HIGHS AND LOWS OF 2019.....

DECISIONS.....DECISIONS....WHAT SHALL I WEAR THIS NEW YEAR'S EVE?

I WILL BE ON MY COUCH WAITING FOR THE BALL TO DROP IN NEW YORK AT 10:00 SO I CAN GO TO BED.  I'M THINKING EITHER MY NAVY BLUE WITH DOTS OR THE RED PLAID????PJ'S?

And so this is the last day of 2019......As I think back over this year....I contemplate the highs and lows of this year......In May ......my little sister pushed me down at the baseball game....(love telling people that...... as i am in my 80s and she is in her 70's).......and I got a concussion and had vertigo for a couple of months......just as I was recooperating from that I discovered I had breast cancer......as did Karrie.....so these were very low times this year.  But in every life a little rain will fall....so why not me? And my breast cancer connected Karrie and I again.....Thank you God!

Then.....the HIGHS.....I guess it had to be that my three daughters and their mates....my nine grandchildren and those married plus three single guys and my four great-grandchildren.....were all here for a fun pre-christmas breakfast and a neat picture!...THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT A MOTHER CAN GET!  This year I had two new great-grandchildren...now two girls...two boys......I am officially GIGI....(great grandma)....To them.....such a lucky person....Fair health for 88 breathing down my neck.....Then the frosting on the cake......Brayden and Libby ask if they could live in my basement while she goes to school at UVU and Bray works at Park City Resorts....they can save some money and I love the company and help around the house.....I have the greatest neighbors and friends and family.....what more can I say?

I am finding....."there is no place like home".....and I am so greatful I have a nice safe home surrounded by loving and caring people.....who are always there or me.  No traveling.....Do I miss it? Yes.....but nothing lasts forever....."don't be sad it is over......just be glad you got to do it"......Looking forward to a great 2020........Happy New Year.....

NEW YEAR'S EVE.....

SO LUCKY......ANOTHER NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION! 

LOOKING BACK.....I REMEMBER HOW WE ALL WONDERED WHAT 2000 WOULD BRING NOW HERE WE ARE 20 YEARS LATER STILL HANGING IN THERE.......AND THE SAME DECISIONS?????   WHAT WILL I WEAR NEW YEAR'S EVE?  WELL.....I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM 20 YEARS LATER.....WHAT TO WEAR NEW YEARS EVE....YES, I WILL BE ON THE COUCH WAITING FOR THE BALL TO DROP IN NEW YORK SO I CAN GO TO BED.....SHALL I WEAR MY NAVY BLUE WITH DOTS OR THE RED PLAID....PJ'S???? DECISIONS,,,,,,,DECISIONS.   HAPPY NEW YEAR YOU ALL

WOW.....FIVE!

THIS IS AARON HORTON..MY VERY FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD......WHERE DID THE LAST FIVE YEARS GO? HIS BIRTHDAY IS ON MY THIRD GRANDSON'S BIRTHDAY.....I HOPE HE GROWS UP TO DO ALL THE FUN THINGS RICHIE IS DOING......HE LOVES CARS ETC.....THAT BOYS DO......I AM GIGI....GREAT-GRANDMA....AS HE HAS TWO SETS OF GRANDPARENTS....THAT LOVE AND SPOIL HIM VERY MUCH.   I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT-GRANDKIDS...SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT,,,,,,

RICHIE'S BD

RICHIE COOK ....MY THIRD GRANDSON WHO IS A DOLL AND LIKE HIS GRAM.....WHO LOVES TO TRAVEL......HAD A BIRTHDAY THE 29TH.  THIS IS HIS GIRL FRIEND....ANNA. WHO WE ALL LOVE AND THINK SOMEDAY WILL BE A REAL PART OF THE FAMLY....I LOVE WATCHING HIS EXCITING LIFE.   HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICH!

LOOKING AT THE END OF 2019....

