YEARS END......

THIS ISN'T FUNNY??????

THIS IS THE HONEST TRUTH........

I HATE COLD AND SLICK ROADS AND WEARING ALL THOSE CLOTHES AND WORRYING ABOUT FALLING ON ICE!.......AND SHORT DARK DAYS.....AND CHURCH HOUR CHANGING FROM ELEVEN TO NINE......NOPE CAN'T THINK OF MUCH FUN STUFF HAPPENING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS!

BUT....THE END OF A YEAR IS NOT THE END......ONLY A NEW CHAPTER OR BEGINNING IN YOUR LIFE......ANOTHER CHANCE TO STEP UP AND BE A BETTER YOU!

WHEN I WAS YOUNG......I THOUGHT I WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST......BUT MAYBE NOT? MORE HUMBLE NOW AND LESS JUDGMENTAL AND I LIKE ME BETTER.

I GUESS WHAT I AM MOST PROUD OF IN MY LIFE......ARE MY THREE GREAT CHILDREN.......EACH IN HER OWN WAY HAVE GIVEN ME SO MUCH PRIDE AND PLEASURE......

PAM.....WHO JUST TURNED 60 IS VERY MUCH LIKE HER FATHER'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY......NOT GOOD OR BAD......JUST IS.......SHE WAS AN ONLY CHILD FOR 11 YEARS......AND I COULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THE TWINS WITHOUT HER.  SHE IS A VERY STRONG, TALENTED PERSON WHO IS IN NEGOTIATION'S IN THE COURT SYSTEM HERE IN UTAH......AND LOVES HER WORK.......SHE IS A GOOD WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMA....... SHE HAD TWO GIRLS AND A SON........SHE LIVES ABOUT 10 MINUTES FROM ME AND SHE AND ROB ARE A GREAT COMFORT IN MY OLD AGE.  THEY HAVE A HOME IN "ISLAND PARK" IDAHO.....CLOSE TO MAX INN AND WEST YELLOWSTONE AND HAVE ALL THE FUN TOYS TO GO WITH IT......FISHING BOAT, CANOES, RAZOR, SNOWMOBILES ETC.....AND SPEND A GREAT DEAL OF TIME UP THERE OR IN THE FAMILY HOME BUD AND MARILYN LEFT THE FAMILY IN ST. GEORGE WITH THE RAZOR.

SHERRIE AND KARRIE ARE VERY MUCH THE SAME.....BUT DIFFERENT! THEY ARE 49 NOW.

SHERRIE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE OUT-GOING AUNTROPINOR PERSON SINCE HIGH SCHOOL.....SHE WAS THE CHEER-LEADER WHO WENT WITH THE BIG FOOT BALL STAR......HAD A WATCH BUSINESS,......AND ON THE MOVE.  SHE AND DARREN HAVE THREE BOYS.  SHERRIE STARTED A SCRAPBOOK PAPER BUSINESS WITH HER NEIGHBOR, THEN MOVED ON TO A PURSE BUSINESS......KARRIE ALWAYS BY HER SIDE....... SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH HORSES.....SO THEY MOVED TO VERNAL WHERE DARREN HAD 145 APARTMENTS HE BOUGHT FROM HIS DAD...... WHEN  THE OIL BUSINESS WENT BAD  AND THE APARTMENT BUSINESS WENT DOWN THEY STARTED A USED CAR BUSINESS ALONG WITH TOURIST RENTALS IN PAGE, AZ.....WHERE THEY HAVE A HOUSE BOAT.  THEY HAVE AN AIRPLANE AND A CABIN IN PARK CITY AND ALL THE TOYS THAT IT TAKES TO RAISE THREE BOYS.   THEY ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE MORMON CHURCH.

KARRIE ON THE OTHER HAND HAS BEEN THE MORE QUIET LAID BACK ONE OF THE TWO......SHE HAD TWO BOYS AND A GIRL......SHE WAS MORE INVOLVED IN AN OFFICER IN SEMINARY IN HIGH SCHOOL......EVEN THOUGH THEY BOTH HAD THE SAME GOOD FRIENDS.......  AND SHE WAS A BACKER FOR SHER IN EVERYTHING SHE DID.....KARRIE HAS FIBERMYOLOGY AND HURTS MOST THE TIME.....SHE IS A HUGE DOG LOVER.......AND WHEN IZZY HAD TEN PUPS AND ONLY EIGHT TITS......IT TOOK THE WHOLE FAMILY TO GET THE PUPPIES BATHED AND FEED!!!!KARRIE AND RICHARD ARE NOW IN THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS,,,,,SMALL SUB-DIVISIONS.....KARRIE HELPS DESIGN AND DECORATE .......WHICH SHE IS VERY GOOD AT......AND THEY SEEM TO BE DOING WHAT PEOPLE WANT.  THEY ARE IN PARTNER SHIP WITH THREE PEOPLE IN A HOUSE BOAT ON LAKE POWELL AND ALSO THREE PARTNERS IN A CABIN IN BEAR-LAKE......MY WHOLE FAMILY ARE OUT-D00R PEOPLE AND RAISING THE GRANDKIDS TO ENJOY IT TOO.

SO THIS IS WHAT I LOOK BACK ON IN MY 85 YEARS OF  ACCOMPLISHMENTS.  GOOD KIDS, GOOD GRANDKIDS......I ONLY HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE ME PROUD.

"THE IMPORTANT THINGS IN LIFE.......AREN'T THINGS!"