The day after I returned from Cancun, I flew to Oklahoma for my last visit to the house on Hollywood in Norman. The Holsingers are moving to Anchorage sometime in June.
I arrived on May 6, which was the day after Megan’s birthday. (Yes, she is a Cinco de Mayo baby like Heather.) Robin had planned her birthday party at a place near the university called “Bath Junkie”. It’s a little shop where you can mix your own bath products and fragrances. Megan had six little friends at her party, and they all made colored bubble bath salts and lotion. Megan chose “Dreamsicle” and “Fruitie Tootie” (or something like that!) and so most of the other little girls also picked those same fragrances. We had a fancy cake from a fancy bakery, the evening was fun and the house was left untouched. Since they were showing the house for sale, it seemed like a good idea to have the mess at another place.
I had not seen Steven since December, and he has grown and changed so much. I think he looks like Ken, and I think Megan looks like Ken, but I don’t really think Megan and Steven look alike. Now how does that work??? Of course, he is the most beautiful 8 month old in the world! No one would dispute that! He’s a happy baby, and I had lots of loving and kisses to catch up on.
If you have stopped by my picture gallery, you have seen all the beautiful photos of Steven and Megan. The last time the Holsingers spent hundreds of dollars on professional pictures, Ken decided the next time to spend that money on a nice camera and start taking their own pictures. He has become quite the photo enthusiast, and his pictures are really, really good. Most of the ones of Robin, Megan and Steven in the gallery were his. I also posted some pictures he has taken of churches around the world. He makes black and white prints and frames them, and they are beautiful. They have several hung around their house and they are truly works of art.
We went to church and out for dinner on Mother’s Day, and then Robin and I went out to the mall in the afternoon. She got me the fourth tiny birthstone ring for my pendant and now Steven’s September birthday is represented.
As I mentioned in the last post, they sold their house just a few days after I got back. Megan’s dance recital is this Saturday evening, and she finishes school on May 31. That’ll about wrap up their commitments in Norman, and they will be making their way North To Alaska! I’m planning a week long visit up there this fall on my sabbatical. It will be lots of fun visiting with all the Holsingers of Alaska.
Be sure to check the photo gallery. Brian posted new pictures of their home construction. It’s framed and roof trusses are up. It’s starting to take shape!
GO Suns!