The Outtakes

Guns, anyone?

No Artery Nate. He was VERY interesting and very unique. I liked him. When I asked him how he knows Vic he said, "I was in love with his sister for three years." Ok. That settles it then.

In Wendy's very clean and organized house!

Someone LOVES their Uncle Sam.

We ran into Serene and John Bean in the airport! They were on the same flight to Salt Lake with us. Peter got to meet his second cousin. They were flying home from New Mexico where they had just finalized the adoption of their little Christy.

Cute, cute boys!!

A Day Out

(10/20/10) We were just ready to go and got the call with the news of  the new bundle of joy from Joy and Jason. What a great day!  All was well and we were to talk to them later.  Welcome to our family, Rachel.  We were almost as excited as Allie!  (We later found out about her subsequent drama. We are so glad that the excitement Joy had after the fact is over and she is all right.  How grateful we are for the blessings of the Priesthood and of modern medicine.) 

This is up on the mountain. The colors were beautiful. My ride was a little jerky. Le's ride was better.

Bear was just fine. He didn't try to jump out. Just watched the road and sat in this little lunch box.

This is Le as we rode past a canyon. That is Utah Lake in the background. We met two other ATV riders and the rest of the day we were alone. We both loved this day.

 LaVerd came and watched Grandma Hope for the day which made our 4 wheeling possible.

Thanks LaVerd.

Changing subjects!

Aren't you proud of my 'Madame Rotarian'! 

I am! - Dad 

And thanks Kristyn for helping us become better bloggers!

New Favorites

I CANNOT stop watching these. I laugh so hard it is almost criminal. I mean, really. Who are these people?





Did you pee your pants yet?

And for your final viewing pleasure:

We had a great time with Joy and Jason and my wonderful grandchildren. They are so clever. Wesley was sure Grandpa needed some advice. We were in Sacrament meeting and the speakers were up front and Grandpa was resting and meditating(sleeping) and Wesley looked up at him and said"Grandpa, the prayer is over now." Such a smart child. Grandpa said, Oh, ok. opened his eyes again (for awhile.)

The Balloon Fiesta was great fun. Peggy and Thad want to try it too. I was so tired when we got home to Joys house, I just went to bed and so did Joy.
Joy will amaze us all soon with a new human being. Such a feat! Such a great gift to have. Now to pull -off another feat -to raise them.
Remember, my children-parents. When your kids are 40 they will finally forgive you! Maybe. Love you and love your talents and wisdom. I am forever learning from you(. My bread turned out good Joy.) Love MOM

Real men don't sparkle...

So, he uses cancer as a clever excuse to avoid the sun. He lives in a place where there is equal winter to summer and where the snow would camouflage his sparkly skin. He is strong, powerful and fast, and maybe sometimes a bit cold. He takes a profession as a lawyer so he can use his natural talents to prey on the innocent.
Yes, Victor, even your traditional and powerful name gives you away and I know what you are! Now I see why Molly is obsessed with the Twilight saga... she lives the drama every day. (And Molly, you don't fool us with you're insomnia-you don't sleep because your a vampire!) There, I've said it! You were just a little too perfect for us. But you do sparkle and you can't hide it any longer so you can drop the act.
P.S. I'm quite relieved that you are a vampire-it means we won't lose you anytime soon to your supposed "cancer". Happy to have you around.

We're Back

Thanks to our indispensable Pete, we have our computer back and better than ever! We recently got rid of TV to save money and then our computer died, leaving us in the dark ages. Next, I would have been cooking bread in a stone kiln out side in the back yard. We actually found it quite peaceful for a short time but realized our lived are too intertwined to make it permanent. After so many "didn't you get the e-mail..." conversations, enough was enough! Thank you so much for the Birthday blog, and thanks Wendy, for letting me come to your house to actually see the birthday blog while your fabulous husband worked feverishly to revive our computer. We are still trying to find our pictures (cross our fingers and pray that we haven't lost 5 years worth in one stupid moment of deciding we could back them up in the future) but at least we now have our window to the world.

You like me, you really like me!
Thank you all for your gracious birthday compliments. We are with out computer so I have finally viewed the blog by coming to Wendy's house. She is great to watch the kids while I try to catch up on 3 weeks of computer use. You are all wonderful and it is the highlight of the month to read all about my self! Thank you again so much!

Happy Belated Birthday Jen!

Jen always makes me feel welcome and feel like a part of a family. It is so appreciated especially on the days when I feel down.
Happy Birthday sis!
love you!