tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74298951801430495362024-03-12T21:12:26.820-06:00The Pitcher FolksJust Beauty!Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-10854974210956777862013-11-05T13:52:00.000-07:002013-11-05T13:54:29.569-07:00So You May Think This Is Not Always the Most Ladylike Thing to DO....<div class="UFICommentContent" data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7412010}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0]">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Such a great message. BP</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"So accurate."</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Ugh! My life! Living with his father's son!</span></span></div>
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you know me, I always thought that a main bread-winner has a hard
enough job. So, I followed my Mom's lead and did many of those honey-do
jobs. It brought satisfaction and confidence. It wasn't so hard to put
in a medicine cabinet, garage shelve</span></span><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[0][3].[0].[3].[0].[0]">s,
tile and many more. The best thing I learned from my parents is that
is fun and the best when you can build things, fix things and repair
things together. Many funny stories of my unsuccessful 'tries', but
lots of my successes that have kept me content. Many lessons learned. MP</span></span></span></span></span><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[0].[3]"></span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">My thought on this T-shirt.... </span></span></h3>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I
know most women joke about this post, but I want to stand up and say what
a fine job my dear husband has done. He is so thoughtful in so many
ways, that I really don't have any reason to applaud this T-shirt. And I hope no one thinks I am pointing fingers, I am not. I just wish now I could help more as we both are getting a bit older and want to help to lighten his burden. </span></span></div>
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<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3]">
<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">In this day and age, we are all busy and stressed, but even now, more than ever, and men have so little time left over; between family, work obligations, church jobs and their extended family and community. It is a wonder they don't break down. They need our help wherever and whenever we can help.</span></span></div>
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<div class="fsm fwn fcg UFICommentActions" data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3]">
<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]"><span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">During our years, I have found time within my schedule to help with the yard, string phone lines, punch holes in the walls, change a light fixture, or to fix some house problems.... I remember many times having to have Brent put back "ALL" the pieces in the vacuum or disposal when I took it apart to "fix" it and always had extra parts left over. I remember his face when he came home from the Elk hunt to find a fine set of wooden shelving along the back of the garage. It made me happy to do this for him. </span></span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I think I was brought up differently than most girls my age. I was always encouraged to be independent, in my thinking and in my ways. I had great examples of these in my parents. My Mom helped my Dad and my Dad helped my Mom with chores. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I remember my Mom helping my Dad when he was putting a car transmission back together, finishing our basement. I remember my Dad doing the dishes and cooking "Maylagin" soup. They both worked out in the yard together, and it was never beneath either of them to help the other. Maybe it was coming from a farming and country background or just smarter times. They were great examples to me of equality of the genders. I will forever love them for that.</span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">The idea that the house is the woman's realm and the hardware and outside is for the Man's domain.... I just don't get it. We both have hands and brains and so we can all pitch in where ever needed. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">My Dad always put things away, returned things better than what he had borrowed and fixed thing quickly. Maybe knowing waiting just makes it more work and possibly cost more or maybe if you wait too long it will have to be replaced. I was taught it was better to do the same. Tools last longer, clothes the same.</span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I was taught and I took pride on being able to make something out of nothing and to be frugal about it. That also came from my Mom. Sewing was fun and a necessity for us. I had a great teacher in my Mom. Some of my happiest moments have been seeing what I have created being put to good use or lighting up eyes of whomever got to wear my projects. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I remember my Mom saying "Why do you always have time to fix something that you didn't do right in the first place? Maybe it is just much better to do it right the first time." I even used that thought as a topic and successful class that I taught at the User Conferences for my companies. And I did get a great amount of good feedback on that thought. Not new, but important to reiterate and bring to the fore front of business. It applies to so many areas of life. I, sadly, wish I could just do it more often. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]"> Thoughts morphing on and beyond the topic..... </span></h3>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">Sometimes, often, that perfectionism has caused me trouble, in not being able to get some things done fast enough for others and also to my brain. It can be a problem on how you think of yourself, not good enough, not perfect, etc. But the general ideal is surely worth some effort. It has taken me a lifetime to really figure out an evening of the scale of perfection and reality.</span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I know within my self it has caused me many troubled days and nights. I can handle it better now, but what really worries me is projecting it onto those I love. Creating feelings of too high of an expectancy and acceptance from me. But most of that is really only a parent trying to teach setting high goals. Reaching for the stars, as they say. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">The most important people in your life are the ones you try to help, for good or unintentionally influencing negatively. Because I am NOT perfect and mostly a bigger part of me is the imperfect human who wants to be better. I have had a lifetime goal to make some difference in the world, while I am here.</span> <span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I hope they will understand this with a big grain of salt of understanding and forgiveness, if it has caused them any harm. </span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">We are only imperfect humans, living in an imperfect world, striving to do and be better.</span></div>
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<span data-reactid=".r[443jf].[1][4][1]{comment10202328637595271_7428410}.[0].{right}.[0].{left}.[0].[3].{likeCount}{action}.[1]">I am grateful for my parents and all of the principles they taught me. And also from Brent's family and all they have added to my life. All of our families have taught us so much goodness. I am so blessed.</span></div>
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Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-10700621049802028082013-05-19T06:32:00.000-06:002013-05-26T11:38:18.978-06:00Mary's Testimony<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sunday, May 19, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Sister Monson, sweetheart of our prophet passed away this week. Aunt LeAnne suggest that Mary make one of her beautiful handmade cards to send, from our family. Mary came up with the following to put into the card:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Each soul leaves a legacy of love...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Each memory a bridge to comfort and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">connect one heart to another, forever."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">~~</span><b>~</b>*<b>~~~~</b>*<b>*</b>*<b>~~~~~~</b>*<b>*</b>*<b>*</b>*<b>~~~~~~</b>*<b>*</b>*<b>~~~~</b>*<b>~</b></span>~~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">and be with our family again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">And I sing in my heart and soul...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I Know That My Redeemer Lives".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The bottom half was composed by my sweetheart. Surely it represents Mary's sweet simple testimony. Mary loves her family and loves her Savior. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">CBP </span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-59667389241603217592013-05-05T22:30:00.000-06:002013-05-06T11:28:56.323-06:00Brent's 64th Birthday Party<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Well, what a great beautiful, perfect<span style="font-size: small;">,</span> Spring day! Cinco de Mayo! </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> . . . . Oops, I mean Brent's 64th Birthday! What a fun day was had by all! The <span style="color: red;"><u><b>REAL</b></u></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="color: red;"><b><u></u> <span style="color: #741b47;">reason</span></b></span> </span></span>for the big celebration on May 5th. </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Family came over and we shared ribs for dinner before the big <b><span style="color: red;">flaming blow-out</span></b>. I had to tone it down a bit, so the Fire Marshall wouldn't close the joint down. </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAYpo_JGFH2kYoAUI9WTtx16QCa6EkB15AF7fi8JIvxn9Cd_97A-k1a4qKmimnvoAXzxbsfihGPCn9aNxXX5txQ_mrlvQWcVhRDykrmDy7kI8CIkU_F28nkeZcd33Lh0c-NwxlowPiF8/s1600/SAM_0159.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAYpo_JGFH2kYoAUI9WTtx16QCa6EkB15AF7fi8JIvxn9Cd_97A-k1a4qKmimnvoAXzxbsfihGPCn9aNxXX5txQ_mrlvQWcVhRDykrmDy7kI8CIkU_F28nkeZcd33Lh0c-NwxlowPiF8/s400/SAM_0159.JPG" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> We had his favorite cake and according to him, "The only REAL cake", Angel Food cake and topped it withe some ouooey, gooey icing (Divinity, White Mountain or sometimes it is called 7 minute icing). We also had </span></span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">ice cream in </span></span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">his other favorite flavor, <b><span style="color: #783f04;">Vanilla</span></b>. BTW:<span style="font-size: small;"> there was</span> some other chocolate mint icy, creamy, cold stuff too.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He was his Mother's Mothers Day present the year he was born and he
brings that beautiful "Spring" into our lives every day of the year. </span></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvqt2mkowQQEDPkakbCZ3-_GiS_gaMjsc7O0RdHFUMrkCygNzqEhLIEmxD6axh8ro39WqorlEsetyKAZ5IMdhffA8z5bghGD3UQA2FFm0QGbkOPnJUT_5sPUR9QLE-3y7dOfDgxpyVHE/s1600/tigger.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He comes by his nickname
of <span style="color: #b45f06;"><b>Tigger</b> </span>naturally, because as he says to me that he is "<span style="color: red;">Basically LOVEABLE</span>" And that is so true. </span></span></span><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></span></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkce5TYktK3lLuoEIyjGCqKVt7-jiLxRXEJ_ViSb8JjZg12SDQL-SxkAJwSOJYZJJSVCSNR8n2boUMuCpp2RH7GVYKKbzCigVa7JrOzr3fVDxSe37rArkLhIgBcSFGxGnfAuMP6f5sVk/s1600/SAM_0158+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJkce5TYktK3lLuoEIyjGCqKVt7-jiLxRXEJ_ViSb8JjZg12SDQL-SxkAJwSOJYZJJSVCSNR8n2boUMuCpp2RH7GVYKKbzCigVa7JrOzr3fVDxSe37rArkLhIgBcSFGxGnfAuMP6f5sVk/s640/SAM_0158+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happy, joyous and bouncy, bouncy, hardworking, and exuberant; that is Brent in a nutshell. Speaking of nutshells, yep, he is even a bit like a squirrel, or rather leaves food droppings when he eats, sometimes it's on the chair or maybe down the front of his shirt. It's just part of his glorious trademark! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He is the oldest kid I know! And that is a good thing, no maybe the best thing!</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">He loves to sing and I love his energy and excitement when he does. In fact he <u>always</u> puts that <b><span style="color: red;">HaPpY</span></b><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>extra into all he does, whether it is riding his tractor, mowing the lawn, in his bib-overalls and straw hat, playing sports, walking Daisy in the very early morning or his favorite, playing with the Grandkidlets. He just adds <span style="color: red;">so</span> <span style="color: red;">much <b>more</b></span> into all of the lives, of the people he knows. And those are just a few of the reasons we all love him so!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Happiest of Birthday Years to you, my dear, sweetheart! </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">XOXO</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Mary</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="background-color: white;">E.E.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Sunday
is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brent’s</b> 64</span>th<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> Birthday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and all he wants is </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">cake and ice cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Bring
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">because..... the big <span style="color: red;">flame</span>, <span style="color: red;">lights</span> off at 6:00 ’ish<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Please
come any time you can.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "KG Behind These Hazel Eyes"; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">He
would love to see you all.</span></div>
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Many years from now,<br />
Will you still be sending me a valentine<br />
Birthday greetings bottle of wine?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
If I'd been out till quarter to three<br />
Would you lock the door,<br />
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,<br />
