Home sweet home,12-30-2008-1-13-09

Hi all,
I know it's been awhile since I've blogged,but I've been rather busy.
All through Nov.and Dec.I was really busy catching up around home.The trip put every thing behind.Fall got here way too early.I raked leaves and burned leaves almost every week.In between I was getting ready for Christmas.I made up my mind to do all of my own stuff this year because I haven't been able to for the last 4yrs.
Thank God for Marion Chris Derek and Brad.I don't know what I would have done with out them.They did all the Christmas stuff for me when Papa was sick and then me.Thank you.
This was the yr. for everyone to be at my house.
The day after Thanksgiving I started putting up decorations outside the house.I had Derek bring my tree and ornaments out of the atic so they would be out when I wanted to put them up.I did have some help from Marion on the Santa on the roof,but I did all the rest.{I WAS SO PROUD OF ME}
Then I had all my cards sent out by Thanksgiving Day and almost all my shopping done.Igot my shopping done the first week of Dec.Packages wrapped before the 10th.{IT WAS GREAT!!I'VE NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE}Then it dawned on me that with my luck SOMEONE WOULD CANCLE CHRISTMAS.
They sort of did.My dad had a stroke on Dec.17th.So I went to be with him and my mom.I stayed 4days until he was stable and then I went home.Planning to come back mid Jan. when he came home from rehab.
We had a subdued Christmas ,but fun just the same.It was great to have my kids home and be able to love on the little boys.DEREK AND BRAD ARE TOO BIG FOR THAT NOW.
But my plans changed when my brother called and said "mom had broken her foot."I drove the mohome down onJan.1st.I brought Hershey with me because she got very upset when I left her at home on the first trip.When I Got here moms foot was much better.
Since moms foot was better and I didn't have to take care of her,I was able to concentrate on being sick.It seems I got a virus over the Holiday.Mom got sick 2days after I got here.It wasn't the same thing I had.Hers' came from being run down,mine came from Redding.Anyway neither of us could go to the rehab to see my dad.He started getting weak and not doing very well.It was 6 days before mom could be with him.The rehab had to admit him to the hospital because he had a bladder and colon infection.They gave him IV antibiotics and 2 units of blood.That's all it took and he was a slightly weakened form of his old self.
He's doing GREAT!!! now.He's being tranfered to a rehab. in Hemet today.This is great because mom can be with him much more every day.She can also take Cocoa{their DOG}to see him every day.This will also perk him up.
You must admit,this has been a strange Holiday season.
But for all the bad stuff there is soo much to be thankful for.I was able to get down to be with my folks when needed.My sisters and brothers were able to be with them and help them and just be there for moral support.My dads stroke was not nearly as severe as it could have been and he's already talking much better and he's starting to get some movement in his right arm and leg.He's a hard worker and very determined to get better.I'm soo thankful that moms foot was a slight sprain and not something much worse.
My brothers built a wheelchair ramp just in case he had to come home in a chair.But the way it looks he won't.Maybe a walker.So he'll still need the ramp.
I think the most important thing that we have all learned from this is that we're all mortal.
We don't ever think that death will happen to our parents,but it does and so we need to pay much more attention to them every day and thank God every day that we still have them,because so many of my friends don't have their parents any more.
So,SEE every thing here is doing much better,and I can leave for home tomorrow,if every thing is ok.
Take care and I promise to keep everyone up to date on my
Jan

My house 10/29/08

Hi all,it's me.

The top pict.is Grandson Tanner in front,from left to right Mandie and Micheal Derek and Sassy.This was taken at the pizza parlor were we had Tanners B-day dinner.

Next picts. are 2 of my cats.Black and white cat is Tuffy.Orange cat is Baby.Baby thinks he's the boss of all the cats.Little does he know.

I got a bug up my ear the other day and decided to redo a flower bed in my front yard.With the help of Marion I was able to make a beautiful flower bed next to my porch. After looking at it and then seeing the flower bed on the other side of my porch, I figured I better do something to that one.Luckily Derek came over yesterday so I had his muscle to help move a bench into the flower bed.Then Marion did her part by doing the design and Derek and I did the tilling and planting.Between the 3 of us we did a great job.Now both sides of my porch look great.

I think I'm done now until Spring.Then it starts over again.

I want to thank all of you for reading my blog.There are at least 3 of you out there.My 2 daughters and my mom.

