This month is such a special one..It's Birthday time for FARRAH!!

Pictures on this post by veronicareeve.com

Miss Farrah is TWO!!!

We are missing Farrah here at home, but she did call me this morning and thank me for the Mickey Mouse book.... what book? Actually Carly bought her a coat with her Birthday money. She is talking so cute now and I love checking out Carly's blog and seeing pictures of her. I guess at two she has out grown her "Punky Bwooster" nickname. I will have to come up with a different nickname now........maybe "Blondie" like her grandpa calls her. I will have to think about that. But for now...........Hope your day was lots of fun and that someone sang "Christmas Time, Easter Rhyme to you.................Happy Birthday Farrah !!!!!!!!!!!!

The following are some of my favorite pictures Veronica took of Farrah. They tell a story.....

Pop!!!!

DIET BE GONE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been on a diet since February 19th. I have lost 30+ pounds drinking protein shakes, eating protein bars, flax seed, Vitamins, unsweetened cranberry juice water, raw almonds, and one lousy meal a day. I have been sooooooooooooo good. But tonight all that ended because of these little morsels..........








The EVIL "Wilson" sugar cookies. I knew as I was making them that there would be trouble, but hey! It is Farrah's Birthday and I was missing her, and so in her honor I made four dozen cookies, frosted with various shades of pink, almond flavored frosting and sprinkles. [Note the "F" for Farrah]. Let's just say I ate more than 6 and less than 12. I did it for you Farrah.... Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!

CAMPBELL Had a Birthday? Shout Hurray!!

Picture by veronicareeve.com

MISS CAMPBELL HEALY IS NOW 1 YEARS OLD!!
Party time.........................
Robin made this "amazing" Pinata......check it out....

But Wait, there's more!............

Lots of Hearts for a "Sweetheart"....Campbell

And a good time was had by all..........................

Causey Dam Kokanee Salmon Hike....

Debbie, Brenda, Vickie, Sally and me

This week we took an early morning hike to Causey Dam. Every year in the fall the Kokanee Salmon spawn. They swim upstream to where they were born, they lay eggs, and die. It is a beautiful hike, a beautiful moment in time and one everyone needs to experience it at least once in a life time. I first heard about it from my son-in law Aaron Wolthuis. He used to take his "English as a second language" students on this hike in the fall. He has kept up that tradition as he is now teaching Spanish at SnowCrest and he takes his Spanish students as well as the science students on this hike. It is not a hard hike, but it is a beautiful hike. As you can see Causey was beautiful on this Saturday morning.

Views of the dam from the trail.

Here are some pictures of the Salmon running. Enjoy these pictures. The Salmon are from 10 - 12 inches long. The males have humps on their backs. We saw some in all stages of spawning. They are fighters as they continually swim upstream.

Kokanee Salmon

This slide show is for Carly who loves the Fall colors...

The Annual [sometimes semi-annual "Friend Trip"

Every year Doug and I go on a trip with friends. The same friends, The "best" friends. Tomorrow I will do a "Monday Memory" about past trips. Tonight I will share this years trip to Island Park/West Yellowstone.


The Shaw's invited us to go to their new cabin about10 minutes west of West Yellowstone.

This cabin is beautiful and very roomy. It has a kitchen/ family/game room all in one with high ceilings. Master bedroom and bath on main level, full basement with work shop, two bedrooms upstairs and a loft. It came complete with furniture, big screen TV, and a deck around the cabin.

To entertain ourselves we played wii. Dennis and Lynn tried their hands at Boxing.

But the biggest competition was the bowling game between Linda and Dianne. It was a duel to the finish..

Linda won by a hair and rocked the house with her antics. This was Dianne's best game. Check out the score!!

We also went to Island park to eat dinner.

Good food, good friends, good times!

Dianne and Dennis Shaw

Linda and Dave Carver

Lynn and Maureen Peterson

Scary picture of Doug and me.

After we ate we went back to the cabin for more wii, pool, reading, blogging on the computer, early morning walks, beautiful views..............

View from the cabin....

And of course, we fit in some power naps.........

This makes it look like Doug was the only napper, but Linda won the prize.

We went to West Yellowstone one day and went to see "Lewis and Clark" at the Imax, and then did some shopping. I bought some winter running clothes for a "bargain"........and then of course, we ate some more..................

Dave was in a "funk" because his reunion was over [Ogden High 1968 he planned the whole thing]. I was pre-occupied because mine [Weber High1968] was in a week and I needed to keep up the blog. We bought Dave a "Yettie" [Big Foot] shirt to cheer him up....he is obsessed with the "Yettie'.

As usual we had a great trip and laughed a lot and just enjoyed each others company. Thanks Dennis and Dianne for a great trip and for your hospitality. By the way, they have another cabin in Island park where we have stayed before and it is for sale if anyone is in the market..........

Where have I been???????????

My friend Sally Oyler Pincomb and me on the deck at the Deer Valley House

at our 40th High School reunion.

I have been missing in action on my blog, but really I have been Verrrry busy. To see what I have been doing go to http://www.weberhighschoolclassof68.blogspot.com/. We just had our 40th High School reunion and I was in charge of the blog. Carly designed it of course. But I did the actual posts. I am quite proud of how it turned out. It was a lot of work. I loved the links to "classmates bio's" and the special link to "Those who have passed". Watch out!!! 40 years sneaks up on you fast. Talk about Monday Memories.....This was 40 years worth in one night.
Good Old Weber.....................Grand Old Weber......

Myself, Greg Burnett, and Patrice Moyes Archibald at the reunion.

Making Monday Memories part 3

Red and White.....choke...... choke........
This doesn't mean I have to give up my BYU Blue does it????? No way!! But I do have to respect the new colors of Mac's new University.

Rutgers University

The last day we were in New Jersey and we were just so sick of unpacking and cleaning and we just needed to get out of the house. So Mac took us around Campus. There are four Rutgers campus's in the New Brunswick area. He lives on the Busch campus, but may be teaching on the Cook-Douglas campus and/or College Ave. campus. There is also the Livingston Campus. The one we went to visit is the College Avenue campus. I took the following pictures so my family could get a feel of what the campus looks like. Rutgers is rich in tradition and the architecture of the buildings is beautiful. There were dates on the buildings dating back to 1766.


Beautiful flowers all over Campus mostly in RED.


Rutger Flags fly all over Campus.


Note the Red "R" in the window.

Loved this photo Mac took.


Many of the buildings on this Campus had RED doors.

I made Mac stand on the corner of the Campus for this photo.

I just want to say here how proud we are of Mac and all that he has accomplished in school. Even though he has a lot of school left, we support him 100%. For those of you that do not know Mac has a duel major at BYU for his Bachelors degree in Latin American Studies and Horticulture. He has used his Horticulture experience to work on Temple Square in Salt Lake City as well as other places. That is why he is always commenting on my blog about the kinds of trees and stuff. He is currently finishing up his Spanish Masters Degree at BYU and is almost finished with his Thesis which he will return to defend in the next few months. He was offered a "Fellowship" at Rutgers University and was their number one doctoral candidate in his specialty. This means his tuition will be totally paid, plus he will receive a small stipend. He will be teaching at Rutgers as well. There is a lot of stress associated with this doctorate, but I know he will do well. He is such a good teacher and loves the literature which is where his love is. He has a talent for writing which is why he was offered this Fellowship. It will take him 4-5 years to complete this degree. Three shouts for Mac. He is also a good father husband and son and I love him so much. Doug and I are so proud of him and all he has accomplished so far.

Congratulations Mac!!!