6 Quirks

1. I love to sleep. It is my favorite past time.


2. I am a Coast to Coast addict. I listen to it every night. That's probably why I sleep in.


3. I hate misplacing things. Is my memory going or am I imagining it. It drives me bonkers until I finally find the thing I misplaced.

4. I hate to be interrupted when I am reading a good book. If you see me with a book , just leave me alone.


5. I love to watch LMN movies. I'm having withdrawals right now. Jenny doesn't have the station.

6. I answer my cell phone any time and any place.

Johnny

Once in awhile a pet comes into your life that fills up your heart.
This is my Beagle , Johnny. I got him when he was 6 weeks old. It was fun watching him grow and develop. He was the typical puppy. The first time he bayed it was so funny. He sat down and looked all around with an expression on his face like where did that come from!
My favorite times were when he would snuggle up to me in my chair. He never outgrew that , even when he got older.
Johnny loved to hunt rabbits. I always worried about him while he was out in the forest. As long as I could hear him I knew that he was alright. He would spend hours hunting.
I almost lost Johnny once after a big Rotwieler attacked him. She almost tore off his whole back leg. I got him to a good vet and he did a good job of sewing him back together. I sure did worry about him.
Johnny will always be a part of me. Maybe in the next life I will get him back. He was truly my friend. I had to give him up because I couldn't find a place to keep him. I pray all the time that he is healty and happy in his new home.
Maybe you could share with me something about a favorite pet that you had.

Ghost Story

Ok, here goes!!! When we moved back to Spring Glen we found out that a Spirit lived in our house. We never saw it but we heard it plenty of times.Every morning at 2:00a.m. I would hear it come up the stairs then it would walk around both bedrooms. Sometimes it would move things on my dresser or sit on the end of my bed. I always hid under my covers and prayed it would go away. It never did.

One day while mom and dad were gone we kids decided to go down into the basement to play school. all of a sudden we heard someone walking across a room upstairs and heard a chain dragging across the floor. We froze in fear. All of us ran for the basement door and ran to the front of the house. All of a sudden we realized the Steven wasn't with us. We ran to the back of the house and ran into him coming to join us. He had fallen into the big hole dad had dug in the back. We asked him how he had gotten out of it and he said he didn't know.

We went back to the front of the house and climbed up on to the fence. Bill got brave and picked up a big rock and went to the front door and told it to come out. It never did. We stayed on the fence until mom and dad came home.

I posted this comment on Kerstina's Blog, so I thought I would post it here too.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!!!!!

General Conference

I just got through reading Leslie's blog and thought that I would share what I got out of General Conference this time. I liked Elder Holland's talk on Angels. It gave me a lot of hope that no matter how bad things might get for us economically, financially, morally, or by experiencing natural disasters , that angels would be found amongst us. They will be sent to give us comfort and to lift us up. Not only will we have Heavenly angels but we are to look for mortal angels as well.

I liked Elder Wirthlin's talk also. He told not to get angry about things and to laugh at times when we feel angry. Elder Nelson's talk on marriage was very good also and it was a timely one for our family. Matt and Jamie will be going to the Temple this coming weekend.

All the talks were very good. They were very uplifting and I felt the Spirit of the Lord here very strongly. I hope you all took advantage and watched or at least listened to conference.

Paul Newman dies

Today I learned that one of my very favorite actors passed away last night. Paul Newman died from cancer at the age of 86. My favorite movie of his was Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford starred with him in the movie. I just wanted to share with you this news.

Changes and summer activities

Daxton Playing on the grass

Tim and Cody playing crouqet

Where did the ball go?

Samantha and Rachel

Rachel and Daxton on his 1st birthday

Matt and Courtney

Matt and Madison

At the end of March Danny decided that he was going to move to Idaho and get a job. He went on the 25th of March. He found a job and Jenny helped him find a house. I had to give Johnny away because Danny couldn't find a place where we could have a dogIt broke my heart to give him away. Tanya , I , and the kids left for Idaho on the 3rd of April.When we got to Idaho we unloaded all our belongings and settled into our new home. Beverlie started school at the Ponderosa Elementary. Everything seemed to be going good.Danny hurt his back at the end of May and was unable to go to work. Tanya had gotten a job and that seemed to help. We spent a lot of time with Jenny and Tim and the kids. Joshua helped babysit while Danny and Tanya worked.