Love ya all.

Take care.

Jan

My house 10/24/08

Hi all,it's still me.
This has been sort of a strange week.Last Fri. I had to see an eye specialist because I've been having trouble with blurry vision in my left eye.He told me I had had an "eye stroke".I don't exactly know what that is but it sure sounded scary.At least it scared me.He told me there wasn't anything to do but come back in a month.If it got any worse I was to call them and go in for some laser treatment to stop the bleeding in my eye.
Ok, I don't wait very well under the best circumstances, so after thinking on it and talking to some friends ,I decided to call for a second opinion.I got into see Dr Sumsion first thing today.GEE!There is something to try.I don't know if it'll work but I'm willing to try.Trying is almost always better then doing nothing.
On to some other stuff.Today is my grandson Tanners'7th birthday.I think I'll get to see him tomorrow.He's so cute and such a boy.He's really big for his age and trys to do all the stuff his big brothers do.I don't get to see him nearly enough.We went to pizza for Tanners B-day on Sat.He was all about his toys.[Why do kids never change]He ate his pizza and then we had cake.Man was it ever good.
I brought Derek and his friend Micheal home with me.They stayed in the tent out in the yard.They are both looking for work and trying to be grown up at the same time.Both of them are broke so they're saving money by staying in the tent at my house, Dereks house,Micheals house and their girl friends house.They are no longer asking for rides.Now they ride their bikes everywhere.
W it's Oct.28 and I've been in to see Dr.Sumion.they put some florescent stuff in my veins and took about 100 picts. of the inside of my eyes.It was very cool.The picts. showed there was;Branch Retinal vein Occlusion, in the left eye.That's good cause it might be fixable.He put steroids in my eye.It didn't hurt and I didn't flinch.Going in I was afraid of having a shot in the eye.No problem.I couldn't feel the shot and he put it in my eye off center so I couldn't see it coming so I didn't jump or close my eye or anything.
It's really amazing what we can learn every day.I now know that there really isn't anything to worry about.
My eye is a little burny tonight but not even bad enough to make tears.My vision seems to be getting back to my normal blurriness,so at least I'm used to that.
Derek and Micheal are still looking for work and they re starting to get some responses.Hopefully they'll both have jobs soon.
Well that's about all for now.
Take care.
Jan

My house 10/19/08

What's up?

Well every thing here is pretty good.I've been raking those pretty leaves I talked about last time.They're really starting to come down now.That's ok,I still think they're pretty to look at.
Hershey still thinks she's the biggest badest person around here.Ya, she doesn't know she's a dog. We have that discussion every day.So far I'm still second to her.She was trying to convince Legend[the horse]that she's bigger then he is.NOT!

She tryes to chase Babie[1 of my cats]all over the house.The other day Babie turned around and chased Hershey rite back were they came from.Now they chase each other all the time.

My animals keep me laughing most the time.This second pict. is Goldie setting on the curb in my front yard.Goldie is my cat that gets into every thing.He jumps on anything high.He tends to knock things off of shelves. So far he's broken a couple of coffee cups that I keep on a shelf that runs around the 8ft. ceiling in my kitchen.He got one of my hurricane lamps that was on my mantel.My poor house sitter didn't know exactly what to do.She cleaned it up and moved the other lamp.My loving cat climbs up the ladder I keep by my shed.He gets on the roof of the house and then when I go outside he meows at me and wants me to get him down.I make him get down on his own.It is one of his favorite games.Goldie thinks he's a dog.He follows me everywhere.If I'm in the garden ,he shows up in just a couple minutes.If I'm working out in the pasture,he's out there helping me.

In case you haven't guessed I like animals.I have 4 neutered male cats and 2 spayed female dogs.I love them all most as much as they love me.They can get into just as much trouble as my grandkids can,maybe more.

In order of age I have Lady 15 yrs. My Toughy 11yrs .Goldy 7rs.Papas Tuffy 5rs.Next is Babie 3yrs and last but not least is Hershey 1yr.

We do have a good time. They keep me busy just letting them in and out of the house.I don't have to take a walk for exercise I get enough from them.

I try and find picts. of them all for my next blog.