THIS IS STILL SNOWMEN WEATHER...BUT SO FAR WE HAVE BEEN LUCKY AND JUST THE SKI RESORTS ARE GETTING THE SNOW.....WE HAVE RAIN....AND I LOVE IT.   BUT....IT WAS VERY, VERY COLD HERE THIS WEEKEND,  I DID NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE FOR THREE DAYS......BUT HAD TO GET OUT TODAY TO SEE IF MY WORLD WAS STILL THERE.  CHRISTMAS DAY.....THE CHRISTENSON'S CAME BY AND SHERRIE BROUGHT ME CHICKEN NOODLE SOUP TO HELP ME GET OVER THE COLD I HAVE HAD FOR OVER THREE WEEKS!  THEN THURSDAY I SLEPT ALL DAY....FRIDAY PATTY CAME FOR COFFEE AND CATCH-UP...AND SO TODAY OFF TO GET THE MAIL AND HIT THE SALES.

TALKED TO LES.....JIM WAS IN MESQUITE WITH JIM BOB FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND MIKE AND KATY WERE THERE.  BRAYDEN AND LIBBY ARE IN VERNAL FOR THE WEEKEND....BRAY WILL BE HOME TOMORROW.....BUT LIBBY STAYING A COUPLE OF DAYS .....SHE HAS NO SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER WEEK.....BUT BRAY IS BUSY WITH SKI SEASON.......THEN CHURCH DAY.....WELL....MAYBE I WILL JUST SLEEP IN?????

PRESIDENT OF LDS....

THIS IS PRESIDENT NELSON .....HEAD OF THE LDS CHURCH NOW.  I FIRST MET HIM MANY YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS A FAMOUS HEART SERGEON.....HE OPERATED ON PHIL NORTON.....MY BROTHER IN LAW......AND GAVE HIM MORE YEARS OF LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY.....I LOVE AND RESPECT HIM AND TRUST HIM.  HE IS A FATHER OF 10 GIRLS AND A COUPLE OF BOYS I THINK AND THIS IS HIS SWEET SECOND WIFE.  HE IS IN HIS 90'S AND STILL AT IT.......THANK YOU SIR!

WHAT MAKES LIFE SPECIAL....

WHEN YOU THINK LIFE CANNOT GET ANY BETTER.....IT DOES!

I NEVER HAD ANY BOYS....BUT GOD GAVE ME SIX DARLING GRANDSONS AND NOW TWO GREAT-GRANDSONS......THIS TUCKER KID IS THE GREATEST...SMILES AND LOVES EVERYONE.  I AM A LUCKY GREAT-GRANDMA. WISH WE LIVED CLOSER SO I COULD WATCH HIM GROW UP......

GOODBYE BARN>>>>>

THE PANNIER'S HAD A WONDERFUL CABIN IN IDAHO..,WHICH WE ALL LOVED FOR SEVEN YEARS......BUT NOTHING LASTS FOREVER AND AS THEIR HOA BECAME A TOTAL MESS.....THEY DECIDED ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH AND SOLD IT TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHIRSTMAS.....SAD?   KINDA.....BUT THERE WILL BE OTHER FISHING HOLES ALONG THE WAY.  HERE THEY ARE IN FRONT OF THE CABIN.....WE LOVED THE WILD ANIMALS THAT VISITED AND THE LAKE CLOSE BEHIND TO PADDLE IN.....THE HOT TUB AND CLOSE TO WEST YELLOW STONE......THEY MADE MANY GOOD FRIENDS THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO ENJOY....MEMORIES FOREVER......

