KEN UPDATE......

WELL, LAST WEEK KEN WENT HOME FOR A LONG WEEKEND VISIT.......BEEN THREE WEEKS......HE REALLY WANTED TO COME HOME SUNDAY NIGHT BECAUSE HE SAID HIS GRANDMA NEEDED HIM...BUT DAD HAD OTHER PLANS.....FLY HIM HOME EARLY MONDAY FOR SCHOOL.......SHER SAID HE WASN'T SPEAKING TO DARREN???  THEN SHER CALLED TO SEE IF HE WANTED TO GO HELP DARREN AT THE AUCTION.....BUT HIS REPLY WAS...."LIBBY SAID HE LOOKED PALE?'....SO HE COULDN'T!.....NOW SHER AND I ARE WONDERING IS PALEITIS  SOMETHING LIKE ARTHRITIS????  IF THERE IS MEDICINE FOR IT OR A CURE???  WE NEVER KNOW WHAT IS NEXT WITH KEN......HE IS HANGING IN THERE AT UVU....WHICH MAKES ME PROUD OF HIM AND I DO HAVE LOTS OF FUN WITH HIM.......

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THE GOOD OLD DAYS.....

WHERE DID JANUARY GO????

ALWAYS DREAD JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AS COLD AND WNTERY MONTHS.....BUT NOW ONE DOWN AND ONE TO GO......WE DID GET ONE VERY GOOD SNOW STORM AND ANOTHER ONE IS FORECAST FOR THIS WEEKEND......SO SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE ....YOUR NOT DONE YET!  BUT.....WE ARE NOT FREEZING LIKE THEY ARE BACK EAST....EVEN CANCELLED THE MAIL IN SOME AREAS.......CLIMATE CHANGE???

HAD BRIDGE YESTERDAY......AND CAN'T BELIEVE HOW OLD MY FRIENDS ARE???  HA HA.....I SOMETIMES TRY AND FORGET I AM ONE OF THEM.....THIS COLD WEATHER IS NOT GOOD FOR ARTHRITIS.....AND TUESDAY I WENT IN TO HAVE SOME LAZIER WORK DONE ON ONE EYE......DO THINK IT HELPED ME SEE BETTER....BUT IT IS JUST ONE THING AFTER THE OTHER AT THIS AGE.....THANK GOODNESS FOR GOOD DOCTORS.

LAST DAY OF THE MONTH AND TIME TO MAKE OUT THE MONTHLY BILLS!!

FYI........

IF YOU HAVE FOOD IN YOUR FRIDGE, CLOTHES ON YOUR BODY, A ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD AND A PLACE TO SLEEP....YOU ARE RICHER THAN 75% OF THE ENTIRE WORLD.......
IF YOU HAVE MONEY IN YOUR WALLET, A LITTLE CHANGE AND CAN GO ANY WHERE YOU WANT.....YOU ARE AMONG THE 18% OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHY PEOPLE......
IF YOU ARE ALIVE TODAY WITH MORE HEALTH THAN ILLNESS.....YOU ARE MORE BLESSED THAN THE MILLION  PEOPLE WHO WILL N OT SURVIVE THIS WEEK AND DIE......
IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY "READ" THIS MESSAGE AND UNDERSTAND IT......YOU ARE MORE FORTUNATE  THAN THE 3 BILLION  PEOPLE IN THE WORLD WHO CANNOT SEE,,,,,CANNOT READ.......OR SUFFER MENTAL RETARDATION!
LIFE IS NOT ABOUT COMPLAINING, PAIN AND SORROW.....IT IS  ABOUT A THOUSAND OTHER REASONS TO BE GREATFUL AND HAPPY.

THANK YOU GOD....I AM ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES......

YEP....WINTER IN SLC.....

I USE TO BE 5' 4"......NOW I AM 5' 2" AND I GUESS THAT EXTRA 2 INCHES IS ON MY HIPS?

WELL MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY BROUGHT OUR FIRST REALLY GOOD WINTER STORM.......IT REALLY PILED UP......WAITING FOR KEN TO FINISH DIGGING ME 

OUT SO I CAN GO LET PAM'S DOGS OUT.......THE SUN IS SHINNING TODAY,,,,,BUT ANOTHER STORM FORECAST FOR TOMORROW......I NEED TO MOVE!

PAM AND HER NEIGHBOR OFF TO ARIZONA FOR A FEW DAYS OF SUN BY THE POOL, SHE PICKED THE RIGHT TIME TO GO.  HAD A PRETTY LONG AND QUIET WEEKEND .....SHERRIE HAD ANOTHER WEDDING IN HER GARAGE SO DIDN'T GET KEN.  NO GOOD MOVIES....DO HAVE BRIDGE  TOMORROW.....AND HOPEFULLY NO MORE SNOW

MY KIND OF PEOPLE......

SO LUCKY TO HAVE THESE PEOPLE IN MY LIFE......LAST YEAR LES, TAMI AND I HAD A GREAT TIME IN CANCUN FOR A WEEK WITH MY DAUGHTER SHERRIE.....COUSINS CLOSE TO THE SAME AGE SHOULD ALWAYS STAY CLOSE......I SEE DIXIE IN KORINA, I SEE JO IN TAMI AND I SEE LESLIE IN KRISTI......WHICH TIES US TOGETHER....FAMILIES ARE THE GREATEST!!!!   AND I GUESS REUNIONS JUST REINFORCE THIS........

I HAVE NEVER BEEN MUCH FOR FAMILY REUNIONS......AND MAYBE IT IS BECAUSE OF MY CULINARY SKILLS.....I ASK WHAT I CAN BRING TO THE FAMILY REUNIONS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GET-TOGETHER'S AND THEY ALWAYS ASSIGN ME A ROLL OF PAPER TOWELS?????.  I GUESS IT IS A LITTLE LATE TO CHANGE NOW????

THANK GOODNESS FOR WEEKENDS......

MY WEEKS ARE 6:30 MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.......5:30 TUESDAY AND THURSDAYS AND "WHATEVER" FRIDAY....SATURDAY....AND SUNDAY....BECAUSE CHURCH HAS CHANGED TO 11:30 NOW!!!!!  BUT TODAY I HAD A 8:40 EYE APPOINTMENT WHICH MEANT EARLY.......AND IT WAS SNOWING.......BUT I JUST SAID...."BETTY YOU CAN DO IT......AND MADE IT!  NEED SOME LAZER WORK DONE ON THE BAD EYE AND MAYBE NEW GLASSES.....QUITE LIKE MY NEW EYE DOCTOR.......

GOT HOME AND KEN HAD THE FIREPLACE GOING AND IS WATCHING TV....SNOWED ON AND OFF MOST THE DAY ......SO WE JUST HUNG OUT AND ENJOYED OUR DAY.......AND TOMORROW IS SATURDAYLICIOUS......MAYBE NOON?????

SHERRIE CALLED AND HER GOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING A WEDDING RECEPTION IN HER GARAGE AND THEY HAVE 8 INCHES OF SNOW TO CONTEND WITH......BRAYDEN'S WAS SO FUN IN HER GARAGE.....SHE SHOULD START RENTING IT OUT!!!!

LUCILLE CALLED.....AND BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF HER MOTHER AND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING TO GOSSIP ABOUT.....THE APPLE DOESN'T FALL FAR FROM THE TREE I GUESS.

VERY QUIET DAY AND LOOKS LIKE THE WEEKEND THE SAME........

"HABA NA HABA HUJAZA KILBABA"

"HABA NA HABA HUJAZA KILABA"......"LITTLE BY LITTLE FILLS THE POT"....FROM A SWAHILI PROVERB.......

I SO LOVE THIS AND KNOW LITTLE BY LITTLE I AM BECOMING VERY RICH....NOT IN MONEY.....BUT THAT I REALIZE  THE IMPORTANCE OF UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND GRATITUDE ARE THE CORNER STONES OF LIFE AND THE BIG SECRET ...EVERYONE NEEDS TO LEARN......

 CHANGES TAKE TIME SO:

START BY DOING ONE PUSH UP......

START BY DRINKING ONE CUP OF WATER.....

START BY PAYING ONE DEBT.....

START BY READING ONE PAGE.....

START BY WALKING ONE LAP......

START BY ATTENDING ONE CHURCH MEETING.......

START BY WRITING ONE PARAGRAPH.....

START TODAY.....REPEAT TOMORROW......

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE SISTER.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LESLIE......

I FEEL SO LUCKY TO HAVE HAD THREE LITTLE SISTERS...TWO HAVE PASSED AWAY, BUT I STILL HAVE ONE....THAT I CHERISH.  WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF FUN MEMORIES IN THE PAST FEW YEARS........AND SHE IS THE ONE I GO TO WHEN I NEED SUPPORT....AND LOVE.   I DO FEEL THOSE WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A SISTER HAVE MISSED OUT ON MUCH......AND IT BREAKS MY HEART WHEN TWO SISTERS ABANDON EACH OTHER......BUT THAT IS LIFE I GUESS.......

ANYWAY...ENJOY YOUR DAY AND KNOW I"M THINKING OF YOU LES!

MISSING MY ROOMMATE......

THIS WAS MY BEST FRIEND FOR 16 1/2 YRS.....LITTLE MADAM JEZELE.....GIGI!  SHE IS A SHELTIE.....SHERRIE BOUGHT HER FOR ME WHEN MY YORKER MAX GOT RUN OVER.  I WAS ON MY WAY TO THAILAND WHEN THEY INFORMED ME I WOULD HAVE  NEW ROOM MATE WHEN I GOT HOME.....OH NO........ANOTHER PEEING PUPPY...BUT HOW COULD YOU NOT LOVE HER????  SHE NEVER ASKED MUCH....AND WAS ALWAYS THERE TO GREET ME.......SLEEP BY MY BED EACH NIGHT AND LOVE ME......STILL HAVE TEARS THINKING OF HER.......

I LEFT HER WITH SHERRIE WHEN I SPENT CHRISTMAS WITH THEM AND I WAS OFF TO MESQUITE FOR A WEEK....SHE WAS DEAF AND HALF BLIND....SHERRIE TOOK HER INTO THE VET THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS TO FIND HER LUNGS FILLED UP...HER KIDNEYS SHUTTING DOWN AND ARTHRITIS IN HER BACK LEGS.....THE DECISION....PUT HER TO SLEEP....SO THEY DID.....WRAPPED HER IN HER BLUE BLANKET, PUT HER IN A BOX AND BURIED HER ON SHER'S RANCH.....I KNOW WHERE SHE IS NOW....HAPPY AND NOT HURTING.....GOODBYE SWEET GIGI.......

CRAZY MIXED UP WORLD.......

SO TIRED OF THE EVERY DAY NEWS....FENCE OR NO FENCE???? FIRED AND HIRED?????ACCUSED OF BUDDYING UP WITH RUSSIA.....ETC.....ETC.....ETC.

IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET RID OF WHOLE DARN BUNCH AND START OVER.....TRUMP IS PRESIDENT AND WE ELECTED HIM.....SO SUCK IT UP CUPCAKE AND SUPPORT HIM!

TWO MEN WERE DRIVING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD AND SPIED A TURTLE ON TOP OF A FENCE POST.......THE FARMER EXPLAINED TO HIS FRIEND....."THAT'S A POST TURTLE"......

"YOU KNOW HE DIDN'T GET UP THERE BY HIMSELF....HE DOESN'T BELONG UP THERE....HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHILE HE IS UP THERE,, HE IS ELEVATED BEYOND HIS ABILITY TO FUNCTION AND YOU JUST WONDER WHAT KIND OF DUMB ARSE PUT HIM UP THERE TO BEGIN WITH"......

THE FARMER'S FRIEND REPLIED....BEST EXPLANATION OF A POLITICIAN, I EVER HEARD!

SO DIFFERENT......

THESE ARE THE CHILDREN OF MY BROTHER AND SISTERS.......MY NIECES AND NEPHEWS......BACK ROW, JIM BOB, KRISTI, DUKANE.....THEN KEVIN.  THEY ARE LESLIE'S KIDS.  KORINA IS DIXIE'S AND TAMI IS JO'S........I LOVE THEM ALL SO MUCH.

