Happy "3rd" Birthday Cali!

Happy "3rd" Birthday Cali. We love you and can't wait to come visit you next weekend and celebrate with you. You are such a joy and blessing in our lives. We hope you have a fun and wonderful day!! We Love You soooo much!!!

Grandma and Grandpa

"President Reagan's Warning about Government Health Care"

I have always loved Ronald Reagan! Here he is warning us about the dangers of "Government Health care". Please take the time to watch this video even if you want the government to take over our health care system. Do we really want to give the government this kind of control?

“If the Democrats’ health care bill becomes law, the IRS could have to hire more than 16,000 additional agents, auditors and other workers just to enforce all the new taxes and penalties,” said Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI). “It is a dangerous expansion of the IRS’s power and reach into the lives of virtually every American.”

Scary!!

Happy "18th" Birthday Austin!!

Happy Birthday Austin! Wow, I can't believe it has been 18 years!! We are so blessed to have you in our family. You have a wonderful future ahead of you. You are a wonderful son and I love you very much!!!!! Austin and MomTaylor and AustinAustin and DadAustin has "tons" of trophies from being on the Math Team

He is one of the best in the State!!Taylor, Austin and MarkBaseball daysAustin and Bowser

I re-stained our stairs!

I re-stained our stairway. It took me about a month of working at it a little at a time. For those of you who don't know how they looked before, they were a light oak. I'm into the more modern dark woods. It was a lot of hard work- (sanding and re-staining around all those posts) and making it look even. I wanted to get it done before we got our new carpet and I am glad I did. I got a lot of drips on the carpet like I thought I might.

Before
Here is a picture I took last year with the old light oak.After
I like the look much better!!

Happy "30th" Anniversary Rick!

Rick and I had our Big "30" this past weekend.
Happy Anniversary Honey!!

Love, Patty

Happy "8th" Birthday Aubrey Ann!!

What a wonderful year! I am excited to be able to be at your baptism this weekend. You are such a special little girl and the Lord has blessed you with wonderful parents that love you and have taught you the gospel. Your membership will bring you so many blessing throughout your life. May you never take it for granted. I love you sooo much!!
Love, Grandma

Happy Birthday Holly!!

Wow, "29" years! It seems like only yesterday when you were a tiny bundle in my arms and now you are a wonderful mother with children of your own. You have been such a blessing in my life. I love you so much and hope you have a wonderful birthday!!

Awesome Video!

I saw this video earlier on Facebook and thought it was really good! Thanks for sharing it Kim. I hope this will be a reminder to all of us of the importance of being both Spiritually and Temporally prepared for what lies ahead.

Happy 15th Birthday Taylor!

I can't believe it has been "15" years! I hope you have a Happy, Happy Birthday!
I Love You!!!

Congratulations Joey!!

Congratulations Joey on getting your Master's Degree!
I know you have sacrificed for many years and am so happy for you!!
Joey's parents and Holly threw a surprise party for Joey while they were here visiting. Congratulations, You're the Best!!!

Happy Birthday Tara!

I want to wish my daughter Tara a Happy Birthday today! We are not able to spend her birthday with her this weekend but were happy to be able to celebrate her birthday along with her father's last weekend. I hope you have a Wonderful Day!!!

Rick and Tara's birthday celebration!
(Oops, Last weekend was so busy and I forgot to make a birthday post for my husband-
Sorry Rick!!)
Nicole and Tara

Holly and TaraMe and Tara

Aubrey and Tara

Ella, Tara and Aubrey

Happy Pioneer Day!

Cheesecake Factory!!

When I was visiting my daughter Holly and her family we made a special trip to the Cheesecake Factory. We surprised my granddaughters. They had never been before and were so excited when we pulled into the parking lot.

Here we are ready to go eat some yummy cheesecake!

While we were waiting to be seated, the girls were trying to decide which cake they wanted (So many choices!)The girls and I both decided to get their 30th anniversary chocolate cheesecake.

It was soooo delicious!!

Me and EllaHolly and Aubrey

Cali finishing up her cakeIt was a fun outing I will always remember with my "girls"

Our Founding Father's Were Wise!!

"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." -Thomas Jefferson

"Those who reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine

"To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men."
-Abraham Lincoln

"Wicked" in San Antonio

My daughter Holly took me to see the Broadway play "Wicked" in San Antonio. It was my first Broadway play. I loved it!! If you ever get the chance to go you should. It is wonderful!!

Me and HollyIt was showing at the Majestic Theatre
If you don't know, the play is about how the wicked witch of the west from the Wizard of Oz became wicked.
We visited the River Walk before the show!We ate lunch at "The Rainforest Cafe"Holly having a little fun monkeying around!!Thanks for taking me Holly!
It will be a day I will always remember!!