Good bye

That's all folks for two weeks...

I'll post pic's when I return...

A bird house for grandma

Matt bought and colored this little bird house for me (left bottom corner of picture).  He was so excited and it turned out really cute.  We hung it outside by my bird feeder.  (In case your wondering, the wind blows really bad and so we hung it in a place it would be protected.  The wind here make the Emery County wind look like a mild breeze!)
It's great to be a grandma and get fun little gifts.

Taliah's necklace

Can you see Talilah's necklace?  It says, "Big Sister"
Adorable isn't it.

Sunday Dinner November 2010

 Remington and his birthday cupcakes--sharks

 The "Aunties" and baby Kaleb

 The birthday "Princess" is going to be two.

Katie and Anthony

 Yummy food and good company

 Family

More family.

Thank you everyone for coming.  I had a blast, and I really enjoy you filling up my big house with you and your families.  I just love you all.

Kaleb and the bear

Sunday morning Kaleb got to play with this bear.

 He just stared at it and tried reaching for it.

 It fell into his face several times, but when I moved it back and away from him, he'd cry.

 He just wanted to look at it and it's bright red bow.

Month 7-November

After the summer with all the pretty flowers, imagine my surprise when I saw this,

and realized they are getting ready for winter and Christmas.  All the flowers have been removed, and pansy's and poppies have been planted.

Gratitude and Thanksgiving

President Gordon B. Hinckley said, “When you walk with gratitude, you do not walk with arrogance and conceit and egotism, you walk with a spirit of thanksgiving that is becoming to you and will bless your lives."

President Monson said, "My brothers and sisters, to express gratitude is gracious and honorable, to enact gratitude is generous and noble, but to live with gratitude ever in our hearts is to touch heaven."


(Monson, Thomas S. "The Divine Gift of Gratitiude" Conference, October 2010, http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-1298-27,00.htm)

Just a Thought...

don't drink & drive

(picture stolen from Athena's Facebook)

Isn't it sad that they all have to grow up never knowing or remembering their grandpa.  He was such an amazing man who would have loved them more than the world.  He would have taken them fishing, given them cinnamon bears, wrestled with them until they giggled so hard they couldn't stand it.  They would have known how "big" he was when he walked into a room, they would have known his large hands and his bald head.  They would have felt his scratchy beard, and heard his laugh.  They even would have heard him snore.  But, they will never know these things of their grandpa because he was killed by a drunk driver who was a repeat offender.  Instead, what they know is a cold granite headstone in a cemetery.  They also know grandma cries and misses grandpa. 

We really need to do something about our DUI laws.  How many chances does a drunk get?  Joe didn't get a chance, he was killed instantly when the drunk slammed in him at 75 mph.   The drunk who killed Joe was arrested just 6 months prior to this incident.  His driver's license was taken away and there were a total of 10 things he was supposed to do for his penalty, he did none of them and instead kept drinking--6 months later my husband is dead.  Six years later my husband is still dead,  I still cry, my children miss their daddy, and my grand children still don't know who their grandpa is, but the drunk will be out in six months.

Six Years Ago today. . .

"The greatest of all sorrows comes from the passing of a loved one--for that event is marked with the signature of finality.  There is no reversing of the tide.  There is no turning back the clock--only looking forward with hope toward a future reunion in the world to come."

(Pinegar, Ed J. & Richard J. Allen, "On the Bright Side, Feeling Good When things Seem Bad", Covenant Communications, 2010 page137)