OCTOBER 2008 WAS A GREAT MONTH

I was going to do this last night but I couldn't find my Halloween pictures, which would have been really weird because the last time I blogged was on 7/11 and had I done what I planned to do yesterday it would have been 11/7. When you get older you start trippen on these things, or at least I do.

Anyway....The month started off of course with the birth of my beautiful Grandson number 3, Joshua. He is such a little sweetie. I miss him so much and have no new pictures to share with you because I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks, which I hope to rectify very soon. Jeremy, Sarah and the twins are all doing great. It is quite a challenge having 2 children, near three years old and an infant. It's a really good thing that the twins are such good kids. I am still in awe of how well behaved those kids are.

Then a few weeks later I was invited to attend my Grand Niece's (Amy's Daughter Kamryn) blessing, which made me so happy, what a sweet little baby girl, and oh the people that she already has wrapped around her little finger. Justin and Amy, you two are just adorable with her. It's so cool that she has so many cousins that are right close to her age. The dinner was allot of fun, Justin's family is so nice, and easy to talk to.

I also had a chance to spend some time with my sister Lori and her girls and grand daughter Jane. Jane is such a happy little baby, just as good as she can be. Michael and Devyn you are doing a great job it looks like to me anyway. Very relaxed and easy with her. I enjoyed spending time talking with DeEtte and Devyn. You girls are so fun to talk to. I wish I could have spent more time with Lori and Jim..maybe next time.

I hardly had a chance to say hi to Chelsea or Shawn, who gave yet another computer to my son, which he hopefully has expressed appreciation for, but just in chase he forgot Thank You. You guys have been real sweet to him.

OK SO THEN....I got to spend some time with the twins at my house for 3 days, over Halloween no less. I took about 5 million pictures and we just had a ball. Here are some pictures



I decided to post the pictures in youngest to oldest and then the group shot. Elizabeths' hair looks hideous I know. Jeremy's and Rachel's came out so much nicer, must have been better yarn lol. Can't be that I have lost my touch. She still looks like about the most precious thing I have seen.




Ok so I think this requires some explanation, and I wish I had one. I think Terry got confused and thought that I wanted The Joker and Ragedy Ann. If you couldn't tell I did Elizabeth's Makeup and Terry did Elijah's. It is a little disturbing I think. He is still massively cute. While they were trick or treating Elijahs pants kept falling down. He had a ball though.



Rachel had Jonas all ready and wired up on candy when he arrived to go with us. He was a Ninja, and a dang cute one if I do say so myself. Rachel did go with Terry and Nicole and the kids. I figured a one to one ratio was best. Apparently Jonas wasn't happy just standing on the stoop of the doors, he literally ran into every house according to some eye witnesses. He had so much fun with the twins, as he always does.


And the group of them I wish you could see Elijah's little socks, they took me forever to make, and I don't think we have one picture.


We have a contest at work and we were given a little plaster white pumpkin that we have to decorate. I decided to make a lamp and Terry and I worked allot longer than the outcome looks like we did. The lamp does actually work and on the back of the pumpkin I wrote "OPD5 (that's the power company I work for)We keep the lights on" We had allot of fun working on it.

Is it really July 11th already ??

Hi everyone. Sarah called last night and pointed out that my blog is very old, and that I should update it. So here goes.

The fourth of July was awesome. Jeremy & Sarah and the twins came up on Friday morning and we had a fabulous day. Jeremy owes me $500.00 because he bet that I couldn't get Elijah to take a nap. Word to the wise...never bet a Grama she can't do something with her Grandchild. We had a great time watching the fireworks, which everyone, including the twins thoroughly enjoyed. All in all it was a perfect day.

My thoughts frequently went to Debbie and how much she enjoyed the 4th. I remember way back in the day, when the fireworks were done out by the then MGM, over the pond and we took KFC and the kids and watched to the beautiful music. The next year it snowed, but they still put on a great show. I was never really a big fan of the 4th, I mean it was OK but wasn't really one of the Holiday's I looked forward to. I think I appreciate it more now, remembering how much Debbie loved the holiday. I miss her.

Jonas came over and spent some time with us on Saturday. He was pretty good. He always loves to see his cousins. He and Elijah wanted the same car, one of 20 they could have chosen, but we worked it out. Elizabeth did fantastic with her potty training and was awarded many treats :) Hey maybe I should have Rachel bet me that I can't potty train Jonas. That's right ... Jonas is 3 years and 3 months and is still in diapers. I need to work on that more consistently.

Jordan has been enjoying his summer. He spent almost two weeks with Jer & Fam in Vegas. He absolutely loved being there, but claims that he missed us too. I missed him horribly. He is still playing his stand up bass at church with Terry and they sound awesome.

