Life is Great

New Glass Project

2011-09-08T11:21:00.000-07:00

I just finished my most recent glass project. It has been a fun one to make. We got the idea for this project up in McCall at a glass shop.

September Baby Ducks

2011-09-06T16:19:00.000-07:00

Today we were visited by 7 baby ducks. They came into our yard to eat the bird seed that has fallen on the ground. It seems to be late in the season to have baby ducks they are usually hatched in the spring. They are fun to watch.

Hot Air Balloons at the Park!

2011-09-06T11:54:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday morning we went with the Jacksons down to Ann Morrison Park to see them launch the hot air balloons. It was great fun and everyone enjoyed it. We were all in awe watching the balloons fill up and float up into the sky. This is an event that we hope we can go to every year.

Camping at Sage Hen

2011-08-16T10:16:00.000-07:00

We had a great time camping last week with the three oldest Jackson boys. The weather was great with warm enough temperatures to go swimming in the lake. We went on a hike every day. Our favorite hike was the 4 miler around the lake with a picnic on top of a huge rock. We also found an area that had thousands of baby frogs. The boys were great and a big help while camping. Hope we can go camping again before it gets to cold.

Donna's Funeral

2011-02-15T09:45:00.000-08:00

My sister-in-law, Donna, past away on Feb. 5, 2011 in Idaho Falls. Benji and I drove over to her funeral on Friday. The services were very nice and were attended by a lot of family members.

My brothers and sisters were all in attendance. All 5 of us don't get together very often and when we do we like to take a picture. You can see in the photo that all of them are getting older except me. (Don't we wish!)

The program was nice. All 5 of Duane's children talked of remembances of their mother. The boys sang and all the grand and great grand children sang a medley of primary songs.

Duane looks in better health now than he has in years. Hopefully we will have him around for many more years.

Living Legends

2011-01-29T10:23:00.000-08:00

What a wonderful evening we had last night in going to BYU's production of Living Legends. Everyone seemed to enjoy the dancing and the costumes. Thank you Aaron, Tory and boys for going with us.

Kids Monsters

2011-01-18T17:07:00.000-08:00

Tory, Aaron and the boys came over for dinner Sunday. After dinner the we and the boys worked on monsters taken from a new book we purchased in Texas called Papertoy Monsters. We all had a great time.

Holidays

2011-01-18T16:52:00.000-08:00

We spent a wonderful 2 weeks in Texas at the Jackmans and at Megan and Annemaries. Christmas in San Antonio and New Years in Arlington. We drove down so that we could take Christmas presents. It took us 3 days to drive down and we enjoyed the places that we traveled through. We miss them and wish we were closer so we could visit more often.

New Bookshelves

2010-03-27T09:42:00.000-07:00

We have finished our bookshelves and loaded them down with books. We love them and they look great in the house. It was good to get some of the books out of storage in the garage and put them on the shelves. We have also finished the new computer desk. It looks great and we are going to love it. The only problem is that it won't make the bend going into the computer room. We are going to have to switch the back bedroom and the computer room. It is going to be quite a process.

Finished Glass Project

2010-03-07T17:38:00.000-08:00

I finished my stained glass project for the master bath windows. It has been a fun project and I have enjoyed doing it. I need a new project to do so I need suggestions from my daughters for ones I can do for them.

New Stained Glass Project

2010-02-09T12:46:00.000-08:00

We have started a new stained glass project. This is the first piece of it. We are making two of these double quilt squares and hanging them in our bathroom window. We are now in the process of deciding the patterns for the second one. These are so much fun to make. It is a great hobby.

Lucy's B'day

2010-01-23T11:25:00.000-08:00

Thank you Lucy and Derrick for a great time last week! We arrived at the Jackman's Sunday evening so that we could be with Lucy on her birthday. The weather wasn't the greatest but we still had a wonderful time with them. May is such a charmer! She is so fun to play with and to be around.

We went to dinner at Buca D'pepos (I don't think that is how it is spelled) on Lucy's birthday. We sat at the kitchen table and had good food, the service wasn't the greatest. We made angel food cake and had strawberry shortcake for dessert. We took with us our new game of Phase 10 Twist which we had fun playing.

We all ways enjoy visiting the girls in their homes and spending time with them.

Thanksgiving in Texas

2009-12-05T13:06:00.000-08:00

Thank you Megan and Annemarie for a wonderful time at your home and the yummy Thanksgiving dinner!
We were able to spend 9 days with them and did some great things. We went to to Rudy's and had lunch on Wednesday and had the best barbque beef in Texas. We also went to the new Christmas Carol movie at the IMax in 3D. It was a great movie and we all enjoyed it. We also spent some time on the river walk and ate at the Iron Cactus.

Starbuck and Saul were fun to be around, they are great dogs.

We just had a wonderful time and are glad that we were able to take the trip.

The Ten Virgins

2009-11-16T09:59:00.000-08:00

We returned Saturday from Rigby. We (Benji, Tory and I) went to Erins to attend her production of The Ten Virgins that her ward Relief Society put on. It was very nice and Erin did a wonderful job during her performance. We had a wonderful time while visiting them in Rigby. Lucy and May were also able to come and enjoy it with us. Thanks for the wonderful time.

Glenns Ferry Trip

2009-09-02T11:00:00.001-07:00

We went to Glenns Ferry this past weekend with our friends the Crosgroves. We had a great time seeing new places we haven't visited before. We stayed in our camping trailer at the Glenns Ferry State Park, which was very nice. Our first night there we went to the dinner theater. The play was kind of lame but the food, which was flame broiled steaks, was very good.

On Saturday we went on a road trip and the Crosgroves showed us around. We stopped in Haggerman for lunch, we had sturgeon and catfish sandwiches which were great. It was the first time any of us had tried sturgeon. The rest of the day was spent visiting Thousand Springs, Miracle Springs, Balanced Rock and Malad Gorge. We got back to our camp around 9:00 hoping to go to the observatory at Bruneau but it had become cloudy so we didn't go. We left Sunday at 1:00 to come home. It was a great place to visit.

Oregon Trip

2009-08-19T18:04:00.000-07:00

We returned from our trip to Oregon last Friday night. We left on Sunday for Oregon and traveled on I-84 down the Columbia River Gorge. We spent the night in Hood River and enjoyed watching the para-surfers on the river. We visited Multnomah Falls and others along the Columbia on the way to Portland. We stopped in Portland and ate lunch at one of the food carts that are all over downtown Portland. We had yummy East India curry.

The next day we visited Fort Klatsop in Astoria. It was a neat place to visit and walk around. We spent the night in Tillamook and visited the cheese factory and got some yummy cheese.

On the way down the coast we visited Seaside, Lincoln City, Newport and Florence.

We loved seeing the light houses, the beach and the wildlife. We also had some great sea food.

Little Redfish Lake

2009-07-22T19:15:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the pictures that we took on our recent camping trip to Little Redfish Lake up by Stanley. We had a wonderful time with the whole family. Unfortunately Derrick and Annemarie were unable to be with us. We spent the time relaxing around the fire, fishing, reading, cooking and playing games. I hope we can have a lot more of these wonderful experiences together. We have a super family that loves getting together and having fun.

Florida Collage

2009-06-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

Siesta Key

2009-06-21T18:00:00.000-07:00

We had a wonderful time at Siesta Key with Megan, Annemarie, Lucy, Derrick and May! They left for home on Saturday and Benji and I have been staying at Marti and Dick's. We have had a great time with them, enjoying their pool and visiting the area. Benji and I went down to Sanibel Island on Monday. We did some shopping at the village shops and swimming at the beach. The Gulf beach was very windy with very high waves. We had fun jumping the waves. We ate at a restaurant called The Island Cow. I had fried oysters which were great.

We spent the day yesterday at Siesta Key shopping and enjoying the beach for the last time before we leave on Saturday. It has been a great vacation.

Mule Days in Star

2009-06-06T20:17:00.000-07:00

The Jacksons came over today and went to some of the Mule Days activities with us. We had a fun day. We went over to the library's used book sale and got a bunch of neat books. They were only $1.00 for hardbacks and 50 cents for paperbacks. We got enough books to keep us busy reading all summer. We then went to the parade, which was pretty lame this year. I think there was only one mule in the whole parade. The kids had fun though catching all the candy that was thrown. We took the boys over to the playground at the elementary school and had fun there. We had a yummy dinner of ribeye steaks on the grill and red potatoes. We all enjoyed it. It was a fun day.

