homeless without a shopping cart or any other reliable means of transportation . . . again

ok so i am learning several new things this year. most importantly how to be patient which has never been my strong suit. this blog thing has been way worth it. i love reading about each of you.
chelsea, i'm so excited for you. elly gave me some of the details you left out of the blog. i've turned into such a mush in my old age--but when she told me that when you turned around and joey was already down on his knee and that you joined him i got tears in my eyes--awesome. like brooke said where are the pictures and brief bio of this soon to be new member?
moni i am so glad that you have joined the blog. let cameron know that this does not let him off the hook--still expect to hear from him. besides he can talk to us about something other that YW's. this teeth thing has got me stumped--it's got to be the in-laws!!! good luck with YW,s you will be awesome. i remember when i was YW's pres. and ellery was elders quorum pres. ward council was interesting and short with both brooke and adam attending. we spent so much time at the church and at meetings brooke became best friends with the bishop. one time when ellery was taking her out during sacrement mting she yelled at the top of her lungs, "bishop, save me!!!" the bishop loved it and so did the rest of the ward. ellery never heard the end of that one. then there was the time we had walked down to the church one night for the magazine drive (which none of you remember even took place back in the olden days) and i wanted to see what time it was so with brookie holding my hand and adam in the backpack we just peeked into the chapel to check out the clock. it was all dark and quiet. brooke looks up at me and whispers "bishop asweep?" how cute is that?
jess and tony--indie is beautiful just as we knew she would be. aunt mindy (lowell's mindy) is pretty excited since she figured it out that you really did name "indie" after "mindy." that was so clever of you. you couldn't have chosen anyone better to name indie after.
speaking of which here comes the "homeless" part. it about killed me to miss the party with all of you and the 1st hand account of the engagement while i'm sitting in the las vagas airport, but it really was quite the experience. i just kept thinking how glad i was that i had not brought hazel along for the ride--what a nightmare that would have been. i watched a guy get escorted off the plane i was trying to get on because he was intoxicated. he was so ticked. the check-in people just told him they were sorry, but it was the captain's call. little did i realize what kind of power "the captain" has. it's just like the captain of a ship which-- now meags and i are wondering--does this mean, geofy george, you can marry someone while in the air when you become a fulfledged captain? will this power go to your head? well no i didn't get the drunk guy's seat and that poor guy was going to be stuck without luggage in that airport at least till mon. or tues. i hope he had a credit care in those gym shorts he was wearing!!! this nice man that worked for the airlines offered me a pillow and blanket. since i can sleep anywhere and have proved that many times. i brushed my teeth with my antibacterial (since they had confiscated my toothpaste because it's not how much is in the container it is the size of the container that counts)and went to sleep with peach breath. i was awakened the next morning at 5:30 by the sweet sounds of several slot machines. remember this is vagas.
the next morning i make it back to phoenix. i,m thinking my luck has changed and i am going to get to slc no sweat. all day every flight over booked with lots of us waiting to go standby. so we trail from gate to gate hoping that this will be the "one." finally at 8:30pm the last flight has sailed and we are all still there. i look at this poor mom with her 2 year old little boy. they have been there all day. they had flown in on the redeye from hawaii that night and were so tired and no where to go. i had spent $10.00 on water that day (they confiscate that too) not to mention food. i looked at her and said i can't leave you here. my niece and nephew are coming to pick me up will you feel comfortable enough to come with me--i'm sure they won't mind. to make a long story a bit shorter. lowell and mindy were the perfect hosts for 2 days. it was so much fun. the only problem was i got more sleep in the airport in vegas. we had to catch up on a lot of things. tony the kids are practicing their instruments deligently every morning and we got to see kimmie's basketball game. those not so little kids are so cute. hoku said she was surprised when i said the whole family was tall--she didn't realize just how tall. her little boy, jared cried like he was leaving his best friends when we had to leave. he wanted to sit on my lap on the flight home and so i tickled his face until he fell asleep in my arms. it so was sweet. i think was where i was supposed to be and generally speaking i think God has us where we are supposed to be if we will just be patient, look around and find out what we are supposed to be doing while we are there.
alicia thanks for the car delivery. brind loves it!!! i'll tell you the mean trick jack and i played on her another time.
Elly spoiled me when i finally got there and we did something different with my hair. i was ready for a change. it must have been a change since i stopped by joanie's work for a minute on my way out and she didn't even recognize me. she's gettting old or i am.
brookie i do have some ideas, but call me this has been long enough and then some.
love to all aunt Le Anne