That's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

At Home 10/12/08

Ben Lady

Marion

Hi all it's just me again,

Ben got out of his cast 10days ago,which was a Fri.on Sat. he had a sleep over at his friends house.I guess the boys mother told both boys several times to stop playing on the top bunk or they would fall off.Well Ben did.He landed on the draw that slides out from under the bed. Both Ben and the draw were broken.Bens' Dr. wasn't surprised.It seems that boys that break bones almost always repeat.They couldn't cast his arm last week because there was still to much swelling.So his new cast is being put on as we speak.He's not going to like this one. The last one was a soft cast because he had poison oak on his arm.This time he gets a hard cast. Hershey is finally all house broke.NO ACCIDENTS FOR 5 DAYS.She's doing really good around here.Her personality has started to come out.She's super funny.She plays by herself if non of the cats are around to pester.She throws her toys up in the air and chases them.She also trys to get Lady to play and it's actually starting to work.Lady has been mourning for Simba since I had to have him put down just before we went on the trip.I was hoping that getting Hershey would help her out of it a little.And it seems to be working.Lady has been more active this past week, then she's been since I got home.Mostly she barks and trys to nip Hershey.She doesn't try to hurt her she just nips at her with her tail wagging. I don't expect Lady to run and chase Hershey,but it's nice to see a little life back in her eyes. I've had more good news on the home front.My oldest daughter Stella[Bens' mom]got a clean bill of health from her oncologist yesterday.NO CANCER ANY WHERE. It's been 2yrs.and for the kind of cancer she had that's GREAT. THANK YOU LORD!!!! Next in my silly little life:My youngest daughter Marion[Dereks' mom] had to have her appendix out on the 9th. She was in the hospital for 3 nights all together.She got to come home on Sat. She's doing GREAT!!! THANK YOU LORD!!!We are in a great Fall weather pattern.The days are in the 80's and the nights are in the 40's and 50's.The leaves are changing colors and falling.But the trees are beautiful right now.In a few weeks we won't be able to have the doors open during the day to smell the fresh air because it will be too cold.I think I'll start thinking about Christmas.The things I want to put in the yard for decoration and the new things I want to make for my yard.Every one is coming to my house for Christmas this year so I try to decorate a little more. Well all that's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

My house,Anderson 10/01/08

Hi all,just me again.

Every thing here is moving right along. We got the parts for the pick up today and we actually got it on and it works.I test drove the pick up after we put the light collar on it and it works and runs great.The only problem was the hood.Derek forgot to close it.I was going along at 60mph.and the the hood started to bounce up and down.Luckily I was able to get stopped before it flew up.So once closed tight,the pick up ran great again.NOW WE HAVE TO GO TO THE DUMP.

As you may have noticed I put in a couple of picts. from Yellowstone National Park.The first one is OLD FAITHFUL,and the second is from the MUD POTS.

It's really so cool.I can look at these picts.and remember just what we were doing and talking about when we took them.

Then there was Hershey.I'm afraid she hasn't impressed Toughy very much.He thinks she's quite the bother.He is a very shy and reserved cat and he'll take alot but I think he's had enough of Hershey.

It seems like Hershey gets chased by a new cat every day.First it was my Tuffy,then Goldy, then Toughy, and today was Lady[my 15yr.old dog].I do have to say Hershey learns pretty quick.She only had to be hissed at,growled at,smacked at and snarled at by each of the other animals once,and then she sort of leaves them alone,all but Baby.Baby is my youngest cat that is just as dumb as Hershey.They seem to have this thing going on.First one chases then the other does.At least it keeps them both busy.

Well .that's it for tonight.

Take care.

Jan

Anderson,Ca 9/29/08

Hi all,it's me again.

Well,last week was very busy .My pick up truck head lights decided not to work right.They stayed on when you shut them off.If they were in the low beam position they stayed on,if you put the hi beams on they shut off but still ran the battery down.Derek and I tryed to figure it out. the best we could come up with was to replace the switch collar.So I ordered the part.Then I found out I needed a steering wheel puller.The one I bought wouldn't work,of course.I found out later that I could rent the puller,so I did. It worked really easy,after I figured out I had to take off the nut in the middle of the steering wheel.So I learned something else.When I tryed to put the light collar on it,it wouldn't go.After much cussing and talking it over with Marion,we decided the problem was the hole for the steering wheel was to small.I took the collar back and ordered the right one.I hope it will be here on Tues.I'd like to use the pick up to take some stuff to the dump.

