert party, in the rain.


This is Sunday on our short walk from the apartment to the campus for the graduation ceremony. We went to Sacrament Meeting at a ward in Charlottesville earlier that day.

It's My Birthday

I just downloaded the pictures from my camera and I found these two that your mom took on my birthday.



This one is me cleaning the pool filters, even though it was still cold enough that I needed long pants and a coat. After I completed the job, your mom and I went to LA to see my transplant cardiologist. Dr. Kobashigawa said that I am so stable that he is putting my transplant status as "Inactive." Which means that I am still on the list but I won't be offered a heart until my status is changed. Dr. Kobashigawa assured me that there will be a heart when I need one. I failed to get that guarantee in writing. Darn!



We celebrated that night with a cherry pie (baked by Marie) with a BIG 5 and seven little candles.