Bruneau Sand Dunes

2009-05-31T08:31:00.000-07:00

This past Friday and Saturday we went on an overnight campout with the Jacksons to the Bruneau Sand Dunes down by Mountain Home. It is a good to go camping there early in the season because it can get very hot during the summer. Benji and I arrived there around 5:00 pm Friday and the Jacksons arrived at 8:00. It was in the 90s and we thought it would be to hot to enjoy being there and hiking tomorrow. We had hamburgers and relaxed around the campfire eating s'mores. Saturday started out being a little cooler and the temperature stayed in the high 80's. We went hiking on the dunes in the morning and had a great time. Benji and I walked up some of the smaller dunes and part way up the larger one. The Jacksons made it all the way to the top and AJ was able to fly his kite from the top. They were hot and tired when the got down from the dune. The boys then played in the lake and we had a picnic in the shade of the trees. We then went back to camp and packed up then headed for home. We were glad that we went and had a great time.

Roses

2009-05-31T08:19:00.000-07:00

Our roses have done beautifully this spring. They have really taken over our front flower bed. I need to trim the ones back from the sidewalk coming up to our front door, but I hate to trim them while they are blooming.

It has been forever

2009-05-03T20:22:00.000-07:00

It has been nearly 3 months since I last Blogged. We have been kept very busy doing the things that we enjoy doing. The weather has improved and I have been able to do some yard work. I have some of my garden in and it is coming up. I hope to plant soon my tomatoes, squash and cucumbers. I have to wait for the chance of frost to be over. They say that you should wait until the snow has melted off of Bogus Basin to be safe from frost.
Benji and I went to a family history conference last weekend and enjoyed most of the classes that we took. We are hoping that taking these classes will inspire us to do get working more on our geneology.

SLC visit

2009-02-05T11:17:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we went to SLC to visit LJ and DJ. We had a wonderful time, and enjoyed spending time with MJ. She is a cute baby and is growing up so fast. We were able to attend the open house for the Draper Temple. It is a beautiful temple and is in a great location overlooking the Salt Lake Valley. We also enjoyed playing their new game of Camelot. It is a fun game that we all enjoyed playing. The neat thing about the game is that you don't play against each other but as a team and try to win against the game.

We also went to Kneaders, a bakery/cafe and had the best French toast that we have ever had. It was delicious!! It was made with a special bread that they bake there. We will return there and have it again. Thanks for the wonderful visit.

No Heat!

2009-01-29T11:03:00.001-08:00

Last Sunday night we noticed that the house was cooling down. I went to the thermostat and it was set at 71 but the temperature was 66. The furnace had shut down! I went up in the attic (that's where the furnace is) and tried without success to light it. We decided to wait until morning to call for help. We turned on the gas fireplace and started 2 electric heaters.
The next morning I got in contact with the guy that installed the furnace and he came right out. After examining the furnace he found that the inducer motor and blower wheel was not working and it had shut down the furnace. He went down to Boise to pick up a new motor but they had none in stock. He came back and told us that they ordered one but it would take 2 days to get here. He would come back Wednesday to install it.
We had quite a time trying to keep the house warm enough so that we were comfortable. Sadie our dog loved it! She enjoyed being in front of the electric heaters and the gas fireplace soaking up that wonderful heat.
The furnace guy came Wednesday at noon and installed the motor and everything is back to normal. Sadie is quite upset because her heaters are all put away. She sits in front of the fireplace and looks up at me as if she were saying, "Well when are you going to turn this thing on?"
Having something like this happen makes you appreciate the conveniences that we have in our homes.

Columbia River Gorge

2009-01-18T15:15:00.000-08:00

Our ward here in Star was helping one of our new members move her household goods from Oregon. They needed some of the brothers to travel to Dufur, Oregon to get her stuff. I had the free time to help with this project so I volunteered. Brother Spencer and I drove one of the trucks with a trailer and Brother Marlin and his son Chris drove a small moving van. We left Friday afternoon. It has been quite a few years since I have traveled that road through Oregon. So it was kind of a new adventure for me. The roads were clear of snow but it was overcast and we ran into some fog going over the Blue Mountains. After we had past Pendleton we were right against the Columbia River with steep cliffs along both sides. It is a beautiful area that we all enjoyed. We arrived in The Dalles at 6:00 pm, checked into our motel and went to dinner at Ixalata, a Mexican restaurant.
The next morning we went with the Bishop of the area out to Dufur, which is a small town 12 miles south of The Dalles. We had to travel 8 more miles south of Dufur to the house where the sister used to live. There we picked up a piano and playground equipment. We were then informed that the rest of her stuff was 10 miles more down the road to a town called Tygh Valley. It is a very small town in the mountains. We then loaded the rest of her things on the trailer and truck. We left there at 12:00 and headed back to Idaho. We arrived back at Star at 6:00. It was great to have this opportunity to help out and to see new country. It was too bad that it was overcast and foggy for most of the trip and not really warm. Benji and I plan on going back to that part of Oregon when the weather is better and it has greened up more.

Christmas Holiday

2009-01-07T10:25:00.001-08:00

We all had a wonderful time during Christmas vacation. Megan was able to come home and spend a few weeks with us and the family. We enjoyed having her here and hated to see her leave yesterday. We were all able to meet over in Rigby at Erin and Dales for a week during Christmas. The grandkids had a great time playing together. Erin had a house full when we were all there together. We had a great time playing games, eating and enjoying the sled out in the snow.

We came back to Boise for the New Year and enjoyed it with the Jacksons. We had yummy food and saw the new year come in together. Now that all the festivities are over and everyone is back at their own home it is too quiet here at our house in Star. We miss having family here at our home. Hope we can all get back together soon.

Early Christmas

2008-12-12T08:15:00.000-08:00

We have purchased a new music system for Christmas. We love it! It is a Bose system which is small and has great sound. As you can see it takes up very little space on the shelf where the old one was located. SL will not like it as well as the old one because there are not very many buttons and tape decks to open and play with. This one has no buttons, it is operated through the use of remote controls. It is a lot different than the first stereo system I bought in 1970 which consisted of a record player and an 8 track player and took up about 3 feet of shelf space. I am sure we will enjoy our Bose for many years to come.

27 Pounds of Common Cents

2008-12-11T12:18:00.003-08:00

Benji came down the stairs this morning lugging my old piggy bank that I have had since I was little. I reached out and took it from her before she fell from the weight of it. She said that we need do empty it and do something with all the pennies. We proceeded to empty the contents of the bank out onto the kitchen counter. It took us quite awhile to empty it all out though the small hole in the bottom. Taking the pennies out of the bank reminded me of when my brother Ben and I were in elementary school and we would sneek out 5 pennies each to take to school. During lunch time after eating we would run down to the drug store in Thayne and buy us each a Charm sucker. They were in all different flavors and we loved them. The fun in buying them was that there might be a slip of paper under the wrapper saying, "free sucker". We would then receive another sucker. I remember a time when I received 4 or 5 free suckers! It was great!
I took the pennies back to the scale to weigh them. They weighed 27 pounds! We will put them all in penny rolls and get them back into currculation. We checked them over to see if there were any old ones. There were no wheat pennies. The oldest we saw was 1960. We found a few nickels, dimes and a quarter. There were a few other interesting items in it too as you can see from the picture above.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T12:21:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful time during the week of Thanksgiving! We had everyone home for the week except for Megan, and we truly missed having her here. But we are looking forward to having her at Christmas time. The grandkids had great fun playing games and being together. The adults also had a fun time playing games and talking. We had good weather and were able to spend some time out side. On Friday night we had a suprise visit from Mike and Sheila Erickson. They were just on a drive up here and decided to stop by and visit. We had a great time catching up on all the news from Evanston. They were glad to have seen the girls and their families. They were disappointed in not being able to see Megan. Everyone left yesterday and it seems too quiet in the house. We really miss having them here and hearing all the fun noises from everyone.

Love having family close by

2008-11-22T11:15:00.000-08:00

We had TJ and the boys out for part of the day and evening yesterday. We just love it when they come and visit. It is great to have them close by so they can come often. I am glad that we are here and not in Evanston where we had no family close by. It would be wonderful if we had all of our family this close. I realize that would be next to impossible. But we can always wish.

Picture Tag

2008-11-10T13:45:00.001-08:00

This is my 4th picture of my 4th folder. It was taken the summer of 2007. It is a picture of Nana, Granddaddy, Bridger and Sam right before we took off on our 1st annual camping trip with grandchildren 8 and over. We are on our way to Warm Lake up by Cascade. We spent a week up there and had a wonderful time. The rest of the Jacksons came up and spent the last few days with us. We look forward to this trip every summer. This past summer we spent a week up at Sage Hen. Summers are wonderful times and we are sad that this one is over. It was a sad day when I had to winterize the trailer and put it away until next spring.

Stained Glass

2008-11-06T10:45:00.000-08:00

I have finished my stained glass project that I am making for my sister's Christmas present. It has been a little bit more complicated than the others that we have finished. It has 55 pieces and is larger than the others. It was fun making it and turned out quite nice. This is a neat hobby and one that I will continue to do. My next stained glass project? I'm not sure.

Marching Bands

2008-10-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday afternoon Benji and I had the opportunity to attend the HS Marching Bands competition at BSU stadium. We had a wonderful time. The bands were great the the weather not too cold. The competition went from 2:00 until 8:80 p.m. We went to the last half from 5:30 until 8:30. During that time we were able to watch 12 of the bands compete. After the high schools were finished the BSU marching band performed for about 1/2 hour. They were great to see and very entertaining. We were both glad that we attended the event.

Playing in the Trees

2008-10-26T09:27:00.000-07:00

Friday TJ and the boys came out the house to enjoy the day. We went down to the Boise river and played in the trees. They are great trees for climbing on and playing around. We got some wonderful pictures of all of us. Lily thought that the swamp by the trees was solid ground and walked out on to it. She sank! The water was black and stinky and so was Lily. We had to give her a bath when we got home. The boys had so much fun that they didn't want to leave. It is one of their favorite places to go.

Greenbelt

2008-10-22T20:13:00.000-07:00

This afternoon we went to Garden City and walked a couple of miles on the Greenbelt. It was wonderful temperatures and a beautiful walk. The fall leaves are on the trees, a combination of orange, yellow, brown, red and green. We were glad that we went and enjoyed the changing of the seasons.

Soccer game and surprise visit

2008-10-19T17:43:00.000-07:00

We went to the boys last soccer games on Saturday. It was a beautiful day to be out watching the games. The boys all did a great job. TJ and AJ are very glad that they are all over for the season. They spend a lot of time working with the boys in soccer. Benji and I got home about 5:30 after stopping and doing some shopping. We had a message on our phone from our nephew Hal asking us to go out to dinner with them. My brother Duane and his wife Donna were here in town visiting with them. They told us to meet them at Golden Corral at 6:30 for dinner. We were surprised again when they all showed up at GC. There were about 16 of them. Jan and his wife were there with some of their kids and some of Hals kids were there too. We had a great visit and enjoyed seeing them. Duane and Donna look great! The best we have seen them for years. They all had to go back home today so they didn't have time to come out to our house.

Weekend with L,D&M

2008-10-15T15:44:00.001-07:00

We had a very fun time in West Jordan this past weekend. Sunday we were able to witness and participate in the blessing of little M. She is a cutey. We were also able to visit with Mac, Agnes and some of their family, also Tom, Shar and their girls. We also enjoyed being with E & D and kids. Had a fun time at Ikea. Monday night we went out to eat with D and L at Toucanos. It was a fun place to eat with good food.

Idaho City-Banks Loop

2008-10-08T15:36:00.000-07:00

Benji and I went on a road trip to see the fall colors on Monday. We did the loop up through Idaho City, Lowman, Garden Valley and Banks. We had a great time and saw some beautiful country. Most of the trip is up in the mountains with windey roads and steep climbs. We stopped at Ten Mile camp ground above Idaho City and had lunch. This is the camp ground where we went camping with A & TJ family last summer. The grandkids named it Watermelon Creek. The picture is at that campground. Temperatures were in the high 50s. It took us about 4 hours to make the 170 mile loop. Beautiful country, we love where we live.

Mystery Duck Solved

2008-10-05T17:03:00.000-07:00

While looking in one of AJ's bird books I found a the mystery duck. It is called the Domestic Muscovy. It is a domestic duck. Probably escaped from some ones farm. That is why it is so tame.

Ducks Still Hanging Around

2008-09-28T07:58:00.001-07:00

TJ, AJ and the boys came over Friday and spent the afternoon with us. While they were here the mystery ducks were back on the ditch bank. The boys and Sadie went out and fed some bread to the female. We had a fun evening with the Js, having dinner, smores and dancing on the new DDR2. Thanks T and A for coming over and having a fun time with us.

ABC Tag

2008-09-26T17:26:00.000-07:00

TJ tagged me and showed me how to reply to it so here goes!

A is for your age: 63
B is for burger of choice: Any burger done on the grill at home.
C is for the car you drive: Red Prius, love the gas mileage.
D is for your dog's name: Sadie
E is for essential item you use every day: My brain!
F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Survivor and Amazing Race.
G is for favorite game: Pillars of the Earth
H is for home state: Wyoming
I is for instruments you play: I played the trumpet and French horn in high school a hundred years ago.
J is for favorite juice: Juice made in our new juice extractor.
K is for whose bum you'd like to kick: Nobody!
L is for last restaurant at which you ate: Olive Garden with BS,T, A and LJ.
M is for your favorite Muppet: The Swedish Chef!
N is for number of piercings: 0
O is for overnight hospital stays: On my mission in Vancouver having my appendix removed.
P is for people you were with today: BS, Jacksons
Q is for what you do with your quiet time: Read and crosswords
R is for biggest regret: Not traveling enough now that we are retired.
S is for status: Retired and loving it.
T is for time you woke up today: 7:30
U is for what you consider unique about yourself: Have 4 daughters, 2 granddaughters, and 7 grandsons.
V is for vegetable you love: Broccolli
W is for worst habit: Being and back seat driver.
X is for x-rays you've had: Ankle when I sprained it and of my esophagus for acid reflux.
Y is for yummy food you ate today: Soup and salad at Olive Garden, Brats for dinner, S'mores for dessert.
Z is for zodiac: Gemini

Unidentified Duck

2008-09-17T17:44:00.001-07:00

These ducks were on our ditch bank yesterday! I couldn't find them in any of my bird books. Any body have any idea what kind they are?

Weekend with dj and lj

2008-09-17T17:44:00.000-07:00

Thanks for the fun weekend! We had a great time spending time with our new granddaughter. She is a cutie. We had a good time shopping at Gardner Village where bs bought a new quilt for our bed. We also ate at Leatherbies and had some yummy ice cream. LJ had a little bit too much, but she was able to take some home. We look forward to seeing them again at the babies blessing in October

Yard Swing

2008-09-09T20:01:00.000-07:00

We went over to Parma today and bought a log so that I could fix the rotted out leg on our log swing. I thought it was going to be very hard fixing it but it went quite smoothly. I even cut the holes in the right places and everything fit perfectly. We can now sit on the swing and not worry about the leg collapsing under us.

Fun weekend

2008-09-03T17:34:00.000-07:00

Thank you D and E for a wonderful weekend at your house. We were able to spend from Friday afternoon to Tuesday morning with them. It seems like the time goes to quickly while we are visiting. We bought some corn and E helped us get it into freezer bags. It looked like good corn so we are looking forward to some good eating. It rained for a few days that we were there which made it challenging in taking the dogs out side since they don't have grass yet. We took Lily with us so that A and T could go to L and Ds. I think Sadie enjoyed having her friend go with us.

We brought 5 doz. ears of corn for tj. Lj and I spent part of the morning husking it then we got it ready for the freezer.

Meeting with the Bishop

2008-08-28T10:48:00.000-07:00

Last night after young womens Benji and I had an appointment to meet with the bishop. We were both very worried that we were going to receive a new calling in the ward. We both enjoy the callings that we have now and hate to give them up. Well we had a very nice visit with Bishop Smith. He had us come it to talk with him about our going on a mission. He was wondering when we would be available to go. We told him that we have a trip to Florida planned with our family next summer and we wouldn't be able to go until after that. So it might be sometime after next summer. We will see.
We are off tomorrow to go visit Erin, Dale and the grandkids over in Rigby. We are looking forward to spending some time with them.

First Blog

2008-08-25T16:10:00.000-07:00

My name for my blog page as you can see is, Life is Great! I hope I can use this blog to let everybody know that it is great. I have a great wife and a great family. Hopefully this will encourage me to keep track of the things happening in my life.

TJ came over today with LJ and helped us start making our blogs.