Our garden 2011

Last year when we were visiting some of our childred who live in Utah,  we were given a great gift from our son-in-law Joel's grandparents and parents, Iris plants.  This spring we were graced by blooms from all but one.

The one in the front is called wild sharon and the one in the back, Vibrant

This one is called Millenial falcon

the name of this one is Incantation.

We call this one "death Star" in honor of our son-in-law Shane.  All of these have been hybridized by Joel's grandfather Roberts.  Thanks.  We have had people stop and look at these striking flowers.

A year has past

Hi, much has happened to us in the last year. The biggest news is that our family has grown by leaps and bounds. Two more children and two more Grandchildren.

While we were living in Texas and Barbara was relief Society president in our ward of our church, she became very good friends with a single mother with four children, three girls and a boy. Through the years we became very close friends and our friend asked if anything ever happened to her, would we take in her children. Well a year ago January, while Barbara was visiting our daughters and I was travelling down to get her, I received a phone call from two of our friend Barbara, that their mother was in the hospital and not expected to live through the night. I was stuck in an ice storm in Arkansas and the interstate was impassable, my Barbara was not able to get to the hospital in time. Any to keep a long story short, in June, we brought Jessica and Richard up to Illinois to be a part of our family. Jessica is now 19 and going to Joliet Junior college and Richard is 15 and attending school here in wilmington. These last few months have been a challenge to all of us, and we love Jessica and Richard very much.