A Week With my Boy the Ambassador

As Michael walked down the terminal, I'm sure he was a little embarrassed to see his parents waiting with a camera. His plane was late, so this picture was taken a little past 11:30 p.m. in the Nashville airport. We were excited to have him come and spend some time with us, and enjoyed hearing all about his visit to Honduras. Evidently he is now an Ambassador for Honduras and will be working to coordinate efforts to alleviate poverty conditions in the country. One of the first efforts being made is to supply a hospital with a mammogram machine. I don't fully understand it, but it sounds like a wonderful opportunity. Leave it to Michael!

Since we only had him for a week, we tried to pack a lot into his time here. We went out to dinner with a family in our ward on Friday and then went back to their house to watch the movie "Music and Lyrics". I wish I had a picture of their theater room, or their house for that matter...it was amazing! It was a lot of fun. I think Michael had second thoughts about spending his summer in Provo after Ross extended an invitation to shadow him at work. (He's a cardiac anesthesiologist.) He'll have to take him up on his offer when he visits next time.

On Saturday night we went to the Bluebird Cafe to see the third annual "Mamapalooza". (It's their Mother's Day show.) The songwriters performing were Sue Fabisch, Jacqueline Jacquman, Kim McLean, and Hometown News. They were really fun to see. Luckily we were able to get reservations! We had our picture taken with Kim McLean before the show...she and Hometown News were our favorites. (Michael has the picture on his camera, so maybe he'll post it onto his blog.)

Bob barbequed for Mother's Day and invited a few of our friends over. It was a fun time and Bob's cooking was great!

Michael had this picture framed and presented it to me for Mother's day. Doesn't it look like it has been photoshopped with that background? They took this picture when they were all together in San Diego. Thanks kids...I love it!

If any of you recall the dilemna I had about whether or not to go to Japan with Bob...well...as it turns out, it was a good decision not to go. When Bob got to the airport early on Monday morning, his flight to Chicago had been cancelled due to mechanical problems. This created a nightmare morning for him as he had to scramble to get to Chicago and then to Japan. Without going into the details..."Mr. cool calm and collected"...almost lost his cool! We all know that it takes a lot to ruffle Bob's feathers!! If I had been along...it would have been much more complicated. Good thing I didn't go.

I'm glad Michael was here to keep me company; we had a great time together. I got us lost trying to find Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant in Franklin. We finally found it after venturing as far as Leapers Fork (and that was with the navigation system). Then we walked around the quaint, historic downtown Franklin. Tuesday we went to the Opry Mills factory outlet stores and did a little shopping after having lunch at the Macaroni Grill. Wednesday we got our culture in by going to the FRIST museum to see Matisse, Picasso, and the school of Paris, after eating lunch at Demo's in downtown Nashville. Thursday before heading to the airport, we drove out to the Loveless Cafe for breakfast. It sounds like everything we did was centered around eating! You'd think that was our favorite thing to do! That could explain the "Tennessee Ten" that I seem to have put on. I'll have to work on that later!