Joy is 3! Aunt Margaret, link to Alex's facebook video, raku pieces

Today was Joy's 3rd birthday. Here's a picture Andrew posted on facebook today:

Andrew and Joy on her 3rd birthday

infant Joy

Henry, me, and Joy February 2018

Aunt Margaret, who has been sick for years, passed away on Friday. Her spirit is finally free of her limited body and we hope she is having a wonderful reunion with Uncle Jim and other loved ones. Good-bye for now, Aunt Margaret, we love you!

Alex and his companion made a video based on some of their experiences as missionaries:

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=733856307225893&id=100562925060328

Some of us in my pottery group have been working on raku pieces. We were supposed to get together for the special firing at our teacher's house, but weather prevented us from meeting. She and her husband fired the pieces afterwards and I just got my pieces back and I love how they turned out.

crafting table, conchas, snow...

Glen and I see a lot more of each other now that he has retired. He still is very busy and has many projects going on. One of his projects was making this huge table (about 10' x 4') for me. It is awesome because there's plenty of room to lay out projects...and then they don't need to be cleaned up because dinner is ready. I'm still scanning my dad's slides. I did all the slides from Germany (about 170 of them)...I think there's almost 700 more slides to go.

A few of the photos that I like that Dad took in Germany (they look better as slides, though):

Last Sunday, Angeles made conchas in honor of El Dia de los Muertos. They are a dry, sweet bread, and they were delicious! On Monday, Ryan and Angeles drove to their new place in Rexburg. They have settled in and seem to really like their new home.

My ceramic piece that I worked on for a while finally was able to come home. The background color is darker than I expected/wanted, but I still really like it.

fired and ready for the glaze

glazed and ready for the 2nd firing

all done

Snowed last night--first of the season. Fallon recorded 0.5" and it only took an hour or two to melt, but that's okay. It was fun just having a little bit on the ground.