When I'm sixty-four?<span style="font-size: small;"> </span> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">oo oo oo oo oo oo oo oooo </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br /></span></span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">You'll be older too, (ah ah ah ah ah)<br />
And if you say the word,<br />
I could stay with you.</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
I could be handy mending a fuse<br />
When your lights have gone.<br />
You can knit a sweater by the fireside<br />
Sunday mornings go for a ride.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,<br />
Who could ask for more?<br />
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,<br />
When I'm sixty-four?</span></span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;">Every summer we can rent a cottage<br />
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear<br />
We shall scrimp and save<br />
Grandchildren on your knee<br />
Vera, Chuck, and Dave</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
Send me a postcard, drop me a line,<br />
Stating point of view.<br />
Indicate precisely what you mean to say<br />
Yours sincerely, Wasting Away.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"></span></span>
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
Give me your answer, fill in a form<br />
Mine for evermore<br />
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,<br />
When I'm sixty-four?<br /> Whoo!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"> I still need you, mine forever more!!!! </span></span></div>
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a great man and so glad he is CELEBRATING his </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">64<sup>th</sup> Birthday on
Sunday!<span> </span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";">always and forever, eternally everlasting</span> !</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This guy plays it beautifully on his guitar.</span> </span></div>
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Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-44041107933544568732012-10-29T10:27:00.000-06:002012-10-29T11:38:10.855-06:00Las Vegas Trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We had a fun time last week, we went down to Las Vegas for the <span style="font-size: small;">NAGGL </span>convention for Brent's work. Me, I went along for the fun. AND it was fun! Yes, of course, I rented a car to get me around and to go shopping and exploring. We were way out west in Summerlin at the Red Rock Resort and Casino, pretty average posh, great bed and pillows. That was about all that I really liked about this place. Oh, and yes I did like that I could park near the entrance, glad for a handicapped sticker. Wish it worked for our room. It was 52, way down the corridor....two for the end, what a hike to get there and back. Only one elevator and everything was miles away.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I don't like buffets and they are Brent's heaven....do opposites really attract? First night, Tuesday, we went to the Red Rock Kings Feast, it was completely forgettable, but I was soooo hungry. Brent loved it.... Next morning Brent was in the convention and I went exploring and shopping. <span style="font-size: small;">My l</span>ittle zoomer car zipped around pretty good and I found parts of LV I had never been to. I don't like the strip, so stayed out west and found my kind of stores. Did buy a few things, of course.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Then headed back just in time to find Brent. We decided to go the the Claim Jumper, only 2 miles away and I was pretty tired so glad it was close. Punched in the address to my TomTom and it had a hard time finding it. We got on the belt route and headed where it told us to go.....too funny, 8+ miles away and in the middle of almost no where, there we were and it wasn't the restaurant! </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Well, from where we were, we could see the Rio and knew they had that great Seafood Buffet, yes I do like that one, so off we headed again. After a couple of dead ends that we always hit when we come to the Rio from the south, we finally made it! Famished and dinner was great and there were crab leg parts all over the floor, not just from us, but from everyone. It looked like Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman at the restaurant. It was a great time, always is when we get fed.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Next day a bit of shopping, Fashion Show Mall, lasted about 1/2 hour, that was enough. I wanted to see Bloomingdale's, when I got there it was just the home department. Disappointing, so I 1left and headed over to the Nugget where we were going to stay that night. Brent drove the company car, slow, slower, slowest Prius to meet me there. We had a great room, easy parking and felt like we were coming home. We love the Golden Nugget and the Shark Tank swimming pool. <span style="background-color: #351c75;"><span style="background-color: #741b47;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> We had tickets that night to the Nationals of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders) and it was great fun! Would love to go to more shows like this over and over again.</span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCyv730KzC526OgxI56QxEPRPi8iwO4nceuVNHzAzM-JF7_QwDqZHY86DH18iS6ep6SUrKxcZOHxPePSq52XWe3bv0e3Pjh1ZpQkYZoEI-ckkARsOWPIZSILHG84V_R2-iqsVJCWbi3-E/s1600/nhra+nationals.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> After a great nights sleep we headed home. We had to take the rental car back, first, then had a hearty healthy breakfast at McDonalds....got on the freeway driving north. But, WAIT, there is the Las Vegas Speed Way and they had the National Drags going on! Brent says do you want to go? Me, I am always ready for more fun, but didn't say turn. Somehow the car just turned onto the exit ramp and it just headed into the track! What could we do?</span></span></span></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDJ2mKTzHqi3grlLBGsKcuIBxw2k-fao1hhqX-dkalO0KuimxNuUg8pqcQP4FkdpWAVYsvc9araUWdBGPo_2GqdMKZ5OcwSZkDz4ESi5nklefYHpC8dB_kNtpw63fQ-7McgfzsCmnyE0/s1600/car.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDJ2mKTzHqi3grlLBGsKcuIBxw2k-fao1hhqX-dkalO0KuimxNuUg8pqcQP4FkdpWAVYsvc9araUWdBGPo_2GqdMKZ5OcwSZkDz4ESi5nklefYHpC8dB_kNtpw63fQ-7McgfzsCmnyE0/s320/car.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Tickets were reasonable and so many booths along the way. Loved it. The bleachers even had a back rail, who would have thunk? Great time! DRAGS ARE THE BEST! You can't hardly believe how fast they go, they have really improved in the last 30 years. Pro Stock cars, motorcycles and funny cars zooming by. THEN the nitro smell and flames, the thundering shudder right through your whole entire body and the sounds so loud that earplugs and fingers can't protect your hearing. But who cares? What a great fun experience. They are the BEST! </span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> We headed home, stopped in Mesquite for dinner, then to St George. No room at the Inn, headed to Beaver for a room, but when we got there we were still awake and most important, alert! So, off we headed to our very own comfortable bed. Driving in the full moonlight was enchanting and beautiful. We finally got home around 1:00 a.m. and hit the sack.</span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #741b47;"> GOOD TIMES WITH MY BEST FRIEND! </span></span></span></span><br />
<br />Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com010110 Charleston, Las Vegas, NV 89144, USA36.171139767089372 -115.328979492187535.965906767089372 -115.64483649218749 36.376372767089372 -115.01312249218751tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-62258724726511460482012-08-14T10:16:00.000-06:002012-08-14T10:16:32.668-06:00FOND MEMORIES... Looking back in the years to come
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"> Brent and I were just talking about our move to SoCal when Roy was
little (21 months) and Tommy was not quite born.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We moved to Huntington Beach for Brent's work and a better future. We
had some pretty rough times there, monetarily, but that time helped us grow and solidified
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"> We have so many
happy memories, joy in overcoming the hardships and fun in exploring new places
and people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think </span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">out in the mission field, </span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">that area, was
one of my favorite times in all the church wards we have been in. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1llcU3cVejsdQu4rDCfhdVfPCe5IWvXp5hjYEiyywIehLNUQ17CEOJiNFFcqqtN0AkwzYEoXd0IjCfSl9M-wS8Vk5kK2SwD4_HNGBq8IsCEdm5XRD6RTD6xVcikYza0Rs__Q_gjzHpe4/s1600/oranges.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMdFsYWdFGTLHUF66yp90-byKWk8zPCj5AYajvHBfylcj5eqgDPKlt7TbSx9C1_n9z87ZMjQkXI9IpazptZXP3ifKEH8TT1xjiDRPDGLbkle64HBdHnTyuohtYfpdMe9sWoby6Utr6uQ/s1600/bougainvillea.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMdFsYWdFGTLHUF66yp90-byKWk8zPCj5AYajvHBfylcj5eqgDPKlt7TbSx9C1_n9z87ZMjQkXI9IpazptZXP3ifKEH8TT1xjiDRPDGLbkle64HBdHnTyuohtYfpdMe9sWoby6Utr6uQ/s200/bougainvillea.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Beautiful flowers, fruit orchards and the ocean. Seemed like heaven in some ways. Some of our hardest times, but we weathered the brown residue at the bottom of the bottle when I made powdered milk, 1001 ways to cook potatoes as a main dish, fragrant oranges and Brent bringing them home after he had been to help on the Church Farm. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Learning about Christ-like love from the Armstrong's, our landlords who were of another religion. Finding and making new friends and building a home in a 2 bedroom apartment. </span></span>
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think of the heavy, long dresses with all the petticoats….<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I remember when all the homes didn't have dishwashers or the internet and computers. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg864GIES1C-SG-7eIXJWXVT3sQFOgTK0Z_ce6A9mNgVZNGeceavkaEqE_NXYUhe6tY6gCxQq8o2m1OSCxQVvZN_NW-4xPFe8LjlIwgaozJLXWtH1EU8s8iape2ettuodQPL1rpWZ-VQvY/s1600/summer+heat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg864GIES1C-SG-7eIXJWXVT3sQFOgTK0Z_ce6A9mNgVZNGeceavkaEqE_NXYUhe6tY6gCxQq8o2m1OSCxQVvZN_NW-4xPFe8LjlIwgaozJLXWtH1EU8s8iape2ettuodQPL1rpWZ-VQvY/s200/summer+heat.jpg" width="127" /></a><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Back then our houses and </span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">cars didn’t
have any air-conditioning</span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> That really was not so long ago. Hot, heavy, sweltering days where the ground burns right through your rubber thongs (flip-flops, now a days). </span>Long, hot
nights just waiting for a breeze to come down from the canyons and cool us off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lots of evenings with the door and windows
all open wide, trying to get a quiver of the tiniest waft of air to move that stifling, muggy air. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Shutting the windows early in
the morning to help keep the cool air in as long as we could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">We didn't use fast food as we do now, so cooking was just adding heat to the fire. Taco casserole and Tamale pies, and cool cheesecakes were all good memories from that time.</span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso58TsD320ZTOMVsBBNskKz3uEFb6_0txfjU_kkCni7SbMzPdz7TExc8E3YwMX4797_A6Sv2cyStQErLQci2HyCxo3nyltPhNAYYJqro-Sys7gKw_FrJP2rlMonqWzq9PCPS0ynwKMmg/s1600/dugout+nb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgso58TsD320ZTOMVsBBNskKz3uEFb6_0txfjU_kkCni7SbMzPdz7TExc8E3YwMX4797_A6Sv2cyStQErLQci2HyCxo3nyltPhNAYYJqro-Sys7gKw_FrJP2rlMonqWzq9PCPS0ynwKMmg/s320/dugout+nb.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">Can you even imagine being a pioneer, on the plains, in the
winter with a dugout in highest hump of the flat-lands for your protection or a house made out of
dirt sod?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I used to read stories of the pioneers and
could not even understand their courage, not to sure that I could do all that
they did.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> Freezing </span>blizzards or heat and drought
and still not much shelter, and self reliance, with hardships beyond measure.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;">One of most fun times as a child was playing “going across
the plains” as pioneers in the “Olden Times”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lots of fun back then, even lots of western shows, Wagon Train, Rawhide (Clint Eastwood as Rowdy Yates-my favorite), Bonanza, Fury
and so many more.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Idyllic stories of times
gone by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Looking back with perspective
tends to leave us with golden memories, but the living through those trials isn’t
easy and was the true test. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess our
times are no different, we all face challenges, just different ones in this day
and age.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are all the pioneers in our
own life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I love living in our times with all the
modern technology, improvements to living and the conveniences of our time, right
now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Just me thinking and reminiscing of times gone by and a happy heart for all those whom came before us, looking ahead, working hard for a better life. And all those who kept, as my Dad used to say, </span><span style="color: #1f497d; mso-themecolor: dark2;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">"Improving on the stock". </span></span></div>
Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-30409743355037476442012-02-23T09:33:00.001-07:002012-02-23T09:37:43.143-07:00Blessings<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Bobby Jo, a very special person, a friend from Jr High and High School is sick, going through cancer treatments. I love her blogs and am grateful for her strength and her deep convictions. I know she will fight the best of wars on her enemy and with our Lord's help.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBYKPvmUUAmM_D_XPaC1S7zuCJDEd6AYxcovCaDVawbIZEXEQS9ck1gwDoFHs-CXuC1uc5AeGcx0zr8UKoG9NdelJu07LeknnHtdKmRv8KdI-h9WXEXeWknCH3hYMiL2yOstD06645Ps/s1600/lds+hymns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKBYKPvmUUAmM_D_XPaC1S7zuCJDEd6AYxcovCaDVawbIZEXEQS9ck1gwDoFHs-CXuC1uc5AeGcx0zr8UKoG9NdelJu07LeknnHtdKmRv8KdI-h9WXEXeWknCH3hYMiL2yOstD06645Ps/s1600/lds+hymns.jpg" /></a>She tops her blog with words from one of my favorite LDS hymns, <u>Count Your Blessings</u>, pg 241. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I believe this is as true now as it was when it was written all those years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">"<span style="color: #cc0000;">Count your many Blessings; Angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your Journey’s end</span>."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Lest we never forget, from where all our blessing come from.</span></span><br />
