THE ROSE CHRISTMAS STORY

WHAT CAN I SAY, I LOVE MY GRANDCHILDREN, THEY BRING LITE AND HAPPINESS INTO MY HEART. I JUST HOPE THEY ARE NOT PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. LOL THEY WERE GREAT SPORTS, THEY WERE PROMISED 3 TOYS EACH.

Our Latest Honor Student

The Weather was great for the week of December 9th, our neighbor was walking and called to congratulate us on Brittneys Accomplishment, I wondered how she found out. then she told me, I already new because Britt brought home her awards, Little did we know it was going to be posted all week on the marque, We are so proud of her, I wonder if we will get the bumper stickers to. lol, anyway great job little britt. we love you very much, and know you will have a great life. good luck on the car, she also got a key to success, if it starts the car she gets it. She has worked very hard in school, and it's great to be recognised.

Bathtime at the canyons

Wow who knew washing your hair with alot of shampoo and turning on the jets would cause such fun, it took forever for the bubbles to go out, and off of us. it sure was fun though, maddie and I laughed alot.

Macies first loose tooth

I don't know if you can tell, but my tooth is loose, and my mom is going to try and pull it out, I don't know if I am that brave but I guess I will find out. Lots of promises are being made for it to come out, lets find out what happends this one is for you alice! I wish you were here.

Wow I did it! Mom loosened it and then I went after it and pulled it out. what a bloddy mess.

Aunt Britt was there to help me, how cute is she. I'm rinsing and spiting out blood.

I'm trying to stop the bleeding

Look Alice I did this all by my self, I was really brave and got 5 dollars for it.

NEW TRADITION

KEEPING UP THE TRADITION, BROX AND MACIE WANT TO ALWAYS COME TO BEAR RIVER TO TRICK OR TREAT, THEY HAVE SUCH GREAT FAMILY AND FRIENDS OUT THERE, WE WILL ALWAYS COME OUT, THEN I CAN SEE EVERYONE, NEXT YEAR I NEED TO BRING MORE CANDY OUT , IT RAN OUT FAST, KAREN SAID I NEED TO PLAN ON 300 I ONLY BROUGHT ENOUGH FOR 150, LITTLE DID I KNOW. IT WAS SO FUN TO INCLUDE DAD THIS YEAR, HE IS SUCH A GOOD SPORT. WE LOVE HIM LOTS.

HALLOWEEN 2008

WE MADE GPA PASS OUT THE CANDY THIS YEAR, LAST YEAR GRAM WAS WITH US AND SHE DID, WE SURE MISS HER ALOT, BUT GRAMPS WAS GREAT AT IT, WITH ALL THE LITTLE KIDS , AIDEN, MACIE, BROX AND RYDER, KYLE ALSO IN GREAT COSTUME.

BAILEY , GPA, BROOKE, MOLLY, AND TARA, TRICK OR TREATING GPA.

SHANTEE, WYATT AND JIM HOW MUCH FUN THEY ARE HAVING CUTE FAMILY

FRED AND WILMA, AKA PO, AND JAIDE, HOW CUTE ARE THEY

MICHELLE, BRITT, AND JESSICA GOING TO PARTY IT UP, THEY REALLY HAD FUN AND WOKE ME UP WHEN THEY GOT HOME.

SAYING GOODBYE

ITS THE HARDEST THING TO DO, WE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH ALL OUR GERMAN GIRLS, BUT I THINK LARISSA WAS THE CLOSEST TO US. SHE HAD SUCH A GREAT HEART WITH US, SHE LOVED US. WE WILL MISS HER ALOT. SHE SAID SHE WILL BE BACK, HER DAD IS A DENTIST SO I KNOW SHE WILL.

I KNOW MACIE WILL MISS LARISSA THE MOST , SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN WITH HER, AND I KNOW LARISSA WILL MISS MACIE LOTS, SHE REALLY LOVES HER.

OLIVIA TURNED 18 ON SAT. THIS WAS HER CAKE, IT WAS SO CUTE SHE TOOK THE EYEBALLS AND THE FINGERS BACK TO GERMANY WITH HER. IT WAS FUN TO HAVE A PARTY FOR HER WHILE SHE WAS HERE.

OFF TO THE AIRPORT, WOW WE WERE CROWDED. AUNT BET IS NEXT TO BRITT IN THE FRONT, AND OLIVIA BY LARISSA IN THE BACK OF THE TRAIL BLAZER, WE ALL NEEDED TO GO WITH THEM TO SAY GOODBYE.

I'M GLAD STEVEN SAID GOOD BYE TO LARISSA, I'M SURE SHE WILL MISS HIM THE MOST.

HAVING TO LEAVE US NOW, WE ARE ALL CRYING.

WE LOVE YOU AND WILL MISS YOU, YOU ARE IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER, MAYBE SOMEDAY WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN. LOVE TO ALL.

Snow in October

Olivia, Marina, and Larissa, loved playing in the snow, I'm glad I had snow suits for all of them.

Halloween ? Ya right, crazy weather, they have seen it all, while they were here, hot, rain and now snow.

how sad our corn on the curb is gone, it really was cute for halloween.

can you believe he smiled, he was having so much fun.