LAST FRIDAY

AS I SIT HERE IN MY LITTLE "CASTLE".....ON FARM WOOD LANE.......I AM SO THANKFUL FOR ALL MY MANY BLESSINGS....A WARM HOME...ENOUGH TO EAT AND SO MANY WONDERFUL FAMILY AND FRIENDS THAT CARE ABOUT ME.....MY DARLING NEIGHBOR...... GAY HILL SNUCK INTO MY GARAGE LAST NIGHT AND SET MY GARBAGE OUT FOR ME....KNOWING BRAYDEN WAS IN VERNAL.....COME ON.....HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE NEIGHBORS LIKE THAT!!!!  SHE EVEN PUT MY NAME IN THE DRAPER TEMPLE TODAY WHEN THEY WERE THERE FOR A GRANDCHILD'S WEDDING......I KNOW SOMEWHERE IN MY PAST LIFE SHE WAS A SISTER......FRIEND. OR RELATIVE I HAVE HAD BEFORE.....JUST MY SISTER BY ANOTHER MOTHER......HER NAME IS GAY HILL AND WHENEVER I NEED ANYTHING....."I HEAD FOR THE HILLS"..SHE AND IVAN ARE THE BEST NEIGHBORS ON EARTH.......I DEFNITLY BELIEVE....."GOD PUTS YOU WHERE YOU NEED TO BE......NOT WHERE YOU WANT TO BE"!!!!  AND I NEEDED TO BE ON 7891 FARM WOOD LANE.....IN   MIDVALE?????? UTAH.  SUZANNE IS ALSO MY KEEPER.....AND NEIGHBOR......INTERESTING ENOUGH SHE IS FROM FARMINGTON ,NEW MEXICO....IN THE FOUR CORNERS........AND HER GRANDFATHER'S BROTHER MARRIED MY HUSBAND AND I IN MANCOS COLOROADO ALMOST 64 YEARS 

AGO??????

WHATEVER!!!!

I LOVE THAT FRAZE...."WHATEVER"!

WHEN I CAN'T THINK OF THE APPROPRIATE ANSWER.....SAY WHATEVER AND LET THE OTHER PERSON FIGURE IT OUT?  NOT SO MUCH THE MIDDLE FINGER????  I HAD A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY.......BUT SICK THE WHOLE TIME......AND JUST DRAGGING.  I GUESS I HAVE ENTERED THE SNAP DRAGON PART OF MY LIFE.....PART OF ME HAS SNAPPED!.....THE OTHER PART IS DRAGGIN!

I AM SO TIRED OF PEOPLE BRAGGING HOW MANY FACE BOOK FOLLOWERS THEY HAVE......BEING POPULAR ON FACE BOOK IS LIKE SITTING AT THE "COOL" TABLE IN A CAFETERIA AT A MENTAL HOSPITAL........

AS I LOOK FORWARD TO 2020......I SAY TO YOU....."IF YOU CAN'T FIND THE SUNSHINE IN YOUR LIFE.....BE THE THE SUNSHINE.......

MERRY CHRISTMAS COOKS.....

CUTE CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM THE COOKS.....ANDREA'S FAMILY MISSING!!!!

MATCHING PJ HAS BECOME A TRADITION FOR KARRIE.....THEY HAVE TWO GOLDEN RETREVERS AND ANNA.....RICHES GIRL FRIEND HAS A LITTLE BLACK DOG.  DON'T KNOW RICHIE'S AND ANNA'S PLANS BUT THEY SEEM TO BE INSEPERABLE....RICH IS STILL HURTING I THINK.....I LOVE THESE GRANDKIDS AND KARRIE AND WORRY BOUT HER ALOT....WISH THEM MANY MERRY CHRISTMAS'S......

MERRY CHRISTMAS....

I HOPE WE CAN ALL REMEMBER THAT CHRISTMAS BEGINS WITH CHRIST......LIGHTS.....PRESENTS....GOODIES ETC. ARE NICE....BUT NOT THE REASON FOR CHRISTMAS.   THIS LITTLE REMINDER FROM VERY SIMPLE CHARACTERS IS SO GREAT.....

AS I SIT HERE CONTEMPLATING MY CHRISTMAS DAY....I THANK GOD WITH ALL MY HEART FOR MY WONDERFUL FAMILY AND THE LOVE AND CARE THEY GIVE ME.....I HAVE HAD ALL 27 PLUS RICHIE'S GIRL FRIEND AND A FEW DOGS HERE TO LOVE AND CARE AND SHARE MY CHRISTMAS....SNOW???   NOT SO MUCH OF A WHITE CHRISTMAS HERE,,,,BUT THE SKI RESORTS ARE LOVING IT.  SUNDAY WAS BREAKFAST HERE FOR ......EVERYONE.....DINNER CHRISTMAS EVE WITH THE PANNIER FAMILY......AND THIS ATERNOON SHER,KEN, AND DARREN CAME BY TO WISH ME A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND SHOW OFF THE NEW DOG......BRAYDEN WORKING....LIBBY WENT HOME TO VERNAL.  I HOPE THIS ISN'T MY LAST CHRISTMAS....BUT IF IT WERE TO BE......IT WAS THE GREATEST!