A CHILD IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY IN THE WIND......SOME FLY HIGHER THAN OTHERS, BUT EACH ONE FLIES THE BEST IT CAN.....WHY COMPARE ONE AGAINST THE OTHER?  EACH ONE IS DIFFERENT.....EACH ONE IS SPECIAL....EACH ONE IS BEAUTIFUL.  NOT IN THE PICTURE IS LESLIE'S MIKE,  DIXIE'S RICHARD, JO'S RYAN AND JIM'S JAMIE.  I AM LUCKY TO HAVE A BIG FAMILY.....

STRANGE VOICE.....

THE QUESTION OF THE DAY???

THERE IS A STRANGE VOICE IN MY HEAD SAYING......"VACUUM THE FLOOR, CLEAN THE BATH ROOM AND DUST"......LUCKILY MY MOM ALWAYS  TOLD ME NOT TO LISTEN TO STRANGERS........

WEIRD DAY....UP AT 5;30 to GET KEN OFF AT 20 TO 6;00.....HE SAID HE DIDN'T FEEL WELL......SO NO SCHOOL AND I WENT BACK TO BED!!!!  THEN UP AND GOT READY TO MEET A FRIEND FOR A MOVIE....T.HE "UPSIDE".....QUITE GOOD....HOME TO WATCH DR PHIL AND GET DINNER READY......DIDN'T ACCOMPLISH A THING TODAY.....NOT GOOD! WILL CLEAN HOUSE TOMORROW AND GET READY FOR THE DOMINO GIRLS ON THURSDAY....SUPPOSE TO HAVE BAD WEATHER......THANK GOODNESS FOR GOOD HEALTH AS I FEEL THE WORLD IS FALLING APART!

YEOMANS IS THE NAME......

OUR "YEOMANS" FAMILY REUNION.....

AMAZING HOW TWO PEOPLE CAN HAVE FIVE CHILDREN WHO HAVE FIFTEEN CHILDREN.....WHO CAN HAVE......WELL I CAN'T COUNT ANY HIGHER.....BUT WE WILL GO ON AND ON.......A GREAT DAY....A GREAT BUNCH.....AND WE MISS MOM AND DAD WHO STARTED IT ALL!!!!!

BETTY REE, JIMMY DICK AND LESLIE RUTH IN FRONT.........

LATEST ON KEN.....

KEN AND I ARE GETTING BACK INTO OUR ROUTINE......HE SPENT HIS HOLIDAY VACATION AT HOME IN VERNAL.....NOW HE IS BACK TO SCHOOL AT UVU IN PROVO.HE HAD A GOOD TIME SNOWMOBILING AND HELPING THE FAMILY OUT IN VERNAL......NOW BACK TO HELPING HIS GRAM......FRIDAY NOW WILL BE OUR BREAKFAST OUT DAY.  HE WENT OUT FOR THE EVENING WITH BRAY AND LIBBY LAST NIGHT AND WILL BE DOING CHURCH WITH THEM EVERY SUNDAY.  SO NICE HAVING BIG BROTHER CLOSE BY AS HE CAN'T GET HOME EVERY WEEKEND.

INTERESTING BUNCH......

THIS IS KRISTI AND HER FAMILY........CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY JAN 2 019.........HOW WOULD I DESCRIBE THIS GROUP????  INTERESTING AND LOTS OF FUN!  KRISTI AND PHILIP.....KYLI,, COOPER, KELLY AND BRAYLE.......IF I DIDN'T KNOW KRISTI  MY GUESS MIGHT BE SHE GOT FRIENDLY WITH THE MILK MAN, POST MAN AND THE GARDNER?...NOW BRAYLE LOOKS LIKE HER DAD!  THEY ARE A FUN BUNCH AND I GOT TO ENJOY A WEEK WITH THEM OVER NEW YEARS IN MESQUITE.

IN MY LIFE...BUT NOT!

THIS IS LILLY AUGUST FRITZE....1 YR FEB. 5, 2019

IT BREAKS MY HEART I WILL NEVER GET TO KNOW AND SPOIL MY SECOND GREAT-GRANDCHILD.....BUT THEY CANNOT KEEP ME FROM LOVING HER.

