September came and is almost done already! Life goes by fast! At the end of July Don and I had the opportunity to go to Branson Missouri for a company trip. We had a lot of fun. We went a couple of days early so we could see some of the church history sights. Independence, Liberty Jail, Adam-Ondi-Ahman. It was very nice to be in these special places. On our way home we got laid over in Minneapolis st. Paul, we stayed in a hotel next to the mall of America! It is huge!!!!!!! It would take days maybe even weeks to see everything in the mall. When we got home we had a day to recover then off to girl’s camp for a couple of days. It was a lot cooler at night and it helped that one of our cabin mom's brought up her portable air conditioner. we got back on Saturday, then on Monday we took Easton (grandson) on the train to downtown Phoenix for his 8th birthday present. We had fun visiting the Az science museum and eating at the TGIF ball park. That same Monday we had the Cluff FHE at my house so glad we were able to swim. on the 10 we had one of our sister missionaries and her husband come stay with us for a couple of days. It was so good to have them in our home.
Did I tell you that we have 3 daughters having babies in 2013! Yes Mal is due in January, Erica is due in February and Amy (Nate’s wife) is due in March. We will have 11 grandchildren! can you say crazy house!! In September I was able to help with my niece Courtney Cluff's wedding, she is now a Quist. It was a great day! Then more fun for the Crandell family girls. We were able to go to LA and go to the ELLEN show! It was so much fun to be in the audience again. we sat in the same seats we sat in last year. Crazy.. After the show Mal, Amy and Erica went to the Jimmy Kemmel show while Kim and I went to the 6pm taping of the ELLEN show. Kim was asked to come back because she shared a confession and they were going to use it in the next show. They brought back 4 people and used two confessions for the show. Kim’s was not one of them. but being in the audience again was fun. The next day we went to the Let's Make a Deal show. That was crazy fun and a long hot day. But it was worth all the line standing, the interviews and the ditsy blond who was chosen for the big deal that day. So funny and fun. Now for some sad news, the night before we left for LA Don got a call from his mom to say that his sister Dana was not doing well after her out-patient ear surgery, and had passed away. She was 53 one week shy of 54. So while I was in LA Don called to let me know that her service will be in Aztec on Tuesday and that he wanted to drive to N.M. on Sunday morning. so I flew home Saturday night and then drove to Aztec Sunday morning. All the Crandell family was there and then some. Dana's family saw the support from the Crandell side. We drove home Wednesday and picked up Rylee because Rigden was at the hospital not breathing very well. It turned out to be asthma. We had Rylee for a couple of days; she is a good girl and fun to have around. Happy Birthday to all the Aug and September birthdays and happy anniversary to Nate and Amy.
Independence visitor center I think my Aunt Cloene and Uncle Bill were some of the first to plant flowers here while on their mission to independence.
