Forty Years Later

We just returned from re-creating our wedding day. We attended the Oakland Temple. We then ate at the same restaurant on Fisherman's Wharf and went to the wax museum, just like forty years ago.

In 1968 we went to Haight-Ashbury to look around, but this time our youngest son told us to

"steer clear of there". The next activity was a drive down the coast highway to San Simeon. It's a beautiful Drive, however, when you are used to traveling at 70 MPH it is hard not to go over 35 MPH! It makes for a long drive. I don't think we will do it again.

We drove back using the interior freeway and flew home. Andy stayed with Zac's family in St. George while we were gone.

I then went to St. George and tended Zac's girls while they went to Egypt, Israel, Turkey, and Greece. Andy and I went to Zac's for nine days, then brought them back to Bountiful. The girls spent the next nine days with various cousins. They had a good time but were very glad to see their parents again.

Next, we had a family reunion with my side of the family. I am the oldest of three children that has now blossomed to fifty plus. We had a photographer and the whole works. It was so fun to be with family. My mother is eighty one and said with tears in her eyes, "That picture will really be something." That one comment made all the hassle worth it.

Sarah and her family from Washington, as well as Zac's family came to the reunion. They haven't been able to attend for several years.  It was great to have all of them there. Family is where  it's at!!

Attempting to Blog

This is my first attempt to blog. I love hearing about my kids and grandkids on their blogs. Today Sarah spent close to an hour on the phone trying to teach me the basics. What a job . . . but she had the patience to try!  

I'm not all that clever as evidenced by my spending at least an hour compiling a list of all my passwords! It's easier for me to go to the store than check Ebay and remember the login, password, URL, etc. I don't even speak the language! I guess it's time to learn something new and keep up with the kids.

We're flying to California next week to celebrate our fortieth anniversary. It seems like just a little while ago we made the trip to Oakland to be married. 

What an adventure. . .We left in the early morning as we had to get our license in Sacramento before 5:00 pm. I fell asleep at the wheel somewhere in Nevada and woke up bumping across the desert at 60 mph.

Next, we blew the engine in our loaner volkswagen (another story) just outside of Sacramento and limped into the VW dealership luckily located at the exit where the engine blew. It was about 4:15.  A stranger waiting in the dealership offered to drive us to the courthouse to get the marriage license before 5:00 so we could keep our appointment the next morning in the Oakland Temple.

After we got the license, she took us back to the dealership for the news about our white loaner car. They could fix it  and would give us another loaner (green) to take to Oakland. We were on our way.

We were married on June 4, 1968 in the Oakland Temple, the newest one in the church. We ate lunch at Fisherman's Wharf. Then we went to Golden Gate Park and the corner of Haight-Ashbury.  In 1968 that was a big deal. Next we visited a wax museum and an art museum. Both of us had the newly married jitters so our next stop was the movies.  We saw "Dr. Dolittle" and I fell asleep.

We didn't have reservations for the night so started searching for a place to stay. Finally at about midnight we found a vacancy at a Best Western. Kurt carried me over the threshold and then went back to get our luggage out of the car.  He had locked the keys in the ignition!

The next morning we called a locksmith to open the car so we could get it back to Sacramento and pick up the white VW. Then down the coast highway and on to Lompoc.

This time we're flying to California and renting a Mustang. We have all our reservations and scheduling done. We'll eat on Fisherman's Wharf and walk in the Park. I'm not sure about the two museums but definitely not see a movie at 9:00 pm!  We'll drive down the coast highway to San Simeon to Hearst's Castle. Then drive back to Oakland and fly home. We've learned a little in forty years.