Mediterranean Cruise

John & I just got back from a wonderful trip to the Mediterranean. We stayed a couple of days in Rome, then got on a cruise ship which made several stops in Italy, Greece & Turkey. It was so awesome, I can't even describe it. John went home the day the cruise ended, but I stayed on with a friend and went to Padua and Venice. I had to pinch myself every morning to remind myself that it was real. The picture on the top is of the Parthenon in Athens and the one on the bottom is the Colliseum in Rome. It's 2:30 in the morning and I'm having trouble sleeping, but it's time to try again. I'll post more later :)

Swiss Days

So - I drove to Utah last weekend with Aunt Janice, Aunt Nancy, Karen W & Jayne. We laughed a ton! I think you should ask Aunt Nancy how to spell Jordanelle - she'll LOL!!

We stopped on the way to visit with Don & Shirley and Dean. We were able to see the wall mural that Dean did this past summer. It's soldiers from several past wars. They are painted to look like bronze statues and it is awesome! We had some soup made from vegetables in Don's garden, then we were on our way.

Jayne, Karen and I stayed with Rex & LeighAnn Ashdown. They have a great new place in Pleasant View. Janice & Nancy met up with Shirley C and spent the weekend at Virginia's. Friday morning, LeighAnn made breakfast (breakfast pizza, waffles & fruit - yummy) for all of us, then it was off to Gateway Shopping Center in SLC for some well deserved shopping. We stopped on the way home to see the new home that Kit & Jerry are building in Plain City, then stopped at Mrs. Cavanaugh's for some chocolates. We all went out for mexican food that night (we let the men come). Saturday morning we left early for Midway to attend Swiss Days. We met up with Sandra & Laura, Ann & Sue, Sherri & Heidi. What a "girl high" that was! More craft booths than I've seen in my life. As if that wasn't enough shopping - we stopped in Park City and hit the outlet mall :)

Sunday we went to Sacrament Meeting with Rex & Virginia. It was "Rex and his seven wives :)" We had a wonderful lunch & enjoyed some home-made ice cream before it was time for me to take off for the airport. I love my family and always enjoy being with them.

California Trip

We just got back from a great trip to California. We were able to attend Summer's 4th birthday party, witness Luke's baptism, visit with Jenny (Barnes) Snedden - who's about ready to give birth, attend a wedding reception, visit with our family and friends, and YES!!!! we went to Jalapeno's with the Goodmans. It was a quick trip, but really fun.

It's my Birthday!

My girls and their families came over for dinner on Sunday night to celebrate my birthday. Stefanie thought the cake would look better on my face than on a plate. What do you think?

Women's Conference

Gosh! We really enjoy looking at all of your blogs, but we're really horrible at keeping ours up to date. Well - we'll make a go at it.

I just returned from a wonderful trip to BYU Women's Conference with my sister Jennie. We had a terriffic time! If you can believe it - it snowed on us!!! Coming from 85 degree weather in Phoenix, it was quite a shock to see the white stuff falling from the sky.

We went to dinner on Wednesday night with Aunt Virginia Ashdown and Cousin Sheri Jenkins at the Lion House in Salt Lake City. It was really nice to spend some time with them. We stayed at John's brothers house (Bryon & Debbie) in Lehi. We got up early on Thursday morning and drove in to Provo and had a great time wandering around campus listening to different speakers. We heard from Sherri Dew, Julie Beck, and President Monson. What a treat! We attended a concert on Thursday night with several LDS performers like Michael McClean, Eclipse, Hillary Weeks, Kenneth Cope, and Jenny Jordan Frogley. We managed to catch a movie, eat dinner at all the hot spots (brick oven) and even do a little shopping. What a great time!

Now we're both back home and back to the grind:) Looking forward to the next adventure. I think it will be our trip to California for Luke's baptism at the end of this month.

Norway Trip

We were fortunate enough to take a trip with several of our relatives this past summer to Norway. Grandpa Kleven was born and raised there and we wanted to take as many of his posterity to see this beautiful country. All of his living children and spouses were able to go as well as Kit Jensen, John & I (grandchildren). We had a great time visiting the sights in Oslo and Bergen. We then went on a remarkable train trip across the country to meet up with our cruise boat. We cruised the coast of Norway from the south going all the way up to Kirkenes - which borders Russia. There were many stops along the way where we could get off the boat and visit the towns and take in the beautiful scenery. We saw Reindeer! One of the best highlights of the trip was when Grandpa's kids all got off the boat to go visit the home where he was born. Aunt Donna engineered that trip. We had some wonderful missionary experiences along the way as well. Next time we take a trip to a foreign country, we'll remember to take a Book of Mormon in the native tongue!! We're trying to put together a trip to visit some Book of Mormon ruins. Who wants to go?