MEMORIAL DAY - SWIM SEASON OFFICIAL

The pool business has been on a full run the last month and Mark is picking up new knowledge every day. We went to a IPSSA pool meeting this week and we both came out of it shaking our heads at how much we have to learn. This business is going totally automated/computerized with red lights, green lights, and flashing lights, adding salt instead of liquid chlorine. The days of the manual pool time clock are numbered. We plan to take classes to keep up with the new equipment.

David came up to help out with the business demands and he was such a huge help, not only doing special jobs, cleaning filters and route work, but helping around the house with some of the never-ending fix list.

Here the boys are doing one of the mastic jobs. They did three in one week.

Mike O’Brien finished the new control valves on the sprinkler. I had aguy come out and bid the job at $600 but Mike just did it for me and all I paid for were parts. He said he enjoyed helping me out and he didn’t want Jon mad at him.


I celebrated Jon’s passing quietly and by myself. For the first time, I looked at pictures of the funeral and listened to his voice as he told stories on the life history video. I actually spent hours creating scrapbook pages of the funeral. I cried all weekend, but then on Monday morning when I was ready to step back into life, I awoke with a new perspective. I am so thankful for Jon, for his life, his talents, his sense of humor and dedication to his family and that I could be a part of it all. I look forward to being with him forever.

Look at these beautiful lilies in the yard. These are the lilies used at Kaylinn's wedding and I planted them last year. They came up again perfectly and are a bright spot in the yard.

This is my new tradition. Since I can’t be in Utah to put flowers on Jon's grave, I will always have red roses for Memorial Day on my table in remembrance of Jon. Barrie Brewer took these pictures at the Salt Lake Cemetery last Saturday. It made my day and such a tribute to Jon to have so many thinking of him.