Skyla & Michael's Wedding

Heading to Skyla's Wedding

A very special event is taking place Saturday - Skyla's Wedding. Sharon, Mom and Deby are leaving today - the rest of us are leaving Friday morning. If anyone wants to send a gift or card with us let me know. I know this is going to be a very special occasion and that her dad must be beaming from Heaven. Her mom, Lisa, has done such a good job raising her and we are so proud of Skyla. I am so glad we get to be there. Its going to be a very fast trip but worth it I'm sure. WE WILL TAKE PICTURES. And they will be on the blog.

38 YEARS !!!!

Wow, has it really been that long. 38 years ago today Ed and I were married in the Cardston, Alberta Canada Temple. The only people there were my mom and dad. As my memory serves me we went to a little resturant afterwards and had chicken fried steak. I can't believe it has all gone by so fast. I came home from our honeymoon a new wife and a mom to a little 4 year old boy. We had a nice little house in the country that cost us $50.00 a month. We lived there for about a year and then bought a new single wide trailer that cost us $99.00 a month. We put it on a little piece of property next to mom and dad. It was fun living there because Ed worked with dad and worked close to home. Nick went with Ed most of the time and was quite the little worker. It took me 5 years to get pregnant and then we had 4 kids in 4 years. After a 5 year rest we had Tyson. In that time we had changed out the single wide for a double wide then sold that and moved to Moses Lake for 3 years and back to Warden. In our marriage we have had 7 different homes and a zillion different cars. I only left Ed one time and my mom told me to go back home and make things work. That was the best advice I ever got. Life has been a roller coast ride - lots of laughter, tears, and love. Out of this 38 years we were blessed with 6 beautiful children - 15 wonderful grandchildren and one on the way (so far) and 5 awesome daughter in laws (one future daughter in law) I joke about the things Ed does that irk me but he has been a wonderful husband, father and grandfather. He has given me a wonderful life and beautiful children. I can describe our marriage with the quote "it was the best of times - it was the worst of times." But we have weathered many storms and lived to tell about it. I love him more today that I did 38 years ago and all I can say to all of you is marriage is hard work, but so worth it in the end. When in your older years you not only have a husband-you have a best friend. Happy Anniversary Ed!

Hello, Is Anyone Still Out There . . .?

Where have all the bloggers gone
I feel so all alone.
It seems you've all abandoned
our "Home sweet blogging Home"
Erin keeps on posting
I'm just so glad for that,
Now we have to see the rest of you
On Face Book for a Chat.
Just when Grandma learned to blog
what a long time that one took,
She had to learn a whole new way
And join you on Face Book.
I miss the old times on the blog
Where life was shared detailed
with stories, pictures, music
Now its on a smaller scale.
I understand that times have changed,
I've just learned how to text,
I'm getting tired of keeping up
What the Heck is next!!!!!

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

After working with Chessy for 3 years, Ed finaly got her to roll over. Every night I had to listen to:" Chessy can you roll over, Chessy roll over" Can you imagine listening to this for 3 years - night after night. EVERY NIGHT. Her treat for doing this was a piece of baloney. Dogs really don't want much do they. But I do have to admit that it was quite a shock to me when she finaly did "roll over". The next time the grandkids came over, Ed sat them all down and showed them Chessy's new (and only) trick. Oh, they cheered and applauded. It doesn't take much to please kids either. So now Ed is trying to get Chessy to take his socks off. I don't think we will live long enough to see that one. She just sits and looks at him. Would you pull someone's socks off with your teeth? I think its going to take more than baloney to pull that one off.

What the . . . ?

Yesterday Ed and I were in Taco Bell eating and I saw a couple get out their car coming into Taco Bell, The young man had an orangish red mohawk a mile high and earrings and tatoo's every where possible, the young woman had bright red & black hair and also piecings and tatoos and was carrying a baby. Since I had seen them and Ed had not, after I gasped, I said "Now don't look, and don't stare!" Of course that was all it took and he couldn't take his eyes off of them. I told him to quit staring and he said he just wanted to see how this guy was going to eat with all the nuts and bolts sticking out of his mouth and nose and ears and eye brows. Its not like its unusual to see this kind of stuff anymore. We shouldn't be shocked anymore, but I am. I am just wondering when the day will come when these parents will think it would be cute to pierce Jr.'s nose or lips. Or give him a tatoo or dye his hair orange. A woman just got arrested somewhere for tatooing gang signs on her kids. The world is becoming so bazaar! There has always been weird people, maybe people look at Ed and I say "look at those weird people". I don't know. I'm not a professional but I am worried about what people are beginning to think is "normal". In 20 years when I'm my moms age what will people look like. What will the world look like. I shudder to think. I just hope "normal" will always be my idea of "normal"!

SEPTEMBER !!!!

Where did the summer go? I was working - the story of my life. I wish I could say that we had a wonderful vacation somewhere but no can do. Even though I have hired a lovely assistant and could get away, Ed is stuck on the farm. Why oh why couldn't he have been a lawyer or a business Tycoon or even a teacher! They get a lot of days off. We were married in September and had to hurry to get married between wheat harvest and potato harvest. I asked Ed the other day why he stayed in farming. He is a good mechanic and so talented in the repair department. In fact our motto has always been "Ed Ed he's our man, if he can't fix it no one can!" So here we are 38 years later and still unable to take a summer vacation. But he is doing what he loves. I don't think we would be any better off if he was doing his other dream occupation, 'running demo derbys.' Speaking of September it is a wonderful month. Its full of family wedding anniversaries, & birthdays. Its a month thats not too hot, and not too cold. No matter how old I get I will always remember traveling to Arizona for Rick's wedding and getting ready for my wedding in Sept. 3 of my kids got married in Sept. Its just full of wonderful memories. On Sept. 26th we will be attending the wedding of Skyla and a few days later celebrating the 80th birthday of our sweet mother. It just seems like September is the month to celebrate. So get ready for the fun, exciting days of September. Get ready to CELEBRATE!