Our Friend "Ski Cat"

Lexie called last night wondering if she could come by today

and use my sewing machine.
She needed to hem a quilt
for a humanitarian project. Lexie is the daughter of a wonderful childhood friend
who died in July of 2007.
We miss him.
Here is a classic picture of Gary and Matt
(otherwise known as"Ski Cat") at high school graduation.

Matt's family lives in Washington State, but Lexie and her brother are here at BYU. Before that, another brother and his wife (and then their new baby) were here, also. We have so many fond memories of Matt and his family. Through the years, our family made several trips to Washington and were always treated to wonderful times at their lake house on Lake Chelan.

We're so glad we have been able to keep a connection with the family while they go to BYU, and it is even more meaningful now that Matt is gone. Matt was always so appreciative of any little thing that was done for him. When Gary spoke at his funeral, he mentioned how with Matt you could never get ahead. If he sent you a letter (of which he did all the time), and we wrote back (of which we did seldom), he would respond immediately thanking us profusely for writing him. So, not only do we truly enjoy being with his amazing children, but we also find happiness in knowing it is something that he would appreciate.

Lexie is so cute and has said several times that she would like to learn to cook some different things. So we decided it would be fun to try some new recipes together. Here are Lexie and Natalie thumbing through a cookbook deciding what we'll cook next Sunday. I'll give a report next week on how it goes.