The end of June we had a Family Reunion. We went camping just outside of Preston, Idaho. It was lots of fun. We had to keep a good eye out for the little kids because we were camped right by a river. The kids seemed to really enjoy the camping. I stayed in Matt and Jamies tent trailer with them. The first night Madison cried for about 3 hours because we were in a strange place. The second night she did just fine. The second night we sat around the campfire and sang songs and told ghost stories. It was lots of fun. Megan, Kaitlyn, and Beverlie really came up with some imaginative stories. I went with Cody and Rachel after the reunion to spend a few weeks with them. We had a little birthday party for Coy before we left. It was his 3rd birthday. Danny and Tanya decided to move back to Utah at the end of June. I was sad about it and it broke Jenny's heart for them to leave.

My next activity was the 4th of July. Matt and I went up to save us a place for the Freedom Festival Parade in Provo. We went up there at 5 a.m. Jamie, Rachel and all the kids joined us later. The kids seemed to really enjoy the parade. They were really good the whole time of the Parade. After the Parade we went and got some lunch then later that night Matt and Jamie came out to Rachel's and we did some fireworks. Madison would get scared and she would climb up on my lap and say, pretty, pretty.

July 5th was Daxton's first birthday.. Rachel gave him a little party in a park in Riverton. He took a bath in his ice cream and cake. He was really cute.

Courtney's blessing day was really wonderful. Matt gave her a really nice blessing. We had a luncheon after the blessing. It went really well. I am sure proud of Matt. He has come a long way.

Jenny and Tim got their girls tickets to the American Idol's concert so they came to Utah.On Monday we went to Lagoon. The little kids really had a blast on all the rides. The big kids we hardly even saw all day. We went and got a group picture of us in Pioneer Village. We had a pretty good time.
The next big event was that Joshua broke his arm. We were at Jumping Jacks in Provo and he fell on it going down a slide. He had to have it pinned together.

Jenny and Tim went back to Idaho. My next activity was the 24th of July Parade in Salt Lake City. We went to Salt Lake at 4: 00 a.m. This time Jamie and the kids came with us. Rachel came later in the morning. The parade was good but Carbon High's band was disappointing. All they had was a few drummers. The kids were really good again. After the parade Rachel and I went to lunch and then toured the Conference Center. I was sure impressed with it. Jenny and Tim came back to Utah to go to our Bates Reunion. We cleaned Mom's Yard and basement. Had a barbeque and played some games. Steven really got into the games. I went back to Idaho with Jenny and Tim. I am staying with them now.

Matt and Jamie came for a weekend visit to Idaho the 3rd week of Aug. We went out to Eagle Island State Park and spent the day. Madison loved the water and spent the whole day in it.Scott and Marshall spent most of the day in the sand. Megan, Josh, Matt and Jamie spent most of the day in the water also. It was a fun day.

Rachel, Cody and the boys came to Idaho on Labor Day weekend. Tim and Cody went to a football game. We just kind of hung out and enjoyed each others company. Daxton is walking all over the place now. I got a kick out of watching him. It was a nice visit. We went to the park and played around for awhile.

Easter Outing

Tanya, Ryan and Makalie out in the sun.

Brandon waiting to eat.

This is the last picture that I took of my Beagle, Johnny.

Makette fixing dinner.

Rachel stops for a pose.

Coy and Trevor at our Easter Outing.

We had an Easter outing this year and we went out on the desert. It was lots of fun. The kids climbed up in the rocks, flew kites, and had a really fun Easter egg hunt. Danny cooked us a really good dutch oven dinner. Makette made us her spagetti salad. Everyone seemed to have a good time.