This little picture reminds me of my grand parents who used to show up at our house on Christmas morning … an hour’s drive through the snowy roads. Grandpa would be dressed in his Sunday suit and Grandma in her pretty Sunday dress and matching little hat with a net attached that went down over [...]
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Costco is the place to hang out on Saturdays. We go and taste all the foods for our lunch. You run into the nicest people! This is our son, Brett (who didn’t let me take this picture willingly), his wife Kim, and their five beautiful little girls. It was fun to hear the “Hi Grandma” [...]
The following poem is written by an unknown author. Oh how I wish I could give the credit this beautiful poetry deserves. I am the Christmas Spirit. I enter the home of poverty, causing pale-faced children to open their eyes wide in pleased wonder. I cause the miser’s clutched hand to relax and thus paint [...]
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I just read a little book called, The Hundred Dresses, written by Eleanor Estes. I was surprised to see it had been written clear back in 1944. If you read it you will agree it is an ageless story that teaches a very important message. It only takes about a half an hour to read [...]
Ahhhh, this is what we all need today: Thanks for sending it to me Becca!
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I’m sitting downstairs in Whim’s family room with baby Kai. He’s playing with all kinds of brightly colored toys at my feet and chattering away, every now and then throwing in the word “NaNa” so I know he’s talking to me. There just isn’t a better way to have your ego boosted than having a [...]
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You know I’ve been advocating frugality and not wasting what we have. I just read my niece’s blog where she saved $60 from a grocery bill that would have been $160 without her coupons. Way to go Sammy! I grew up in the post Depression era when frugality wasn’t a choice. We didn’t waste anything [...]
For those who have asked me when the second round of voting starts in the contest Ryan has entered … it is today. From today until October 22nd … you vote once a day until then. If you are already registered it is easy. Click on the box to the right with Yeimy’s picture, it [...]
This is Lynn’s with his mother, Florence Cook Henke, at the family reunion we attended in Hinckley, Utah, this past Saturday. She is remarkable. At age 87 she knows the name of each member of her family and with the birth of our little Olivia this month she has 284 of us to remember. She [...]
Well, today was the big “C” day … Colonoscopy … and I am happy to report it wasn’t nearly as bad as I expected it would be. All that wasted dread and the worst part of it all turned out to be drinking down the salty brine the night and morning before. I arrived on [...]
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