MY TWINS...

SO NICE HAVING MY TWINS TOGETHER AGAIN.....AFTER FIVE YEARS!

KARRIE'S LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTER LILLIE.....LATCHED ONTO SHERRIE BECAUSE SHE LOOKED LIKE HER GRAM KARRIE.....THIS MADE SHERRIE HAPPY.....MY PRAYERS ARE BEING ANSWERED......THEY NEED TO BE FRIENDS.  KARRIE AND I ARE SHARING THE BREAST CANCER THING........

ALL 28 UNDER THE SAME ROOF!

BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I HAD ALL THE FAMILY GATHER ROUND.....THIS WAS THE BEST CHRISTMAS GIFT I COULD EVER HAVE.   THEY ALL CAME FOR BREAKFAST AND BROUGHT GOODIES AND HELPED OUT. NO ONE ON A MISSION THIS YEAR.....NICCI AND BILL AND NEW BABY TUCKER COULD JOIN US FROM SEATTLE......SOME HOW WE ALL SQUEZED INTO MY LITTLE CONDO......AND EVERYONE GOT ALONG!!!!!  LIFE IS GOOD.......

THE FAMILY XMAS EVE.....

WELL.....AS WE ALL KNOW....CHRISTMAS'S COME AND GO AND SO DID 2019S.  LAST NIGHT THIS GROUP MET AT PAM'S FOR DINNER AND PRESENTS.  PAM AND ROB'S THREE CHILDREN WITH MATES.....GRANDCHILDREN.....AND DOGS.  OUR FIVE YEAR OLD AARON WAS THE HIT.....ALONG WITH OUR FIVE MONTH OLD TUCKER....BABIES MAKE CHRISTMAS.  NICE HAVING EVERYONE HOME....HARD NOW DAYS TO GET BIG FAMILIES UNDER THE SAME ROOF ANY MORE. MERRY CHRISTMAS,

MY ROOTS.....

OK.....SO I COULD NOT SLEEP LAST NIGHT.....WHY?   I FINALLY GOT UP AT THREE AM AND TURNED ON MY FACE BOOK.....AND THERE WAS A PICTURE OF MY MOTHER AND HER FAMILY.....MANY YEARS AGO.....WHY?......THESE ARE THE PEOPLE WHOSE BLOOD RUNS THROUGH MY VEINS.....WHOSE NAMES I KNOW AND THE PEOPLE I LOVED AS I GREW UP!!!!! MOTHER...HER PARENTS AND THE UNCLES ALL LIVED WITHIN A FEW MILES OF WHERE I LIVED...AUNT EDITH....NOT SO MUCH...NEVER REALLY KNEW HER.......AND THAT IS OK, WHEN HAZEL WAS GROWING UP....SHE AND HER FOUR BROTHERS HAD A BAND....MOM PLAYED THE PIANO......WALTER THE BANJO.....RUSSEL THE SAXAPHONE AND CLARINET....LESTER THE TRUMPET AND GLEN THE TROMBONE....REAL MUSIC!  JIM AND LILLIE WERE MY UP THE STREET GRANDPARENTS......WHERE YOU RAN WHEN YOU RAN AWAY FROM HOME..WHO PULLED YOUR TEETH AND IT DIDN'T HURT....WHO ALWAYS HAD FRESH HOME MADE BREAD....WITH BUTTER AND HONEY.......THOSE WHO  HAD GRANDPARENTS UP THE STREET....GROW UP BETTER READY TO FACE THIS WORLD!....GRANDPARENTS WERE PUT THERE FOR A REASON..........USE THEM.!

I AM SO SINGLE?????

I LIKE THIS...."WHAT IS DONE IS DONE"?