<br />Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-57991131230307162682012-02-10T09:06:00.017-07:002012-02-10T13:10:34.884-07:00My Saddest Heart<span style="font-family: arial;">Sometimes you just can't wrap your mind around things that naturally happen in our world, like earthquakes, floods, tsunamis and tragic fires. But it is even more unbelievable when something happens that </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">one person purposely caused</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.</span> <span style="color: red; font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Josh how could you?</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The one thing that is impossible to still believe is Josh Powell killing his innocent little boys, and even more unimaginable is how he did it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">How could a father do this? He was really a monster. His thoughts probably were that if he could not control his boys, no one would. Such a horrific,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial;">selfish action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">T</span><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv5U1lfv4eM/TzVYmJMgwyI/AAAAAAAAAhk/caxfG9CF29M/s1600/powell%2Btribute.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707565515088642850" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Pv5U1lfv4eM/TzVYmJMgwyI/AAAAAAAAAhk/caxfG9CF29M/s320/powell%2Btribute.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 183px; margin: 0 0 10px 10px; width: 275px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">here's a commandment of "</span><span style="color: #000099; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Thou Shalt Not Kill</span><span style="font-family: arial;">.", but also to compound on his sins there's a scripture in Matthew 18:6 "</span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">But whoso shall </span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">offend </span><span style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and </span><span class="clarityWord" style="color: #000066; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">that</span><span style="color: #330099; font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #000066;"> he were drowned in the depth of the sea</span>.</span><span style="font-family: arial;">" Josh took his own pitiful life, so the sea is not an option, but I think that the eternities he has chosen to be thrown out in outer darkness is even more sad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Our Heavenly Father tells us not to judge others, so I will try to forgive Josh, or at least not think of this sadness as best I can. I believe that ALL the atrocities and unfairness in life will be handled by the only One who can really make those decisions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I think that Josh learned many of his terrible bad habits, selfishness, arrogance and who knows what else from his father. He is also responsible in some great part. But as stated above, the Lord will take care of him, too.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I bel</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwElcVD05MmVDtDkUupGFEhKlnwjjCA9Xuz-hm-eADD0P8h3ISHia5v7VFpIdcQT2U0LAHakLbJHAIVmfE12jI8WUtBQyZ-JP9GeM2mr3RJQ4U709ixMH9Gx1TsCXPCv-YmHrb8taiso/s1600/Susan+Powell+and+boys.jpg" style="font-family: arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707566493079267266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYwElcVD05MmVDtDkUupGFEhKlnwjjCA9Xuz-hm-eADD0P8h3ISHia5v7VFpIdcQT2U0LAHakLbJHAIVmfE12jI8WUtBQyZ-JP9GeM2mr3RJQ4U709ixMH9Gx1TsCXPCv-YmHrb8taiso/s400/Susan+Powell+and+boys.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 175px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 232px;" /></a><span style="font-family: arial;">ieve he first took his wife's life, then broke all hearts when he took the sweet lives of his beautiful, innocent boys.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">The only solace that I can take from this is that now Susan can raise her boys in Paradise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">I didn't know this family personally, but through all the press and news, I feel like I do somehow. I hate the exploiting of their stories, but without this news I would never have known this tragic story of real people, of a real family gone. I wish this had only been a story of fiction that I could real, not real life events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Happy heaven to those three lost ones, who died way too early. My heartfelt prayers and thought go to them, their loved ones and friends.<br /><br /><span style="color: #3333ff;">*Wear blue in honor of Braden and Charlie for Blue Saturday, February 11.</span></span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-51117162493113637292012-02-09T10:25:00.015-07:002012-02-10T09:05:14.111-07:00Just ThinkingJust thinking....More truths I know:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-FWvIUeFw01FGGJwTr74T5LB7aGzOOM__4rxUqVMgbuYjoglW-D_C01E9UNnebNFGROiknVE3MZqCYLhJAvsnpOaZJuszgMWvriJFUcsTbUFm7H9wcUIDV-NB9nLxVng8grDxLy6Clc/s1600/Temple.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 151px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-FWvIUeFw01FGGJwTr74T5LB7aGzOOM__4rxUqVMgbuYjoglW-D_C01E9UNnebNFGROiknVE3MZqCYLhJAvsnpOaZJuszgMWvriJFUcsTbUFm7H9wcUIDV-NB9nLxVng8grDxLy6Clc/s320/Temple.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707196582555785090" border="0" /></a>I am a child of God and we all are children of God. How lucky we are!<br /><br />We need to think deeply about who we are and why we are and what we want to be; having no restrictions.<br /><br />Love the Season you are in; yearly and in your life. There is beauty in everything all around you.<br /><br />Be grateful, nothing more needs to be said.<br /><br />Do those things you love to do, but do the other things that you have to do, both should make you satisfied and someday happier and content. It is important to have control over one's life. It is a daily challenge.<br /><br />There is a big difference between wants and needs.<br /><br />No one should be powerless in their own life. It is the good choices that we make each day that frees us.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiIb7YxWOkgCZvnVIl8k8h_BoMbcGzK5LspaqD0BCegcS9hFtEGV_cBmCmlzOWfOwDd3kx7u9AZfdSHdZf05l1l4uJ4y-BDKufyeWW2QB5bRALdm1_kJfRAnyjW9qia_O_yB66519V1c/s1600/SAM_0899.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLiIb7YxWOkgCZvnVIl8k8h_BoMbcGzK5LspaqD0BCegcS9hFtEGV_cBmCmlzOWfOwDd3kx7u9AZfdSHdZf05l1l4uJ4y-BDKufyeWW2QB5bRALdm1_kJfRAnyjW9qia_O_yB66519V1c/s320/SAM_0899.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707198501362939522" border="0" /></a>I <span style="font-weight: bold;">do</span> believe in "<span style="font-weight: bold;">Love at first sight</span>.", because I <span style="font-weight: bold;">have</span> experienced this with my Sweetheart, Brent.<br /><br />I am so blessed, because once upon a time, but not very often in this world, in a very ordinary life, love has given me a true eternal fairytale.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bPpfcEQ9omk/TzQIRTJ-ucI/AAAAAAAAAgc/VjVigbjM170/s1600/As%2BI%2Bhave%2Bloved%2Byou.png"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 355px; height: 215px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bPpfcEQ9omk/TzQIRTJ-ucI/AAAAAAAAAgc/VjVigbjM170/s320/As%2BI%2Bhave%2Bloved%2Byou.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707195721078192578" border="0" /></a><br />Friends are an important sweetness in your life. 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Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-83112015321260953702012-01-06T09:44:00.014-07:002012-01-06T11:22:13.436-07:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >Some True Tenants I have Learned From Life</span><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">My resolution in 2012 is to share some of my own personal beliefs. I will add more later, but here are some of them now... my 'Maryisms' or Mary's Bible:<br /><br />- It doesn't really mat</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ter what happens to you, it is HOW you handle it that ultimately, truly mattters.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgdKsR0boEO6-HhiKd80ddZA92ii-D4_fIZRrEcY1BaWCVkb1nK3k6ADfTOjBkzOTGMJ5fNAMI6T4eImDRSjjk2ysYJLQckbg7rWsNZNoXZJLKTVQzhgOraqKUQCgNYBot67ZxAoZeM0/s1600/smiles.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmgdKsR0boEO6-HhiKd80ddZA92ii-D4_fIZRrEcY1BaWCVkb1nK3k6ADfTOjBkzOTGMJ5fNAMI6T4eImDRSjjk2ysYJLQckbg7rWsNZNoXZJLKTVQzhgOraqKUQCgNYBot67ZxAoZeM0/s200/smiles.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694569936253390002" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;">- I think we should all </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >do</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> good and be g</span><span style="font-size:85%;">ood with no expectations from anyone, ever. The best reward is th</span><span style="font-size:85%;">e feeling of joy in your own soul.<br /><br />- It is always better to smile than any other option.<br /><br />- This one I learned early in life, be honest and don't lie, life is just simple, then.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNijQRJXoftIhx9vx1F03ubrlXf8KV2RHjnykK5zI2enyyNQI4JLKk39vHLwRdorDRa2PqFFgp-_XDhvLP7CAQWKx2TUg06yFiQorxZnjk0Ogn_h29uaJJr4uHZmxIZpD4mTZicRNA6Q/s1600/recovered_224223.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 153px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGNijQRJXoftIhx9vx1F03ubrlXf8KV2RHjnykK5zI2enyyNQI4JLKk39vHLwRdorDRa2PqFFgp-_XDhvLP7CAQWKx2TUg06yFiQorxZnjk0Ogn_h29uaJJr4uHZmxIZpD4mTZicRNA6Q/s200/recovered_224223.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694580388946640578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">- </span><span style="font-size:85%;">True love from a good man, conquers all. (I </span><span style="font-size:85%;">will </span><span style="font-size:85%;">always love you Brent, eternally everlasting.)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />- I was taught true unselfishness from my dear husband.<br /><br />- A nice word to othe</span><span style="font-size:85%;">rs goes along ways to your own personal joy.<br /><br />- Will it matter in 20 years? If not, is it worth the fight? This is a good means to help draw the lines on ideas or things that are worth fighting for.<br /><br />- Self worth comes from the unselfish love and happiness you can give to others.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e8syAWyQD5LGVTMSJpbhPnH1L5LZojl08oyewRx7uRxoXWXE5Xe5niR357u2N8xxezlNuqyMafK_ogVTXZpS4DrdvQdoImVcMSuTVnzLrAhwaUAU320M12r46JIBEyL9VFrZUFyjmT0/s1600/SAM_1582.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4e8syAWyQD5LGVTMSJpbhPnH1L5LZojl08oyewRx7uRxoXWXE5Xe5niR357u2N8xxezlNuqyMafK_ogVTXZpS4DrdvQdoImVcMSuTVnzLrAhwaUAU320M12r46JIBEyL9VFrZUFyjmT0/s200/SAM_1582.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694564920162099474" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUsKpglVb9uoey5B09TcQZUs5SGuNviR7MEZXfFcB9AQarT5Vasq4sl_J8OKHaLT-Ss9mjaH4fAUs36H2XdC2JohZEYajvzlEIiMuc36ZyhY0c-L3TcvYry52Z-SUWGuoU8H45CgLF9w/s1600/2011-04-17_18-33-44_595.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 113px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqUsKpglVb9uoey5B09TcQZUs5SGuNviR7MEZXfFcB9AQarT5Vasq4sl_J8OKHaLT-Ss9mjaH4fAUs36H2XdC2JohZEYajvzlEIiMuc36ZyhY0c-L3TcvYry52Z-SUWGuoU8H45CgLF9w/s200/2011-04-17_18-33-44_595.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694564939458059410" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZzhX68-Hct95OJxvb2YE-MlW9Hv9iDFnAbMdWkVkMYQy2k0Lurgz1satONLR8ntZhEcI4l295nJuRJ6ClwC5YugMjpCkMjSnzp4XDjAvT3aDn0sWdVA7uqWFrKo0L8L_ttd-Frqfe3Q/s1600/Kortnie.jpg"> <img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZzhX68-Hct95OJxvb2YE-MlW9Hv9iDFnAbMdWkVkMYQy2k0Lurgz1satONLR8ntZhEcI4l295nJuRJ6ClwC5YugMjpCkMjSnzp4XDjAvT3aDn0sWdVA7uqWFrKo0L8L_ttd-Frqfe3Q/s200/Kortnie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694564922403232546" border="0" /></a><br />- Grandkids may be even better than your own children, and that is pretty hard to beat. <br /><br />- I tell my grand children that "I love them forever and ever, plus a day, no matter what!" I make them repeat that back to me so they will always have that truth inside of their hearts <br /><br />- Hugs and kisses are an essential part of life. They help us grow, they are free to give and they are equally good for the giver and the receiver.<br /><br />- Sunrise and sunsets may be the best parts of a beautiful day.<br /><br />- Just do it, do it right, do it right now. My Mom always said "How come he can find the time to do it the second time, when he didn't take the time and do it right the first time?"<br /><br />- Find the beauty in everyday simple things, they create lasting pleasure.<br /><br />- Love of critters gives so much more love in return. Our pets are important to how we view life ,</span><span style="font-size:85%;">they need our care</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and they love us just like we are.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">- One from favorites is take from Mary Englebreight:<br />No matter where you go, there you are.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7eX4bujXCoe7aukzjWr2BPJzasnkXINO2Pdezk1ypsfUtWco8HgrCUUoeCoi_8h6CDlMTIZUgP_y-yQ2QRKeTTCMATnvu1rfyPNX610WNUoMz1qdLxRUXHCTWm_RQRIBDS5kRYtYt4g/s1600/Christ.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 172px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY7eX4bujXCoe7aukzjWr2BPJzasnkXINO2Pdezk1ypsfUtWco8HgrCUUoeCoi_8h6CDlMTIZUgP_y-yQ2QRKeTTCMATnvu1rfyPNX610WNUoMz1qdLxRUXHCTWm_RQRIBDS5kRYtYt4g/s200/Christ.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5694574694911044546" border="0" /></a><br />- I am grateful for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and yes, I am a Mormon. <br /><span style="font-style: italic;">And to the WORLD: We base our religion on <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesus Christ</span>, I can</span><span style="font-style: italic;">not understand why some people say and think I do not believe in Jesus Christ</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">. This is a beautiful sculpture that resides on Temple Square in </span><span style="font-style: italic;">Salt Lake City, Utah.