I thought I would take a few minutes this Sunday to update my blog to update all of you that follow my blog to what we have been doing. When last I left you we were in Logan and was enjoying our family there. On November 11th, Jenn and Taurean’s little Madison Ann was blessed in Sacrament meeting. Madi was a doll during her blessing and Taurean gave a very nice blessing with lots of choice words just for her! We were so happy that we could be there with them on this special day for little Madi.
After Sacrament meeting and before the “family gathering”, I took the following pictures of their family and little Madi
Madison Ann, Jennifer, Bentley, Taurean & Jaidyn
Madison Ann in her “Blessing Dress”
Our MH parked in front of Melissa & Troy’s home in Provo
One of the stores in Provo we visited to try to find the paper Judy Lynn needs for her stamping.
After we parked the MH, we unhooked the Terrain and drove it into Boulder to look around and get us some dinner at their Taco Bell (And yes I know… that was a very original choice of restaurants in a far-away town!)
The next morning we headed for Phoenix.
It took us most of the day to get to Jeff and Becky’s. We did stop before we got there to fill the MH with Fuel. The fuel price was so much less expensive than anywhere we have experienced the trip, so I decided to fill up in case the price went up for Thanksgiving. We arrived at Jeff’s before he got home from his work.
Shauna & Her Mom – Judy Lynn, Shauna, Jeff & Becky
Jeff arranged with his Brother-in-Law (another Josh) to take me to a shooting range and shoot some pistols. It was quite a ways SE of Maricopa and was a nice range. It was covered (from the sun) with several shooting stations. The three of us went through a lot of ammo! Thanks for the fun guys!
We had quite an “uneventful” week prior to Thanksgiving. Both Jeff and Becky have to work, so we just spent what time we could with them. Judy Lynn and I drove out to San Tan Valley to visit our good friends Grant & Colleen. They purchased a home there a little over a year ago and now spend their winters there. Colleen’s Sister LaNae also purchased a home just around the corner and down the street from theirs, and LaNae and Niel joined us and we had a lovely dinner together at a Chinese Buffet (they had steamed shrimp… so I was a happy camper!)
We were invited to enjoy Thanksgiving with the Widmer Family. There were lots of them there along with some family members (in-laws) that we had not met until that day. They put on a very nice dinner.
Grant, Niel, LaNae, Beth (Grant’s Sister), Colleen,
Krista, Jeff, Judy Lynn & Gene (Widmer… Grant’s Brother and our Jacki’s Dad)
After Thanksgiving dinner, Grant brought out his “Train” to give the kids a ride.
The kids LOVE this (as well as some of the adults!)
Thanks Widmers for inviting us and sharing the day with us. You are truly good friends and we love (and have loved) being so close to you and your family!
When the kids were growing up we had a tradition that I would cook a nice breakfast on Saturday mornings. Breakfast is probably my favorite meal and I have a myriad of choices to my liking. One of Jeff’s favorite gowning up was “Egg-al-a- Golden Rod”, so one of his requests of my visit here was to make that breakfast for him. So yesterday morning (and yes… it was a Saturday) I fixed the meal for him.
Egg-al-a-Golden Rod, with Sausage on the side.
I walked over to their HOA pool and playground area. I was interested in this because I have been trying to get
The HOA where we live in Gresham to improve some of our facilities. It seemed warm enough to swim in the pool,
but Jeff says the water is awfully cold this time of year… which answers why no one was in the area.
So that pretty well catches you all up on what we have been doing. We are REALLY enjoying the SUNSHINE. Our kids in Oregon have been telling us that they have had LOTS of rain… and with encouragement (not) like that, the sunshine down her seems pretty nice. We may leave this week some time, but have not set a date for sure. Stay tuned and I will try to let you know when our plans develop.
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