Random Pictures of Christmas 2008

I get so caught up in the logistics of things

that I forget to take pictures

but here are a few of the things that we did this Christmas week.

If a picture says a thousand words.

Then write your own script for these.

Thanks for all the family and fun

Four days till Christmas

Four Days till Christmas and we are ready.

We really went all out and hung outdoor lights this year.

My Dad loves making sure we have the lights and the

tree lights on as soon as it is dark.

Nina always decorates Dad's tree.

She does an incredible job of

putting all the strings of lights on perfectly

and all the ornaments uniform.

Thanks Nina

Isaac, Jennylyn, Jaqueline, Alexandra were so happy

to arrive after the long long drive from Moscow Idaho.

They made it safe between the storms late Saturday night.

We were so happy to see them all too.

We are anxious to have all our kids here on

Christmas Eve. It has been a long time since all

of us were together. We Pray the storms and our health will hold

up so we can all be together. Hopefully Jennylyn and Chelsea won't

have to spend the whole time with morning sickness

and fighting over the bathrooms.

For my birthday I went to Elko on business with Steven.

I got to crosstitch most of the one day.

And I spent one day at the Family History Library.

I was lucky and found the will of Uncle Orrin Andrew

that I have been looking a year for.

My good friend Margaret Taylor sent me these

beautiful flowers for my birthday. Thanks Margaret.

Thanksgiving Thankfulness's

Thanksgiving was fun

Thanks for all who came - I am thankful for family

We had delicious food and Great company - I am thankful my family are my friends

Xander and Heidi came to play - I am thankful for grandkids that are so fun and innocent

My nephew Jed got his mission call He is going to Toronto, Canada the 4th of Feb

My uncle Hal and my brother Lloyd both served in that mission - I am thankful for the church and missionary work.

These apples looked so bad but a friend gave them to Grandpa Noyes so I had to do something with them. They made the most wonderful bottled apples and apple pie filling

- I am thankful for the plentiful harvest we had this year. It is such a blessing to have your freezer and shelves full.

Thanks for the part you each play in our lives.

October is Here

Grandpa came home from the hospital on September 30

He seems to be getting along Okay.

We still have the pacemaker implant to look forward to

in a couple of weeks.

He probably will be laid up most of the winter.

Sunday the local kids came home and had dinner and

listened to General Conference.

This first picture is of Xander. I couldn't see him on his birthday

So I gave him his birthday Spiral Speedway on Sunday.

He sure acted like he liked it.

The rest of the pictures are just what someone took with my Camera that day




Thanks to all that came.

"It is always fun for everyone at Grandpa's house "
(remember that primary song)

Grandpa Noyes's setback

Sorry to say that we had to take Grandpa back to the hospital

He will be there at least a week this time.

Keep praying - thanks

Grandpa Noyes' exciting week

Well to make a long story short.

After a horrible, horrible bleeding ulcer episode.

We didn't even know that he had ulcers but now we do.

Three units of blood and three days in the hospital.

He went from being whiter than a ghost to yellow and then pink.

Grandpa is home and hopefully on the improve.

Thanks for all your prayers in his behave.

EDIT:  I just noticed it says behave, not behalf, however, behave is probably more appropriate.

Labor Day Weekend 2008

The Weekend started with Leisa asking us to babysit.

Of course it wasn't Cole they wanted to leave -

it was Cordi.

Now Crystal wants a dog of her own.

She loved it.

Crystal did all the tending because we went on to our next adventure.

Things worked out for us to borrow John Henry's truck and trailer

so we helped Isaac and family move to Moscow Idaho.

Isaac is attending Law School there.

1500 miles of driving there and back.

We saw beautiful Mountains

Rolling Wheat Fields

and Snow.

We started Saturday morning with packing them up in Hyrum.

I tried to entertain the girls while they did all the packing.

We arrived in Moscow Sunday Afternoon.

Isaac found them a trailer house to live in

It is in a nice park close to school.

We wish them all the best of luck.

We sure are going to miss them.

But we love blogs and emails and phone calls.

Whenever our kids move away from us we

get that same feeling we had when we sent them on missions

or off to college or they got married.

Dahlias and more

My Dahlias are finally in bloom.

Which color is your favorite.

I like the pink best.White
Red
Yellow
Here is the front flower bed in its glory
The snap dragon terrace
And the memorial garden
Thats enough for the flowers.
My oldest great niece - Rebecca Kipp -
was married in the Logan Temple
on August 6th.
She just loved Chelsea's wedding dress.
Chelsea was generous and loaned it to her.

This was just a beautiful Rainbow that we had last time it rained.
This view is from my back yard.
Thanks for visiting my blog.