Catch up 2.0

Whoops  - not as caught up as I thought.
Evidently I haven't looked at the blog for a while.  We forgot to post about our stay in Utah before we got to Idaho.  After we saw Marv's old scoutmaster in Moab, we went on to Draper (a suburb of Salt Lake City) and stayed with my sister Erin and her husband Eric.  They live in a fun town home on the bench and have a panoramic view of the Salt Lake valley.  It was beautiful and inspiring. We played catch up with them and got into our old pictures, family stories, and genealogy.  It was so much fun.  Erin works from home for Aetna and we got to spend lots of time together.  We got to see her kids on the run - Connor is graduating from BYU in May and Riley is graduating from University of Southern Utah as well is May.  Riley is getting an award as the best English student at the university and Connor is the most published young poet in the country.  Both played college soccer.  Connor is heading to Iowa for grad school and Riley is going to Emory in Atlanta for grad school.  It was wonderful to be with them again. They are super smart and really great kids.  Erin has been a super mom.
I was able to see two of my old roommates (Irmaleda Anderson and Bonnie Wilde) from college and that was wonderful.  We spent a lovely lunch and visit with our great friends from New Mexico - the Andersons.  They retired to Salt Lake City and live right behind the LDS Conference Center in downtown SLC.  We also got to see my old mission companion from Italy, Bonna Blanchard.  What a treat for me and Marv to see them all.  When we were in New Mexico the sister missionaries were over for dinner.  During the dinner, I mentioned that we were going to visit an old friend named Irmaleda and one of the missionaries - said Anderson?  I was totally surprised - the sister missionary used to work for Irmaleda at BYU.  We are constantly amazed at the common friends or relatives we meet in the weirdest places.  Eric (my sister's husband) found out that his stepmother is related to some of Erin and I's McCutcheon relatives in California.  It is truly a small world after all.
It is exciting to be so near dear ones here.  SLC is only a short three hour drive away from Idaho Falls and we can play with our friends lots.  We have always been the ones living far away and now we can see everyone whenever we want.  How fun!  Not that we don't miss our friends and family in other places.  Just come and see us whenever you can.
Well, I think that really catches us up since March.  Here it is already May almost.  Time is flying and we are having fun.