Sisters

Don, Shirley and Natty

Sharon, Lorriane and Shirley

Michael, Me, Sharon, Erin and Sean
Michael, Me, Sharon, Erin and Sean
Sean, Jason, Michael and Robert at the Zoo

Christine, Andrea, Erin, Sharon and Shirley in Waterton

I am so lucky to have two sisters and one brother. The two beautiful women in my blog picture are my sisters. The one on the right is Shirley and the one on the left is Sharon. The three of us got together this summer at my house and had a great time. The joke is that both Sharon and I promised poor Shirley pictures of the whole event and neither one of us has sent her any. We are bad. In fact when she saw the picure on my blog was the first time she has seen it. She lives in Vancouver and so does my brother Jamie. Sharon lives in Sault Ste Marie. We are lucky to have Shirley in our lives as she has been our second mother. Sadly our Mom died when I was 30 so she has taken over caring for us. We are really blessed.I want to share some of the pictures with you all. Michael is Sharon's husband and Erin is Sharon's daughter and Sean is her son. Jason is my son and Christine is his girlfriend. Don is Shirley's husband

Salt Lake City

I tried to take a family picture of Jason and his family but I need some practice. It's a good thing the subjects are so cute.




After the dinner we went to Stephen and Mandi's to see the renovations to their home and the dogs.






The next day we went to Madison's baptism. Here are some pictures of the people that attended. She had a great day as it was also her birthday and she had 2 parties..



We stayed at Jason and Candace's house and spent time with them and their children.

We went to the cabin Thursday night and spent the night there. It was so peaceful. On friday we drove to Kalispell Montana and flew to Salt Lake City on this.

Crooked Tree Corner

As you may have noticed in some pictures our evergreen trees are sometimes crooked. The reason for this is that there used to be a Christmas tree farm in the area a long time ago. They used to grow the trees so they could get 2 or 3 trees out of each stump. I will try to attach some pictures so you get the idea. I love them just the same.

Sinus infection and Bronchitis

I'm sick and tired of the coughing. I've been sick for 7 days. On Sat and Sun I didn't think I would make it but I have survived. It's been cold and snowy and miserable outside as well. Today is warmer and I feel quite a bit better. I appreciate all of you who kept your blog's up so I was entertained. I wish I had more interesting things to say but my life is what it is. I have had lots of time to think and I am so grateful for my family. Andrea, Megan and Candace have all called and Robert has been really good to me. We have 2 grankids being baptised this month and I am so proud of them. Andrea's Ty is being baptised this Saturday and Trevor's Madison is being baptised in Salt Lake the next Saturday. It is wonderful to see them accept this priviledge and understand why they are doing it. I remember my baptism and how wonderful I felt afterwards. It changed my whole life. I love feeling the spirit in my life. I love looking into the eyes of the Savior's picture on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep and really knowing that he is there for me. I have felt his arms around me in my hour of need. I wish I could be a better missionary and hope to go on a mission when we retire. Thanks for listening.

Canning

We have been canning and canning. We borrowed the canner from the cannery and went to work. We had some good friends do it with us. We made a mess but felt liked we'd accomplished lots in the end. Now we just have to find a place to put it all in the storage room.