Don't faint

Well it is a long time since I wrote in the blog. I have wanted to put pictures in, but we bought a new computer and have not got it totally set up. We love it, but due to our non fuctional brains we haven't got everthing where it belongs. On top of that we are not sure what we are doing! It is coming along, now we don't have to wait twenty min. for something to come on the screen.
We have had a busy summer. I don't know where it has gone but it has gone. Most of the summer we have spent with family, that was a plus for us. We have been to a wedding, and engagement party and an open house.
Carly's wedding went really nice. As I sat in the Temple, watching her and Jeff kneeling across the alter it really came to me how important the Temple is. It was amazing to know that we are linked as a family and will be that way for Eternity. One thing I can say about the wedding was that for sure it was hot. I don't really like hot, but we survived, enjoying our time with everyone. Tonya and her family were able to come. It was nice seeing them, even though we were so busy that it was hard to get a min. to ourselves.
The next thing that happened was a party. It was supposed to be for Bre's boyfriends, but it ended up being a engagement party. It was a total suprise to Bre. They will be getting married in April. It seems our family is growing.
Carly and Jeff held a open house in Kaysville. They both lived there so alot of people came. It was a layed back affair, which made it really nice. We were able to visit with alot of people we hadn't seen for a while. It was fun and I hope a tail end to all these big events.
We spent this weekend in Bear Lake. We went to Tori's house. We had a beautiful day at the lake, notice I said day. Every time we come it rains, so at least this time we had one day that was a fun in the sun day. We did have fun and as always enjoyed our family.

Life is running by

No pictures this time, I am lucky to just write a note. Tomorrow we are off to St. George for Carly's wedding. It is hot, hot , hot and I am not sure I want to be in the oven of St. George (108) on Sunday. We just got back Sat. from visiting with Tori and Russ. It seems like that is all we have been doing. Last winter I thought this was going to be a slow summber, not so. Number one I never thought I would be the RS President. Alden was called on a service mission and does the Temple once a week. I guess it keeps us young. The one thing about this wedding is a lot of the family will be there and it is always nice to be with the ones we love. I'll post some pictures when I get back (if I survive the heat).

The End of an Era!

Uncle Warren (Colonel) died on June 18, 2009. He was the last of my father's siblings. It seems like a whole time in my life has closed down. I still have the memories, but no one to talk about them that remember. We made a trip to his early birthday (95th) in Febuary, they said he wouldn't last until March when his real birthday was. As I talked to him then, he said he was going to make it to his birthday, he made it past. His family told us that in the end he was seeing and talking to his father and my dad Everett. I know there was a grand old party on the other side when they all got together. I think of all the years I enjoyed these group of people and I am thankful that I had that time.. Sometimes I think we are so into life that we miss the real thing. I hope when I go, that someone will be able to say, we spent time with her and have a lot of good memories to hold in our hearts. The people, friends, and family are what life is all about, it is so important to love each other and always be thankful we are together.

Cold Bear Lake Birthday

Haylee wanted to go to Bear Lake for her bithday, no problem, except spring did not come this year, so it rained. We were game for anything, no hesitation. We headed up to Tori's house and all cramed into her small home. AJ, her family, Amanda, her son, a friend of AJ's Brandy, Haylee and Us. We were sleeping all over. On Sat. morning the was a spot where we thought it would be good to take off and head to the Lake. As you can see from the picture, it was not the best, but we had fun. Of course the kids thought it was great. The adults were a little cold, some of them cold or not braved the cold to go into the water. It was a fun time with all the family that was there. We are thankful for Tori for putting up with us. Love us or not I am sure she was glad to see us go. We are so thankful to be able to do all these fun things with our family.

This is what it is all about......

This is why we made our trip to California. E was baptized on the 23 of May. This is the 4th grandchild that we have had baptized in the last year. What fun it is to see them all grow up and make the choice to follow the Savior. E was so grown up, he greeted every one as they came in. He also thanked each person for coming. At the end he stood up on his own and announced that we would be opening the doors and putting cookies out. It was really something. No one knew he was going to do it for sure. I can't believe he is 8. He was just a little baby and now he is a young man. His Grandpa and Grandma are so proud of him. I am sure he will be perfect, for a few days, and then he will get on with life.

California Trip

Here we are at the beach in California. Haylee, Shireen, Dorie & Al took off on a Wed. and headed for California. I don't know about any one else, but the beach was one of the things on the top of my lists to do. Of course seeing our family was the first. The beach is special to me, a time when I can let every thing go and just lay back. It seems my problems aren't as big when I get back. Now, Shireen just had fun. It was the first time that she remembered being on the beach, she was impressed. She could not get over how big it was. I think She has my lust for picking things up. She had a bucket full of all kinds of treasures. We all had a lot of fun and really enjoyed the family time.

Update on Al's Thumb

No picture of this. Haylee has one on her phone, but I didn't even look. We went to the doctors today, he took a pair of plyers and pulled the pin out of Dad's thumb. It was terrible! I watched all the other stuff they did, but for some reason that was just bad. The worst part came after when the doctor told him that he should not put a dressing on it. He also told him that he needed to be careful because he could tear the ligament. Before he did alot because it was protected and now he is really limited. He is driving us nuts. I wanted to call Tori to see if she could baby sit him. Oh well I am sure we will all live through the whole thing.