During all the pick up problems,my new pup[Hershey]was coughing really bad.I took her to the vet and found out she has "kennel cough".She caught it at Haven before I got her.The problem with kennel cough is it's very contagious to other dogs.Now I have 2 dogs with it.I'm giving both dogs meds 3 times a day.The pills aren't any trouble,but they want me to give them Robitussin DM2 or 3 times a day.Have you ever tasted that stuff?I can't get them too take it willingly.I'm using a syringe .I get some in them,most on me.This too will pass.

In the mean time Marion came over Fri. and helped me clean the rain gutters and I tightened the screws on my metal roof.It took most of the morning.After she went home I raked the leaves and acorns [from last year]into piles for Derek to pick up Sat.before he mowed the lawn.Marion and Derek both came over Sat.Derek did the lawn and Marion and I did a bunch of clean up all over the yard.We even cleaned one of my open sheds.Now I really have to go to the dump.The yard is starting to look much better.It's been several years since I've been able to do this stuff.It really does feel good to be able to do it.

That's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

Anderson,Ca 9/24/08

Hi all,it's me again.

The final tally on the trip with the boys was slightly over $10,000.Most was gas ,of course.Gas was close to $5000,lodging was was next with $2900 then food.We did really well with that one cause Ben hardly ate very much ,but Derek made up for all the rest of us.Food was only about $2200.The rest was all the fun stuff and that doesn't have a price tag.This also doesn't include repairs.

All in all I think the price was pretty good for 9 weeks.There is no measurement on the fun and memories we have.I know I'll never forget it, and I hope the boys won't either.

Now on to the present.Derek,Brad,Dad and friends were in the pool the week before we closed the pool for the winter.I'll try to upload some picts.of them running from Dad.He likes to throw them in the water,and he does a very good job of it.

Derek is looking for a job and going to school.He also has a new girlfriend,so his time is pretty well taken up.He and his friend Mike and Brad have been doing some work around here for me. They fixed the fences for the new dog.The next weekend they helped cover the pool and clean the yard.I'm hoping to give them some time off,but you know how that goes. We'll see if we can get the pick-up fixed this week so it doesn't have to be messed with over the weekend.

The mohome is in the shop getting it's poor little body fixed, after all the stuff I did to it on the trip. I'm not sure how long it'll take,but I'm not taking any trips until just before Christmas.

Well that's about all for now.Take care .

Jan

Anderson,Ca 9/18/08

Hi everyone,it's me again.
Well I picked up my baby yesterday.I got her at the Humane Society.She's really a sweet little girl.Her name is Hershey.My moms dog is coco, my sisters dog is Brownie.So since my little girl is dark brown ,it seemed like a natural to me.Yesterday was a little upsetting for her and I. After I cleaned up 3 puddles and 3 poops,I was a little worried that she wasn't house broken.But at least she was consistent,puddles in the kitchen, poop in the bathroom.This morning she went running in the kitchen and was running in a big circle.When she got to the center of the circle she squatted to pee.I told her no and she stopped.I put her outside,she didn't go that time,but she did the next time I put her out.Waalaa!Pees outside.Poop works the same.She ran for the bathroom ,I told her to come and I put her outside and Waalaa! again.She's had a couple accidents but is doing much better.Enough about Hershey for now.
I'm back to getting things caught up around here.It's fall, so the leaves are coming down.Their only coming down in small buckets right now.In a few weeks they'll be coming down in barrels.I'm trying to get a head start on them this year.Also there are still alot of acorns from last year in the flower beds and along the fences.So I'm trying to get them cleaned up and piled for burning later in the Fall.
It's also time to cover the pool.Our temperatures have dropped to the 80's day time and the low 50's over night.Water temp. in the pool gets really cold really fast.So the time has come to cover it.Derek and his friend Mike and Marion,Brad and Chris are coming over to help with the pool and the yard.
That's about all for now.
Take care.
Jan
PS Hershey has already gotten very comfy here.

Anderson 9/15/08

Hi all.

Well ,the getting caught up is getting closer.

I took the mohome into Anderson Campers yesterday. I hope they can fix her,I'd hate to have to shoot her, she's really been good to me.She hung in when most mohomes would have given up.I'm sure David or Chris can fix her. They've been keeping her going for years.I mess her up and they fix her.We're a team, and we all work well together.

