Hey, I DO have a life!

We have had 2 grandbabies born this year - Elisabeth Mae born in Utah in May, daughter of Sarah and Alex - and a few weeks ago Solei was born to Jared and Reva. And she was born in Brazil!!!!
Guess where grandma got to travel to?

This is me in the city of Campinas, Brasil, two hours NW of Sao Paulo. Campinas has 1.6 million people. This is actually the dangerous part, but I made Jared take my picture anyway. We bought used furniture in a tiny stuffed shop. The prices were outrageous!!!!

The yellow house behind 10 foot walls is what I call Jared and Reva's 'Frank Lloyd Wright' castle. It's all made of clay and tile and just gorgeous inside. Even the yard behind the fence is all tile. It has 2 balconies, several tiny atriums, a waterfall and an upstairs big enough to have a ward dance and BBQ. Loved living there for 3 weeks!!!

We did one real tourist trip to the town of Pedriera. They have several crafts factories (pottery and wooden items). I think all the rest of the people in the town paint designs on the wood and pottery. Then they have about 100 craft stores nestled under and among very large green hills. It is quite picturesque. At the top of the largest hill is this statue - like the one in Rio. There are 10 stations of the cross on the way up the mountain.

Here I am in front of the Campinas Brazil temple. Lovely place inside and out!!!! It was interesting to be the only English speakers...

Reva and I got ready for Solei to arrive for 2 weeks... We made these big flowers for her wall. Hope she enjoys them.

Here she is!!! The doctor says she is 'perfect'. Grandma thinks so too.

Even Old People Have a Life

To prove that even old people have a life, Mom and I decided to start this blog. Problem is we really can't think of much exciting to write. OK, here is something. Tonight we went to help the Bergaust's with a pre-wedding dinner for the combined families. We helped set up tables and broke into the RS closet to get table cloths. The "caterers" were going to bring and serve the food. We would come back at 8:00 to help clean up. We were offered to stay to eat, but we did not want to intrude. Just as we were leaving the Sonny's BarBQ van showed up. WHY DID WE SAY WE DID NOT WANT TO EAT? Mom dragged me from the chruch. We went and got a real treat for dinner, Subway. Mom likes that. They had two foot long sandwiches for like $9. Went to see grandpa T. Mom was telling me her GRE vocabulary words and I tryed to guess the definitions. I think I was 0 for 10. Grandpa kept falling asleep in his weelchair. We decided to go back to the church. Well, we were warmly offered to come get a plate of Sonny's. Now we are talking. Did anyone have a better evening than finding FREE, all you can eat, Sonny's pulled pork, ribs, and smoked turkey with sides. OK, I know holding those little babies is great, but a heaping plate of sweet, smoky, savory BBQ? The bad thing was we already ate Subway. The good thing is the anticipation of BBQ for breakfast. Ummm.