Time for some new posts I know....but what's new with us. We just run around in circles. Lots of Grizzly Bear pictures...lots of kitten pictures and lots of grandkids pictures We really didn't go anywhere or do anything

exciting this summer. I guess we went to visit Chris, Amanda and family....How they've grown. We helped them move to a different home, played with the kids a few days and hurried back home.

It was nice to have Dereck, Adree and their family come for a week, but it rained the whole time. We went to Wally's Beach with the cousins one afternoon and although the sun didn't shine, it was pleasant enough to dip in the wather a bit

This is the most recent picture I have of Ruey. ... She wasn't in the Jeffs family picture, so I confiscated this from his office. Ruey is a little lady and such a busy body. So easy to get along with and just goes around in her own little world.

In June and July of this year, we felt very blessed to receive 2 new little grand Daughters. Below is a picture of Candice and her newborn...Kayla Marie. We're very happy to have her in our family and love her very much. Bethanie was born in June to Chris and Amanda. They now have 3 children, 2 boys and a girl. It was great to have them come visit this summer and get to know the kids a bit better.

Is it possible that we are empty nesters. ....... I don't think so. At least sometime I don't feel like we are. We enjoy the close relationship we have with our children and grandchildren and their frequent visits. It is not much fun to holiday with just the two of us. We enjoyed our holiday to Hawaii, but many time wished we were sharing it with our family and missed the grandkids lots.

Slide - Share Slide Show

I've been trying to build a slide show of our current posterity. I think I have them all. At the time of the Jeff Jacobs family Ruey wasn't born...so we added her. And Chris and Amanda have a new little Bethanie as well. I have a more recent picture of her....thanks to Paula but I couldn't find it at the moment....plus I forgot to add tags. Thats for a later try. Life is busy and quick.

I played with Jib Jab and that is where the dancers came from. I think it is Jenna and Keyrai. Those little smiles just make the dancing that much more cool...... Way to go Jenna & Keyrai.

On the swimming horse picture, Marlee was swimming her horse in the lake and it stepped into deep water and floated right out from under her. She just left the horse enjoying the cool swim in the lake and swam to shore. Marlee is on a swim team and won many ribbons last summer.

Dancers

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Well, How many years since I visited my blog? It is sooo much fun to read everyone elses clever blogs, I hardly know where to begin. I truly enjoy reading Jacqueline's, Adree's and Paula's domaines to keep up with their families. I don't know how they do it because it takes me FOREVER!!!! I guess I need to do it more often.



Over the weekend, my hubby, the politician and I went to Jasper to attend a convention. It was quite enjoyable and I wonder why we haven't gone more often. Well, I figured it out...an eight hour drive from home...to the end of nowhere. But the scenery was fantastic and we did enjoy our weekend. Broyce got a little confused with some of the new words....like our hotel...which was called the Lobstick Lodge, which wasn't really THAT bad but he was telling everyone we were staying at the Dipstick hotel....which he truly thought was the name. Then in one of his sessions the speaker told them it was important for them to get their profile out on Facebook for contact with their constituents...but when he told me about it, it was. "They told us to get on "Facelift".



It makes me smile. He is getting more comfortable with his blackberry though. He can pull up his calendar and even make a phone call, as long as the number is on his contact list. If he has to dial it,..... that's a problem.



The wildlife in the park was incredible....and me without a camera. I finally got some batteries and took a few pics with my oldy goldy, which takes awful pictures, but haven't transfered them to the computer yet. You had to kick the elk out of the way to walk down the street. One of our friends was walking back to his cabin late at night and a cow elk kept charging him. They are everywhere in the townsite. The bull elk had huge racks....like a spread so big it seemed unreal. Didn't measure but they looked awsome. Very docile and tame looking though. Acted like they owned the town. They were meandering right down main street right up the sidewalk. I took a little drive up the mountain and sat and watched a black bear for a while. Didn't get too close though.

Speaking of Bears!!! Randy, Candice's husband was out hunting elk last week and had the fright of his life as he was charged by a grizzley bear at 30 yards away. It was very lucky he cocked his gun as soon as he saw it, because he only had 5 seconds between when he saw it and when it came after him. It was a 600 pound grizz and about 10 years old, so say the wardens.