I HAVE SO MOVED ON IN THE LAST ALMOST 34 YEARS......I LOOK BACK TO WHAT I ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT A HUSBAND.....AND OTHER THAN HAVING CHILDREN .....YOU DO NOT NEED A MAN-PERSON?.......WHY DO WE EVEN GET MARRIED?.....ONCE I WROTE......GIVE A WOMAN A HOUSE....AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU A HOME......GIVE A WOMAN SOME SPERM AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU A CHILD........... GIVE A WOMAN SOME FOOD AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU  A MEAL.  ETC. ETC. ETC........SO TRUE!  EVEN NOW DAYS.....SOME WOMEN MAKE MORE MONEY THAN THEIR MATES?????  FOR SOME REASON.......LOVE...NEVER ENTERS THOSE EQUATIONS.  I AM SO SORRY FOR THAT.....AS I LOOK BACK ON HOW I WAS RAISED WITH PARENTS THAT LOVED EACH OTHER AND SET THAT EXAMPLE FOR US TO FOLLOW..... FOUR OUT OF FIVE OF US GOT DIVORCED.....THANKGOODNESS.....MY PARENTS WERE NOT A LIVE TO SUFFER THROUGH IT WITH US!

ATTENTION ALL......I AM SINGLE....AND IF I EVER WIN A TRIP FOR TWO.....I AM GOING TWICE!!

Made my day.......

FINALLY.....I GOT TO MEET AND LOVE MY GREAT-GRANDCHILD....TUCKER......HERE  FOR CHRISTMAS FROM SEATTLE......AND HIS CUTE PARENTS NICCI AND BILL...HE WAS BUSY HAVING PICTURE WITH SANTA AT TROLLY SQUARE LAST NITE AND TONIGHT THEY ARE OFF TO THE ZOO....TO ENJOY THE ZOO LIGHTS WITH COUSIN AARON.  BEEN BUSY TODAY GETTING READY FOR THE BIG BREAKFAST DAY TOMORROW.  FINALLY STARTING TO FEEL BETTER....JUST A LITTLE COUGHING STILL.......LOVE YOU NICCI....SO HAPPY YOU HAVE TUCKER.

COUNTING THE DAYS....

CHRISTMAS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER....AND AM I READY?

ARE WE EVER REALLY READY?.......IT STARTED WITH THE RELIEF SOCIETY PROGRESSIVE DINNER ON TUESDAY NIGHT .....not feeling too good and woke up with no voice on wednesday.....FRIDAY THE 13TH ...I HAD OUR MEXICAN TRAIN PARTY .....AND THAT NIGHT MY SWEET SISTER CAME FOR THE WEEKEND...BUSY...BUSY...SHE LEFT MONDAY AND I HUSTLED TO GET READY FOR THE  SWEET LADIES FOR A BIRTHDAY-CHRISTMAS PARTY HERE ON WEDNESDAY.......THURSDAY AND FRIDAY I DID NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE OR EVEN GET DRESSED......EVEN THOUGH MY "GO TO FRIEND" PATTY CAME OVER FOR COFFEE THURSDAY......SPENT TWO DAYS WRAPPING CHRISTMAS FOR THE FAMILY....AND FINALLY DONE...TOMORROW I CLEAN AND GET THINGS READY FOR THE FAMLY BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING AT NINE.....GOOD NEWS......I AM FINALLY FEELING BETTER.....

YOUR PRAYERS......

I HAD NEVER THOUGHT MUCH ABOUT THE MANY TIMES A DAY WE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER......I LOVE THIS LITTLE NOTE....OF WE PRAY WHEN WE SAY...."BE CAREFUL"...

