My Girls and Their Projects....

Brittany and Colby and Meredith have been busy this winter making all sorts of cool things, just wanted to share some of their projects. 
Brittany is taking a flower arranging class right now so twice a week we get these lovely new floral arrangements at our house.  They are really brightening up the place.  It has been fun to see what she will bring home after each of her classes. What a nice change from the winter doldrums!  Thanks for sharing Brit!!!

This awesome wooden  bowl is my Christmas present from Colby and Jim.  They made it themselves which is not surprising because they are always making really cool stuff. When I was young my Grandma Jones had a bowl similar to this on her front-room coffee table full of nuts and as soon as I saw this, it reminded me so much of that. I love this bowl.   If you like this bowl they would be happy to make one for you as they have decided to start selling them.
PS:they also made Russell an antler lamp which he has in his office at work that turned out pretty nice. (I personally do not care for antler furnishings, they pretty much make me want to hurl, so I don't get excited about such things, but Russell really liked it.)







 

And this is Meredith's sweet little project, Sadie.  We got to see her this last weekend and she is getting so big and cute. Well, she is still pretty small but adorable.  It was so fun to see Easton holding her and talking to her.  That is a sweet little memory. 

Keep up the good work daughters, you are creating some great stuff!  Love you, MOM

Cosmic Bowling

Saturday night at the bowling alley.  It was cosmic bowling so we wore all the white we could find so we would glow in the dark.  It was pretty fun because the bowling alley was all lit up in neon and even the bowling balls were glowing. 

It was fun spending the day in with Eric and Chandra and Ali and Myah.  We were able to take Jim and Colby along with us so they got to join in the fun.

Here we are all in the dark with the neon lights going........

and here we are with the flash on our camera, it took away all the fun glowing in the dark stuff but is a much better picture of us where you can actually see us. 

Over the river and through the woods.....

How did Russell and I get to be so old.  We are facing our first Christmas ever without any children at home.  It is really weird and makes me feel ancient.  Luckily we are headed to my mom's for Christmas so hopefully we will have a good visit there.  We will be celebrating our 32nd anniversary next week as well. Man or man, where does the time go?

New little arrivals........

Our new little grandchildren are here.  We are sure thankful they came safe and sound.  Please meet:

                      Ethan Russell Barney
                Son of Blake and Lindsey Barney

                               

                      Sadie Annebelle Smyth
              Daughter of Meredith and Wes Smyth

What fun to have these sweet little additions to our family.  We haven't been able to go see little Ethan yet but are looking forward to that. We have been able to visit Sadie and she is a little doll.  They are both lucky to come to families that are excited for them to be here. Good luck to you mommies as you get used to having a new addition in the family.  We love you all!

Colby's Wedding

Scrapbook personalized with Smilebox

Count Your Many Blessings......

We had a super busy, fun summer this year and got to see all our family.  It started with a visit from Blake and Lindsey and their sweet little kids.  It is a big job for them to come all the way to Utah and Idaho from Ohio and we sure were glad they came.  We love them each so much.  The happy smiles on their faces are one of the things we remember about them all year, when they are far away from us.

 We got to spend part of a week in Sun Valley and were able to have the Idaho grand-kids stay with us.  We did lots of fun stuff with them, went to the movies, played at the park, went swimming, had a bbq, and had sleepovers in our hotel. It was good to be able to spend time with Eric, Chandra and Meredith.  Sure love each of them, they make our lives full and complete.

Then we were able to drive to California to visit Royce and AubRee and Grace.  We went to the beach and had a great day. It was nice and sunny and warm.  We were just happy to get to spend time with them there.  The whole weekend was wonderful.  We sure love our California kids, wish we got to spend more time with them. Actually the drive was not as bad as I thought it would be so maybe we will drive over again soon....

After California it was our week to have the Idaho grand-kids come and spend some time with us.  We spent time at our house in Idaho  and then time in Salt Lake.  We went horse back riding with Colby at the AOK Corral in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, went to the drive-in to the movie, and played in the hot tub and played with Brittany. They were so good there to help clean our house as we were trying to get it ready to be sold. We visited the Utah state house and did a fun  matching game there, went to dinner and spent time walking around temple square and learning about the history of the pioneers.

We count all this family among our greatest blessings!!! We are so thankful for each one of them.  

One more blessing that has come about in the last few days is that our home in Idaho is sold. The sale is not yet complete but the offer has been signed and things are in the works.  We know Heavenly Father has been looking out for us because there are hundreds of homes for sale there and we were able to get our sold in less than two weeks.  How thankful we are that we are being looked after and know it is due to a loving Father who answer prayers. It is pretty much a miracle for us and we are very grateful.  WOW! 

Happy Birthday Brittany

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