May Highlights

May 1st brought us more snow, but it was the last snow of the season!
The month of May this year brought us only one day of 70 degree weather.  It seemed May had a terrible time warming up.         

School Choir and Band Concert

 Granddaughters Izzy Martinson and Maddy Welch - Choir 

Maddy Welch - playing trumpet in school Band

Happy 30th birthday to Date-Line (DL).   Our son Geoff has been a part of DL for 20 years.
This spring Geoff (pictured on the far right) became the sole-owner of Date-Line.  Congratulations!
Our grandson, Andrew, is pictured third from the left.

 Visitors this month:

Elsie & Patricia Graham from Anchorage.  

The Air Force transferred the Graham's to Eielson AFB (Fairbanks) in the early 80's, when we first met them. They later moved to Anchorage where they are now both retired.  It's always good to visit with good friends. 

John Farrar (left side of picture) from Virginia.  

John & his family were also stationed at Eielson AFB in the early 80's.

When the Graham's were visiting we mentioned John Farrar, wondering where he was.  A couple weeks later we got a phone call - - it was John Farrar and he was in town!  He was with a tour group and had only one day in Fairbanks.  It had been 36 years since we last saw him so we had a good time "catching up."  

Mother's Day

Remembering my Mom - Theresa Covey

Enjoyed spending time

with my "kids" - Geoffrey and Jami -

and their families.  

The annual Mother's Day basketball games (H-O-R-S-E)

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Our grandson, Andrew, graduated from West Valley High School.  

Congratulation to Andrew and his family.  

Andrew Michael Martinson

Andrew with the proud grandparents

Andrew with all his Fairbanks family

(Back row, left to right:  Geoff Welch, Kaiden Martinson, Andrew, Jami Martinson [Andrew's Mom who only cried a little bit], Dave Welch, Kathy Welch.  Front row, left to right:  Nicole Welch, Maddy Welch, Izzy Martinson, Matt Martinson)

Andrew's Graduation Party

Geoff celebrated his 42nd birthday in Maui.  

Time to plant flowers - Memorial Day weekend.

One of my favorite times of the year!  

Church Small Group BBQ

Thanks to the Benavides family for hosting!
Burgers, brats and fajitas with homemade tortilla shells.  Yum!

 Me and my buddy Luke fighting off the mosquitoes











Books I've read in May:   (It definitely looks like I spend too much time reading)

• Sandcastle Sisters, Lisa Wingate 
• The Noel Diary, Richard Paul Evans*
• The Christmas Box (The Christmas Box Series)*
• The Timepiece (Christmas Box series)*
• "I have said more than I ought and you Have clearly heard more than I have said."
• The Letter (Christmas Box series)*
• There is nothing so healing to oneself as to heal another
• It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold the reigns.  
• The Broken Road *
• "The well from which we receive grace is only filled by sharing it with others."
• "One man’s holiday is another man’s root canal."
• "We all swim deep in the river of our ancestry."
• "There is nothing simple about simple kindness."
• "Without passion we are doomed to mediocrity."
• "It is that to which we cling that drags us to the bottom of the abyss"
• The Christmas List *
• The Locket *
• "Old age lends perspective and that leads to forgiveness."
• The Forgotten Road *  (The Road Home  - coming out spring 2019)
• Come Rain or Shine, Jan Karon 

* Books written by Richard Paul Evans. 

 I've been on a Richard Paul Evans kick. 

Favorite Bible verses this  month: