Sunday, April 19, 2009

Springtime in Utah and Retirement


















Easter was a great day for us. We truly enjoyed singing in our choir and enjoyed the beautiful talks that reminded us of the Savior's resurrection. Afterwards, we went to Jenny's and Ryan's for a nice Easter dinner. We really enjoy being with their family, and what is even better is that I only had to fix salad. Jenny cooked a nice ham with funeral potatoes, and we had a couple of nice salads and strawberry shortcake. It was really good. It was a very nice Easter day. The weather was quite nice and sunny. The above picture shows the kids. Don't you love Spencer's golfing outfit.

Last Thursday, April 16, we woke up to six inches of heavy snow. Ugh! However, I have to say that it was truly beautiful the first thing in the morning. The above pictures show just how pretty it was. The only BIG problem was how many tree limbs the snow broke all over the valley, especially pink flowering trees. Several of Grandpa Dalebout's sumac trees in the back of his yard were uprooted and broken. The daffodils were buried in the snow. The good thing about it was that the next day, it was all melted and the weather had turned back into a semi-normal spring day. Even the daffodils raised their heads again. It's up and down here in Utah. The night we got all the snow in the valley, Alta got 29 inches. Now, we have lots of snow in the mountains. We hope it gets warm gradually or we'll have flooding.

Also, last Monday, Dick taught his final class at BYU. I took in six dozen Krispy Kreme donuts to the students. Then, after I left the classroom, many of Dick's colleagues came into the room and paid him a nice tribute. Keven Stocks, the department chairman, was very complimentary and kind in his remarks about Dick. It's been a great 29 years at BYU, and we will miss alot of our association with the members of the faculty. But, now it's time to move on. Hopefully, we'll get our mission call this week. Keep your fingers crossed.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Conference Weekend
















































Just like all our families in Detroit, Frisco, and San Diego, we got together for conference on Sunday and had the traditional Dalebout family pancakes. There were 15 of us attending this year: Ryan and Jenny's family, Dad, Mom, Billy, Amy (Billy's friend), Grandpa Dalebout, Val Jones, Larry and Geri Wood, and Abish. We really enjoyed watching conference and hearing the words of the apostles and prophets. What wonderful talks they gave.


Between sessions, we made our pancakes and had a great time together. Abish, Billy and Amy did the first part of the pancakes, and then it was turned over to Jenny, Geri and Val. Jenny was was the organizer, and Grandpa was the supervisor, letting us know how we were doing with cooking the pancakes.Above are pictures from the day's events.


We are also happy to have a new grandchild born April 6th. That's a famous day. Owen Scott Dalebout was born at 1:18 a.m. on April 6th. We are so happy to have a 12th grandchild and such a cute one at that. You can see pictures of Owen on Stacie's and Chris' blogs. We are so happy for them. We love all you children and grandchildren. You are doing good things and making good choices.