PEACE IS IMPORTANT......

PEACE IN YOUR LIFE IS ABOUT CHOICES........SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THINGS AND PEOPLE THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY.....PEACE IS NOT ABOUT BEING RICH OR POOR, YOUNG OR OLD, FAT OR SKINNY.....IT IS ABOUT KNOWING YOUR IN THE PLACE GOD HAS MEANT FOR YOU TO BE.

I HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY.....WITH THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE ME HAPPY AND SECURE. I AM SAD BECAUSE I HAD TO PUT GIGI DOWN.....BUT KNOW SHE IS IN A BETTER PLACE.

TODAY I AM GOING OUT TO EAT WITH MY NEIGHBORS......AND TOMORROW AFTER CHURCH BRAY, LIBBY AND PAM ARE COMING FOR DINNER. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT KEEP ME MOVING.

"NEVER BE A PRISONER OF YOUR PAST......IT WAS JUST A LESSON....NOT A LIFE SENTENCE."

BIG , BIGGER, BIGEST

HERE I AM WITH MY BABY BROTHER  JIM, (14 YRS YOUNGER THAN ME).....WHO IS 6 FEET- FOUR INCHES AND HIS SON JIM BOB WHO IS 6 FEET- SEVEN INCHES!.....AND ME AT FIVE FEET TWO INCHES.......

MY SIX FEET TWO INCH GRANDSON KEN LIVES WITH ME AND EVERYONE WONDERS WHERE HE GOT HIS HEIGHT???  ALL HIS FAMILY ARE SHORTER......WELL IT'S FROM THE "YEOMANS"......SIDE OF THE FAMILY.  

I HADN'T SEEN JIM SINCE OUR SISTER'S FUNERAL MANY YEARS AGO AND JIM BOB ONLY ONCE.....SO GLAD I AM RELATED TO THEM.  JIM AND HIS SON ARE BOTH IN CONSTRUCTION.  JIM LIVES IN MONTICELLO, UTAH.....JIM BOB IN CHEYENNE,CO

I GUESS I HAVE A "BIG"...."LITTLE" BROTHER?

YEOMANS FAMILY REUNION

WELL, A LITTLE LATE WITH MY HAPPY NEW WISH.....BEEN TRAVELING!

AFTER MY WONDERFUL WEEKEND IN VERNAL WITH THE CHRISTENSONS.....I GRABBED THE ST GEORGE SHUTTLE AND WAS OFF FOR 8 DAYS IN MESQUITE......LESLIE HAD PUT TOGETHER A FAMILY REUNION AS JIM AND HIS SON AND FAMILY WERE THERE FROM COLORADO FOR A FEW DAYS.....SO GOOD SEEING EVERYONE.  JIM'S WIFE ACE WALKED OUT SO NOW HE IS ABLE TO ENJOY HIS 2 CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN......WE HAD ABOUT 40 PEOPLE SHOW UP AND LESLIE FOOTED THE BILL AND DID ALL THE ARRANGING......A BIG THANK YOU TO HER......I AM NOT MUCH FOR FAMILY REUNIONS ....BUT SURE DID ENJOY THIS ONE,

THOSE THERE IN 2018.......

JIMMY DICK, SON JIM BOB AND WIFE CHRIS....THREE KIDS J.C., BOBBY JO AND BEAU.

KRISTI, PHILIP, BRAYLIE

TAM NORTON,SONS..... KYSON, WIFE AND 4 KIDS......KALVIN, WIFE AND 3 KIDS.....KODEN, WIFE AND BABY AND FRIEND ROGER.

KORINA NORTHCOTT, HUSBAND BILL.....SON MATT AND GIRL FRIEND,,,,,AND DAUGHTER KORTNEY, HUSBAND CHRIS AND BABY .

LESLIE, DUKANE, KEVIN AND I.......

ALSO 2 OF JIM'S FRIENDS WHO HAD GRADUATED WITH HIM IN MANCOS....AND OH YES......SOME MAN THAT JUST WANDERED INTO THE CHURCH AND WE GAVE HIM A PLATE OF FOOD????

LOTS OF WONDERFUL MEMORIES MADE THAT DAY.