MARCH 2022

 March 27, 2022

Hello again,

It’s taken me too long to write this week. 

1) it’s wonderful to be back in the states!
2) we spent a week in my home state. 
3) I was born and raised in Washington.
4) it’s nice that Britni & Brian chose this for their home. 
5) I have a great excuse to visit this lush green space.
6) it was fortunate that…
7) Dalia had a track meet.
8) Violet turned 8 and was baptized.
9) Tesila’s play happened!!!
10) we hiked their backyard trail to the Hansen Creek.

We appreciate all of our children and are grateful to be close by (relative to the Middle East) so we can see more of you!

Christmas coupons may be redeemed.  Anyone?

This week:
March 28th ~ We flew back to Utah
April 1st ~ tip: Don’t use red food coloring to fool your spouse that you cut yourself shaving in the shower. Psycho! 
April 2 & 3 ~ **General Conference**
April 3rd ~ it’s Kaelyn’s birthday!! She’ll be 10!!

We love you forever!  Enjoy April🌷
Momma C & Dad Lane (G&G Howell)

**I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.  John 14:18

“No trial, no sadness, no heartache, no suffering, no wound — however deep, however wide, however painful — will be excluded from the comfort, peace, and lasting hope of Jesus Christ.”
Elder Neil L Andersen, Apostle

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 March 20, 2022

Hey!

We returned to the U.S. on Sunday the 20th and already it’s Thursday, the 24th.

1) last week we swung by the Red Sea
2) visited Luxor Temple at night
3) explored tombs in Valley of the Kings
4) sailed on the Nile
5) toured the mummified crocodile museum
6) dined and danced at a Nubian village
7) walked among the Museum of Egyptian Antiquities
8) flew in a hot air balloon over Luxor
9) climbed inside the Great Pyramid of Cheops
10) road tripped to visit two iconic, massive rock-cut temples at Abu Simbel, relocated in the 1960’s!!!  (Imagine relocating Jordan’s Petra.) My favorite find!!!
https://youtu.be/CgoGYYa71Us
https://youtu.be/Nk3gwFsb9eo

We took a family group of 23 to Egypt in 2010. Twelve years later Egypt is still as fabulous as ever!!!

This week:
21st  Danika is now a precocious 6 year old
24th  Violet has decided it’s “great to be 8”

We love you forever,
Momma C & Dad Lane (G&G Howell)

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 March 13, 2022

Hey,

1) Near 
2) the
3) Pyramids
4) of
5) Giza
6) I kissed
7) a friendly
8) camel 🐪 
9) named 
10) Charlie 

This week:
3.14 Stephanie & Jerel celebrate 26 years of promoting an excellent marriage!
3.14   pi day (what’s your favorite? I love fresh 🍑 or 🍓 in a traditional crust)
3.17   St Patrick’s Day 🍀 
3.20  our Egypt tour ends and we fly back to the USA - more precisely, Lake Stevens at the invitation of the Hansens.  A X-country meet, a school play and a baptism. 

We love you forever, 
Momma C & Dad Lane (G&G Howell)


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 March 6, 2022

Oh man, Oman!

It’s been an exhilarating week. Still in the Middle East. Finished a 7-day road trip through Oman.  We…

1)  camped in the Empty Quarter (largest sand sea on the planet).

2)  swam in the gulf of Oman

3)  watched the sun set over the dunes

4)  counted camels

5)  caught Bream and Trigger fish with NoBoundaries off Shuwaymiyah

6)  drove 1400 miles round trip - Muscat to Salalah

7)  strolled thru a grove of Frankincense Trees - Wadi Dawkah

8)  gazed upon the Grand Canyon of Oman - Jebel Shams

9)  visited the sultan’s palace grounds

10) took Covid test #6 since January so we can fly to Qatar on Tuesday

Oman is certainly a country we would invite you to visit.  People always want to know where we are from.  They are friendly, beautiful, curious, helpful and welcoming of foreigners.  They are proud Omani’s and want to show off their country; its resources, its beauty, its cuisine, its history.  Come if you can.  Or let us be your eyes and ears.  

We feel we may have walked the land where Lehi and Sariah journeyed too with their family.  Through wadi’s and mountain valleys in southern Oman, to the seacoast.  What an amazing sight.  We know like Nephi that if we love God and keep his commandments he will nourish and strengthen us and provide a path that we can accomplish that which is best for us and our families.  Keep doing your best to work hard and look after your loved ones.  We cherish each of you.  

This week:

6th   Emeline can officially ‘drive’ her family…crazy at age 16

7th   Carrie & Lincoln have been wife & husband for 21 years!!!

8th   We catch an early flight from Oman to Qatar

10th  Robert celebrates his 27th year!

10th  We fly to Cairo for an organized tour of Egypt

11th  Sabrina gets birthday cake and ice cream while turning 6

12th  Lane is the most handsome 74 year old husband I have ever had!

Take note that we’ll be in the SLC area approx March 29th thru mid to late June (with a week in Cincinnati in April).  Please plan some time when you can redeem a Christmas coupon or two.  

Lane will toss out his Omani sim card Tuesday so you can once again reach him by text.  

We love you forever,

Scatter smiles & sunshine  Ü

Momma C & Dad Lane (G&G Howell)

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