Stephenson Family Ties

Most people don't have any idea

about all the complicated life going
on inside a hive. Bees have a secret
life we don't know anything about.
from: Secret Life of Bees
by: Sue Monk Kidd

Cousins are the best!!! They're the bomb!!
And I have lots of cousin news!!!

First there is news of Lynley.
SHE LEFT ME!!!
I cant imagine why she would choose to go and leave an old geezer like me for a real university town, where the men are wild and daring and seeking a real education..plus moving in with sweet Anna to boot. Why oh why would she do such a thing??
I miss her.
I miss her cute hiccups.
I miss her humming and singing.
I miss her movie collection and watching them with her.
I miss her curiosity and questions.
I miss her help in the kitchen.
I miss our visiting.
I miss her upbeat attitude.
I miss her red hair and smiling face.
Oh well...things NEVER stay the same.
She knows I'll always be in her corner-rooting for her all the way.
You can keep track of her life in Logan, and how shes dealing with college life and the impending COLD and all of her adventures there!! Lynley is a marvelous writer. You'll really enjoy her, I promise. Go HERE to see for yourself.




Then there's my dear cousin Ann.
Its really quite pathetic but Im quite certain we saw more of each other when we were little kids. Our parents were much more successful at getting us together then we have been now that we are 'grown-ups.' ( eww...I have such a negative connotation of the word 'grown-up.' My parents are grown-ups NOT ME!!!)
Anyway, our get-away to regions northward did bring the two of us together once again. It was long over-due. Ann invited Jude and myself to lunch at her darling home in American Fork.
And it wasnt long before our visiting juices began to flow and we talked until sundown!! It was wonderful to catch up with her and her life and that of her kids. It felt just like the olden days, when we'd sit on the twin beds in the yellow room of our grandmothers basement. I guess sometime the pre-adolescent catching up isnt that much different than it is now!! odd....
And this time Ann didnt volunteer to give me a haircut/hackjob without permission. (oh how displeased our mothers were with us) But she was happy to show me Caesar the cat's yoga position. She didnt have to swallow a patience pill and listen to my boy crazy ways either. Not this time. But we did enjoy sharing with one another our vast knowledge we've acquired through all our years on this planet.
It was a wonderful way to spend a day. And I once again vow to myself to not let so much time pass before another visit.
Thanks Cuz!!
Im root'in for all things good in your life!!!



And then there are the COUSINS!!!!
Oh what a delightful batch of cousins we have!! Every time we all get together we marvel at the comonadary these kids have with one another. What a blessing!!! They truly enjoy one anothers company!!
The photos will do the best in telling the tale of cousin friendship and love.

dan, bri, matt, stephen, anna, steph, becca and aunt cathy