JANUARY 10, 2009

CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS 2008 AND 2009

JUST THOUGHT WHILE I'M HERE ALONE I'D GET ON THIS BLOG STUFF BEFORE I FORGET THE HAPPENINGS.


ANDRA LEFT FOR ARIZONIA ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND I WAS HERE ALONE FOR A FEW DAYS. PENNY WATCHED HER WEATHER NEWS AND I WATCHED OURS FOR A GOOD TIME FOR HER TO TRAVEL. SHE HAD PLANNED TO COME ON TUESDAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BUT THE SNOW KEPT COMING. FINALLY THE WEATHER MEN ON BOTH ENDS SAID IF YOUR GOING TO UTAH, IDAHO WEDS. IS YOUR BEST DAY. SO PENNY GOT THINGS ORGANIZED AND CAME ON WEDS. SHE MADE GOOD TIME AND I WAS MUCH RELIEVED TO HAVE HER SAFE. IN HER HURRY TO COME SHE FORGOT SUNDAY CLOTHES SO SHE STAYED HOME AND WORKED ON HER COMPUTER TO GET MY DAD'S MISSION JOURNAL AND THINGS HE AND MOM HAD WRITTEN AND SOME I WROTE FOR ANOTHER DISK. SHE PLANS TO ADD PICTURES TO IT AND MAKE IT SPECIAL. IT TAKES LOTS OF TIME. MOST OF HER TIME HERE WAS SPENT DOING THAT AND WE WENT SHOPPING AFTER CHRISTMAS ONE DAY. THAT IS ALWAYS FUN AND A BIT PRICEY. HA!! ANY WAY IT WAS A GOOD DAY WITH MORE NATIVITIES. WHAT ELSE WOULD WE LOOK FOR??? ALL I NEED NOW IS A BIGGER PLACE TO SHOW CASE THEM ALL NEXT CHRISTMAS!!

PENNY TYPED AND WE SPENT MOST OF HER LAST DAY HERE PROOF READING WHAT SHE WROTE. SUNDAY WAS THE BEST TRAVEL DAY AFTER SHE FINISHED SO SHE LEFT LAST SUNDAY. I HAD TALKED WITH CHUCK AND HE SAID ANDRA WOULD BE HOME THAT SUNDAY NIGHT. WELL AFTER PENNY LEFT AT 10ISH THAT MORNING I SETTLED DOWN READING THE NEW ENSIGN AND HAD EATEN SOME LEFT OVERS FOR LUNCH. SINCE MY CHURCH CHANGED TO 9 A.M. I DIDN'T GO AS I WANTED TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH PENNY AS I COULD. IT WAS AFTER 3 AND I WAS DOSING ON THE COUCH WHEN SOME ONE WAS BREAKING IN TO MY HOUSE WITH HER KEY. WAS HAPPY TO SEE ANDRA HOME SAFE AND HAPPY.

PENNY AND I OPENED OUR GIFTS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THEN WENT OVER TO CLAY AND KARENS FOR DINNER AND SPENT THE REST OF THE DAY THERE. WAS SO NICE TO BE WITH THEM BUT SURE WAS DIFFERENT WITH OUT SMALL CHILDREN. IT IS CRAZY HOW YOU GET USED TO HAVING SOME AROUND FOR CHRISTMAS THEN NONE. ALWAYS REMEMBER CHRISTMAS IS FOR CHILDREN NO MATTER HOW OLD WE GET. IT WAS FUN WATCHING CLAY AND KAREN AND LANIE OPEN GIFTS. THEIR CHILDREN EXCHANGE NAMES AND HAVE A SET AMOUNT TO SPEND ON WHOM EVER THEY BUY FOR. RYAN AND KARA HAD LANIE THIS YEAR AND KAREN PLAYED SANTA AS SHE HANDED OUT THE GIFTS. SHE WAS SO CUTE AS SHE WOULD PICK ANOTHER PACKAGE AND SAY WELL ANOTHER FOR LANIE ARE THIS ONE IS FOR LANIE. NEEDLESS TO SAY RYAN AND KARA WRAPPED EVERY THING SEPERATE AND IT AS GREAT FUN. HERE I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR MAKING CHRISTMAS A GOOD DAY FOR ME.

CJ AND LENELL CAME NEW YEARS EVE AND ANDREW STAYED THAT NIGHT HERE BUT HE WAS A BIT FRIGHTENED IN THAT BIG BED AND ALONE IN THE ROOM DOWN THE HALL IN THE BASEMENT. PENNY HAD CHOSEN TO SLEEP ON THE COUCH I THINK SO SHE COULD WATCH BYU AND THE WEATHER NEWS AS SHE WANTED EARLY AM ARE LATE PM'S.. SHE DIDN'T SAY THAT BUT THAT IS HOW I SEEN IT. ANYWAY I SHOULD HAVE PUT ANDREW UP STAIRS ON THE COUCH MAYBE HE'D HAVE STAYED THE NEXT NIGHT. IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE HIM THE ONE NIGHT AND DAY TO SEE HIM IN ACTION ALONE. HE AND PENNY INTERACTED REALLY WELL I THOUGHT.

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT ALL MY CHRISTMAS GIFTS HAD COME AND WAS INTO NEW YEARS I GOT A PACKAGE FROM ST. JOHNS AZ. AND TRENT. HE HAD MADE ME SUCH A CUTE NATIVITY. YOU'LL ALL NEED TO SEE IT TO APPRECIATE HIS WORK. IF I CAN GET ANDRA TO PUT A PICTURE OF IT IN I'LL HAVE IT ENTERED HERE.

MY SWEET LIZ BROUGHT ME A VASE AND FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS AND THEY SIT ON THE BAR SO I CAN ENJOY THEM. FOR ANY WHO HAVE NOT MET LIZ SHE CLEANS MY HOUSE AND IS SO KIND TO ME.

CHUCK AND SHIRLEY SENT ME A BEAUTIFUL RED BOUQUET THAT I HAVE BY DADS PICTURE NOW. WANT ANDRA TO PUT THEM IN ALSO.
CJ AND LENELL TOOK ME TO TEXAS ROADHOUSE LEFT THE CHILDREN IN CLAY AND LANIE'S CARE SO WE HAD MY CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH OUT THE CHILDREN AND HAD SUCH A NICE VISIT. THANKS AGAIN TO ALL FOR MAKING CHRISTMAS SPECIAL FOR THIS BIG KID!!!

MAY ALL YOUR DREAMS FOR 2009 COME TO BE SO LONG AS THEY ARE FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANITY.