Tara's Big Day

We are proud to announce that our grand daughter Tara has graduated from nursing school.

Tara and Dorothy at graduation.

Sami, Tara, and Rachel

We threw a medical themed  party

Thirsty anyone?

Dorothy made a cake.

Bed pans come in handy for chips and salsa.

Gracen and Santa

Band Concert

We attended Marley's high school band concert last night.

Marley plays the French horn

More Pics of the Trip

 

Deanna Thurston

 

Kathy, Ray, Gin

 

Vince, Tessie, Davie, Addison, Buck, Justice,

Dede, and Riley

 

 

Jenny, Kathy, Jessica, Justine, Sally, Brandon, Serenity

 

 

Jack, Chris, Bill, Cindy, Isaac

 

Bill, Gin, Becky, Dorothy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Golden Valley

Once again we are travelling to attend a funeral.  Our brother-in-law Dave Payton passed away and  and we attended the celebration and the family reunion that naturally results from occasions such as these.

Having dinner at the Dam Bar restaurant in Kingman, AZ.

Dorothy's brother Bill, sister Gin, sister Becky, Dorothy

 

Isaac and Cindy

 

Davie and Tessie dropped by the restaurant to

trick or treat with their kids Vince, Riley, and Addison

 

Kathy and Sally

 

Ray and Christy

 

Dorothy and I

 

Ray and Pam

 

 

 

Marky, Ken, Denise

 

Jo, Lynn, Christie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mouths of Babes

We continue to be amazed at the conversations initiated by our 3-1/2 year old great grand daughter, Gracen. This is a text we received from her mom Tara: 

So, the other night I played with a couple of her sticker things and the next morning she noticed! And she let me have it.  She said, "Let me tell you something, when someone goes to bed someone else doesn't need to take it upon themselves to play with other people's stickers... I'm really upset with you!"

Egg Rolls

Every few months the family gets hungry for egg rolls. So today we had them all down and we all had our fill.

Dorothy makes them up.

And I fry them.

I hope we have enough.

A variety of sauces.

The kids eat theirs in the living room.

A Cold and Rainy Saturday

The best way to deal with a rainy day is to have the kids and grand kids

over and have green chili potato chowder, corn bread, and iced tea.

A Visit to the Fire Station

Today, Burk and I took Jenna and Gracen to the fire station behind their house for a tour.

The firemen opened the doors and allowed us to explore all the trucks.

These fire fighters had as much fun showing the trucks to the girls

as the girls had exploring them.

Inside an ambulance.