Greetings from Geneva

Dear family,
I'm embarrassed at how long it's been since I've posted and am thrilled that others of you are much more conscientious about keeping us up to date on your family news. I'll try do a brief recap:
Stan and I went to a special ed conference in Breckenridge in June (actually, I went to the conference while Stan explored the mountains and played golf at a Jack Nicklaus course, with two people from Nebraska, of all things). We didn't hike like Nikki and Matt, but did enjoy driving through Rocky Mountain National Park.
I walked to the top of the observation peak and was feeling proud of myself that I had hauled this middle-aged body up the mountain until I got near the top and was passed by a pregnant woman with a toddler in her arms. She actually took this picture for me.
Later in June, some of the Meyer women (plus mom) had a ladies day out at the Lauritzen Gardens in Omaha. It is a lovely place and I would like to go back when I could walk through at my own pace rather than ride the tram. There is a replica of a gate from Omaha's sister city in Japan; Suki would be able to tell if it's authentic, I would think.
The people in this photo are me, Mary Meyer (Stan's brother Ken's wife) Jenni (Steve and Nancy's daughter-in-law), Kari (Ken and Mary's daughter) mom, Tammy and Cameron (Steve and Nancy's daughter and granddaughter) Jill (Ken and Mary's daughter) and Nancy (Steve's wife). We went for lunch in the Old Market; it was a lovely day.

In July, Lisa, my walking partner of nearly nine years was diagnosed with breast cancer. She's 42 with two children aged 12 and 8; she found a lump under her arm first, then did a self exam and found one in her breast. It was in her lymph nodes and breast and deemed to be agressive, so she started chemo before having any surgery. I'd been told that chemo patients get very cold so I wanted to give her something that would keep her warm during her treatments so asked Connie to use her considerable talents and make her a quilt. Lisa's bedroom is painted sage green, so Connie and I went to Fremont's very nice fabric store, found the right color of flannel and Connie pieced and quilted this in less than a week. She's a wonder!
The good news in this story is that after six months of chemo, a partial mastectomy and having her lymph nodes out, she's been declared cancer free. She'll still have radiation, but it seems the worst is over, thank the good Lord.

In August, the Schmidts, Warrens and Meyers met for supper, then went to the UNL volleyball game at the Qwest Center. We women got to sit close to the floor while the men were in the rafters, but I think everyone had a good time.We didn't notice the very, very pregnant woman behind us; hope she made it to the hospital in time!

This is a picture taken on Christmas Eve. Lisa and her family stopped by after church to see the kids, who had been in Luther League when she and her husband were sponsors and she took the picture for us.
I'm writing this on March 2 after having spent a nice day in Lincoln where I got to do several fun things. First was church with Janice, Elissa, Kelly and Paul at the church where they will get married in October. It's beautiful with a very impressive pipe organ; I'm sure it will meet the family's standards :)
We joined Debbie for brunch, then got a tour of Kelly and Paul's lovely new home. A bonus was that we got to see pictures of Kelly's final two choices for her wedding dress. We voted for the Grace Kelly look over the "cake topper" look, but she will be a beautiful bride no matter which one she picks. It was good to see Elissa and the Stamp basket that has held so many babies; now it's her turn. Such fun!! Debbie and I hated to leave, but we had tickets for a play in the Haymarket, so we reluctantly left with much still to be said.
Thanks to all of you who have kept up the posting; I love reading your entries and seeing all the pictures. Congratulations to Uncle Winfred and Aunt Marian--60 years is quite a milestone!!
Love,
Nancy