We are now official old farts

Shuffle Board, the official game of old farts.  

We played shuffle board last night and then went to the restaraunt at the resort to eat dinner to celebrate Lori's birthday.  VerLynn and I won, that make the official old fart title even more authentic! 

Happy 23rd Birthday Lori!

Lori and Trevor have been in San Diego all week taking a vacation.  We joined them for the day and it is Lori's birthday today.  We went to the beach and enjoyed the day.  We just arrived in this picture and were unloading the kids out of the car.  I'm sure Lori will love this picture.  :0)

Had to add this picture, someone left their blanket and back pack on the beach and the seagulls took it over as their own  

Lori, Trevor, Connor and Kelsie on the pier

Trevor and Nathanael built some sand tower things  when

we started to leave we looked back at their creation and two kids were smashing them while their parents took a video.  It was funny

Kelsie was freaking out with the waves coming up.

How sweet is that?

Easter 2010 more pictures are added

We had a bbq at our house on Saturday for Easter.  The weather was beautiful and we all ate outside.  This is David, Ashly and Brandon.  (Deryk's kids)  We ate hot dogs and hamburgers.

This is Brianna and Aaron, my mom is at the end of the table

David Naris  

Nathanael, Kelsie, Preston and Seth.  Don't they all look cuter than heck? 

 Porter, he is always happy

Melanie, Preston and Porter

Preston, Porter and Preston

Ashly and Seth

As I post the pictures I have taken, I always notice that some people are totally left out.  So sorry to the bunch of you that I didn't take a picture of.  I notice of the grandkids that I totally missed Addison and Connor.  Then of course all of Tiffani's family are missing since they are in northern Utah in the snow and cold.  (and they think that is better than the heat!)  :0)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Spencer Douglass

All of my pictures are on the computer in the office now, so I don't have many to choose from on this computer, but this picture says a lot about Spencer to me.  He is a GREAT dad and he loves his family.  

Happy Birthday Spencer, we love you!!!!  Are you really 28?!!!!!  Oh my I'm getting old

I did it again Happy Birthday To Ashly last Sunday!

Ok, this is not good.  The story is that is was Ashly's 5th birthday on Sunday.  They had a family bbq for her birthday on Saturday and we were there.  I did remember that.  But then I was going to get her a gift on Saturday night and take it to her Sunday.  But due to the great amount of time between Saturday afternoon and Saturday later in the afternoon, I forgot.  Then I totally forgot her birthday on Sunday and didn't even call her.  So it was Tuesday when I realized that I was quite the senile grandma, so I repented and bought her a gift.  But then tonight I remembered that I always do a blog post when it is someone's birthday.  I think I'll have to quit that so I don't feel bad when I forget :0).  So now it is late and this computer doesn't have very many pictures on it, so this is the only one I have that will upload without going out into the office.  So happy birthday Ashly, hope you grow up with a better brain than I have!  We love you lots!!!! 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PRESTON BRIGHAM! (even if it is a day late)

Sunday was Preston's 2nd Birthday.  What a lame grandma I am that I forgot yesterday.  I depend on everything being in my calendar on my phone with an alert and some of the birthdays got wiped out somehow.  Ashly's birthday got wiped out too, but I got invited to a birthday party for her, so that helped me out.  I guess I better make sure everyone else's in in there.  The good news though is that he is only 2 and didn't even notice that I forgot.  But I did, so here goes my happy birthday to Preston Brigham Dees, formerly know as "little guy" 

Such a little tiny guy with verrrrrry long legs and feet.  

Learning to walk and having fun trying to play with Kelsie

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Preston is always full of life and moving moving moving.  We love you Preston!!!!  Happy Birthday and next year I will remember!

Brandon's 8th Birthday party

Brandon and Seth waiting for Sally to put the candle on the cake.  My pictures are not very good.  Took them all with my i phone.  I should have brought my camera, I can't seem to hold the phone still enough.  

