Ding dong the bell has rung.
The kids are gone

Lets begin,
the Summer fun.
Ding dong the finale bell has rung

Things I am thankful for.

Children who wave at you from a bus.

People who walk by and stop and say Hello everyday when I do the Crosswalk.

The Sun that is there everyday even if it is on the other side of the clouds.

Wind, The power going off, The power staying on.

Phone calls, Letters are better, you can read them over and over.

Family who like me just the way I am. And will let me change for the better.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Ok I haven't done anything here for a while.
It looks like I haven't done a thing since the babies were born and our trip to Alaska

Not so........
June brought lots of Trek stuff. July brought Trek, Camp stuff and more camp stuff.
Ausgust brought all of my children to my house between trek and Girls Camp.
Girls Camp was wonderful. I am thankful Heavenly Father is in charge.
September brought School
I am doing Reading in 1st, 2nd, 4th, Recess and then Kindergarten, then Reading in 5th grade.
Wow do my days go fast.

No pictures I'm not as picturey (if there is such a word) of a person as one should be these days.

HOPE EVERYONE IS ENJOYING LIFE........WHAT EVER IT BRINGS

North to Alaska

The Burtons

The Gardens

Good Bye Seattle
Hello
Caseys I take this as a sign.
I hope someones picture turned out The Oakesons
The Oakesons The Batemans

Thank you children and grandchildren who let your parents go on a trip NORTH TO ALASKA We your PARENTS had a wonderful time.
I am not sure what my favorite part was, but I am sure it had something with being together.
The ship was great, the food was plentiful, the sights where exquisite, the bus ride memorable, the trian trip breath taking, the laughing the best, the shows delightful, the shopping fun, the family the greatest.
I can't get the pictures in the right spot so this will have to do.
I am thankful for the brothers and sisters Heavenly Father gave to me, or rather let me come to them. Since I am the youngest I guess that is how it works.

Of course I had better blog about the twins.

Born on May 15th, 6 weeks early.

Jennifer had gone to the Dr. that morning and was told that no way was she going to make it to June 9th which was when they had her scheduled for a C section.

So they left the Dr. and went to Costco. They were standing in line when Jennifer took a deep breath and the cashier asked "if she was ok?" "Was she in labor" Jennifer said "no she was fine."

Then about 2 minutes later her water broke. So they called the Dr. who said go home and rest see if it was really your water. Well it really was and Boe threw all the stuff from Costco in the house, with the help of the Elders who live with us.

At the hospital they did an altra sound and deteremined it was best to do a C section.

So and hour later the babies were born.

Hence they are known at the Hospital as the Costco Twins.

Cole was born at 4:47 pm and Chloe was born at 4:49 pm

This is what Mike does for part of his day.

He has fun. These pictures were taken in Portland Oregon last September.

Hello dear family and friends.

We are great in the great northwest.

We have had our share of SNOW this winter.

Sad but true story. Last Sunday all our neighbors were

with out power but not us.

I told Boe it was because he lives with us and he has some

connection with the Power Company.

He offered to go pull the switch to shut off our power.

But he hasn't done it yet.

The Kitchen

These are the Before Pictures

This is what they looked like in the middle of it all

This is what it looks like now

It is really fun for us.