Finishing Touches

So many memories - so little time and space.  I feel like a blogflop because I am so behind.  I have enjoyed the many comments and visitors to our blog.  Sometimes it's totally spiritual - and the next we're quoting Captn. Sparrow on the Rum issue.  I think that I would just like to post some pictures and let them speak the words I need to say - and then follow up with some closing thoughts.  Although this will be posted days into the New Year - it's literally - and I mean literally the first time I've been able to sit down and play on my new lappy - that my BELOVED kids made sure I had.  (Thanks and big hugs)

Need To Mention Our Turkey Day

Hosted by my Brother and his Wife

In Mendon

Cheers to the Turkies that came - love you all

I missed telling my beautiful Daughter in Law

Bethany - my favorite one by the way...

Happy Birthday - and that I love

every single day you are in my life.

You may belong to your mom - but you

are truely mine in a million ways.

Then... someone special came back home,

this in itself should be a huge individual blog - but

there are many spiritual emotions that I want to

address later on - but for now - here are some

smiles from that moment....

oooo.... and now you see why I do not post

my own pictures without a mask or a plastic nose...

...a quick visit to see Grandma and Grandpa

in Mendon.... (this was a sweeeeeet moment)

still in love

Grandpa lit up like a lightbulb

when Ryan walked in...

he held on for 2 years for just a moment like this

Ryan reported his mission on Dec 26 to our Ward.

Our family from Mendon came.  It was wonderful

to have our family there, and the Merrimans, and

Stimpsons.  It made our Christmas complete.

(Christmas?  Food Poisening... not adding any

photos here - let's just pretend it didn't happen)

We all missed Mike ): and wish him home soon.

Christmas to me can be found in the following

beautiful faces and memories....My Grandbabies,

and my Children and In Law Children...

On Christmas Eve we went to the SL Cemetary

to light our candles on our pioneer ancestors....

and we were locked in....

and it was creeeeeepy.

New Years Eve came sneaking in quietly.

I watched what was left of Dick Clark (: post stroke.

I'm not a fan of NYEve... it's a sad time for me always.

New Years Day - Freakin' Tree Down.

Clean House.

Ready to go into 2011 on

1/1/11

Thanks for coming on board this year.

Looking forward to:

New Baby in the Family in March

Mike home - soon and safe

Finding Nemo

Pretending to do scrapbooks

Rebuilding the Arbor

BYU life for the last born

Skyping from Washington

Survival of the fittest...

Enjoying every moment I can of my

children's lives, grandchildren's lives,

and my parents lives.

Oh - and can I tell you how much I

love this guy?

because there are only two of us,

my brother and I, and I don't think

I could make it through life without him.

Lucky me.

Happy New Year.

Where's the Rum?

WHY is the rum always gone?