Brandon, Ashly, Kelsie, and David waiting for cake and trying to wait while we take pictures of everyone. 

Brandon opening the beautifully wrapped (in a walmart bag) gift that we gave him, two bionacles.  I noticed that all the gifts were wrapped in Walmart bags.  Goes to show you how the power of a good example will help others  :0)  

Spencer and Angie bought him a book about dinasaurs,  look at how happy he was to get that book.  He is such a great kid.  (notice all the "wrapping" paper?)

See the beautiful gift bag?  Well, the last gift Brandon opened was in that beautiful gift bag.  So it must have come from someone other that one of my kids.  It came from Ashly, whose mother sets a better example than her grandmother.  But look at the gift she gave Brandon!  I think it must be a regift, she gave Brandon her doll!  Ashly is so precious.  We had a great time and Deryk conducted a great family home evening that was full of the spirit as well as interesting comments from the grandkids.  I love being with my family.  Happy Birthday again to Brandon, we love you and are excited about your baptism coming up soon. 

HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY BRANDON!!!!

Brandon, you are such a special kid!  We love you so much!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SALLY!!! WE LOVE YOU

Your first day as a Dees.  We love having you in our family.  

Your first time as a mom

Your first time dating a statue?  Ok, I'm lame.  I was going for a theme, but it didn't quite work out.  I deleted most of my pictures that were on this computer, so I didn't have very many to choose from.  So I put the three up that I found. 

Nathanael's Poem

I'm not sure he would like me publishing this, but I just found a poem that Nathanael wrote for english and it brought me to tears.  I want to share it with you all.

My Name

There has never been a time

That I disliked this name of mine;

I's been  with me since my time of birth,

And I will keep it 'til I leave this Earth.

"Nathanael Clarke Dees" is how I'm known;

This name I've always been so proud to own.

"Nathanael" is for the apostle of old;

"Clarke" to honor a great-grandfather so bold.

But "Dees" is the name I'm most proud to wear;

That name with such honor, I gladly will bear.

The name's origin is Scottish at root;

My ancestors had traveled to this land and its fruit.

We have been in this land since the Revolutionary War;

My ancestors arrived several years before.

We have stayed here since to help this great nation be built;

And now I will be called upon to defend it though I may be killed.

The name we are given, but still we choose its representation;

For me I'll strive to become a defender of nations.

Though now I'm still just a lowly recruit,

My name I'll wear proudly like a suit.

Through honor, courage, virtue and dignity my name will show

That even the lowly among us have potential to glow. 

Tender Mercies

I don't have pictures but just wanted to share some tender mercies in my life.  I an going to consolidate the stories so if you want details you will have to ask.
Last week VerLynn and I made a trip home from Rexburg.  4" of snow fell the morning we left to come home.  I was driving the used to be uhaul truck loaded with lots of stuff and VerLynn was driving his diesel truck pulling a trailer with the tractor on it.  So here starts the tender mercies we received from the Lord:
1.  VerLynn was able to back up and still get on the on ramp to the freeway without any problems after his truck didn't stop for the turn.
2.  I was smart enough not to try to turn on the freeway ramp when my truck did not stop for the turn and I was so blessed that no one was in the lane next to me at the time as I had to go straight from the left turn lane.  Then I was blessed not to pass out from fear :0) as I had to find a place to turn around and go back to the freeway.
3.  Nothing happened to me or VerLynn while we were driving in the snow on the freeway, even though an suv wasn't so lucky and was flipped over on the side of the road!  (Keep in mind I have never driven in snow, let alone a uhaul truck on top of it!)
4.  The roads cleared up after we got through Idaho Falls and they stayed cleared!  I was finally able to relax and my stomach quit hurting from the stress.
5.  We were able to find an all night tire repair place in St George (thanks to Lori and Trevor) to put a new tire on the trailer VerLynn was pulling after he had a blow out.
6.  The tire repair guy was still there when the tire popped again after a few feet of driving.  (seems a spring broke on the trailer and that is why the tire popped.)  Wasn't cheap but thank heaven there was a way to get a tire at night on a Friday.
7.  Lori and Trevor got us a cheap room on line in Las Vegas so we didn't have to drive through the night and I was able to maneuver the traffic of Las Vegas on a Friday night when there is tons of traffic while driving a uhaul trying to find the hotel  ( VerLynn was behind me because of the tire problem at this time)
8.  I was able to find the hotel!  And I was able to find a place to park the u haul and VerLynn's truck with the trailer on it.
9.  The uhaul overheated when there was a place to get help and no in the middle of no where.  And if you have driven from Kingman to Phoenix, you know there is a LOT of nowhere to have been stranded in!
10.  An old man was home and willing to help us with his water hose.
11.  Even thought we could see water streaming out of the motor somewhere, I was able to make it home the rest of the way without the truck over heating.
12.  We made it home all in one piece with many blessing to count!  I am so glad to be home and I am so glad the roads here are lined with heat and dirt and not snow and ice.
13.  Almost forgot a huge one.  So grateful that VerLynn come up to came back with me.  I was going to just bring the uhaul home by myself, but he decided to come up and get the tractor.  What a huge blessing that was that I had him with me.  We bought walkie talkies at Walmart so he was able to help me on the way and he was there when problems happened so I didn't have to deal with anything alone.