Jason and Nicole are doing well, except WalMart stinks. They have weird shifts and just do really stupid things to their employees. One example is, if they want to wear jeans they can but they have to pay $1.00 if they do. They cannot transfer to a different department until they have been there 6 months, they have to buy their own ball point pens for their stations, the list goes on and on. Jason has applied to the community college here and will begin this fall with his GE credits. They are going shopping for a car this week !!!


My computer crashd while I was typing this & was down for several days. Jordan fixed up my laptop last night for me. It's fun having a geniouses for sons :)

Love you all

Happy Memorial Day !!

Well another week has passed and I have another funny Jonas story I have to share. Last night Jason, Nicole, Terry and I were sitting watching TV and visiting when Jonas arrived at around 9:30 PM. Jordan was out with his buddies and so it was relatively quiet up to that point. Jonas was in his usual high energy state running around and constantly being told to sit quietly etc. I am not sure how many minutes passed and Jason said "Hey where did Jonas go"? I started calling for him to come back into the family room and it took some time but finally he came in with Chili (the dog) and Jason noticed Jonas had some candy on his mouth so he said "Go see Gramma" and went to check out Nicole's room where she apparently had a stash of I believe it was runts. Jason came back in and explained that he had gotten into the candy. Terry looked at Jonas and said "Jonas, what did you do"? Jonas held his hands slightly out from his waist like he was going to explain something and said "Chili wanted some candy"! Like he really had no choice in the matter and was just obliging the dog. Jason and Nicole could not contain themselves and went laughing all the way out of the room, and I wasn't much better. It was absolutely hysterical. He is getting to such a cute age, he just cracks me up.

I found a recipe on the MSN homepage for Memorial day Grilling pleasure and we tried one tonight. It was so good. Eggplant, zucchini, squash, onion and bell peppers grilled in the BBQ, and the most delicious chicken all served on flour tortilla's with salsa and avocado. It was so nummy. Well in the morning it is back to the grind. I hope everyone had a nice long weekend.

Congrats to Jamie and Carly, I sent your card late...sorry. It seems no matter how hard I try to be on time with things I never am. I hate being late.

Love you all.

Hi Everyone !!

Yesterday I went to Las Vegas to watch Jordan perform with his Jazz Band from High school. Prior to leaving for the concert Elijah gave a pre show performance of all of his latest moves which included running around in circles and then dropping on the floor and then looking up to see who was watching. He is so adorable I can't stand it sometimes. They have this little piano and he scooted over another toy to use as a seat to sit on while he played. It looses something in translation, but trust me it was dang cute. The Jazz Concert was awesome but very short. I think it lasted maybe 15 minutes. Jeremy, Sarah, Elijah, Elizabeth and Sarah's Dad Bob all came with me. When the concert was over Elizabeth said "let's go see JoJo...hurry" and started running. She really enjoyed the music and was tapping her little hands on the seat in front of me through most of it. Elijah wasn't nearly as impressed and could have done without the whole process, but he was really good. After the concert we looked at some model homes and then Bob took us all to lunch, which was wonderful. On the way back to their house, Elizabeth was so tired she started to have a mini meltdown and when she caught her breath said "I'm just so tired" It was honestly the most precious thing I have ever seen. She passed out in pure exhaustion shortly after that. I had a really great day !!

Jonas's hair is finally starting to grow back. He is really starting to communicate well. Whenever I say "Jonas" followed by any command that he doesn't want to obey
he just says "I'm not Jonas" and continues doing whatever it is. I have a hard time not laughing at him. Nicole and Jason have posted some pictures on their blog if any of you missed them, you should check it out..except for the one that I look like a hippo on pot. Thank goodness for Nicole or no one would ever get to see Jonas.

My new job is going well. It's really pretty boring, but sometimes that can be a welcome change. I'm so lucky to have it, I am not even complaining. I am going to take a moment to complain about the price of gas and groceries. Honestly, what the heck. I am so glad I live in a small town and don't have to drive much anymore. I don't know how Danny keeps up with it.

I like David Cooke for the next Idol. I love little David too, but he is to young and needs to be protected for a few more years.

Well that's about all I have for today. I hope everyone is well.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM !!!

I know I missed some Birthday's but I couldn't miss this one.

You have done so much for all of us kids Mom & we all Love and Appreciate you so much.

Wish I was there to give you a big hug.

Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday Jonas !!!

You will have to go to Jason & Nicole's blog for pictures of the festivities. Warning...If you weren't afraid of Sponge Bob Square Pants before, you will be after looking at his cake.