HAVE A GOOD DAY OR GET BETTER......TO SOMEONE......I MAY NOT SAY IT OUT LOUD , BUT I PRAY PRESIDENT TRUMPT CAN GET THROUGH THIS DUMB STUFF OLD POLOSI IS PUTTING HIM THROUGH..... TO IMPEACH HIM........JUST AT THE HOLIDAYS.....AND THE PAST THREE YEARS ....DETERMINED TO GET RID OF HIM!!! I AM SURE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS OUT THERE DOING THE SAME.  SOME PEOPLE ARE SO UNHAPPY THEY WANT TO MAKE EVERYONE AROUND THEM UNHAPPY ALSO....THERE IS A LADY NAMED WENDY IN OUR HOA HERE.....THAT LAYS AWAKE THINKING HOW TO MAKE US MISERABLE.....SHE IS AN OLD MAID...NO CHILDREN... NO.....HUSBAND..... OR GRANDCHILDREN TO KEEP HER BUSY...WORKS AT HOME.NO FRIENDS....BUT WE ARE GOOD PEOPLE AND WILL SURVIVE......SHE IS SUEING EVERYONE ......IN HERE.....FOR WHAT.?  I DON'T EXPECT SHE WILL HAVE A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS......YES....SHE IS LDS.....BUT NOT PRACTICING....WHICH DOESN'T MATTER......

ALL ALONE THIS FRIDAY NIGHT......WELL I DO HAVE MACY.....BRAYDEN FLEW TO LA TO MEET HIS FAMILY WHO HAVE CRUISED ALL WEEK WHILE HE WORKED.....BUT IT IS SKI SEASON FOLKS...THEY ALL MET AND HE SOUNDED HAPPY......ALL HOME TOMORROW NIGHT IN TIME FOR THE ......"FAMILY PARTY"...SUNDAY BREAKFAST....!!! I AM STILL IN AWE IT IS HAPPENING....

ON CLOUD NINE.......

I ALWAYS HOPED I WOULD LIVE FOR THE DAY WHEN MY THREE GIRLS...NINE GRANDCHILDREN AND MATES...... AND NOW FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN COULD ALL BE IN A PICTURE TOGETHER.....I GUESS GOD HEARD MY PRAYERS AS SHERRIE PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND SUNDAY MORNING THEY ARE.....ALL.....COMING FOR BREAKFAST.   IT HAS BEEN A LONG FOUR AND A HALF YEARS OF FUEDING AND MOST HOLIDAYS NICCI AND BILL ARE NOT IN UTAH ON HOLIDAYS....BUT THEY WILL BE HERE THIS YEAR WITH THEIR NEW ONE TUCKER......THE BEST CHRISTMAS PRESENT I COULD HAVE........THANK YOU GOD!

SOOO BEHIND.....

SO MUCH TO DO....SO LITTLE TIME.....AND SICK FOR DAYS.  FRIDAY THE 13TH I HAD THE DOMINO'S CHRISTMAS PARTY....A SUCCESS....THEN MY SWEET SISTER ARRIVED FOR THE WEEKEND AND WE KEPT BUSY WITH MOVIES, SHOPPING AND EATING OUT.
SHE LEFT TO GO TO MIKE'S WEDDING IN OREM AND I HUSTLED TO GET THINGS READY FOR 8 PEOPLE FOR LUNCH FOR SUZANNE'S BIRTHDAY.....TODAY I CAN HARDLY MOVE AND STILL HAVE HALF OF MY CHRISTMAS TO WRAP.....DID GET TUCKER'S QUILT TIED THOUGH......BRAYDEN AND I AND MACY HAVE BEEN HOLDING DOWN THE HOUSE ALL WEEK WHILE THE CHRISTENSONS ARE CRUSING,,,,HE GOES TO LA TOMORROW AND THEY ALL GET HOME LATE SATURDAY NIGHT......AND INFORMED ME ALL......YES I SAID ALL THE FAMILY IS COMING FOR BREAKFAST SUNDAY MORNING AT 9......CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT????
AND I AM NOT KIDDING.....ME AND THE HOUSE NEITHER ONE ARE LOOKING TOO GREAT....

CHRISTMAS IS UPON US......

I WAS STARTING TO GET STRESSED....THEN DECIDED.....100 YEARS FROM NOW WHO WILL KNOW OR CARE IF I GOT ORGANIZED AND GOT ALL MY CHRISTMAS WRAPPED AND BOUGHT AND DELIVERED????? 

