Taken Thanksgiving day 2008

These are our life's Gems! I just sit and stare at this picture, and it makes me cry, I am so very proud of each and every one of these people, that I have the privilege of sharing my life's journey with, they are each wonderful, sons,daughters, wives, husbands, mothers and fathers, they are all that "Our Father" could ask them to be, each unique and special in their own way. And of course they will be taking care of us in our OLD AGE!!!! LOL I love you all

Thanksgiving at the Colts 2008

We had a truly wonderful day with our family . We had 54 at our dinner. Would you believe ,this is outside on our patio??? Yes it is, it is enclosed with plastic and we have a wood burning stove, and a Pellet stove so we are just tosty warm.

We had all of our children , most of our Grand kids, and one Great grand baby. We are truly grateful for the kind of people they are, and sooooooooo thankful they live so close to us, who could ask for any more in this life, they truly are our

riches. Thank God for each and every one.

Logan had his Birthday

Logan turned 9 on the 22nd so Aunt Rosanne made him a cake and he decorated it all by his self. Good job .

We met a new friend of McKaylin his name is Eric, a very nice guy, from Bountiful , Utah

Try as I may Brandon was not in the mood to smile...........................................These were some very sweet kids on the trip :)

5 Generations

We finally made it to Utah to get this 5 generation picture ,there is Me top Diana, McKaylynn, Grandma Ricks, Kellie, and our baby Lillie. This was taken at the home of Rosanne Ricks.

We were also celebrating the 9th Birthday of Logan Burns. Nov. 22, 2008

Grandma's Reading Tree 2008

Yes there really is a tree painted under all the beautiful leaves ! This is the 4th year I have done this contest. I started this because, I was such a poor,slow, reader,speller. I was never taught the importance of books and regrettably I did not read to my children like I wish I had. So I wanted to find a way to encourage all of us to find the joy, and help that can come into our lives from books.

Books have been a true life saver to me at many hard times in my life.

Each leaf on the tree represents one book title and the number of pages read. This year the leaves are layers thick and clear to the floor! At Thanksgiving I take the leaves down and count them up. Then awards are presented to winners of differant age groups, at our big family Christmas Eve party. Looking at all the leaves is a true joy for me. I will post the winners later.

"If you can read and don't read....you are no better off than those who can not read"

Here is the old Duffer and his Dufferet !

We used to be so cute, now we are just so............OLD! When did that happen? It is a good thing that we have our names on here or no one would know who we are !!!

Welcome to you our friends and family, we invite you to take a peek into our family,we are so proud of each and every one of them. As you can see we are a close family !