Friday, September 19, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR LITTLE ONE YEAR OLD ABBY! WE CAN'T BELIEVE SHE'S ALREADY A YEAR OLD! SHE WAS OUR FIRST LITTLE GRANDAUGHTER AND HAS ADDED SO MUCH LOVE AND HAPPINESS TO OUR FAMILY. SHE'S A BUSY LITTLE GIRL THAT NEVER STOPS RUNNING! WE LOVE YOU LITTLE MISS ABBY LYN. HAVE A VERY HAPPY FUN FILLED DAY - (WISH WE WERE THERE!)

YES, YOU ARE SO BIG!!!
BEAUTIFUL BABY BLUES
SO SO SWEET AND BRAND NEW!



Monday, September 1, 2008

WARNING - BLOG OVERLOAD!

This is a warning - I've been blogging all evening trying to get caught up! Mark is gone to Wyoming to pick up his folks so this was a good time blog!
(You might not see another one for a while after this!)

CORN OFF THE COB

Melanie and I took a trip to Spanish Fork last Fridayto do some corn. ( Thanks to Landon for picking it all! ) We started out in the backyard and had to move to the front to get in the shade! it was so hot. What a lot of work - but so nice to have!



Reesie loved it!
Kody didn't! He'd throw it on the ground!


FAIR TIME

Here's a couple of pictures from the County Fair. I'll just say we had a "fair" time this year! All the girls and grandkids came up on Wednesday to help out with the booth. Jed was able to come on Friday. The stomach flu went through ALL of us so we staggered our time helping out.
Thanks for coming to help everyone! Next year will be better I'm sure!

In our official B&M shirts - (before the flu bug hit!)

Master of the booth!

Best part of the fair!


DAD TURNS 80!

My dad turned 80 years old on August 15th! We had a party for him a week early in Mesa at Jeanie and Max's house. (Thanks Max and Jeanie!) We had a great time being together as a family and enjoyed every minute! I think we were busy every waking minute and looked forward to going to bed at night! Below are some pictures of our time together. (I stole all these pictures from my girls blogs!)
Our entire family with Grams and Gramps.
The Clouse Family

We had family pictures taken (yes we have red cheeks - it was HOT!)
13 of the 16 grandaughters - (known as "Charlie's Angels")



Yes, lots of swimming took place!
Abby and Daddy
Line Dancing at Texas Roadhouse






EX-AUGUST-ING

I was hoping to update before August was over. Oh well, it's only September 1st!
August was extremely busy with lots of fun things. I was able to go to Virden for a Jones Reunion. It was so fun to see a lot of relatives that I haven't seen for years.
Dad and Mom in front of the old homestead. (That is the most comfortable porch swing ever made!) Kent and Shelley live there now. Thanks for letting us stay with you!
Mom admiring the pecan trees
The silos out back of our house - I remember seeing baby owls down in one of them. My dad also had to get a baby calf out of one of them!
Fields by the house.
Our Jones cousins Terry, Geralyn and Pam and my sister Nyla and brother Kent intently listening to Jeanie's wild childhood story! We had such a great time catching up. We spent many, many hours at each other's homes growing up in Virden.
Shelley and Kent's with some of their family (Kyle, Karen, Trey and Emily)
My cousin Marla (husband Jeff) and Aunt Jessie
Some of Uncle Sterling's family - Don, Sherrie, Aunt Iva, Keith, and Margo
My Dad and his brother Merlin (his wife Carmelita)
Mom, baby Kadyn, Trey and Karen
We were able to see my darling little niece Emily perform at her piano and voice recital. She did awesome and even won an award! Thanks for letting us come Emily!
Emily and Kyle listening to Aunt Jeanie tell stories about their dad!
More stories!
(oops! - out of order!) Jeanie, Karen, Kadyn, Emily, Shelley and Carole at the recital.
Emily showing us the Boston Terrier puppies that they raise. We always had a Boston Terrier when we were kids - Spike, Skipper, Skippy were some I remember).









Thursday, August 28, 2008

SO....

So...
Sunday evening we needed to go get our trailer and bring it home from the Fairgrounds. Mark, Jess and I were all sick with the stomach flu (plus, the kids all left that day so I was sad anyways).
We had it all hooked up to the truck and ready to go when Mark remembered he needed to plug the drain to the shower - SO - he went back inside the trailer, SET HIS KEYS ON THE TABLE, plugged the shower, locked the door and came out. (remember where he set his keys??)
SO - we thought the door would open easily with a screwdriver - nope - - maybe some little scissors in the firstaid kid? - nope - Maybe if he broke the scissors in half? - nope.
He was able to open the side storage door (can't remember how) -. He tried (not very hard) to crawl through - said he was "too big" (sounds like the 3 Bears!). He then tells me to stick my head in - (sounds like Hansel and Gretel) - I was sick (literally) of waiting so I did!
Yep, I crawled IN through this hole---
and OUT this one (after I maneuvered a play pen out of the way).
I could have won a million dollars on "Funniest Home Videos" if someone would have saw me - or called the cops!