I PUT TOGETHER TWO GAME SACKS TODAY...ONE FOR THE BELTZ'S AND ONE TO TAKE TO PAM'S CHRISTMAS EVE....  RAN OUT TO HOBBY LOBBY... I TELL YOU NOT....THE PLACE WAS PACKED AND MANY SHELVES BARE.....AND WE ARE STILL ALMOST 3 WEEKS FROM CHRISTMAS.....PEOPLE WERE BUYING LIKE CRAZY AND EVERYTHING 50% OFF....ALREADY!  I NEED TO STAY HOME AND GET MY GIFTS WRAPPED AND MAKE A BABY QUILT......LESLIE WILL BE UP FOR A WEEKEND BEFORE MIKE'S WEDDING....I HAVE TO GET READY FOR THE MEXICAN TRAIN GIRLS LUNCH HERE ON FRIDAY.....AND THE NEIGHBORS HERE FOR LUNCH FOR SUZANNE'S BIRTHDAY THE 18TH.  WILL TEND SHERRIE'S DOG FOR A WEEK WHILE THEY CRUSIE STARTING NEXT SUNDAY......AT LEAST GOOD WEATHER SO FAR.  THANK GOODNESS I AM FEELING PRETTY GOOD......"JUST OLD."

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILL.....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WILLIAM......WHERE HAS THE LAST 30 YEARS GONE?

I HAVE SO MANY FUN MEMORIES OF YOU AND THE TIMES I BABY SAT OR WENT TO DISNEY LAND WITH YOU AND YOU TALKED ME INTO RIDING THOSE CRAZY RIDES WITH YOU..OVER AND OVER AGAIN......I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF YOU.....MY FIRST GRANDSON.....HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY.

UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER.......

THIS IS MY GRANDSON KEN.....WHO LOVES SHARKS......AND LOOK WHAT HE FOUND FOR CHRISTMAS.....HE IS PROABLY SLEEPING IN IT???  UGLY?....WELL, REALLY LOOKS PRETTY GOOD ON KEN!
OUR YEARLY FOG INVERSION HAS SET IN AND WE HAVE VERY BAD AIR.....BUT I DON'T CARE.....IT IS STILL A GREAT DAY IN MY BOOK!!!  WENT SHOPPING.....AS USUAL.....STARTED A BABY QUILT FOR NICCI FOR CHRISTMAS....TALKED TO SHERRIE AND PATTY AND LES....MY DAYS ARE JUST .....HANG IN THERE DAYS......ENJOYING EVERY DAY......MORE BAD WEATHER FORCAST FOR TOMORROW!  THIS HASN'T BEEN MY BEST YEAR FOR HEALTH......THE FALL AND VERTIGO...THEN BREAST CANCER.....NOT SO GOOD!

MAKING MERRY.....

I HAVE BEEN  VERY LUCKY THROUGH THE 87 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON EARTH......I STARTED OUT WITH A CALENDER SUGGESTING ONE GOOD THING TO DO EACH DAY TILL CHRISTMAS....SUCH A CHALLENGE FOR THIS OLD LADY....BUT HOW HARD IS IT TO BE KIND ...,SAY THANK YOU AND PLEASE.....LET SOME ONE IN FRONT OF YOU IN LINE AT A STORE OR ON THE ROAD?  GIVE NEIGHBORS COOKIES ETC. IF I CAN DO IT ALL MONTH.....WHY NOT FOREVER?

WE WILL NEVER CHANGE THE WORLD.....BY GOING TO CHURCH.....LIVE EACH DAY AS IF JESUS WAS WATCHING AND LISTENING TO YOU....YOU NEED NOT BE IN THE CHURCH...NO DON'T LET A BUILDING, CHURCH OR TEMPLE CONTROL YOUR FAITH....YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE THE WORLD BY BEING A CHURCH GOER....'you need to be the church"......THIS WAS MY FATHER'S VIEW POINT AND THERE WAS NEVER A BETTER FATHER.....HUSBAND.....FRIEND OR NEIGHBOR THAN DAD!

FAM-DAM-ALLY......

