Today I had to go to "Little Philmont" a Training Seminar for Scouting! A whole new world of information...I kept saying they were speaking another language! Anyway, while I was there, I kept thinking about my Dad! I don't know if it's because it was his birthday the other day or the fact that he LOVED Scouting! I just kept thinking how cool it would have been if we could have been at the training together. Maybe he was there!

PS - to any of you that read my post (all one of you) that's Danny to the right of my Dad in the picture - wasn't he such a cute little guy - that was 12 1/2 years ago!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DAD!
Today My Dad would have turned 74 yrs old. He was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer Just over 3 years ago. He lived for 10 months with this disease. His goal was to live long enough to celebrate 50 years of marriage to my Mom. He reached that goal on August 3, 2006 and passed away just 6 days later. I miss you all the time, Dad!

Happy New Year!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! It was a busy time for our family. We spent Christmas Eve, Christmas and the day after in Newark with my Mom and Sister (and family). My brother came up from Bakersfield on Christmas day. It was a nice Christmas lots of food, presents and visiting.


The Sunday after Christmas we left for a Cabin in Heber, Utah. We drove part of the way on Sunday and the rest of the way on Monday. A long, long drive! But worth it. The cabin was fantastic. There was a ton of snow for sledding. My Sister, Mom and Brother (from CO) and families were all there. On New Years Eve we headed over to Sundance for some of the group to ski or snowboard ( or take a trip to the ER)! It wasn't the day any of us had thought it would be. The conditions (slippery/ icy slopes) weren't the best. So the skiing/boarding wasn't as fun as everyone had hoped for. But it was fun spending the day together.
It was great getting reacquainted with my Niece and Nephews from Colorado and my Niece and her baby from Utah. I hate that I don't see them as often as I would like.

We sadly said goodbye on Saturday the 5th and made the loooong drive back home.



Now it's back to the same old same old!!!


Looking ahead to the new year We look forward to Kristin and Joe getting married in April. This should a fun occasion. They are getting married in Pismo Beach. Tayor is a flower girl so we need to get her a new dress. Walt needs to get fitted for his Tuxedo.

In May we plan to take a trip to Colorado for Morgan's graduation from High School. My Mom and I were supposed to go last year for my Brother's 40th, but the plane had a cracked windshield and they cancelled the flight. We couldn't get another flight to get us there in time for the party (which was all a surprise)! So we plan to get there the day before graduation so we don't have to worry about delays!

In June, my Nephew Danny will graduate from High School - I can't believe these two are old enough to be graduating. It seems like they were just babies and youngens!!! The were so young when Walt and I got married. They passed out the bubbles to the guests, along with "BJ" aka Will! They have all grown into such nice young people. I love them all very much!

Well enough boring dialog - onto some pictures from the wonderful Holiday season we enjoyed!!!

I wish you all "enough"!