More on the mohome when I know more.

As some of you know we had to have our beloved dog ,Simba put down just before we left on the trip.

Poor Lady ,my other [still living]14 year old dog was lost with Simba gone and we were gone too.Shes just sort of moopped around since I've been home.It's also very quite.I've thought alot about weather to get another dog or not.So I decided if I could find one that was small and short haired, I might think about it.

I sorta started looking at the humane society 2 weeks ago.They didn't have anything that fit my bill.Well last week I found my baby.She's small and short haired and shes won my heart.

I get her on Wed. this week.I've named her Hershey.

I'm going to try and upload her pict.

That's about it for now. Take care.

Jan

Anderson,Ca 9/07/08

Hi all,it's me again and I've been busy.

I thought when I got the mohome empty and the stuff from the trip put away,I'd be done.NOT!!

I'm still trying to get caught up with the normal stuff that I didn't even know I did. I just did it and didn't even think about it,like the garden,watering, picking and canning.Then there's the flower beds.I needed to clean the the flower beds and plant some new stuff.Then there's the pool.I have actually cleaned and vacuumed the pool several times since I've been home.The leaves are starting to fall, so I got the new cover and chemicals for winterizing the pool.Then came cutting back the brush from my neighbors yards,that's growing out into my driveway.[I couldn't get the car in without scrapping the side]so that took 2 days to finish.Now I get to start raking leaves and pile them to burn later in the fall .

I'm still waiting for the paperwork from Virgina City.I haven't received any of it.

I'm going to take the mohome into David at Anderson Campers, next week to get some estimates on the work that needs to be done.I'd really like to get started soon.

If I can figure out how to get my picts. to load,I'll include some picts.

That's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/27/08

Hi all,it's me again.
I have a news update for everyone.
Ben was climbing a very large oak tree down the street from his house yesterday after noon. I guess the rope was tangled in a branch so he decided to climb the tree like Tarzan and make a jump for the rope.He had it all planned out.The problem was the rope was alittle further away then he thought.He missed the rope and fell several feet out of the tree.
He landed face first in the dirt. He tryed to break his fall with his hands and broke his wrist.He has to see a specialist in the next day or two.
I see a cast in his future.At least he doesn't live in our area,were it's to be 110 tomorrow,so the weather is cooler there 65.
Derek has been back in school for a week.He's doing ok.He worked yesterday and today ,with my neighbor.He's a contractor.Derek was glad for the work.He called me from the job site yesterday morning to let me know they were building a log cabin at the KOA campground in Mt. Shasta.
He should know how they go together after all the time we spent in KOA"S this summer.
Well,that's it for now.
Take care.
Jan

Home 8/23/08

Hi all,it's me again.

I'm finally done going through pictures.I thought I'd keep adding pics.so you can see some of the other stuff we saw.

The picts above are from Yosemite,and the road to Ely.The cows were a surprise.

I have sent the package of Bens stuff to him.He forgot alot of stuff.Of course I found a bunch of Dereks and my stuff too.About the same for all of us.

I'm also getting my kitchen table cleaned off. I hope Marion and I can sit down today or tomorrow and figure out how much every thing cost.Mostly gas and lodging.

Maybe I'll have some answeres by tomorrow.

I think that's it for today.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/21/08

Hi all,

I've been really slacking off. I apologize.I've been going through the pictures and doing alot of deleting.We had several hundred picts. that were just too blurry,or taken through the screens on the windows. We also had many, many that were taken through bug guts on the windshield.Some of those pics. would have been great,but bug guts are gross no matter how much you crop them. My camera wasn't working and sometimes the pics were good sometimes they weren't.In the mohome they looked good ,but when I went through them at home,yuk.

So not all the bad picts.were taken by the boys.I did my fair share too.

We lost several things when we were in the mohome,things like all of our jackets.We were also missing a bunch of things we bought.Today we went to the mohome to see what it would give up.Guess what ,it puked up all of our jackets and the rest of our souvenirs.

Now I have too send a large package to Bens house.I'm taking them to the "I forgot it store".

Ben should have it next week.

I thought I'd let you see some more of our picts.

That's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

Home 08/16/08

Hi all,it's me.

I guess I haven't done a complete job of reporting on our trip.

I just got a phone call from my mom.She didn't suggest she told me I had to tell you about the Flag Ceremony that Derek had at the reunion.

