GREAT WEEKEND!!

We had a fun time in Utah. It was a much needed get away. We visited Grandma and Grandpa and had a great game of Yahtzee. Both grandma and grandpa did very well. Grandma even showed a little of her dry wit and we all laughed and laughed. It was so good to hear them laugh. It almost felt like old times. It is so hard to see them age. Linda has been down visiting Kim so she came over & played with us. As you can tell Linda won. FUN! FUN!

As you can tell I have not succeeded in putting this in the right order. Oh well!! After visiting grandma and grandpa we went out to Shawn and Tammy's and spent the night. Saturday we went to Lincoln's basketball game (in which he did a great job) then we all went to the Clark Planetarium. We watched a film on all the planets and stars. It was pictured on the dome and it really was interesting. After we went back and played Wii. It was fun. Those boys are really good. Tate, Jonah and Kiegan you are going to have to have a tournament with them because I know that you are really good too.

We had stopped at the Birch's on Friday on the way down and visited them for a little while and then stopped again on the way home. They are doing good.

To end the trip we stopped in Idaho Falls and ate dinner at the Olive Garden. We hadn't eaten there for a long time. It was wonderful.

Now home and hanging out. Always nice to go somewhere but always nice to be home.

Tomorrow we are taking the holiday and clean house and then go get massages.

It was 12 degrees, Cold!!! But absolutely beautiful. It had been foggy for the past couple of days and major foggy the night before. In the morning everything was white with frost. We were headed for Utah. I told Lyle that I wish I would have brought my camera and of course he says that his is right there on the back seat. His has been very intimidating for me because it has so many things on it. He told me to just go for it. So yes I went for it and here are some of the results. It is hard to get the full affect of how beautiful it was but not too bad for riding in the car and clicking away.

Hallway

Bathroom






Master Bedroom




Guest Bedroom

Living Room

A NEW YEAR

A New Year, New Beginning, New Challenges, New Experiences

I often feel like Yeah I get to start over when this time of year comes around. Mostly wanting to be a better person. I have so much to be thankful for. Where does a person even start? For one I really get to update this Blog. I get to learn more about blogging and using my new cell phone. I know you think I am crazy but those are huge challenges for me. Oh well to each his own, right?

We had a wonderful Christmas with yes 5 trees. I absolutely loved it. Fun new decorations for the one in the living room to go with my wonderful balls with grandkids names on them. I have been looking for a long time for fun red and white decorations to go with the clear balls with red and white ribbon and red vinyl names. Well a friend of Tammy's had some and was able to order me some and I love them. Nostalgia gets me every time so I have to put a little tree up that reminds me of old things and my childhood. Of course the guest room has to have one. It is little but fun. I love, love, love having one in my bedroom. Several nights only having the tree lights on laying in bed with my MP3 player. Yes nice!! I was on a roll. I couldn't not have one in the bathroom. What can I say. Yes crazy but fun.

New Year's was fun with family and friends over. Playing games and eating good food. What can I say or rather doesn't that say it all? Like I said before so much to be thankful for.

I am definately looking forward to a great NEW YEAR!!