</span></span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-25392277029219738572011-07-13T08:09:00.049-06:002011-07-13T14:11:28.132-06:00Catch UpWell, tons of things have happened lately and thought I might do a "catch-up" blog.<br /><br />Had a great Sunday Brunch with my longtime, old school pals, great to<br />catch up and love who they have turned out to be. We are all glad for our happiness and friendship. Went with Jayne, Charlene and Martha. Just the right size group. Nice to reminisce and laugh and talk. Good to have friends.<br /><br />We first had a scare the Tuesday/Wednesday just before we left on our cruise and then being luckier than a million 4 leafed clovers when we got back and did the angiogram. Just $10,000 in medical bills (so appreciative for good insurance). And glad Brent had his heart scanned and even though they didn't give us much of a diagnosis, at least we know how blocked his heart arteries are. I guess that is something and we still do believe in better living with chemicals, not so sure about doctors. Now, he trying to get back into a more healthier state, just his recovery after exercise takes a few hours to get back to normal. Each morning he goes out and weeds or does something in the yard for an hour. Nature is good for his heart and soul.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fs42tzMnTL2g9NVLYTmYjxR449mlTt9HuUVAmjfl1U6GGbG0fbxdhF-CcbLtMndlhBQ_JGyHO5XggcgsAlZ0weGM0UhRGWaiKPShWGZgNCCqnVGc2pbxeVfOoxvsyRxjWwhADjLbAg8/s1600/SAM_1277.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 165px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Fs42tzMnTL2g9NVLYTmYjxR449mlTt9HuUVAmjfl1U6GGbG0fbxdhF-CcbLtMndlhBQ_JGyHO5XggcgsAlZ0weGM0UhRGWaiKPShWGZgNCCqnVGc2pbxeVfOoxvsyRxjWwhADjLbAg8/s320/SAM_1277.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628867904756853378" border="0" /></a>We loved sharing our beautiful spring flowers with our folks for Memorial Day and loved the time in the truck just being with my Love. Glad my Mom and Brent's Mom loved flowers and gave the appreciation to us to cultivate and enjoy the beautiful blessings of color and floral bouquets of smell that they bring to us.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sX85T8cSPQXMhXtfXmCGO-6W3uFINl1o40oj46Qhyphenhyphenj8NpIAtPjEu0DcFQoPa0TyEJ0xOScLTQKmtGg2Ql_1h-PSd4rCh6wZj5ojJWAi7mGImYJUcT0eBH6Ft2VbDwuQoo7DbpSsrvDo/s1600/turtle+candy.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 192px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7sX85T8cSPQXMhXtfXmCGO-6W3uFINl1o40oj46Qhyphenhyphenj8NpIAtPjEu0DcFQoPa0TyEJ0xOScLTQKmtGg2Ql_1h-PSd4rCh6wZj5ojJWAi7mGImYJUcT0eBH6Ft2VbDwuQoo7DbpSsrvDo/s320/turtle+candy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628902253728132002" border="0" /></a><br />When we came back and stopped to see Aunt Ruby, we did get the "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 51, 51); font-weight: bold;">last ever she'll make</span>", plate of some exquisite Turtles that Aunt Ruby makes. Such a treat and she always has some for Brent when we come. She knows just how much he loves them and her, and she loves him. But then, who couldn't? As he says, "<span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">I am basically lovable!</span>" And of course he <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">IS</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > Alaska</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" >n Cruise</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLySPZEBB4M3GP2cZRJjDa7RthbzcxFQ3XeWjFq3B2iqGnWSDD37DurPxCc9Uu2IB-A5WMq_w_1UNhsIReEZhhZ11A2NEuNOgYBupSd711DL0ddmZd3x7BrK0IpJ8PLKpGO8zS6zo9A/s1600/SAM_0899.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbRLySPZEBB4M3GP2cZRJjDa7RthbzcxFQ3XeWjFq3B2iqGnWSDD37DurPxCc9Uu2IB-A5WMq_w_1UNhsIReEZhhZ11A2NEuNOgYBupSd711DL0ddmZd3x7BrK0IpJ8PLKpGO8zS6zo9A/s200/SAM_0899.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628874124089204722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyqWT_0TNQFcGhSDJzqRfU71xRH-d_9epNoZOyDTqm90RQ2TJejpAlVb-xzoEUKjMBbxjG8x2V64FKzq1vEdThG3GxDV9ciKSLi_QTdjNt-OZsDemXAyepsfNs-TFjNuSrOY8kJ4pkq0/s1600/SAM_0902.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyqWT_0TNQFcGhSDJzqRfU71xRH-d_9epNoZOyDTqm90RQ2TJejpAlVb-xzoEUKjMBbxjG8x2V64FKzq1vEdThG3GxDV9ciKSLi_QTdjNt-OZsDemXAyepsfNs-TFjNuSrOY8kJ4pkq0/s200/SAM_0902.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628874129552416434" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_jW1-Mowktp-yk5MtWXtXy3Jpcx1Q-l8nQu0BBrS6_TnCAWn5Fb_T6tm1veORLrARP7xUsk_v3cTKpWf-Aeny0KLr-D466WoBwx3rAjQYorFvUEihp_-FwFWZUIgQeT55WCtHpNddkQ/s1600/SAM_1227.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_jW1-Mowktp-yk5MtWXtXy3Jpcx1Q-l8nQu0BBrS6_TnCAWn5Fb_T6tm1veORLrARP7xUsk_v3cTKpWf-Aeny0KLr-D466WoBwx3rAjQYorFvUEihp_-FwFWZUIgQeT55WCtHpNddkQ/s200/SAM_1227.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628899824392726706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" > </span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We went a wonderful, beautiful, relaxing cruise to Alaska at the very end of May. We flew into Seattle and caught the ship that morning. We cruised up to Glacier Bay, Juneau , Sitka, Ketchikan, and Victoria, BC.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4VUUiGmU-Xm_j7IfjW0nP1A9jz8qCAuNMUiw51jLsUJO7RanWyHO_uPJTM_tB7LuS_EmPAfwrQSwIVNW3r1rCuZPTHYR4JJoZFsVp2Oz3QH0vNgaa-4FfIP6PePmtPeFSWYUu8MIl_Y/s1600/SAM_0989.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ4VUUiGmU-Xm_j7IfjW0nP1A9jz8qCAuNMUiw51jLsUJO7RanWyHO_uPJTM_tB7LuS_EmPAfwrQSwIVNW3r1rCuZPTHYR4JJoZFsVp2Oz3QH0vNgaa-4FfIP6PePmtPeFSWYUu8MIl_Y/s200/SAM_0989.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628876159998237186" border="0" /></a><br />The sun almost never sets this time of year and so when Brent gets up at their time it is up and when we go to bed really late, it is still up. Makes for a great day.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K-1QLcpBa3A/Th3NMXWT0eI/AAAAAAAAAac/HtykumjD-1s/s1600/SAM_0962.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-K-1QLcpBa3A/Th3NMXWT0eI/AAAAAAAAAac/HtykumjD-1s/s200/SAM_0962.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628880721592701410" border="0" /></a>We even saw a big white mountain goat in the middle of nowhere, just proud and majestic standing like a picture post card on the way to Glacier Bay and 2 Bald Eagle sitting on ice chunks.<br /><br />In Juneau we took the city <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuEXtKf2sSnPhYo4VG9TKrtDJZlZsm2Ty8bsL_w_6l-40ejHDU1Dm40Ce50mqYZqapNbGLNLfAWDXt2R0g8eQ7W3f-d6JZBCFKCytIAnGRKaCmNtguK_-lUFEKLu0F8e-Ssh7NIiukqY/s1600/SAM_1018.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtuEXtKf2sSnPhYo4VG9TKrtDJZlZsm2Ty8bsL_w_6l-40ejHDU1Dm40Ce50mqYZqapNbGLNLfAWDXt2R0g8eQ7W3f-d6JZBCFKCytIAnGRKaCmNtguK_-lUFEKLu0F8e-Ssh7NIiukqY/s200/SAM_1018.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628876169054326690" border="0" /></a>bus up to the Mendenhall Glacier and then hiked to Gold Nugget Falls. Doesn't the glacier shadow on this iceberg that was in the bay at the Mendenhall Glacier look like a cruise ship?<br /><br />On the way back to the ship we did a little shopping in the Red Dog Saloon shop. The original saloon is pretty old and dank, and dark, and smokey, and crowded, so we didn't stay to have vitals.<br /><br />I was amazed just how large, no, <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">GINORMOUS,</span> the water fall was. It was about a mile and half hike on a <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWCCWrnZ3y5flVSwR9Nonk_td1wIqAK0Jg7L1hg4qvZA9NiAoQv-q7UwNDqrA3c14gg5Rg9g6q1cW7e_iaaj59wGxvj0Sw2zLsTOQaE9Ram6u3k0l8rOSPVdvamyYSDR4A4Pbam0AYg/s1600/SAM_1043.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFWCCWrnZ3y5flVSwR9Nonk_td1wIqAK0Jg7L1hg4qvZA9NiAoQv-q7UwNDqrA3c14gg5Rg9g6q1cW7e_iaaj59wGxvj0Sw2zLsTOQaE9Ram6u3k0l8rOSPVdvamyYSDR4A4Pbam0AYg/s200/SAM_1043.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628876166585524514" border="0" /></a>good path up there and then you could see rainbows in the mist. Perfect day for a walk with the birds, butterflies and tourists. I only saw it from a distance the last time we went there and there was less water and more bank, then. Loved to walk back in the forest and alder trees.<br />On sailing days we saw tons of whales, all kinds and Orcas just off the deck with their spouts like water steaming up like a volcano. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21_5yrYfpYFQ05pMi5Lt-tQzBxZKge4qXd1BLkV_j_0FyfasI3kJO2sl1fX8hIRACTzlPadzXQYPrWGJS8oXLpjowe_ECaADn0FalXzCvkkTX6YJWPZsV1HA_29mgrHUEVYYfVaEgCB8/s1600/withrow_Humpback_2_sm.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj21_5yrYfpYFQ05pMi5Lt-tQzBxZKge4qXd1BLkV_j_0FyfasI3kJO2sl1fX8hIRACTzlPadzXQYPrWGJS8oXLpjowe_ECaADn0FalXzCvkkTX6YJWPZsV1HA_29mgrHUEVYYfVaEgCB8/s200/withrow_Humpback_2_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628897497048746930" border="0" /></a>Saw the BIG back of a Humped back whale and he was pretty close to the ship. After the shows we saw many pods of them and their spouts off in the distance, almost looks like steam, then quickly disappears.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o0xLi94TzpXToVgrWiB9Ss525pQIG7z3DRYwQtWWXL_kPpyB_mpszHXpqNADxs6WGuF2LgOU8ovK2HlbSQfhIQn1oZa7p9HWtQzpQ4dN0yTQ45WYpETVhWg5YZPfKhCnA3QKX9Emg0k/s1600/nmml-porp_pd-28_dalls_sm.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1o0xLi94TzpXToVgrWiB9Ss525pQIG7z3DRYwQtWWXL_kPpyB_mpszHXpqNADxs6WGuF2LgOU8ovK2HlbSQfhIQn1oZa7p9HWtQzpQ4dN0yTQ45WYpETVhWg5YZPfKhCnA3QKX9Emg0k/s200/nmml-porp_pd-28_dalls_sm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628896917706676818" border="0" /></a> Quite a site. Many schools of Dall porpoises and dolphins jumping, playing, and bow-riding, a sea otter and some seals, <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">NO </span>Puffins, oh well, another trip, another exploration.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ-tPzV_i4QoFeH84AcAmKjCoxX2-q0Rbo_cv_odqXw4guoGXB4KiLE1vqK2oCJxAXZMbb_ubm_qoRqrrCA9lnfjUg8F3RL00gUHTTPiWY2gGFBSAtiNTyBRzml5JjIOISKJcahpbovw/s1600/puffins.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 274px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipZ-tPzV_i4QoFeH84AcAmKjCoxX2-q0Rbo_cv_odqXw4guoGXB4KiLE1vqK2oCJxAXZMbb_ubm_qoRqrrCA9lnfjUg8F3RL00gUHTTPiWY2gGFBSAtiNTyBRzml5JjIOISKJcahpbovw/s320/puffins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628901131037379250" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfha17yzgsH0NnooOa-a3T_N8ZI7yiZIBRHtKDUvMCeZS8_zY8KBc3FihrU3m5UWZn7a3pwT-kwioLOWNMcIYHNDjVQytyOO465wvHFU1dgFs-1rumEWSNjzimPtaVwmrWQraLJt6CC60/s1600/SAM_1066.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfha17yzgsH0NnooOa-a3T_N8ZI7yiZIBRHtKDUvMCeZS8_zY8KBc3FihrU3m5UWZn7a3pwT-kwioLOWNMcIYHNDjVQytyOO465wvHFU1dgFs-1rumEWSNjzimPtaVwmrWQraLJt6CC60/s200/SAM_1066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628888828075646226" border="0" /></a>Sitka is a true gem in the world and probably my <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqIOaif2Y3Ex_iP5knVpPHbAGVVMZAIbH8LsT-t7DaX6brxgbpvosURiDspfXOZABB2O48CzqP7KiofFd8BcA7acNsl3FZMmO1YY43S7p7VsLptpcUyEbe40-Nhkgd2pzeafqye8neSI/s1600/SAM_1100.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWqIOaif2Y3Ex_iP5knVpPHbAGVVMZAIbH8LsT-t7DaX6brxgbpvosURiDspfXOZABB2O48CzqP7KiofFd8BcA7acNsl3FZMmO1YY43S7p7VsLptpcUyEbe40-Nhkgd2pzeafqye8neSI/s200/SAM_1100.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628894272822717602" border="0" /></a>favorite stop almost anywhere I have been. Flowers all over, ones so temperate that we cannot grow them here. A volcano hovering in the background, verdant forest, with wilderness just minutes away, a Russian and fishing history. I think I would like to live there, if it were not so remote. The kids never would come to see us.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLn9T6Qh9CaPoxOtDeRMsSqYllmrNs2biXmXm_6lXuxnYntYCTlJWMPKB6wbCPRP4t3UZq2640TTADP3SeGMncce6pU7GAJKTTuZGa9lYhOs7KzlUHuf1j-5epPNJFWo8stubuRAzusY/s1600/SAM_1208.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhLn9T6Qh9CaPoxOtDeRMsSqYllmrNs2biXmXm_6lXuxnYntYCTlJWMPKB6wbCPRP4t3UZq2640TTADP3SeGMncce6pU7GAJKTTuZGa9lYhOs7KzlUHuf1j-5epPNJFWo8stubuRAzusY/s200/SAM_1208.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628888836652401394" border="0" /></a>Ketchikan was spectacular <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQokp6_p4-D6G7R6zCrlflUOUE2L7L0P7u4cqeCEdAiHlBga2Nz8I0Gn-rEEIVh5kDQJq1FI1grccW0zHP7MP8aKjdr73x1Vf4ycKnoPNYBh_q1m1URXUPOIkx2Nz7ULgzFwSIXWnFXh0/s1600/SAM_1171.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQokp6_p4-D6G7R6zCrlflUOUE2L7L0P7u4cqeCEdAiHlBga2Nz8I0Gn-rEEIVh5kDQJq1FI1grccW0zHP7MP8aKjdr73x1Vf4ycKnoPNYBh_q1m1URXUPOIkx2Nz7ULgzFwSIXWnFXh0/s200/SAM_1171.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628894277870300882" border="0" /></a>and fun and Brent thought Dolly's <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y8N2kNydD1urpnzYM0yj9LoPeWt-wtacjK-KsoDfszCFhb_FCcQG63doaTZafgBmQG3jVXpzw-mOpNyb9oyI15Pxi6RQqu3mXaeR9rsMEjzUg2zO5hQ29utsb77Mq-NCg6qUwUL179o/s1600/SAM_1182.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y8N2kNydD1urpnzYM0yj9LoPeWt-wtacjK-KsoDfszCFhb_FCcQG63doaTZafgBmQG3jVXpzw-mOpNyb9oyI15Pxi6RQqu3mXaeR9rsMEjzUg2zO5hQ29utsb77Mq-NCg6qUwUL179o/s320/SAM_1182.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628904825773890098" border="0" /></a>house was pretty interesting, this old lady had a brothel until 1965, it is famous and infamous right on beautiful Creek Street and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzLGN7pR7I01gDdp7lHT9ZJFOXKfjuYXsBson7ZJt0CBip7XgTP94Nw6Hp7p_lIAuCNm8YNbIkjATccz09hPW0dwEsoh4Hfs4Mdoia-wu_k0rpuQ_9JfZBBiVpJqheGlH50M-i8i48AU/s1600/SAM_1191.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidzLGN7pR7I01gDdp7lHT9ZJFOXKfjuYXsBson7ZJt0CBip7XgTP94Nw6Hp7p_lIAuCNm8YNbIkjATccz09hPW0dwEsoh4Hfs4Mdoia-wu_k0rpuQ_9JfZBBiVpJqheGlH50M-i8i48AU/s200/SAM_1191.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628907521489491970" border="0" /></a>they are <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJSPLnvE6wjpnsAAOgb-RF7gyQEZ1HGqdt0VZmrq7xMjnIQEVTLwxb8WYUxo8rSX-1_ahbl57JaES09XG4WhzRX-ON7SzGM5dMSVCL7C8MGPJrccTCyAlcFnrqsvguaaB8dUfhEmSR58/s1600/SAM_1198.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJSPLnvE6wjpnsAAOgb-RF7gyQEZ1HGqdt0VZmrq7xMjnIQEVTLwxb8WYUxo8rSX-1_ahbl57JaES09XG4WhzRX-ON7SzGM5dMSVCL7C8MGPJrccTCyAlcFnrqsvguaaB8dUfhEmSR58/s200/SAM_1198.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628907516824958418" border="0" /></a>very proud of her. Loved all the Totems. Later, Brent of course, got lost so I met him on the ship.<br /><br />Great scenery and fell in love with Alaska, all over again. We didn't do any of the cruise excursions and just wandered around. It was a terrific time. Holland America always treats you really well and of course the food was the best. We met and <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WL0HbBlexMCCZyhydtjcCBj5CE1QNFXtGSAs1YcmaQgLOhppsHW-FZARoOEMUTvpNnD2mcrhOlpTQhsZ2dxXV1RGVMJrVi5lgMZ-p-JHG_ZeZJwPI8uLkL2oMeH1L-lZpLeLpJFTsm8/s1600/05-30-2011_Cruise_001.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5WL0HbBlexMCCZyhydtjcCBj5CE1QNFXtGSAs1YcmaQgLOhppsHW-FZARoOEMUTvpNnD2mcrhOlpTQhsZ2dxXV1RGVMJrVi5lgMZ-p-JHG_ZeZJwPI8uLkL2oMeH1L-lZpLeLpJFTsm8/s200/05-30-2011_Cruise_001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628872919305233394" border="0" /></a>made new friends and loved all the green, the turquoise blue of the icebergs and the glory of waterfalls. Who couldn't love this week?<br /><br />Just after we got home from the cruise we had the grand kids for a sleepover the Friday-Saturday. Justin, Tom and Ashley were on a 1,000,000 mile Rockwell bike riding relay from Blanding? to St George. Whew!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OhjW72gXnUNaHQF0t1sYw0x84gDrTkgOgnunnOAlZAsqq0rK2FtI06yhzIFFqzO8TCjpWgawzpOiZIq7hFjo0oSTJJrwpkbMExSx0NykS3l6nfjaNpFq8Sang39rRRL4ZbSa4mfgYrY/s1600/SAM_1330.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 337px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8OhjW72gXnUNaHQF0t1sYw0x84gDrTkgOgnunnOAlZAsqq0rK2FtI06yhzIFFqzO8TCjpWgawzpOiZIq7hFjo0oSTJJrwpkbMExSx0NykS3l6nfjaNpFq8Sang39rRRL4ZbSa4mfgYrY/s320/SAM_1330.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628871251743639682" border="0" /></a><br />The g-kids sure did enjoy the Slip N Slide and little pool. Shane and Ash came over so Emmalee could play with her cousins. All in all a really great fun time. Love our backyard and having family over t<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HYsTaivbOJkGwTIPdE6gFg7t1_L_ItFr9SVNyqvUKp0oIALAPSd59Yv03kPC12EkOlgZgmQPPRbiIukz-VQyFc6M-0ieAvNjDpJjNp0-HqjBl-MXkerNsnWY6y_B2HA6pYzT5h0OKDU/s1600/SAM_1309.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7HYsTaivbOJkGwTIPdE6gFg7t1_L_ItFr9SVNyqvUKp0oIALAPSd59Yv03kPC12EkOlgZgmQPPRbiIukz-VQyFc6M-0ieAvNjDpJjNp0-HqjBl-MXkerNsnWY6y_B2HA6pYzT5h0OKDU/s320/SAM_1309.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628868550741018850" border="0" /></a>o play in the <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF-ATaLQVqalQQ3jmHR4kFLlArm62bEDg52lD7i_2qCScW0xqqSnN04LyrxiHbpwqCMbzOYQWKyt5WonkEwfoE1qc6YiNUP1sYOMr_J8GvpWwpJG9TAAl0CRUOevR8_K9qNBskLNyITk/s1600/SAM_1328.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizF-ATaLQVqalQQ3jmHR4kFLlArm62bEDg52lD7i_2qCScW0xqqSnN04LyrxiHbpwqCMbzOYQWKyt5WonkEwfoE1qc6YiNUP1sYOMr_J8GvpWwpJG9TAAl0CRUOevR8_K9qNBskLNyITk/s320/SAM_1328.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628871587723274802" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixglQZ-BH2jAMAsksidQpMkmy617MHmveBh_khJnCf04gtM2moBv-fCwFvDuFp1yhwqyAMZ0eaStiYPQ76EWH36Gd35G25EBP83TZdu55YbMx3o4i495fpUJC4IVVk6A4enI6qZtUXoio/s1600/SAM_1318.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 199px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixglQZ-BH2jAMAsksidQpMkmy617MHmveBh_khJnCf04gtM2moBv-fCwFvDuFp1yhwqyAMZ0eaStiYPQ76EWH36Gd35G25EBP83TZdu55YbMx3o4i495fpUJC4IVVk6A4enI6qZtUXoio/s320/SAM_1318.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628869464075069298" border="0" /></a>water. Grandpa loved the pic with the boys and their hats. He sure does love life and good times.<br /><br />We dropped them off to Eagle Mountain at 7:00 a.m. on Sunday morning so they could go and see Tom and Sarah's newest little one be blessed.<br /><br />We had a leisurely ride home going around Utah Lake, saw the biggest antelope ever, just standing in a field at the south end of the lake, so we stopped and just looked and watched. A Sheriff came by, stopped and asked if we were having problems, nope, just admiring the wildlife, so he watched, too. That ride we also even saw a big bad badger crossing the road, then he hissed at us and acted like he was going to eat our tires. Pretty cool. I guess big maroon trucks do NOT scare him!<br /><br />Brent is enjoying golfing this summer and seems to be going almost every week somewhere for work to golf. Golden times.<br /><br />We have been down to Sanpete for the Mormon <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5Tj6EadMUMdVi_3Gw0lUCEFDuf2VJ_6rptcw0cx7pq6b4obWBVySrzCdPYanGHh3BQp2Y-JmUwZ8NN8iaRml1OM9XwlkcqPpBwr7j-OJeiIHJuh7OGRjoovdwbKQ4StpcFdgbryXo4U/s1600/mmindex.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5Tj6EadMUMdVi_3Gw0lUCEFDuf2VJ_6rptcw0cx7pq6b4obWBVySrzCdPYanGHh3BQp2Y-JmUwZ8NN8iaRml1OM9XwlkcqPpBwr7j-OJeiIHJuh7OGRjoovdwbKQ4StpcFdgbryXo4U/s200/mmindex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628923659748213074" border="0" /></a>Miracle, it is better than ever and always so good to see our Aunts and have a Turkey dinner in the old church on Main Street. The stars shine so much better than here in the city, pure amazement, that is what I have for the heavenly night skies!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQjspNw_mP5FEmNC3PNQzyYF9oFEL-HVCCceIFu5FN1tqVoHmuevgQwx_El3W2ls71_1D1Oc5umsoDxHWuSIGwIZzC0a8HSzuBzaC7DHN5jHPYTYKt_usdXinOyxIglyhpx67qlv-dfI/s1600/rivparadeindex.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQjspNw_mP5FEmNC3PNQzyYF9oFEL-HVCCceIFu5FN1tqVoHmuevgQwx_El3W2ls71_1D1Oc5umsoDxHWuSIGwIZzC0a8HSzuBzaC7DHN5jHPYTYKt_usdXinOyxIglyhpx67qlv-dfI/s200/rivparadeindex.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628927146609855682" border="0" /></a>The big 4th of July weekend started on the 2nd with the Riverton parade, then dessert at our home after, but it really turned out to be a BBQ. Always fun to be with family and watch the g-kids and kids loving the local parade, the princesses and never, no never, forget all the candy that they throw to the kids. After the BBQ & dessert, Brent started a leap frog with the g-kids, then all the BIG kids joined in and then races, so funny and tons of fun and laughter. Wish I had a video of this. Pretty funny. Not sure who is the biggest kid of all, but I am sure glad they all can enjoy the "little kid" in them.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZaS-1x7ZMS64fXv_xQ7k7gCpRrJoHHMtNIQeb_oPXgkk7BAzicf6Ic1q5v0xVSs3dRMGDEltQZGfNEMR5jrXdFN6J_NSPOAUM_q9mONVeNqL2ez2WmnRMyk_jn4FSG8zWoyxAmv9GEs/s1600/fireworksimages.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZZaS-1x7ZMS64fXv_xQ7k7gCpRrJoHHMtNIQeb_oPXgkk7BAzicf6Ic1q5v0xVSs3dRMGDEltQZGfNEMR5jrXdFN6J_NSPOAUM_q9mONVeNqL2ez2WmnRMyk_jn4FSG8zWoyxAmv9GEs/s200/fireworksimages.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628926418178804546" border="0" /></a>Up early the next morning, the 3rd, to watch Ashley run her first 10K and she did the race proud. J & A went to the Stadium of Fire that night so we had their 4 little ones and took them to the Riverton fireworks that night. Amazing how much Maci <span style="font-weight: bold;">LOVES</span> kettle corn, but, dainty, just one kernel at a time. They all lasted until it was over and barely made it into our beds. Maci kept saying "BOOM, BOOM" and loved the lights. I put my hands over her ears while she was sitting on my "almost" lap and she just wore out and fell asleep. Nice moment for a Grandma and Grandpa to share one of our traditions with them. Roy, Tommy, Lelani, Shane, Ash and fam and Ash's Mom, sisters and family and friends shared this with us. We had LeAnne and Norman, Clint and Tricia, Jer and Amy, Chris and his wife (cousins & nephews and families). Always a memorable time and dazzling eye candy that we never get tired of seeing and hearing. Great exposure to the senses on a perfect July night.<br /><br />On the 4th we headed up to CJ's and Lava Hot Springs. The lines were too long to go swimming (almost a 1/2 block long in line to get into the pool and the pool already looked full!). So we drove north to get my favorite Oreo shake at the Jack-in-the-Box in Pocatelly and a quest to find a place to go swimming. Didn't like the look of the lake, but stopped for an hour and won some money in a little, junky, smoky casino. Really a hole with a capital "H", but we came out with more money than we gave them, so not as good a swimming, but maybe a stinky okay. Maybe the lottery ticket that Brent bought will bring us some good fortune. Who knows?? It could happen. <span style="font-weight: bold;">;~)</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO9tgMbufC7xrR9mPMizcYQ8GFnUJ3h2-C9DRvu1aKZ8W-HUmOGOz3YHDEswaFRD75L7rC-BcqS82ZY3tDU2YIBqblrrIh1IyiQfQ_koZjav0PPv6LW-GVgcPx5g0tH9mrABqouSYhdA/s1600/pbrimages.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAO9tgMbufC7xrR9mPMizcYQ8GFnUJ3h2-C9DRvu1aKZ8W-HUmOGOz3YHDEswaFRD75L7rC-BcqS82ZY3tDU2YIBqblrrIh1IyiQfQ_koZjav0PPv6LW-GVgcPx5g0tH9mrABqouSYhdA/s200/pbrimages.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628928060698180594" border="0" /></a><br />We went to PBR in West Jordan with LeAnne and Norman on Monday the 5th, rip snortin' great time and had a killer view of the bulls and fireworks. Bulls 37, Cowboys 2. But still a good time had by all.<br /><br />Had a dinner last night with my "Salem Gals" and sure was good company to be with friends of a very long time. Always look forward to talking the them. It is a blessing to have such great girl friends.<br /><br />Brent is off golfing at Rose Park this morning and he deserves it. He has taken a new position, like in April, a brand new department to handle servicing of the SBA loans. They were being poorly serviced at a third party company and it was all messed up, really messed up, not the right docs. no docs, nothing, no order to speak of and no history on 3,000 loans. Well, Brent to the rescue, he can fix anything and he is. He has hired some really fine talent and together they are whipping this battle and putting it into shape. Really proud of him and his abilities and his brains! New challenges are great, but tiring. BTW, he is still doing all the commercial new construction loans and trying to train his replacement on residential construction loans. Doing two jobs at once and quite a project.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtoBgdRGKj8/Th36w2g8SiI/AAAAAAAAAeU/iHfo3WqmbTg/s1600/darth%2Bvadar%2Bimages.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mtoBgdRGKj8/Th36w2g8SiI/AAAAAAAAAeU/iHfo3WqmbTg/s200/darth%2Bvadar%2Bimages.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628930826457336354" border="0" /></a>I have delved into genealogy and loving it, just like my Patriarchal Blessing told me to. I really am feeling like I am learning about my family and their lives, successes, hardships and glories. Q<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO25tqHc3xD1GOexpjX3OfL8TQmBvpMHEaKkrbcAS7zK1goH2sEi6Iff3vgoOIQoLiq3LUrWI6Tu0bgw4LPvDWxGe8ZJNIFqCcxz44w6jgCESMZBwq0fCiODC87nW5wmSBIvGyf9Edaps/s1600/family+tree+images.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO25tqHc3xD1GOexpjX3OfL8TQmBvpMHEaKkrbcAS7zK1goH2sEi6Iff3vgoOIQoLiq3LUrWI6Tu0bgw4LPvDWxGe8ZJNIFqCcxz44w6jgCESMZBwq0fCiODC87nW5wmSBIvGyf9Edaps/s200/family+tree+images.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628930321203397986" border="0" /></a>uite a rewarding and tremendous feeling. I use the Church site and compare it to the Ancestory.com site for the actual records and am catching up all the lines I can on my side first, then will do Brent's. I think I must have waited until all the technology made it easier. Just the same, I was able to find our long lost Nielsen ancestor that no one could find, with the help of the Lord and the Salt Lake Family center member who could speak Danish we found him on my very first try. Just one more of those numerous and wonderful blessings that I have had in my life.<br /><br />We love our back deck and the swing and patio table. We have many meals and pleasant swing sessions and talks out there and just enjoy the bountiful vistas and the beauty of nature. I still feed the birdies and it is so much fun to see them each day and the varieties that come and visit us. Bird scoopies, black sunflower hulls and the cost are all that may be a burden, but so worth it. Just had a young Grossbeak at the pie tin. Fun to watch them eat and share with all the other birds. We wake up each morning to the chirping and sweet songs and go to sleep by the crickets. Pure beauty as Brent would say.<br /><br />An interesting spring and summer so far. Weather has been wet and cool, can even turn off the central AC some days and leave the windows open at night. Love fresh air. Didn't have to turn on the sprinklers until mid June. Who would have thunk?<br /><br />So, after writing this, it just rained like a banshee for a long time-maybe 15 minutes and that is a long time for us in the summer. It hailed at Eagle Mountain. Now the sun is shinning and our deck is already dried off. You know, just wait a few minutes and we will see what else we will have.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Long winded again, oh well.... just catching up.<br /></div>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-54503642629446900832011-05-24T10:14:00.015-06:002011-05-25T10:47:35.203-06:00New Birds Sighted<span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Love Them Birdies!<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHJ8Ywnl_X06-_AcNAX_uIoxy_JarfzRFv46z49EQYC_RAmtSWD_W8L90i7-EXepwQJsNKqWdNKOzC1CdX8wEVGG4_ssh0Jpuyh4UijJRcO1-OFjtNaIeWtGgCWOOZWfzW__woLFXh1M/s1600/LazuliBuntingMWa1.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 178px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmHJ8Ywnl_X06-_AcNAX_uIoxy_JarfzRFv46z49EQYC_RAmtSWD_W8L90i7-EXepwQJsNKqWdNKOzC1CdX8wEVGG4_ssh0Jpuyh4UijJRcO1-OFjtNaIeWtGgCWOOZWfzW__woLFXh1M/s400/LazuliBuntingMWa1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610318338090839058" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >WooHoo...just saw a </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >beauti</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >f</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >ul new little blue headed</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >, light cinnamon collared, w</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >hite </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >breasted bird this morning o</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >ut on our deck. What</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > a lovely surprise to wake up to! Glad to have the internet to see </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >what little birdie it was. It is a <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">Lazuli B</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255); font-weight: bold;">unting</span>, one of the finch family. I almost thought it was a lost </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >parakeet, it's blue was the color of the Caribbean blue bays... so fun.