CHRISTMAS 2009

On Christmas Day Dave and I made the rounds to see what Santa brought,He did good everyone was happy. We had a wonderful Christmas this year.

On Christmas Eve we all got together for dinner,we had a great time. I took a picture of each family,I think they turned out cute,We have a beauitful Family,We Love them so very much, but this is not all of us,Sarah and Adom and Aaron and his wonderful are far away,hopefully we will be able to all be together for Christmas again!!

Christmas eve and day were both really nice. Here are some pics

CHRISTMAS TIME

Kiana made this a school

Santa Parker

Santa Scarlett

I haven't posted anything for a while,but we have had a wonderful Christmas season so far. We have done alot of great things together. We all got together for a Family Home evening on the 13th and I read the story of the birth of Christ as the grand kids put the Nativity up and then went caroling,and back to our home for dessert. We had a wonderful adult Christmas Party that was very nice great food and visiting. We also had a Beautiful Christmas Concert at Church it was wonderful. Dave and I have been watching alot of Christmas shows,that's been nice. I was sort of sad as this Christmas Season was approaching , because since I had to have surgery last year with out insurance money is very tight so Christmas presents were out of the question this year,but we have done so many other things that has really helped us to feel the true meaning of Christmas that this year has been one of the best Christmases that we have had in a long time.It has been nice also that our Ward Christmas Party was all about Christ,It was wonderful. We have gone up to the mountains for years to cut down our trees,but this year we were not able to get together so we all did our own thing(that won't happen again).I don't have to many pics but I will get some on here. We wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

The end of October, Dave an I went to the Washington DC Area to visit with our Son Aaron and his wife Kathrine and family> We had a wonderful time. The colors of the Trees were amazing. We got to go to the DC Temple,which except for seeing our grandchildren was the best part of the trip! We also went to the Franconia Ward ,they were very welcoming. It is nice to know that no matter where you go in the Gospel it's the same. Here are a few pics

GIRLS NIGHT OUT

I have all of my granddaughters (except Scarlett too young) here for a sleep over! We have done hair,nails,toes,makeup. The night is young!! That was alot of fingers&toes!!

Institute

Tonight starts the new Institute class. The course is The Book Of Mormon. We have been wanting to go for a while We're very excited about the class. We have herd that Bro James Jensen is a fantastic instructor and that he brings the Scriptures to life. We are both very excited to to LEARN!!!

My Baby Boy!!!

I'm late posting Pics of My BABY BOY'S 27th Birthday. Garrett turn 27 on Aug 11th. His girl Friend Tara had a really nice party for him great food, swimming , cake and a great time together as a family. Garrett is on a Bowling League and he has been wanting a ball so Tara arranged for us all to chip in and buy him the ball. He was very surprised. I can't believe my baby is 27!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST CHECKING IN

Not much has been going on!! Dave has been working 6 days a week and usually late. So I have been having alot of alone time, NOT LIKING THAT TO MUCH. I know it is a ways away but courtesy of Aaron and Kathrine we are going to go to Washington DC the end of October. That is going to be great because 4 of our 13 grand kids live there so excited to get to see them!!!!!!!

GRADS & BIRTHDAYS & SARAH'S VISIT

Cortlen and Rylee both graduated from pre school Parker,my sister Marilyn,Rylee.My son-in Kareem,my nephew Ranse, my niece Megan, and Nicole all had b-days or will have. So on the 4th we celebrated all the b-days. We had a great time. Also a while back Dave's daughter Sarah came to visit I did blog about bu I hadn't posted any pics so here are some pics from the past few Months of activities

The Grad

On this past Monday Rylee had her graduation from pre school. It was really cute, Anna had talked to her about not being shy and she said that she wouldn't be and that she was going to sing all the songs well here are some pics. I LOVE MY RYLEE She did get happier at the END!!

TOGETHER

Because work has been slow, It gave Dave and I an opportunity to spend the day together yesterday. We started the day by going to the Temple, we went to the 7:00 am session which we both Love to go to. After that a had a few things to do. We both took a short nap and then Dave fixed dinner. We then took a walk it was still pretty hot but it was good. We then did some reading and talking. It was a very enjoyable day. It would be nice to be able to spend every day like that BUT we kind of have to do that thing called WORK!!!! Which,by the way I'm thankful that we have!!

EVENTS

A lot has happened in the past month and a half. Dave's daughter Sarah came to visit before she was going to be deployed to Iraq for the 2nd time. It was great to see her, we hadn't seen her in almost 2 years. Our oldest grandson Kasen had his 10th B' Day on June 13th I can't believe that I forgot my camera. I must really be getting OLDDDDDDDDDDDDD!! Also my nephew Michael has juvenile diabetes and his parents had Luau fund raiser it was a big success. Also forgot my camera. The next time something big is going on I will tie the camera around my neck. So obviously I don't have any pics to post sorry I will do better next time.!!!

NEW MOON

I can't wait for NEW MOON the trailer was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm re-reading New Moon I went through it the first time really fast.

UP DATE

I haven't posted anything for a while, that's because we don't do much. Memorial Day was nice I went to my parents grave and took some flowers the cemetery looked real nice with all the flags. Then some of the kids came over for a barbecue was good all in all a pretty relaxing day.Dave and I have been to a couple of movies lately Star Trek which was veryyyyyyyyyyyy good and night at the museum was also good. That's all for now.....

MOTHERS DAY

Had a wonderful Mothers Day. At church Bishop Hogge and his wonderful family provided us a great brunch and had we a very Spiritual message from Pres. Martinez I Love his talks, he has a way of bringing the Scriptures to life. But the best is that our Bishop writes a personal letter to each one of us that is so special to me. After church Dave made his famous chicken enchiladas for our dinner (delicious). We went to Justin & Anna's for dessert. Was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ROSES

I just recieved a dozen mulity colored roses from Aaron and Kat for mother's day. I was very surprized and greatful. Thank-you both so very much. That means more to me than you'll ever know. Love ya LOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Disneyland

Well it only took me 3 days to post the pics. The slideshow is sort of big but that was my first time using photobucket so I will do better next time. We had a wonderful time,hopefully next time all of our family can go. Dave went on almost all of the rides which he can't stand scary or fast rides but because Mckenna wanted to go on the rides with her POCKEY, so he went. Dave told me that night after the first day that it was only because of Mckenna that he went on the scary stuff ,he was scared to death on most of them,but he was a good sport.

Disneyland

We are getting excited about our Disneyland trip. We will be leaving on the 28th bright and early. I know that we will have a wonderful time. The weather is suppose to be in the mid to high 60's which will be perfect!!!!!!!!!!!! Will be posting some pics soon.

HAPPY EASTER Well the bunny didn't make it to our house he was to busy going to all of our grandkids homes, oh well thats ok we will just eat all their candy. Dave and I have been enjoying listening to Hymns on this beautiful Easter Morning. Yesterday our ward had an easter egg hunt all of the kids had a great time. Kareem brought Kasen&Kiana, and We brought Cortlen&Jocelyn. Hope everone is having a wonderful Easter.