For those of you that haven't heard, Rachael shaved Jonas's head, so he looks a little scary, but still adorable. He had a nice day playing with his trucks & bubbles. I can't believe he is three.

Other News.. I got a job at Overton Power here in Mesquite which I start on Monday. They are on the State of Nevada PERS (Public Employees Retirement System), which means great benefits, but not much pay. I feel blessed to have it though, and am anxious to get on an insurance plan that will actually be beneficial to us.

Jordan and his buddy Taylor, have been chosen to Perform with an Orchestra Group in Las Vegas. He will go up next Friday and practice with them and then perform on the next day. I can't wait to see it!

Hope all is well.

Happy Birthday Jason...Big 21 !!!!

Jason's Birthday was March 31st. I apparently have absolutely no pictures of him as a teenager. It was right around this time that my camera was stolen on Mother's day at a Buffet we went to. You'll have to trust me that he was handsome :)

How late is too late?

So I have been slacking horribly on the Birthday Blog Thing. March is such a busy month for us..no excuse but the truth. I realized that I haven't done a Rachel, Jason or Lori Birthday so..I will try to catch up today. We'll see how far I get, if everyone stays asleep I should be good to go :)


HAPPY BIRTHDAY RACHEL !!!!

Cute as a bug



Still adorable

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AHHHHH... The teenage years

More fun...video test

So again...I have never done a video, and you can't hear anyone but me, and it takes me an hour to figure out how to stop it, but they are sooo cute so here goes. :)



I love when Elijah finds the purse and is going to give it to Elizabeth and she yanks it from him like, "What are you doing wuth my purse?" It must be something about us girls and our purses...I can't stand when anyone touches my purse without permission.

I have lots of cute pictures too.

Peace & Quiet

Rachel was at the house yesterday to help with some weeding in the back yard, and to do her laundry, so she put Jonas down for his nap in our bed and he just was so cute when I went to check on him I had to snap a couple of pictures.

So now I will be spending a few days with my other Grand Babies and I am very excited :) Sad that I will miss the festivities but I will be having a blast here. Maybe I will have some pictures of the Twins soon to post...we'll see how I do.

Love to all

Jordan's Music Recital

We are so proud of Jordan. As most of you know Jordan has been playing the Stand up Bass in Orchestra for a couple of years and he loves it, and is very good, if I do say so myself. This past Saturday he, along with 7 others from his high school were selected to be judged at an event in Las Vegas for the Southern Nevada Schools. The judges rate them on a scale from 1, meaning perfect to 5, meaning good enough to compete but not so perfect. He got a 2, and the medal that you see above. He was very happy especially since he thought he would get a 3, best case. He plans on competing again next year.

Happy Birthday Jordan !!!!

17 years old today :) Poor guy has been sick most of the day, he did go to the show earlier with a few of his friends. He doesn't even want any of his cake so you know he really doesn't feel good.

Happy Birthday Wendy :-)

Wow there are alot of birthdays in January ...Dang !!

I hope you have a wonderful Birthday Wendy & hope you are feeling better soon.

We Love you

Happy Birthday Danny !!!

IT'S THE BIG 5-0.

Some of these pictures you have seen posted on this blog a billion times but you will have to see them again :) Oh and although I appreciate the kind comments on my "collages" (Mom, Amy & Sarah) I assure you I spend about 20 seconds slopping them onto the scanner glass, I guess I should try to be creative, but I don't :)

Danny was born in 1958 and if I have my story correct he didn't walk until he was like 2. He did enjoy taking things apart to fix them when he was quite young. I just remember him being in trouble "ALLOT" It seems like he was always grounded...even more than me. He used to share a room with John and their room had a huge, and I do mean HUGE walk in closet. Danny chose to convert that to his room, mattress and all. I also have fond memories of him having to skip one meal or another and smuggling up Peanut Butter/Sugar toast to him.

WE LOVE YOU DANNY...even if you are soon to be Over the Hill !!


The "Hair" Photo was taken at the "Big Deal" Drive In Restaurant that Danny and I worked at when we were young. We had so much fun !! Hey John What do you think of the Jeans in the second picture, you don't see those around anymore. He is with our dog Figaro, who was awesome and used to hide after his hair cuts. I can't figure out whose Birthday we were celebrating but it was at our house on 1st street and please make note of the birthday candle. I think it was my Birthday and I wined about no candles.


Does anyone else notice that Danny doesn't age? He still looks the same as he did when he was 20, only with facial hair :) He got the skinny and young genes I guess.


I bet you are all worried about what pictures I have in my arsenal (spelling?) of you...I guess you'll have to wait for your birthday to see.

Happy Birthday Mikal !!!!

I think he is 32 :)