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmezAyRv9OpH0AX9Ti-Z5Ij3-luDEtQC17q1rD76o4S-y10G8xQP9J6QHwbzHvKU_Hmxl1lN0qMJ2YID8GAYig4AKaAf-amiVrmaSdVOpf5jM6QP8B36KQG5z0tvpdToJkCKc_RPZWRc/s1600/Black-Headed+Grosbeak+-2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTmezAyRv9OpH0AX9Ti-Z5Ij3-luDEtQC17q1rD76o4S-y10G8xQP9J6QHwbzHvKU_Hmxl1lN0qMJ2YID8GAYig4AKaAf-amiVrmaSdVOpf5jM6QP8B36KQG5z0tvpdToJkCKc_RPZWRc/s320/Black-Headed+Grosbeak+-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610693496484364242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">We sighted our first <span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">lack Headed </span><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Grosbeak</span> a few weeks ago and not a new bird to our feeders, surely is one of my favorites. My Dad used to tell me about Grosbeaks and Orioles, but never saw them until we started using the fruits and berries type of food.<br /><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Last week we saw another, brand new to our deck, colorful and striking pretty </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >bir</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >d,</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > it was a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Altamira </span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Oriol</span></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2jh8EwnJpMrLqTbufwulcXwpbXddG2BHnYxiTPthUg_OmG6sox60dWNfKP0SS12uGvqWJaDGEFcpXtAjohqQj7JUnAXm2kX_A7uAL7SiUp3QOP-mvci1scC2KIXDBw50buPbhKN7TRA/s1600/C0039882-Altamira_Oriole-SPL.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ2jh8EwnJpMrLqTbufwulcXwpbXddG2BHnYxiTPthUg_OmG6sox60dWNfKP0SS12uGvqWJaDGEFcpXtAjohqQj7JUnAXm2kX_A7uAL7SiUp3QOP-mvci1scC2KIXDBw50buPbhKN7TRA/s320/C0039882-Altamira_Oriole-SPL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610319827468095410" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">e</span>. They are part of the family of Cow Birds.. They are not supposed to be here in our ar</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >ea. Maybe the wet weather has brought a few more to share our deck with all the other birds we get.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cHQ8md2xWXHZyl0fLKn48jyN3kJGeoOoEe7pkXGMxtKXqNpPo7y88m5FIJ-ZyQD71QMSSokaSTnGR4IJ6spmofKAmiCTlZqV1SiWxAsiabdStajfrqShhrbjgXvv3Cux53swJuBHf7E/s1600/redwingedblackbird.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 183px; height: 275px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4cHQ8md2xWXHZyl0fLKn48jyN3kJGeoOoEe7pkXGMxtKXqNpPo7y88m5FIJ-ZyQD71QMSSokaSTnGR4IJ6spmofKAmiCTlZqV1SiWxAsiabdStajfrqShhrbjgXvv3Cux53swJuBHf7E/s320/redwingedblackbird.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610328687792822114" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >We are really lucky to have the trill of the <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Red-Winged <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">black birds</span></span> </span>a</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ll the year through. I didn't know that others areas, even as near as Wyoming, these are seasonal birds.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">We also get those beautiful 'Chinese Chickens', </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItmFPW__UMGSXv_MTJyl0AL7l93AzV76Tfrd2Fux7coRZP8vDfs0LuSoB4Tx8V8jGa7aGXrHLR8E-nJqcBg4tghxnXp-FYKO_jQBbRexvR0vTp17MnPAtschlpVywQp5f3V1dsfjRSvQ/s1600/maggiepie.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 281px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhItmFPW__UMGSXv_MTJyl0AL7l93AzV76Tfrd2Fux7coRZP8vDfs0LuSoB4Tx8V8jGa7aGXrHLR8E-nJqcBg4tghxnXp-FYKO_jQBbRexvR0vTp17MnPAtschlpVywQp5f3V1dsfjRSvQ/s320/maggiepie.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610329552137471410" border="0" /></a></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">as</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Brent calls them, but really they are the <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Black Beaked</span> Magpie</span>. </span>I l</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">ove their iridescent color and to watch how smart they are</span>. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" >Magpies are not popular because of their reputation for raiding the nests of other birds, though recent research suggests that they are not as guilty as was once thought. A member of the crow family, it has an attractive iridescent blue-green sheen on the back of its wings.</span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-size:85%;" > The best part is the way they look when they fly, just beauty.</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br />I always thought we only had some pretty common and neutral kind of birds. I had always seen the common sparrow, starlings, hawks, crows and seagulls. When we would go up in the mountains, sometimes we would see a 'Camp Robber", the blue jay and once in a while a bluebird or canary, little did I know just what a great array of colorful birds we have here as native and those that just pass through.<br /></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" ><br />What a fun <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4zJnbkKgzr3UlGgkvAMeIrKxKRLJ7s804ils0fdSJWHuTA7e2QGmQKQiXJt5GZpp3LpjaYRPd349RHJlWz2F_AbnN5If5fKp0iqfUg7OQGpWk2KsTC_kr5AntRUhyeWnAA9E_ionn3E/s1600/hummingbird2.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4zJnbkKgzr3UlGgkvAMeIrKxKRLJ7s804ils0fdSJWHuTA7e2QGmQKQiXJt5GZpp3LpjaYRPd349RHJlWz2F_AbnN5If5fKp0iqfUg7OQGpWk2KsTC_kr5AntRUhyeWnAA9E_ionn3E/s320/hummingbird2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610322083539304338" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-family:georgia;">hobby, and <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204); font-weight: bold;">hummingbirds</span> aren't far away. 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style="color: rgb(144, 64, 140);"> and looks like it might not end until May, like the year Tommy was born, 1974.<span style=""> </span>We have had a ton of </span></span><span style="line-height: 105%;font-size:12pt;" ><span style="color: rgb(144, 64, 140);">snow in the valley and are 175% of normal in our mountains.<span style=""> </span>Spring is just going to be late.<span style=""> </span></span></span> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 105%;"><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >My flowers are ju</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >st trying to push up their heads out of the ground.<span style=""> </span>The Pussy Willow is blooming and so has my apricot tree</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >.<span style=""> </span>I think we will not have any apricots this year; too many nights of off and on again freezing. But t</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >he robins are here, so are the little finches, always asking for more seeds.<span style=""> </span>I think we </span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >have only had</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" > 7 sunny and warm days this year.<span style=""> </span>But the wind has made it good for k</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >ite flying, if you can stand to be out in it.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 105%;"><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >Brent has had the golf</span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >ing urge, rather, alm</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmmVb7L5P6QeT3v-ses9gp74W3-pI3FdQYaH2VZ1iBBCpkpDCKjdz0A71vPUkLlYjE2K-uebgAaUhQlptpEwySed4xOKg-aModzL0AUdiXgZxauB3RG0Uj5gR6JiIhidgmnJ7Jqe8aME/s1600/golfer1.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 237px; height: 174px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJmmVb7L5P6QeT3v-ses9gp74W3-pI3FdQYaH2VZ1iBBCpkpDCKjdz0A71vPUkLlYjE2K-uebgAaUhQlptpEwySed4xOKg-aModzL0AUdiXgZxauB3RG0Uj5gR6JiIhidgmnJ7Jqe8aME/s400/golfer1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592619733679925890" border="0" /></a><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >ost obsession, and so </span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >we went out in the cold wind and he hit balls from the top tier at Mulligans.<span style=""> </span>But it was fun to see him so happy. He has already golfed several times, playing with the Canada Geese, before Riverbend had been opened for the season.<span style=""> </span>He liked walking the course, good fun and exercise.<span style=""> </span>Last Friday he had business to check out in Wendover and so it was a great day, he golfed and I watched from the cart.<span style=""> </span>It was a good time.<span style=""> </span>It is always great spending time with my best friend.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 105%;"><span style="position: absolute; z-index: 251663349; left: 0px; margin-left: 1200px; margin-top: 227px; width: 79px; height: 63px;"><img src="file:///C:/Users/Pooter/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image013.gif" height="63" width="79" /></span><a name="2493673314206111637"></a><span style="position: absolute; z-index: 251666432; left: 0px; margin-left: 452px; margin-top: 224px; width: 110px; height: 53px;"></span><span style="position: absolute; z-index: 251664373; left: 0px; margin-left: -284px; margin-top: 220px; width: 64px; height: 69px;"></span><span style="line-height: 105%; color: rgb(144, 64, 140);font-size:12pt;" >Good that we have Easter late this year.<span style=""> </span>Maybe by the end of April it will be warmer.<span style=""> </span>We can only hope. Besides, the Easter Bunny does not like to hide eggs in soggy snow.</span><br /></p>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-24936733142061116372011-01-30T13:03:00.006-07:002011-01-30T13:20:34.674-07:00Springy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILX2P3J4BZobpg5ELCmzFfYFqj_2J0jVmLVYc1AwBqkyjZKSOGLTZ6TaJRCraETltB51u7mfIsTgsfNcuOulDwYszVg1e3cgpKYgudz4IvJDSrDGd5XrVE0Bsuz761lo_JOA1OcEFhNk/s1600/tigger.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjILX2P3J4BZobpg5ELCmzFfYFqj_2J0jVmLVYc1AwBqkyjZKSOGLTZ6TaJRCraETltB51u7mfIsTgsfNcuOulDwYszVg1e3cgpKYgudz4IvJDSrDGd5XrVE0Bsuz761lo_JOA1OcEFhNk/s200/tigger.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568075157137495698" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-family:verdana;" >Brent thinks spring has sprung! He has been out in the yard for the last 2 days. Boy, oh boy, does our yard look great! He even mowed the grass...????.... Yep that is my Tigger! I love his enthusiasm and the great joy he gets just a puttering around outside. He definitely is 'springy'! He is so good to me, he even made me a pastrami sandwich when he came in just now! </span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-49152385433746402682010-12-08T10:41:00.007-07:002010-12-08T11:04:20.621-07:00Grateful for blessings, family and friends<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" >I am feeling so very grateful for my personal blessings, my family and my friends. Life is precious and we should make the most of it every day, all day long. Today my big sis, Carol, is having her shoulder ball knob screwed back together, hard to do when she broke it all to smitherines! Why haven't the doc's figured out how to use super-glue for human bones, or do we just need some Harry Potter type of healing? Good luck today!<br /><br />We rescued a cute little Daisey Dog in October and she has added much to our life. She loves to play and is just learning to be loved. Don't know her history, but know she is a sweet doggie to have added to our family. She hasn't decided as of yet, just how big that family might be. She still barks at Tommy, Justin and his family. She like to tease the kitties, Snickers is getting used to her, but launches off me if she decides to bark at the doorbell or a noise just outside the door. She is definitely a watch dog and so protective.<br /><br />I think she has the cutest little hairy tan ears that poke up and she does look like she smiles most of the time. She is my constant companion and follows me </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" >whenever I get up and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:100%;" >wherever I go. She thinks Brent is a big toy and maybe she thinks she is a kitty-cat...who knows, but sure is cute and so tender with her toys.<br /><br />We will miss our little birdies, so very hard to lose them yesterday. They were so delicate, colorful, chirpy-tweety-noisey and fun to watch. They were such a joy. I will miss all those little fluffy feathers floating around our home.<br /><br />Will all the medical problems we all share, and the stress we created for others when we are sick and on the mend, I today especially appreciate my dear husband Brent, the beauty in my family, the joy in the world and in all that our HF has done for us.</span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-4846853264046860482010-08-12T09:02:00.040-06:002010-08-12T11:58:01.941-06:00Snickers<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQktCdDxkI/AAAAAAAAAUE/DWIjeYAsOHs/s1600/SAM_0066.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQktCdDxkI/AAAAAAAAAUE/DWIjeYAsOHs/s200/SAM_0066.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504565000725055042" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Yes, that is one good candy bar, milk chocolaty on the outside, </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">cre</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">amy</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">nougat in the middle </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">and just a of </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">chocked full of nuts.... </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">and great when frozen. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Well, almost all </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">of this goes for our newest member of our family </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXGN3riw8DGfH6U55AB-pCv3dlKlv3-SJbmeuRYA_PZ6iBH6bfM3jRSlhCgxzRasCLipmWM1n9XokecsnyjcuhOVkAQUIBnUgEg-rWchbnugFjZDjCL1O8DawQtcXJ8xOoGjoVBNcDbA/s1600/snickers+original.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXGN3riw8DGfH6U55AB-pCv3dlKlv3-SJbmeuRYA_PZ6iBH6bfM3jRSlhCgxzRasCLipmWM1n9XokecsnyjcuhOVkAQUIBnUgEg-rWchbnugFjZDjCL1O8DawQtcXJ8xOoGjoVBNcDbA/s200/snickers+original.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504551975632569842" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">(until December). We are now proudly 'owned' </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">by a new little chocolate point Siamese kitten.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> My </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">big toe will never be the </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">s</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">am</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">e, it seems that it is a great teething toy!</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">It took us over a week to come up with the perfect name.