Colorado Pictures

I had such a awesome visit with the Grandkids! I have missed seeing them so much! It was a fun 3 days. We went to church, went to the Cheyene Mountain Zoo, I had their pictures taken at JC Penney, went to McDonalds, ate at Red Lobster, and played in the park. They kept me busy for sure!



Gracie is such a good big sister, Gavin is getting so tall.

Garen is such a happy boy, I cannot believe he is walking allover!

Here we are getting ready for our zoo adventure!

Gracie and I love the giraffe's! It was neat to pet them and give them crackers!

They have a avairy, and the cockatiels and parakeets can land on you, this one liked Gracie!

Gavin liked the wallabys!

Aww, the elephants were playing thy were so loud...must have been the cool day!

Weekly Blessings Week 16

So I was feeling a bit down... so I bought myself some bright yellow sunflowers! They always remind me to be Happy!

I AM OFF TO COLORADO SPRINGS!

I am so excited to fly to Colorado Springs....to see Stacey (my daughter) and my grandkids. They don't know Grandma is coming. I am getting there late tonight, and flying back on Tuesday afternoon. I will post pictures when I get home! I cannot wait to see them! Have a great weekend! I know I will.

52 Blessings Week 15

Ok... So I skipped a few to get back on track. I will make them up somewhere..

This week I am grateful for my pioneer stereo system in my jeep. I love the gps navagation, because I get lost easy. Well not lost, just turned around. NO, I do not know East, West, North, or South, when I get out of my safety zone. My gps talks to me in left and right directions! I also love XM radio, and I can hook my i-pod up too. Yes, to modern tecnology!

My neice Athena Gayle Thomas

A few days ago, I had the pleasure of taking my neice's senior pictures. I love taking pictures, I wish I had more self confidence. I love doing engagement,animals, and family portraits, basically anything that can be re done, if I mess up. Athena will graduate from Red Mtn. High School this year. She is so photogenic, I loved taking them. Enjoy.





A look at them in Black/White too



U are so beautiful Athena!

I've been tagged!

MIDDLE NAME Ellen

Mel tagged me with this one.

1) You must post the rules on your post before you answer questions.

2) You need to list one fact about yourself using each letter of your middle name. If you don’t have a middle name use your maiden name instead.

3) When you are finished with your answers, you tag one person for each letter of your name.

E ~ Emotional, I am so dang emotional these days!

L~ Love being a Wife, Mom, and Grandma!
L ~ Lady Bugs, I love finding lady bugs, I love them crawling on my arms!

E ~ Ellen, Iwas named after my Grandma Thomas, it was her middle name too!
N ~ Nest, We have no more childern at home, making us empty nesters after 28 years.

I tag . . . Kayola, Debbie, Tawni, Sarah and Barbara

The new Mr. & Mrs. Justin Wells

On Friday, March 28th our nephew Justin Wells married his sweetheart Lorin Payne in the Mesa Arizona Temple, so exciting. Justin is our first nephew to be married in the temple. Justin and Lorin met while in High School, Justin returned this past August from the Florida, Orlando (spanish) Mission. They picked up where they left off, and I guess the rest is history... It was great to be with them in the temple, help with the luncheon, come home take a nap, and back to the reception. Congrats Justin and Lorin, we love you!

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On March 27th, our sweet neice Shannon turned 14. Where again may I ask...."where does time go?" I can so remember her being born, with her dark brown hair, and the cutest round face. She is the princess of the family, with 2 older brothers. She competes in Jr. Olympic ice skating, and she is awesome. Shannon always has a smile, and I love just talking to her. Hum, will have to check into some skating pictures for my blog.


Hope you had a "Happy Birthday"!

Utah, MTC bound

We flew from Phoenix on Monday, March 24th to Salt Lake, we landed got our rental car, and checked into our hotel. Everett and Colten both wanted to eat at Wingers, we used to have several here in Arizona, but they closed about 2 years ago. So it is a tradition to eat at Wingers whenever we frequent the Salt Lake area. Colten wanted to eat his favorite foods before leaving for New Jersey. It was great to be able to spend some quality time just the 3 of us in Utah.

This is Colten, grabbing a bagel, before we headed to the Salt Lake Temple for session. We also walked around Temple Square, the Salt Lake Temple Visitors Center, we also went to the Joseph Smith History Bldg, and checked out the Conference Center. We did some shopping, Colten bought some of his friends a tie, with a matching tie for him. Colten had to have 2 suits for his mission, we had bought his second suit at Mervyn's, and he was never thrilled about it. Colten has always been very picky at how things fit him... So we went to Mr. Mac's, he tried on a couple of suits, and since we knew he would never wear the one from Mervyn's, we decided to buy him on from there, plus they have free delivery to the MTC in Provo. So here are a few pictures from our ventures in Salt Lake.

To read more about Colten and his adventures for the next 2 years, click here to go check it out.

Finally updated

Yes, I am still here. We were super busy, getting our son ready for his 2 year mission for our church. Here is a photo update, of what has happened since the middle of March.

Lots of last minute shopping, trying to tie up all the loose ends, like realizing that Colten got the wrong 2 pair of pants to match his suit jacket... and he was leaving in 5 days for the MTC.

Having Colten's pictures taken at Brandt Photography, they provide a free session for Missionary's, and give you a free wallet for the plaque that will hang in your ward building for the 2 years they are serving. Plus a added bonus, they post your picture in the Beehive News.

My 4th (not really, but our great friend) son, Daniel Wesley got his mission call...He is going to the Pennsylvania, Harrisburg Mission and reports to the MTC on June 18th, 2008

The same evening as Daniel opened his call, we had a bridal shower for my nephew Justin's finance, Lorin Payne at our home. They are getting married on the 27th of March, yep the day after we take Colten to Utah.

(Thanks for making the cake Kelli.... Your the best!)

Then Colten had his opportunity to speak in our ward Sacrament on Sunday March 17th. So that was cause for a little family dinner. Since he spoke at the beginning of Spring Break, we actually had a little gathering on the following Sunday, which happened to be Easter. Logan and Colten's good friend Chad Dewey gave his talk on Easter also, so it was a busy Sunday for sure!

Here is Colten with Daniel who is headed for the Pennsylvania,Harrisburg Mission is June, Chad Dewey who is leaving for the Russia,Yeikenburg mission on April 9th, and also Chase Judd who is headed for the Mexico Vera Cruz Mission on April 2nd.

Easter Morning, we had Jayson, Tina, and Tristan over for breakfast. Of course the Easter Bunny didn't forget Tristan's basket.. The Bunny also put together a package and sent it to our Colorado grankids...and a package to Elder Logan Wells in Puerto Rico. Busy times for sure!

After Colten was set apart as a Missionary on Sunday evening March 23rd, the next morning was time for Colten to say "good-bye" to everyone one last time.... Here he is with Jayson, a bit tough on both of them... They are very close!