Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Dear Bryan, Candalyn, Mason, Jayden and Madison,
It was so good to hear from you. I can’t thank you enough for the
letters. I thought I would be okay with
just SKYPE and the e-mails but the letters have really added to everything
here. I actually look forward to
Tuesday’s to see if I have another letter from you. I’m so afraid I am going to be sad when I
don’t get one so please keep them coming.
I love your drawing of the Smith’s home. I really hope that you can rent your house
and that you can get that loan you were talking about so you can buy the
Smith’s home. I hope you can get it
before someone else gets it. It would be
fun to have you so close for us. I hope
it won’t be bad for your guys. Just
think kids you can walk over to Grandma’s any time you want and Grandma can
walk over to your house too. Maybe we
could all go for walks together. I
think that would be lots of fun.
I got my first haircut yesterday. I paid 15 EUR. She did a good job. It is a lady from the Philippines that cleans
house for the Mission President and prepares meals for big functions at the
mission home and then every two weeks she comes to an apartment of one of the
missionaries in the building next to the office and cuts hair for the
missionaries. She has a son who was
born totally deaf but he has had the implants and now he is doing pretty
good. He is 15 years old and she is a
single mom plus she is supporting her father in the Philippines. She seems to be a hard worker and she was
very nice. She actually told me she
thought I was in my 40’s and couldn’t believe I had 10 grandchildren. Nice way to get a big tip – tell me I look
younger than I am. It was a great self
esteem builder.
The German lady who works with finances came to train Dad
yesterday and trained him for 3 ½ hours so we didn’t get to lunch until after
2:30 p.m. and I was so hungry. Dad was
getting teased about how she really liked him because I guess she can be pretty
stern but Dad was a good student. He
admitted to me, he isn’t really sure what he learned but it will all come
together once he has a payment request and has to actually do something with
the programs. She talked to me after
and I’m not so sure she likes me as much, oh well. (It was cute because Brother Asplund was
telling me, how she liked Dad because he even saw her pat his arm.) Poor dad, she speaks English but with a very
strong German accent. You know he has a
hard time with that so he just smiles.
The weather is starting to be rainy over here and the skies
are gray overcast. I like it so much
better when the sun is shining but that is probably why things are getting
green and the trees are starting to bloom.
Everyone has flower pots on their homes and the fields are getting
green.
I am learning how to make a lunch for us each day. That is interesting but we are doing pretty
good with that. I usually bring my
caffeine Diet Coke for Dad and I to share at lunch. If you have any good ideas for lunch, let me
know.
Dad is funny with our car because it is really small and it
shifts on its own hard. He keeps
threatening to have me drive it because I am laughing at him. I’m afraid to drive it because I will
probably do worse than him. I am just
grateful for a car and for having to walk everywhere even though that would be
good for me. I would spend less at the
grocery story because I would have to carry it all home.
I think we will watch conference on the internet. We will watch Saturday morning session at
6:00 p.m. here and we will see if I can stay awake to watch the afternoon
session at 10 p.m. I think we have
decided to stay home and not go to the church to watch the broadcasts.
Well, I guess I will close.
We love you guys and appreciate all you are doing for us. We hope things with our house move along
well and you can move to a new place, hopefully the Smith’s home. Love ya,
talk to you on Skype soon.
Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma Paxton
Hey Mason,
Just a note to say, I love you. It sounds like you have some pretty big
projects at school. I’m glad you have
such great parents that can and will help you.
Hang in there. This will just
prepare you for middle school and so when you get there next year, it will be
much easier because you already know what to expect. How’s your spelling coming? Are you still doing good on your tests? How’s the algebra coming along? How is scouts? What have you been doing fun with
scouts? What is your favorite thing to
do? Are you and Jayden playing Black
Ops? You better not get too good or
when Grandpa gets home, he will have a really hard time. I guess you will just have to teach him. Take care.
Talk to you on Skype soon.
Love,
Grandma
Hi Jayden,
Congratulations on your Pinewood Derby race. I really liked your truck. You did a great job and that is awesome you
took 2nd and 3rd place.
You are getting really good at it.
Maybe next year it will be 1st place. Are you still loving school? Have you read any books you really like lately? Do you still have your mom and Dad as your
Primary teachers? Are you ready to move
to my house so you can move to a new place?
I sure hope you get to live close to us. That will be so fun when we get home from
our mission. I love you. See ya soon on Skype.
Grandma
Dear Madison,
How are you doing? I
painted my nails last night and thought about you. My nails are growing pretty good now and so
that is good. I don’t have your fancy
machine to put decorations on so they are just plain. Is Princess being nice to you? Are you still doing good in school? What is your favorite subject? Have you done anything fun lately? Who are your best friends? Well I love you and miss your hugs. Take care and I’ll see you soon on
SKYPE.
Grandma
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