</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> I even</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> turned to friends on Facebook to add sug</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">gestions, all were great. Brent came up with Dip-Stick, just like her tail was one. </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE5dZmK1Z-fCN1zW6nU6Xg3WyNFWgMDruJKVxN1e2wYSSnFVpTwEZdlZZCXZPhEX2oq-et09y6jexKTCExpeVRrogdHMNIbgNd7RBvohy0hYs73FMLEsDwzdkzDdHeKrv1mDzJvmKab8/s1600/Kaiden.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 160px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSE5dZmK1Z-fCN1zW6nU6Xg3WyNFWgMDruJKVxN1e2wYSSnFVpTwEZdlZZCXZPhEX2oq-et09y6jexKTCExpeVRrogdHMNIbgNd7RBvohy0hYs73FMLEsDwzdkzDdHeKrv1mDzJvmKab8/s200/Kaiden.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504557453271324786" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> So then it</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> was Dipsey-Doodle, but just not quite right. We went through new names </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">each day, Coco </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">(<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">then Coco-Nut from Kaiden</span>, but Coco-Puff might have worked) </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Minx, Belle</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">, Kitiyakara, Mardi, Sukey or Purr-B</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">all. Nobody could come </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">up with the 'just right" name. Roy came up with a few good ones, but just not her, until he called her little Snicker-Snack, and it just fit her completely, but extremely heavy on the nuts!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">We haven't had a kitten since Spot and Sweetie </span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXSHwFvXdAW7eqEglEbI67QYCqOSLyemUTGh38rpc5elYUy4pKkj5hgwmn3kZCMREn33LvEyHibYo1fUNdO_Uxyg2fB5mMxMaXUG9YQT-FT8R2YlhjOUUHlf7PMQ7AyCxNbf95sZpf7M/s1600/SAM_0024.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifXSHwFvXdAW7eqEglEbI67QYCqOSLyemUTGh38rpc5elYUy4pKkj5hgwmn3kZCMREn33LvEyHibYo1fUNdO_Uxyg2fB5mMxMaXUG9YQT-FT8R2YlhjOUUHlf7PMQ7AyCxNbf95sZpf7M/s200/SAM_0024.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504550012088526066" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">were little, like 14 years ago. We had forgotten just how much fun and how much </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">mayhem they cause. Now our birds are oh-so glad they have a cage and the fish bowl is just like a TV show to her. She thinks one of my plants is for chewing and digging in, just to get the dirt out of the pot and onto the end table... A feather</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> or a milk jug ring can keep her entertained for minutes..... </span><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiParLxZCRZv784pLCrx5dQlidlO4iYo9nGwZzhxoPSEj-lrfT3uLvsd42jqgxnBtQpS0AiCtGR64LoIyzs3DOTZNI7pdhfnn5MkE1TjHWoWZUFYbvO5q8zBzdojstt-D3cJNy_rCysxIg/s1600/DSCN1475.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 144px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiParLxZCRZv784pLCrx5dQlidlO4iYo9nGwZzhxoPSEj-lrfT3uLvsd42jqgxnBtQpS0AiCtGR64LoIyzs3DOTZNI7pdhfnn5MkE1TjHWoWZUFYbvO5q8zBzdojstt-D3cJNy_rCysxIg/s200/DSCN1475.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504559733077362322" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Spot is funny, just puts up with the little whipper-snapper. She hissed at him at first, he just looked at her and turned and walked away, now they are saying hello with the old nose sniff, nose touch. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">The second night we had her, Spot brought us a toes up vole as a present, must have been feeling a bit unappreciated. It's hard to share your kingdom with a princess. But now they will even share the foot of our bed. And Spot loves kitten food!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Brent said I must have had too much HRT </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">and</span><a style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQgudtUw8I/AAAAAAAAAT0/L9XbcoGkTgg/s1600/DSCN0667.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 153px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQgudtUw8I/AAAAAAAAAT0/L9XbcoGkTgg/s200/DSCN0667.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504560627174392770" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"> just needed to fulfill </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">my maternal nurturing needs. Who knows, he may be </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">right. <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">I think I was </span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">just really missing</span></span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"> Rocky and Sweetie</span>, no friends out in the yard to keep me company. But our home is not the same and </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">we are all glad for all the laughs and joy she has brought into our lives..... if we only survive all the trashed plants, sore toes, and kitten </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">curiosity. </span><br /></div>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-88263485185728792662010-08-02T21:12:00.004-06:002010-08-12T11:54:29.774-06:00Sleepovers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzT6izISh6R_PcwpQKLFtsO1Rrnae5B6__yZnIzn2C8H_moZNLbteY0e3bRwJPsR9sc1Ewwh7m3KJwBfld9gUkxsM3wUx_Jsfknn_U-Du2ysQOgkHwKJ_mdzYXpNAjCxgPDEikLpul1E/s1600/SAM_0062.JPG"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIzT6izISh6R_PcwpQKLFtsO1Rrnae5B6__yZnIzn2C8H_moZNLbteY0e3bRwJPsR9sc1Ewwh7m3KJwBfld9gUkxsM3wUx_Jsfknn_U-Du2ysQOgkHwKJ_mdzYXpNAjCxgPDEikLpul1E/s200/SAM_0062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504578289388576594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Sleepovers are FUN! Makayla had a sleepover here and what a joy. It is always fun to have some one on one with a grandchild or even our own sons, but this was even better. Having four sons, you don't get to play with nail polish or go shopping to try on girley things or help with hair do-dahs.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">She stayed over after the Sunday dinner, played with the new no-name kitty, slept upstairs in "her" room. Having her here in the morning was great, had to make pink pancakes. She tried the brown sugar roll-up kind and liked them.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">A spa treatment came next with a luxurious bath in Grandma's deep whirlpool bath, and we did hair and nails. It took a bit of time to decide on just the right color for her toes and hands. This was fun for me, too. Then we headed out to find something to do, around and around and then decided on lunch at Mackey-D's and playing on the jungle gym.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">After that we went shopping for some school clothes and a summer purse. But she did need some fancy new pink flip-flops. It was great to watch her try on clothes and make decisions on her own and it was lots of fun for me.</span><a style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQxCW4JXuI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Yt0-KbUkYGo/s1600/SAM_0065.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/TGQxCW4JXuI/AAAAAAAAAU8/Yt0-KbUkYGo/s200/SAM_0065.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504578561124163298" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> She is just growing up way to fast and so smart!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">It was fun to see eyes sparkle when she modeled her clothes for her Daddy when he came to pick her up. Granddaughters are so very special!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">(Sorry couldn't figure our how to make this rotate to show upright, but boy is she cute in any angle!)</span>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-72654196721444870442010-04-19T11:47:00.012-06:002010-04-19T12:36:07.420-06:00April's Glory<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmB7zwSmzw5j0o1rZpZ84tpRHYpui4d2iP-x8NpNRIyL4OSzGu8mwu4FQ4xcFgzudmQ6Ka30AJ4BwBei_6_BuJT-2myRvycqx3MdiHhyphenhyphenl0wmA2fxXVQ-bpncbCCcvO3UGVqzRmww1co0/s1600/mallards_1s.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmB7zwSmzw5j0o1rZpZ84tpRHYpui4d2iP-x8NpNRIyL4OSzGu8mwu4FQ4xcFgzudmQ6Ka30AJ4BwBei_6_BuJT-2myRvycqx3MdiHhyphenhyphenl0wmA2fxXVQ-bpncbCCcvO3UGVqzRmww1co0/s400/mallards_1s.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461874573815633282" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Our Mallard pair has returned back again to our home this Spring! Wild ducks and geese, birds of all kinds, quail, deer and squirrels, Brent says I have a menagerie in our back yard park, and that suits me fine.<br /></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Sometimes I even get a glimpse of the fox in the back fields or that most kingly Red-tailed hawk gliding majestically high over our yard or the smaller Kestrel falcon hovering just above his prey, before the dive. We are always looking for the first Robin of the year, even though we hate to see our Dark-eyed Juncos go back </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">home from his winte</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">r's hiatus they have shared with us.</span><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Our many feathered friends are waited for and welco</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">med to our home with food and peace. What a hallmark of the coming of warm glory, the sounds of the spring symphony and all those fragrant flowers.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I LOVE Spring!</span><a style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3rwELMV9-RXxuN5PR20yuCAPFv1l3t9xn13_JCTrcaFaAx56Y2eABzbw8fDIfLl9KBxO8X3avUYJf7guZk7QWkr_OKlP9ImxeYR2UC9zUfiOpDlC8ga161Y3hzihDkWzU7LskRotymw/s1600/pussy+willow.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW3rwELMV9-RXxuN5PR20yuCAPFv1l3t9xn13_JCTrcaFaAx56Y2eABzbw8fDIfLl9KBxO8X3avUYJf7guZk7QWkr_OKlP9ImxeYR2UC9zUfiOpDlC8ga161Y3hzihDkWzU7LskRotymw/s400/pussy+willow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461872837709890594" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">The yearly early </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">pussy </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">willows</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">and </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">the </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">openin</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">g </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">of apricot tree </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">blo</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ssoms, bright yellow forsy</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">thia and the myriad</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> of all the other beautiful </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">colors in tulips, </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LyI438feVQEpn5XzTzlYchwA4MwjUh1ljIo73rcdEwp4d4DqnmINeHLXbpNTWj2TMKC3wTQIzLLWID1jBNY5B0sggSgB107cbSBy2PnLKNhuVsayLjJGB3BSPo9xP83bN6GRKTDXxh4/s1600/Snowfountain-blossoms.jpg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 125px; height: 183px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7LyI438feVQEpn5XzTzlYchwA4MwjUh1ljIo73rcdEwp4d4DqnmINeHLXbpNTWj2TMKC3wTQIzLLWID1jBNY5B0sggSgB107cbSBy2PnLKNhuVsayLjJGB3BSPo9xP83bN6GRKTDXxh4/s400/Snowfountain-blossoms.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461878303198640578" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">plums, creep</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">in</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">g phlox</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> and baskets of gold that guild these April </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">days. Go</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">ne is the sterile white of our winter's garden and life begins anew, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">again. Easter and the true rebirth of our souls, spring and the rebirth of our wonderful world. Who could ask for more?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I have always loved spring the best of all the seasons. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/S8yhi-lCjqI/AAAAAAAAASs/mxE_rhHJwn4/s1600/DSCN1482.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 221px; height: 166px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zvVwH3Qa9S4/S8yhi-lCjqI/AAAAAAAAASs/mxE_rhHJwn4/s200/DSCN1482.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461918070379548322" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">There is nothing like my morning wakening to the sweetest chirping songs of the wild bi</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">rds out my open </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">window. I know I have a bird fetish and will never apologize for it. </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> W</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">e now have birds inside our home as well, with 2 bright parakeets </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">(Sunshine and Blueberry) tweeting all day long and letting us know all is well with the world. But such a </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">variety of the free birds coming to gr</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">eet the</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> day with me, what a joy.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Spring green and the color is most </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">welcomed. </span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCMHzsklKOB2gtU0w4nHoZuLMQF9NNrexxCp4LDzYmXs2-L-UItsmfa1d-ECuMH8u3qKrVKEjZcxXa5P5cMIhtSj4VdfzEdkK9zrLAPSk9wLxgNATrgZbZv7EFtpaghU03OtosrZLAic/s1600/greengrass.jpeg"><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 162px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCMHzsklKOB2gtU0w4nHoZuLMQF9NNrexxCp4LDzYmXs2-L-UItsmfa1d-ECuMH8u3qKrVKEjZcxXa5P5cMIhtSj4VdfzEdkK9zrLAPSk9wLxgNATrgZbZv7EFtpaghU03OtosrZLAic/s320/greengrass.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461895757724809858" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Little </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">by little you see </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">it </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">on th</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">e willows, in the fresh new growth of grasses on the mountain side and down in the valleys. The tall trees with</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);"> the hint of green, then as the leafs open, WOW an explosion of the worlds beauty. I never tire of this and our visions of the true beauty that is all around us!