On November 20, 2022, my brother Scott's family joined us in celebrating Mother's 110th birthday. This is one of my favorite photos of Mom--Sophie was a beautiful baby and Mom was a beautiful great-grandmother. I remember sitting in the backyard of Camille's Holladay home, watching Jono's elementary school friends frolic in the grass during his birthday party, and thinking, "This is as good as life gets."
This is another of my favorite photos of Mom. Until the day she died, Mom was a patriot. She loved America and never failed to vote in elections. She also studied the election booklets and learned about each candidate before she voted. There she is, in the photo above, holding onto her walker with one hand and trying to figure out the new-fangled voting machine with the other!
It is a treat to get together with Scott's family for at least two events per year--Mother's birthday and Christmas Eve. I cooked the dinner Mother would have served—ham, sweet
potatoes with apples, consommé rice, green jello, and hot rolls. “Some of this
is better than Grandma Rose would have served,” I opined. “She wouldn’t have bought an expensive honey-baked ham,
and the rolls would have been out of a can, rather than home-baked.” Scott brought fresh fruit and dessert—pies
and cakes from Costco and several flavors of ice cream.
The guests included Camille, Steve and their three children, Michael K and Rebekah, and Spencer, as well a Scott and Jean, David, and Grant and Jamie, with their three children. Truman, above with his father Grant, is a bright and spunky fellow.
Jamie and her daughters, Marlowe and Lulu, are favorites.
Planning a dinner with Scott is as easy as saying, "Let's do what we always do." He appears with many bowls of fresh fruit, pies, and ice cream.
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