Catching Up

I just looked on Aspen's blog and it says it has been 4 weeks since I last posted! Wow! That's almost as long as it's been since we started tending TJ and Taylor four days a week! I wonder if there is a correlation?! (Answer=YES!)

I don't know if I even remember how to post pictures any more! (That is one of the reasons I have taken so long to post...I am still at the mercy of anyone downloading pictures to the computer so I can use them in my posts.) But, I think I saw a new folder of pictures, so I'll be using some of them. Before I get to them, though, I need to get caught up with a few other events.

September memories:

In September, our beautiful grand-daughter, Taylor Nicole was blessed by her father, Jason. Taylor is a sweet-natured, happy little princess. We all love her very much.

I think it was September or early October when we took Taylor and TJ to the corn maize in BlueBell. Taylor and I never got past the first clue! But Grandpa and TJ made it clear through to the end! We have pictures of this special day, but they have not been down-loaded to the computer yet.

Other October events:

In early October, Aspen and the girls came out for October Conference. It was great to have them here. TJ was thrilled to get to play with his Salt Lake cousins and Sadie was thrilled to get to play with the dress-up clothes. She put on four or five outfits a minute, while Kylie was content to stay in the red chiffon number most of the time. TJ hopes Grandma will start adding a few boy outfits. It was fun to have Brynlie walking all over the place.

A favorite October memory was when the whole family was together for family pictures, followed by a trip to Lagoon.

We have more Lagoon pictures, but they keep uploading at the top of the page, so I will try and put them in future posts instead of continuing on with this frustrating project. I do want to mention how much I am looking forward to seeing the family pictures we took at Murray Park. So far, I have only seen one of them! (Note to Kristi: I don't care if you like them or not; I will love them...please let me see them!)

Also in October, we had a bit of drama at our house. After setting Taylor on the couch, I walked into our bedroom and startled a SNAKE that was warming itself on the floor, in the sunshine! Oh my goodness! What a scare! I was quite proud of the way I managed to stay cool, calm and collected. I went to the garage to find a small rake. My plan was to get him to coil himself around the tongs and take him outside. Unfortunately, when I returned, the snake was nowhere to be seen! I knew he must have slithered under the bed, but it was scary lifting up the bedskirt to search for him. Fortunately, Mike came home about then and he took charge of the situation. It took about 15 minutes before we (Okay, Mike) got him back outside. (Again, there are pictues, but they have not been dropped onto the computer yet)

But my favorite memory of Ocotober was when Meagan showed me the ultasound picture of their Baby! Yes! Vince and Meagan are going to have a baby! Since they don't have a blog yet, I am taking the liberty of making the announcement public. We are delighted and can hardly wait until early May when baby is due. (Aspen said they will find out if it's a he or a she in mid-December).

November events

Taylor went with me to vote and she wowed all the poll workers. She got to wear my sticker that said "I Voted" for the rest of the day.

Mickala and I started her on-line Algebra class and she got a 100% on the first of six sections! Yay!

Mike continues to recuperate from an awful cold that has hung on for several weeks. St. George is sounding more and more exciting as the winter months are upon us.

I have spent many hours preparing for our Super Saturday event which will be held on Nov. 22. We have lots of fun projects to do and I hope that Sasha and Mickala will be able to come.

I have also spent a huge number of hours scanning and uploading pictures for the Mary and Albert Park memories book I hope to have ready for the Park reunion next July.

That is all for now. The next few posts will be from some housekeeping I am doing with my blog posts. I have already posted one and hope to get the others done in the next day or two.

Happy Anniversary Russ and Annie!

This is a little late! I missed Annie's birthday back in January, so I thought I'd combine it with Russ and Annie's first anniversary in June! But, then I missed their anniversary, too, so here I am, five months later, finally getting it posted. (If I'd have waited two more months, I could have started over and used it for Annie's next birthday!) Oh well, better late than never. Happy Birthday and Anniversary (Annie) and (Russ and Annie)!
These pictures were taken at Sasha and Jason's reception in August 2007, by Kristi. Annie has always been photogenic. Her expressions always make be smile.

This picture showed up on Annie's blog after a trip to San Francisco, maybe near the Golden Gate Bridge? Hmmmmm.....

I love this picture with the Logan temple in the background and Russ's hand in his pocket.

I also missed Russ's birthday in June, so I'll insert this picture, wishing him a belated happy birthday, as well!

We took this at the petroglyphs about a mile from our house. In case you can't see, Russ is pointing to a couple etched in the stone. Amazing to think that these two and those two were in the same place with all those years between them!

This is one of my favorite sisters pictures! It was taken outside the Denver temple.

What a beautiful daughter! I am very lucky to be her mother. She was probably my easiest child to raise and she continues to bring joy and happiness to our lives. I admire her many talents...she has immagination and enthusiasm, strength of character and testimony, patience and drive; she is both tough and tender. I am so grateful that Russ has come into her life. Even after such a short time, it is hard to remember her without him. I love you, both!