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY TO KELSIE

Kelsie is always happy and always full of fun and sometimes michief!  

 

  

At the state fair this last fall

She fell asleep sitting up like this in my bed.  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELSIE,  WE LOVE YOU!!!!!  

(Sorry I can't be there today for your birthday.)

I Can See Now!

Ok, so I don't look dumb, all of the posts have come back and I can see them now.  :0) 

Help!!!

Something happened to my blog and all I can see is the last post.   Can anyone else see any more?  Where did they go?

White Water Rafting is Closed, Mud bogging anyone?

The creek dried up as fast as it filled up.  I loved seeing the water run and loved the sound of water rushing by, it is so calming.  I loved that the atv's could not come screaming by and kicking up dust too.    But I did worry about the erosion of the creek bank. 

White water rafting in the back yard?

The water in the creek arrived this afternoon.  We are wondering why there is never an alert that the water is on it's way because it is deeper than we have ever seen it.  We have only seen water in the creek two times before.  It is hard to tell by the picture how deep it looks.  We figure our property value just went up, we have a water view lot now! 

Nathanael standing up above the water just behind our fence.

Just had to throw this one in.  I let the puppy out and left the door ajar so she could come back in, this is what she brought with her.  Between that and the piddles on the rug, she is getting ready to be an outside dog real soon! 

Preston and Sadie

Preston was getting along with Lilly just fine, got down on all fours with her. Yesterday was a fun day.  Preston and Porter came to visit and then I got to watch David, Ashly and Brandon.  Everyone got hair cuts.  (oops sorry Deryk, his didn't turn out so good)  The kids loved playing with the dog and she loved all of the attention.  There is another post just below this one with a video clip of David and the dog, so don't miss it, I posted them at the same time.  

David and Lilly Barking at each other

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More randomness

This is Porter and he is full of smiles

This is the dinner VerLynn and I SHARED while we were at the airport in Salt Lake waiting for the shuttle to take us to Rexburg last week.    It came from a vending machine and it was $3.50.  We were too cheap to pay $7.00 for a sandwich at the little deli so we saw this vending machine and opted for this yummy dinner.  :0/

This is a really bad picture,  I didn't want to make it real obvious I was taking a picture of him, but this guy was about as wide as he was tall and he had a big back pack on and he was a security officer at the airport in Salt Lake.  I cracked up laughing when VerLynn saw him and said "I feel safe now!"

This is our new puppy.  Not real sure why Nathanael has no shirt on but is wearing a coat. 

Doesn't she look like the cottonelle puppy?