We had some fun Easter celebrations with the Lawson family! One year (1983) the bishops from our two wards were both there. They posed for us in an "eggs"tra special way!!
Here's what the kids thought about it:
I have a favorite Easter memory from when I was a teenager. My Dad owned a drugstore and one year he decided to purchase some filled Easter baskets to sell at the store. He was not sure how many he should purchase and there was no returning any that didn't sell. So he made a guess and sent in his order. As I remember, unfortunately he guessed wrong and there were quite a few that didn't sell.
Did I get your attention basketball fans?
The latest pix from John:
BYU does not have a Spring Break so the students can finish the semester in April.
But this year, John got a special treat--a Spring Break trip! (Although he had to miss classes to do it!)
Here are photos he has sent from his camera phone
(keep checking back as I hope he'll send more):
New Orleans where he presented research at a Physics Conference
Friday the 13th, 1981 was one of the luckiest and best days of my life!
Happy Birthday to a wonderful daughter, wife, mother and friend!
January 1982: 10 months
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1999: Senior Year
Our Relief Society birthday celebration included a dinner and a service auction. For several weeks prior to the event we were asked to submit a service we would be willing to offer another sister in our ward. As usual, I take things very seriously and I had a hard time thinking of something that I do well enough that someone else would want me to do for them. My good friend, Beth, was offering her decorating skills, others were offering piano lessons, ethnic dinners--Italian, German and Mexican, voice lessons, and swim parties. They also said we could bring something we had made, such as brownies or cakes, etc. We didn't know how the auction would work until we arrived that night, but we were told it would not involve money and was not a fundraiser. At each place was a list of the 55 auction items and a questionnaire which we were told to fill out. We received points for our answers. The points were used in bidding as each item or service was offered. I am pretty sure I had the most points of anyone there that night. You received points if you had read your scriptures that day, been to the temple in the last 3 months, did your visiting teaching last month, and quite a few others of the basics. Here are some of the more unusual things for which I received points: been married for more than 25 years, if you have ever owned an 8-track tape player, used cloth diapers on your baby, ever been a Seminary teacher, have had a vegetable garden, and I got 5 pts for every child and 2 pts for every grandchild. But I came home from the auction empty-handed. I just couldn't bid against anyone who seemed to really want something. I know it was just supposed to be in fun, but everytime something came up and someone bid for it, I assumed they wanted it, so how could I deprive them of that? And people at our table mentioned what they were hoping to get, so of course I wouldn't bid against them. I can see if I ever go to an auction again, I need to make sure none of my friends are there!
P.S. I finally came up with something to donate. Recently I bought a kit to make a tissue paper flower bouquet. It looked like something I could do and if it turned out anything like the picture, it would be very pretty. So I decided that would be my offering since I had no real flowers for a bouquet this time of year. I was very happy that someone won it and am glad to have the stress of that evening behind me! I really take things too seriously and couldn't just relax and have fun.
Here's a photo of the bouquet. I think it looked better in person and from a distance, it looked like real flowers.
