Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Dear Scott, Kristin, McKayla, Sterling and Lincoln,
It was so good to hear from you. I love the e-mails. I thought I would be okay with just SKYPE but
I realize that the e-mails really help too.
I am so excited about your new
Denali or Yukon. I hope that it serves
your family well and that you love joining the rest of us with that vehicle. We really love ours so hopefully you will
love yours too.
Scott thanks for getting us set up on the internet so we can
watch videos. We haven’t watched any
for a while became I have been using my computer but it seems like we get to
watch one or two a week, which is great.
Our new thing to do is go to the grocery store. We really do need to find something
different to do. I think we have found
a couple of stores that might be less expensive so we will keep looking
around. Jens from work is taking us to
a couple of stores and going to help me understand what I am trying to
buy. I think I will have Sister Asplund
go too because she wants to know how to buy things and what she is buying. I love the adventure. We turned in our plastic Coke and soda
bottles yesterday and that was cool. We
got a refund for almost 5 Euro. So I
guess we have drank a lot of soda.
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. Scott we hope your business really does well
and that you can feel good about what is happening and hopefully that Kristin
will be able to stay home and be a stay at home mom. I know you are working hard for that to
happen. You are in our thoughts and
prayers. Love ya, talk to you on Skype soon.
Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma Paxton
Hey MaKayla,
Just a note to say, I love you. I understand you probably are going to
grandma Vickie’s house this weekend and you will get to see Camron. Actually you probably just got back by the
time you get this letter. Did you and Camron
have fun? Did you like riding in your
new car? Was it comfortable? How is
your playroom? Are you keeping it
clean? How are all your babies
doing? Are your Barbies fun to play
with? I bet you are a really good big
sister to little Lincoln. Give your mom
and dad a kiss for me. I love you tons and love to talk to you on
Skype.
Love, Grandma Vickie
Hi Sterling,
I love you too. I
love your kisses you give in the air to me when I am on SKYPE. How are your trucks? Are you having fun with them? Do you love your new baby brother,
Lincoln? I bet he loves you as his big brother. I love you. See ya soon on Skype.
Love Grandma Vickie
Dear Lincoln,
You don’t know me yet but I am sure we will be best friends
when I get home. You sure are
cute. I’m glad you have a great big
sister, MaKayla, and a big brother, Sterling, to give you lots of hugs and
kisses. Maybe they can give you some
from me.
Love ya, Grandma Vickie
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