Long Lost Brother

Dewey and Peggy have served three missions for the church, two of which were in South America. They are both in their Sevenities and have bought a home in Northern Washington.

Thanksgiving Feast

We had a mini family reunion as Joe, Dewey and I had never been together at the same time. It was lots of fun, food and forgetfulness (Especially when I realized that the untouched dressing was still in the turkey that evening! Woops.)

Grandma Time

Grandchildren can be sooooooo tiring!

We had a wonderful time when Alyssa came to visit and brought her parents along to!

We went to a couple of musems and took a drive around Bay Center We had lots of fun playing grandparents but grandpa was hit the hardest!

Isn't Jacob Jr. Adorable!

I am really looking forward to a chance to hold this sweet little guy in my arms. He was just two weeks old (per the back of the picture I received) Now he's two months!

I wish I had dependable transportation so I could go and visit. Hope Leslie, Jacob and Jacob Jr. can come and visit grandma. It would be a wonderful Mother Day surprise....

An Opportunity Perhaps.....

Sunset in Bay Center

Over the years we have kept in contact with the Campbells who have purchased "Grammies House" in Bay Center. They are retiring, and as promised, are offering the house first to us as they plan to sell it. We would love to have it, though it will take A LOT of outside labor for improvements and defeating the jungle that nearly surrounds the house. But that is the kind of challenge we would love to tackle. I wrote to the Campbells today to see if there might be a way to work things out. You don't know unless you try. (And pray a lot). We will keep you updated when we hear back. But at least for the moment we can dream.....

The New Year is Passing....

Wake Up! Where are all the new posts?

I have been working on my writing and plan to actually get a bit more serious. There are contests to enter, manuscripts to edit, and more stories and articles to write. Speaking of which I have an article posted on the Armchair Interviers web page. Go ahead and take a peek.
http://reviews.armchairinterviews.com/the-authors-place/ I had fun writing it. Our weather has finally warmed up a bit (good) but then we had water condense in the gas tank (bad) so it is just one thing after another. But we are happy, warm and healthy so who could ask for more. Hope you enjoy the pic of Uncle Joe and Mom......a VERY long time ago :)

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It is 12:37AM our time....We actually went to a party and kissed with fireworks (From the space Needle!) Wishing all a prosperous, and joyous new year!