FLASHBACK FRIDAY!

Sandie, Diana & Brian :)

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!

Sure glad we aren't still going through this!!! I now LOVE my master bathroom!

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY!!!

Where did my little girl go???

Poor Wayne, the kids were always "dressing him up!

HE ANSWERED!!!

We found this on our front porch when we returned from church!

The picture says it all....

Jessica asked someone to a dance!!

Jessica is asking a boy (Dixon) to the Sadie Hawkins dance (girl ask boy). She researched different ways to ask him out. She got real creative. First she found a box which she labeled "Treasure" Inside the box was a note asking if he would go to the dance with her...

Then she scrounged up a pail and shovel...
She put the treasure box in the bottom,
filled the bucket up with Skittles and added the signs!
Here is the finished result!

We are now anxiously awaiting his response! His dad said that he is trying to come up with a "creative" way to respond. We'll let you know when that happens!!

FAMILY REUNION

I know, it's about time! But with my being sick with a "perma cold", aka a cold that won't go away...sitting in front of the computer and posting was not high on the priority list!

We had a wonderful time at our family reunion. We had over 60 bodies at the house. It was a little stressful, as the day before, we ended up with sick kids. We made them all stay upstairs and disinfected everything. We called the upstairs...the "Infirmary". Since there were other members of the family sick on the actual reunion day, they were "banned" to that room! My poor brother-in-law, Jason, had to listen to the programs that Chris wanted to watch since he was too sick to voice any complaints! Overall, it went well...we had too much food, but it was good.

Here is a picture of ALMOST everyone who was present!

We got all of my siblings together...That hasn't been done in MANY years!!
Then our "True Nature" came out...

We were missing MOST of the grandchildren...We attempted to get all of the grandchildren who were present in a picture...not all cooperated, but here is what we came up with!

Then the whole reason for our reunion...my Mom and Dad!

We are hoping that Mom has many more Christmases to come! With ALS(amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) or Lou Gehrig's disease, it is hard to know! She has a WONDERFUL outlook! I can't stress how important it is that we have a positive attitude when we face the trials in our life. I feel that if we could face our "small" trials as well as my mother is facing her "enormous" trial, we will all make it! We all share this trial with my mother. It is difficult to watch her struggle with speaking and eating, yet I love the peace that seems to radiate from her! I am grateful that Heavenly Father gave me such a wonderful loving mom...

she is not only my mother, but she is my friend!

OUR CHRISTMAS

Christmas was a little different this year. We didn't have Christmas Eve at our house. Wayne's parents were supposed to come, but due to the weather, they ended up staying home. I have to say they were missed! We ended up going up to my parents house in Littleton for our Christmas Eve dinner. That was fun to see everyone.

Christmas morning was different also, we were all alone. The kids didn't get us up until 7:00 am. Usually it is much earlier! Here are the pictures of the present openings....

After presents were opened, we spent the day RELAXING!!! Later that night, we got a YUMMY dinner provided by Ben & Rachael (Wayne's brother & sister-in-law). After eating, we watched a couple of movies and just enjoyed one anothers company!!