Random pictures of family throughout the year

Mathew at the cabin, not happy

Jim working on his fishclipper's

New Sign for the I Cast Show

"Is that for me?" -seconds before Katelynn gets her ears pierced

As her ears get pieced.......

During the piercing... "OMG!" is all she said

My great nephew and great niece, Bryce and Brianna, on Bryce's 1st birthday.

Grandma and Katelynn baking at the cabin.

Flowers from Jim on my 68th Birthday



-TO BE CONTINUED-

April 28, 2011

Well I'm finally getting around to posting on my blog. I hope I can continue to do so.

Just a brief summary for the year. 2010 ended with me in the hospital I went in Dec. 11 and came home on Feb. 13, 2011. A nice vacation from home ! I was very sick for some time as most of you know so I wont go into detail. I'm doing much better each day, I do still have my trach which I will have forever and ever just to keep me safe. I finally got all the office work caught up now and now have to work on the house. The kids are all doing good the grand kids are growing up too fast. Jim's Fishclipper business is coming right along, he and John went to San Diego last month for a Fishing expo and learned a lot and met a lot of contract. Jon and his boys are doing good, Jon has a girl friend named Marie, she is a very nice person we don't know her very well yet. I will post some pictures of the last few years.

Jim with his new wrap for his car

Ashley making a mummie out of grandad for his 70th birthday.

Party at the Arizona Broadway Theater for John's 70th Birthday, we all had a good time.

Cake compliments from the Broadway Theater.

Up date for 2010

I didn't finish entries from last summer so here it is April 2010. The last few months have come and gone so fast. January was a big month for us John celebrated his 70th birthday. We had a big party at the Arizona Broadway Theatre ( the one he designed) we had the balcony all to our self. Family and friends joined us for dinner and the play Gypsy.

June 18

June is a big month for us with anniversaries and birthdays. We started out with Maddux turning 10 this year. His parents took him and Griffin to New York for his birthday and had a great time he saw all the special places everyone goes too.

On June 11 we celebrated our 49th anniversary! Next year the big 50! Our friends Martha and Raleigh Hall celebrated their 48 so we all went to the Arizona Broadway Dinner Theatre and saw Bye Bye Birdie. On June 17 Jim had his 43 birthday now both he and Jon are 43 for four months. Tomorrow Kristi turns 35 she is the baby of the family.

Today Leslee and her children and Ashley and I went to the theatre and saw Charlotte's Web preformed by the youth actor guild, they all enjoyed it.

Tomorrow we are taking Ashley to Pine with us for the week end while Jim and Kristi go to Prescott for the week end for their birthdays.

Grandad and Ashely

Ashley giving a bear hug

July 28

Well I never finished my entry from June, I had to wait for help on importing some pictures.

I will give you a summary of my summer so far.

We had Leslee's children for a week while she drove back to Florida with a friend who was moving. They were very unhappy for a few days but then things got better and we all had a good time with crafts, a ride on new Light Rail, a movie, a trip to the Arizona Falls ( a power plant that makes electricity from the water in the Arizona canal. It is just down the way from us and is a fun place to visit.

Waiting for the Light Rail

Matthew and Katelynn

Then the later part of June I spent four days in Pine with some old friend's we call ourselves the "Golden Girls" we just trip around Pine and Payson exploring some antique shops went to a movie and saw the Proposal , that was really good. We all had a good time remember all time together.

Nancy, Betty, Martha

We took a trip to Pine for the end of summer before Katelynn and Matthew started school. Grandad took them fishing to Tonto Creek , we had Uncle Jim's new invention to try out the new Fish Clipper and it worked great. It is a safety clipper to keep your fishing lures from getting tangled up.

Grandad and Katelynn looking at fish

The Fish Clipper

Leslee and kids

We had a fun time we went tripping around Payson and Pine, went to a movie and went hiking. School started this week.

We hope to make it back to Pine next week end and get out of this heat. Would you believe when I got into my car today at 2PM the temp. read 120 in my car! By the time I got home is had gone down to 118! I think it is time to head for California! We are planning on going to Moss Beach, CA in September to visit Pat and Lee.

Pat and Lees Visit-April 2009

We finally had our long awaited visit with Pat and Lee. The time went fast . We made a trip to the Desert Botanical Gardens to see the Chihuly Glass Art and it was amazing and the weather was hot.
The next morning we took off for Pine to our cabin and did some sight seeing and then off to Jerome Arizona to see the old ghost town. We had lunch at the Asylum Restaurant which was really good. Then off to Phoenix.
On Sunday we took a trip around town and out to see Jim and his family and Leslee and her kids.
And before we knew it out time was over. We really enjoyed our time with you and hope you come back soon.