HERE...... A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF THANKSGIVING DINNER AT PANNIERS.....I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE A FAMILY OR TWO WHO LOVE ME AND  MAKE MY LAST DAYS SO WONDERFUL.....MY GRANDDAUGHTER TIFF AND AND MY GREAT-GRANDSON AARON....THREE GENERATIONS WITH THE FOURTH ONE PAM TAKING THE PICTURE...SURE PUMPKIN PIE IS GOOD....BUT MUCH BETTER WHEN YOU ARE SHARING IT WITH LOVED ONES......THANK YOU GOD FOR FAMILY....AND I HAVE HAD TWO MORE JOIN MY FAMILY IN 2019....TUCKER AND ISLA........

GREAT ROOMMATES....

I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE BRAYDEN AND LIBBY FOR ROOMMATES,,,,,,LIBBY IS HARD AT IT GETTING  A TEACHER'S DEGREE AT UVU AND BRAY WORKS LONG HOURS AT THE PARK CITY RESORT.....HELPING EVERYONE HAVE A FUN SKI DAY!....KEEPING THE EQUIPMENT RUNNING,  THEY LEAVE IN THE DARK AND COME HOME IN THE DARK AND WE ALL GO TO BED EARLY.....I AM SO SORRY FOR THE MANY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE GRANDCHILDREN.....OR CARE TO BE BOTHERED BY THEM.....THEY ARE TEACHING ME SO MUCH!  LIKE HOW TO TEXT.....OPERATE THE TV.....YOU KNOW NOT JUST USE THE ON AND OFF BUTTONS..BUT FIND NETFLICKS AND UTUBE AND TALK TO THE CONTROLER AND WHERE TO BUY A BATTERY CHARGER THE SIZE OF MY CELL PHONE TO START MY OWN CAR'S DEAD BATTERY.....I AM STILL NOT SURE ABOUT THIS...."CLOUD" THING WHERE EVERYTHING WE SAVE GOES.....BUT WHEN I GET UP THERE...HOPEFULLY.....I WILL BE READING EVERYONE'S EMAILS.....MESSAGES.....TWEETS ETC......THANKS YOU GUYS FOR LOVING YOUR OLD GRAM......

A DOLL BABY....

I TELL YOU NOT.....I HAVE SOME PRECIOUS GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN   THIS IS MY TUCKER TRAVINGER....FOUR MONTHS....MY THIRD GREAT-GRANDCHILD AND I GET TO SEE HIM IN A MONTH.....WHEN THEY COME TO SLC TO SEE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA PANNIER FOR CHRISTMAS.  CAN HARDLY WAIT TO GET MY HANDS ON HIM.

A FOREVER FAMILY....

GUESS THEY MUST HAVE DONE SOMETHING RIGHT...THREE DARLING BOYS WHO ALL GOT THEIR EAGLES IN SCOUTS.....WENT ON MISSIONS AND BRAY AND ALEX SEALED IN THE TEMPLE TO DARLING GIRLS THAT FIT INTO OUR FAMILY......   IF THEY DO NOTHING ELSE IN THEIR LIFE RIGHT ...THIS IS HUGE!  ALEX AND ASHLYN WERE SEALED IN THE OLD BUILDING...THAT IS NOW A TEMPLE IN PROVO......  WHEN I WENT TO BYU IN THE 50S.....WE CALLED THAT BUILDING...LOWER CAMPUS .....AND I HAD CLASSES IN IT,

CONGRATULATIONS ALEX AND ASH

SOME TIMES IT TAKES AWHILE FOR GOD TO GET EVERYTHING RIGHT FOR US...BUT HOPEFULLY ALEX AND ASHLYN ARE MEANT TO BE SEALED TOGETHER FOREVER AND I CAN HARDLY WAIT TILL THEY START HAVING ...."little christensons".....ASHLYN GETS HER NURSING DEGREE IN THE SPRING AND THEY JUST GOT MOVED INTO A GREAT HOUSE AFTER THEIR'S BURNED DOWN SO THINGS ARE STARTING TO WORK OUT!!!!