<br /><br />Who could not believe in Our Heavenly Father and his love for us when Spring comes into our view and is </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">felt </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">so deeply and penetrates our hearts?</span><br /></div>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-86554805145356950392009-12-14T18:17:00.002-07:002010-01-15T10:23:21.461-07:00Dreams come trueWhat a fun Sunday we had with the family (minus Roy, miss you, can't wait for Christmas to see you again). All who could come, came. Ashley & Shane rolled out the special Grandma Ina Pitcher Christmas butter cookie dough and got them all baked and ready for us to decorate later. Most of dinner was ready but I sure was glad that Jamie helped and made a delicious salad. They were having so much fun I had to cajole them a few times, then we all headed to the dinner table. Good food and good fun conversation.<br /><br />We did have our newest member of the family come too, Maci Elizabeth just slept through all the noise and clatter. She is such an angel, when she did wake up, no fussin' for her, just eating and a very polite burp. We all got to see her eyes and see what a gentle spirit she has. Just beauty, as Brent says.<br /><br />After dinner we did the family tradition of all the family helping us with the old eclectic tree decorating. Makayla and Keagan did lots of ornaments and Kaiden decided to help when he saw the candy canes horses. His eyes lit up and off he went. All so cute. But Emmalee doesn't quite have it down yet, she likes to take them off the tree. It was all so cute and I got to just hold Maci and just watch it all with great joy. It was like watching some of my dreams come true.<br /><br />We had a nifty pink cake to celebrate Tommy's birthday this week on the 17th. He loves that pink strawberry swirl icing. We all got pretty stuffed with ice cream and cake. I was glad my little boy could still blow out all those candles..., but he did need some help from a few little ones to really get all of them out! I am sure he was grateful for their help.<br /><br />The next morning when we had our breakfast and said our prayer, we remembered our loving parents that are gone. I know they were happy to see many of our family traditions living on. We were both so very lucky to have had the best parents, who showed us the 'way' and left our hearts so full. I am also sure that some of their dreams came true watching us all being so happy.Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-16439770327760647072009-12-03T07:57:00.004-07:002009-12-06T08:16:06.922-07:00Maci Elizabeth<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvgTOlfAS3p2ByEjI_T-bC4mDONZpj3AJlFqf7M4QTcgDLCQsZPpfx-DJRM4WD7r9GdwAvjeMW6zLE1ZIRwctNh7kjwUiOUuh3ZXQgmiBoHztw_ljhTkuuyowz6Ed_lYg3-VZq3aS_vo/s1600-h/newborn1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQvgTOlfAS3p2ByEjI_T-bC4mDONZpj3AJlFqf7M4QTcgDLCQsZPpfx-DJRM4WD7r9GdwAvjeMW6zLE1ZIRwctNh7kjwUiOUuh3ZXQgmiBoHztw_ljhTkuuyowz6Ed_lYg3-VZq3aS_vo/s400/newborn1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412141633084036610" border="0" /></a><br /><br />WOW, the little beauty finally showed up on December 1, 2009, all 21" and 8 lbs. 9 oz. of her. Ashley was a trooper and had her naturally, took a lot of hard work, but well worth it.<br /><br />She is just so calm, like she has my Mom's temperance, she wakes up and just looks around and I don't think I have ever heard her cry. As Ashley says, she has the most feminine little cry, she is so sweet.<br /><br />We were lucky to watch her big sister and big 'brudders' during that time. Lots of fun and good loving for Grandpa and Grandma. They are so good.<br /><br />Justin couldn't be more proud of Maci Elizabeth, as well he should be. A wonderful time in a families life together. And did I say she is beautiful?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIakx_8jfsBRoM71feys7lE83gutEtpoSRATo1jZJ1_skFsDfYxXLkqT0IiOcCju0NWB6gGRHLyd8GUxVPRD7wD3rRex39XKwk0VOQHpjnUEHtyxWD9F8PzGw4rNoDRkQILG4EibnOUc/s1600-h/Maci+Elizabeth+comming+home+017.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhIakx_8jfsBRoM71feys7lE83gutEtpoSRATo1jZJ1_skFsDfYxXLkqT0IiOcCju0NWB6gGRHLyd8GUxVPRD7wD3rRex39XKwk0VOQHpjnUEHtyxWD9F8PzGw4rNoDRkQILG4EibnOUc/s400/Maci+Elizabeth+comming+home+017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412142035570854578" border="0" /></a>Me, I got the best honor of all, they added my middle name, my Mom's middle name, and my great grandmother's name and so on up the family tree to her already beautiful name. It took my breathe away when they told me. This is so special, I never ever dreamed or even thought of it. WOW! what a great couple of days.<br /><br />Another one of those 'Best' days in my life.<br />Family is the best!Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-41881073155736696412009-11-10T07:45:00.004-07:002009-12-06T16:52:02.704-07:00Fun CruiseWhat a way to start out our November, a fun and memorable cruise from Miami to Costa Maya, Belize, Cozumel and the Grand Caymans. Good times with Brent and making new friends.<br /><br />Being chased by hurricane IDA was better than you think. It was our first time with a balcony and I loved it! Watching the ship crash through all those tall waves and then seeing them skitter for 50 to 100 yards out into the sea, just like BIG breakers crashing on the ocean's shore.<br /><br />This time we got to go and see Tulum from Playa Del Carmen, beautiful views and very interesting. But take you bug spray if it rains, nasty little black flies that suck your blood dry...maybe appropriate as we left home on Halloween.<br /><br />It is always good to get away. We love to go cruising and seeing the world.Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-38308384797554423982009-10-01T10:10:00.001-06:002009-10-16T10:13:34.412-06:00Footsteps in the FrostToday we lost a dear, longtime friend that was born in our bedroom closet, the runt of the litter, all white and the softest fur, with a funny little "meow", our little 'Sweetie'. We almost lost her way back then and had to help her mommy kitty, Izzy to nurse and keep her warm. She had a dear brother named 'Flop', a beautiful silver blue gray cat with a charming personality. We lost him early in his life, but will always be remembered by many and is greeting our little Sweetie, now. <br /><br />We knew she was in her last hours and we laid by her, cooing and telling her we loved her. We had her gently wrapped in a little pink bath towel to keep her warm, she was always cold. You could find her in any sunny patch in the house and in winter sitting on a heater vent or on our deck or gardens basking in the sun. She was a sunshine lover. Really a sweet, cute kitty. She loved to be held and petted. At night before Brent would come to bed, I would put my arm and hand out on the blankie and she would just gently place herself just right, her head in my hand, night after night. It was soothing to me and to her as you could hear her purring loudly. She was our social cat, she would come out to say hello to whomever dropped by, whether they like it or not. <br /><br />One cute story was about how she would stretch from a sitting position to some one sitting in a chair to place her paws on your leg or lap. Justin's wife, Ashley does not like pets very much and at one of our Sunday Dinner's Sweetie came up and did this to her back of her chair and she exclaims "The cat is attacking me". Not very fun for Ashley, but we all hooted. From that point on she became our 'attack cat'. I even found a sign that I use on Halloween that says, "Beware of Attack Cat". Pretty funny. <br /><br />She earned her name because she was the sweetest kitty. She would proudly bring in a grasshopper, a bird or a mouse she had caught for us as a present. She always had a funny look on her face when we would whisk away her present and toy. I guess we we not very grateful.<br /><br />She got hit by a car when we lived in Riverton, we thought we would lose her. She had this big ginormous abrasion on the top of all of her head, at the least, we thought she would never have fur on her head again. Lucky for us she survived and even had plenty of healthy fur between her eyes and ears. But she did always prefer you petted her there and it must have always needed a good scratch because that is where she loved it. She would bop or nudge your hand with her head to remind you you needed to be paying attention to her. <br /><br />As I said earlier, we knew her time was short with us and so first Brent soothed her and then I stayed up and did the same and thought of the joy our little runt had given us. I made Brent go to bed and after a few hours and I went also leaving her swaddled and warm and hearing her belabored hoarse meow. I don't know when she passed, but early the next morning Brent came in and said, "We need to say good-bye to Sweetie.". She was gone. <br /><br />I got dressed and looked out on the back yard, there were foot steps in the frost in the grass to way in the back of our yard, a man and his dog. Quite a thought provoking sight. He had been out early with Rocky and dug a special place for her. It is so amazing how much love you can have for a little critter. We carried her out in the pretty pink towel, funny papers and lovingly laid her to rest, Brent, one handful at a time. We said some loving words. I'll be glad to see her in heaven.<br /><br />As I looked at the footsteps in the frost again from my cozy, warm window; mine with Brent and Rocky's, I thought just how hard it would have been to be one of our Pioneer ancestors. To have trudged over the plains and to have left a darling little baby, a little son or daughter, mother or father, sister or brother in the cold hard prairie. That would have added to their heart broken sorrow. I don' think I could have ever been as strong or have the courage to walk that frosty path. I appreciate and love my ancestors challenges, faith and courage.<br /><br />Bye bye for now, our sweetest little white kitty.Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-87249867069610596712009-08-26T12:26:00.007-06:002009-08-26T13:43:52.651-06:00Rude People and Concerts and ranting!<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_onJbrB0KoBVX2MxzECQ95K4D4IxCVn2Hua8rlPKJ4kjQqRM34mCt4ovfkSl94-8WVUASUWiXIsiqUQsrIMl3EpvEvBMv0F6uzUdGaYS1xYSZyMs1DZu7OM7tWTGUA7NFIsDHIB1OZ4/s1600-h/Trace_Adkins.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 107px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_onJbrB0KoBVX2MxzECQ95K4D4IxCVn2Hua8rlPKJ4kjQqRM34mCt4ovfkSl94-8WVUASUWiXIsiqUQsrIMl3EpvEvBMv0F6uzUdGaYS1xYSZyMs1DZu7OM7tWTGUA7NFIsDHIB1OZ4/s400/Trace_Adkins.htm" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374358303684709746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">We went to a concert last weekend at the Usana Amphitheater and I am so surprised that one woman could be so selfish or so much the exhibitionist, dancing and writhing. It was a fun concert and we all get up sometime to sway or dance with the music, but we also <span style="font-weight: bold;">sit</span> down. I get it, I love music and rhythm, but could never be so self-centered as to do such a thing, and I don't think many people could or would.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We had this one 40'ish, auburn dyed haired, plumpish woman that would just not sit down, not even for a moment of the entire show! We all paid the same high price for our good seats and the people directly in back of her never saw the show. Nor did a lot of others from the enlarging "V" that naturally formed behind her, maybe it was a control issue to this woman. She knew she was being inconsiderate, she just didn't care about anyone but herself. Her companion got up and left for part of the show, he needed more beer and probably didn't like the negativity she was creating.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVwpANXKFfZ2AFBPfdSqH2Bsl0V04FBDaNpAFmdHVdnXLP9zlFBSe1YkUA1ZoVi4I-9bzRhbw8fqCRt-kdfsraecbAiW3YmrfXoiAKzCR5SlEStQFaeXpOS8YDxd9tY3paGNM5WZ3Qag/s1600-h/Toby_Keith.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 123px; height: 164px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkVwpANXKFfZ2AFBPfdSqH2Bsl0V04FBDaNpAFmdHVdnXLP9zlFBSe1YkUA1ZoVi4I-9bzRhbw8fqCRt-kdfsraecbAiW3YmrfXoiAKzCR5SlEStQFaeXpOS8YDxd9tY3paGNM5WZ3Qag/s400/Toby_Keith.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374358651735770434" border="0" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;">We finally left and found seats higher up and enjoyed the rest of the show. Loved all of it, that we saw. Maybe there should be some kind of written concert etiquette or a ticket you could give to someone like her.<br /><br />Trace Adkins (loved his tight black T-shirt), Toby Keith and the other leader group were fun to listen to, I just wish I have been able to see more of the show.</span><br /></div>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7429895180143049536.post-12863202142400041762009-08-14T12:37:00.006-06:002009-08-14T12:50:50.416-06:00"Should Public Schools make their students say the Pledge of Allegiance?"<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq011QHEQYP5Ptx1qqXzGZF3IAosCH9-NUAaxVlFpHsHD4tkFIerkjgBI_C6lz4m-lHK5lAfguwOFz0FI6h3WQ7CbyqQ2LJgnLC_86J-l5W4KaKh7v8Xdrf62pyB5Z0pBPMw9m9tBs7lI/s1600-h/flag.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq011QHEQYP5Ptx1qqXzGZF3IAosCH9-NUAaxVlFpHsHD4tkFIerkjgBI_C6lz4m-lHK5lAfguwOFz0FI6h3WQ7CbyqQ2LJgnLC_86J-l5W4KaKh7v8Xdrf62pyB5Z0pBPMw9m9tBs7lI/s400/flag.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369892397676370946" border="0" /></a><h3 class="UIIntentionalStory_Message"><div id="id_4a85af2f8bb217862742547" class="text_exposed_root text_exposed"><span style="font-size:78%;">This was a poll on facebook and I responded 'Yes'.<br /><br />It sure didn't hurt us. I think it is important to openly show our loyalty, be patriotic and to acknowledge the respect to and for our country. We should regularly ponder upon all the sacrifices that have been made f</span><span class="text_exposed_hide" style="font-size:78%;"></span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="font-size:78%;">or us and all the freedoms we have.<br /><br />Each game I attend, with the singing of our National Anthem, it also reminds me how grateful and appreciative I should be.<br /><br />It also makes me think of my Dad and his proud service in the Army, of those many years taken out of his life, that he gave for me and you. The openly pledging my allegiance to freedom's symbol is the least I can do. I want my kids and grandkids to understand how blessed we are. I want to be that example of patriotism, so we may never forget.</span></div></h3>Dad and Mom Pitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01181548441799398172noreply@blogger.com0