Today on the radio Cedar Dispatch reported a semi on fire and it was carrying BEEs. This is one day I am glad I am not an Iron County firefighter!

I came home Friday to find Curtis and all his big friends squished in my little kitchen setting around the tape recorder laughing their heads off. My recorder can speed up your voice so you sound like the Disney chipmunks or slow your voice down so you sound like a deep voiced giant. They were making up silly stories and messing with their voices. Last time they were around the recorder like that was at 13 years old. They had me laughing so hard I just about fell over. It was much funnier than when they were young because their imagination was stronger. Now Marley is in college her vocabulary was sharper. Josh, Jack and Marley along with others have hung around since kindergarten. I have watched them grow and I have stuffed a mountain of food in them. I sure have grown to love them.

Leah's little Lucy finally made her appearance in the world at one in the morning, weighing in at 6 lbs 13 oz. I had taken a week off a couple of days after her due date to help her out. She didn't arrive and I though she would come the day after I went back home and was jealous because Miranda would come the following week and get to see her. Well Miranda came and went and she didn't get to see her. Nanner Nanner.

Miranda, my second daughter had little Michael Dean Williams on his dads birthday, April 20th. He weighed in at 6lb 10 oz and 19 inches. My second delivery was about an hour and 1/2 and Miranda had him in an hour and 3 minutes. I told her the next one is at home for sure. My third was 35 minutes and his dad was there alone delivering him. I am excited to see Mikey on the 26th. I took a couple of days off.
I was happy yesterday to get the lights in the frontroom. We have only had lamp light for the last 20 years. I put in two can lights, three spotlights on the fireplace and new ceiling fans with lights. With nine lights in there now it should be lit up. Boy drilling through lathe and plaster is the pits. I feel like my arms are ready to fall off. Thanks Curtis for the many projects I have put you through. It drives him crazy because I am one endless stream of projects. He is a good helper and I think I stretch him too far some times.
My spinach didn't die this winter because there was a sheet of ice holding in the ground heat. This is driving the farmers in the neighborhood crazy. They ask how I grew it so fast and I say I got magic beans like Jack and the bean stock. There is such competition with gardening in our neighborhood. It has been fun.

Chris and Katie and the boys stopped by yesterday on their way home from Disneyland. It was fun to hear each of their versions of Disneyland. They rented a motorhome and loved it. I was glad to see them get away and bond so close with each other. They seemed so close.
Natalie has been begging for years for us to come to her neck of the woods so I talked Leah into going with me. Next week we meet up with Natalie in New York and take in the sites for a couple of days then head to State College to see the campus. We plan to go to the Davinci exibit and eat a lot of food and walk a lot. I hope I can keep up with the young ones. I think it will be awful if I can't keep up with the pregnant one. Miranda is due next month so she won't be going. Guess I will catch her another time.
I was noticing that all the earthquakes Richfield has had were close to the same years as Chili has had. It has put me on edge. I have been preparing. Most of our food is in the basement. I guess I will get food and water in the garage with the tents. I am remodeling the frontroom. A big earthquake will probably hit when I get done.