Here's a little history of the flag.It's really nothing special. It flew over my yard for a couple years.When I bought a new flag for the yard ,because that one was starting to look sort of ratty,Derek grabbed it because I was going to just throw it in the trash.He said you're not supposed to do that.An American flag should be burned in an open fire.He took my old flag and folded it and put it in the mohome to be burned over on the coast in a bon fire on the beach on the 4th. of July. That was 4 or 5 years ago.

While we were on the trip he found the flag in the cupboard and decided he wanted to have a flag ceremony at the reunion.

The last afternoon in the campground Derek told Brad he wished he had a trumpet player for the ceremony, a short time later he heard someone playing a trumpet,in the campground.He was able to find the boy that had been practicing.I don't know his name but he was only 14years old and only been playing the trumpet for about 6 months.But you would never guess that. He was great.

Derek and Brad unfurled the flag and put it in the fire while the trumpeter played taps.

There wasn't a dry eye in the group.

All the boys did a great job, and I'm very proud of all of them.

That's the story of the flag.I think I have a couple pics. I'm going to try to find them.

That's it for now.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/15/08

Hi all,

I'm still trying to get stuff done at home.I've about got everything put away in the house and some of the stuff put back out in the mohome.

I've been trying to figure out which of my mishaps I'll turn in on my insurance.I think it's going to be the one in Virgina City. Between me getting stuck and the tow truck driver dropping the mohome ,it actually did quite alot of damage to the outside and inside of the mohome.

I have to take it to my mohome fixer to get some estimates,then get a hold of my insurance co.I hope they will pay for part of the repairs.If they don't it was still worth every penny I have to pay.

Linda [my house and animal sitter] did such a great job around here that there wasn't much for me to do when I got home.My animals like her so much ,that their just starting to come to me.They miss her cause she spoils them even more then me.

It was great to come home to a clean house.Of course we really messed it up,unloading the mohome,but at least it started out clean.

I've been trying to upload some of the picts. I didn't put in before.Sometimes it works some times it doesn't.But I do keep trying.

That's about all for now.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/14/08

Hi everyone,it's me again.

I've been busy trying to figure out what comes next.

I don't have any thing to get ready to go,I don't have the boys to wake up in the morning so we can get on the road to our next stop.

It is getting easier though.Yesterday I was very busy taking care of the stuff that didn't work on or in the mohome.I took care of the Dish Network that didn't work on the whole trip.I went to Best Buy, with my camera that wasn't working right the last 3wks.I also contacted my motor home insurance com.about the damages and and I got ahold of the police department in Virgina City to get police report and the towing company so I can turn in my claims.

I think we did pretty good,for going as far as we did. I only had to be towed 1 time and we only had to loose5days on repairs.That's not bad for a trip that long and a 20yr.old motor home.

My bucket list included a couple things I wasn't able to complete on the trip.One being a zip line another white water rafting.I'll probably think of more later.

I'm sort of thinking about maybe finishing that up.I found a zip line in Oregon and I can white water raft up there too.This may be my next adventure.

In the mean time I may try something else to keep me busy.

Well that's about it for today.Talk to you later.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/12/08

Hi all,

I'm home and still trying to put stuff away.I keep finding stuff that the boys collected and wanted to keep. I was amazed that Ben knew every thing he collected ,even back to the beginning of the trip.

Mike and Stella had to find room in their overstuffed van for an extra 400 or 500 hundred pounds of rocks, sticks and trinkets,and one little boy.

I will be figuring out gas mileage and how much it cost for all the different stuff on the trip.

We know we went 8,254.3 miles on the trip.From my house ,back to my house.

I don't care how much it cost ,it was worth every penny spent.

I am going back to my exercise class this morning so i have to go and get ready.

I'll talk to you later.

Take care.

Jan

Home 8/10/08

Hi all,it's me again.

These are my 2 aunts and my mom. They were able to identify most of the old family picts. that we had.They also are still full of life .They can joke with the best of them,they can cook ,they are active in church and one is still flirting with the guys.They are still great roll models for all of us. I hope when I reach their ages I can still be so active and sharp.

I left Cascade Locks yesterday morning for home.It was a pretty uneventful trip home. The boys went home with mom and dad.

For some reason I'm having trouble uploading the pictures.I'm still trying,so we'll see.