Brox is running away from the snow ball fight, of course he started it.

We went up to the ranch, and Curt, the wonderful brother he is, showed the girls how to ride 4 wheelers, and horses, marinna rode the mule and loved it. thanks curt your great, they had the best time yet.

Larissa our new German girl

Here it is Saturday night, we are getting a new German Girl, that we only new we were getting 2 days ago. they couldn't find host families so of course britt and brian and I said yes, Her name is Larissa , and she is 17 years old, like brittney, she is going to stay 2 weeks, it will be fun to get to know her. Brox and Macie were the only ones that could go to the airport to get her with me, Britt was at the circus with her friends, so now onto the show.

can you believe brox is smiling, I can't, he's great.

waiting and waiting, they are so cute

we are so excited to get to know her

ZIONS NATIONAL PARK

WHAT ELSE DO YOU DO WHEN ITS RAINING ALL OVER THE STATE, YOU GO IN THE EVER FAMOUS VAN ON A ROAD TRIP AND END UP AT ZIONS NATIONAL PARK, WHAT A BEAUTIFUL PLACE EVEN IN THE RAIN, THE COLORS WERE SPECTACULAR.

AUSTIN IS LIVING AND GOING TO SCHOOL IN DIXIE, SO HE WENT WITH US, IT WAS FUN HAVING HIM WITH US. BRITT ESPECIALLY LOVED IT.

THIS TUNNEL IS AMAZING, MILES LONG, AND BUILT THROUGH THE ROCKS, AND MOUNTAIN, IT HAS WINDOWS INSIDE TO SEE OUT. WOW

THEY HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS, THEY WERE VERY IMPRESSES WITH ZIONS.

WEEPING ROCK, GROWS FERNS AND FLOWERS OUT OF THE ROCK. ITS AMAZING

WE LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL STATE, WE ARE VERY BLESSED.

PUMPKIN CARVING

THE GIRLS HAVE NEVER CARVED PUMPKINS, OR EVEN WENT TRICK OR TREATING, ITS SOMETHING NEW IN GERMANY, SO BRIAN TOOK THEM TO GET PUMPKINS AND THEN THEY STARTED CARVING THEM, YUCKY AND FUN. VERY MESSY.

HAVING FUN AS NEW FRIENDS, LIFETIME FRIENDS

LOOK MA , NO TEETH, THEY HAD SO MUCH FUN.

OLIVIA, AND HER PUMPKIN, PULLING ITS GUTS OUT. YUCK.

THIS IS MARINNA AND HER PUMPKIN, GOOEY BUT FUN.

LARISSA AND HER PUMPKIN, SHE HAD FUN MAKING IT.

looks just like her. she is so cute. and fun.

Finished, britt is such a goofey girl, I couldn't see their faces because it was so dark.

NEW YORK

I DIDN'T TAKE MANY PICTURES SO YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT ALLYS BLOG, I STARTED OUT RIDING ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH BRIAN IN THE TRUCK, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE BUMPY AND TIRING, BUT THAT WAS IN THE OTHER TRUCK THAT I WENT IN LAST TIME. THIS TRUCK WAS WONDERFUL, THE SEAT WAS COMFORTABLE AND THE VIEW WAS GREAT, WE LIVE IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN SEE IT IS TO DRIVE IT. I KNOW BRIAN GETS TIRED OF IT, BUT IT WAS SO GREAT FOR ME TO SEE THE WORLD, OTHER THAN FROM A PLANE. WE HAD A GOOD TIME JUST BEING WITH EACH OTHER, AND TALKING, WE HAVN'T DONE THAT FOR AWHILE, THEN WE GOT TO PITTSBURG AND PICKED UP KEVIN AND ALLY, THEN THE FUN REALLY BEGAN, FIRST OF ALL AFTER WE UNLOADED IN NEW JERSEY, THE ONE DRIVER TOLD US IF WE WALKED ACROSS THE PARK WE COULD GET ON THE FERRY TO ELLIS ISLAND AND THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, NOT. WE HAD TO WALK FOREVER, PROBABLE AT LEAST 5 MILES, THEN WE HURRIED AND GOT OUR TICKETS TO GET ON THE FERRY, FINALLY WE DID AND WENT TO ELLIS ISLAND WHERE WE FOUND PAUL CHUTKAS NAME ON THE WALL HE WAS ONE OF THE IMMIGRANTS THAT FIRST CAME, THAT WAS BRIANS GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER, IT WAS COOL TO SEE THAT, THEN WE GOT BACK ON THE FERRY TO GO TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY, AND HAD TO STAND IN LINE FOR WHAT SEEMED FOREVER, TO GET THROUGH SECURITY, AND THEN THROUGH SECURTIY, AND THEN 185 STEPS TO THE OBSERVATION DECK, WHAT A GREAT SIGHT IT WAS SO COOL. TO SEE HER STANDING WITH HER TORCH, THEN GOT BACK ON THE FERRY, AFTER LOTS OF PICTURES BY ALLY, AND WENT TO NEW YORK, CAUGHT A TAXI TO GRAND CENTRAL STATION, WOW WHAT A PLACE, TOOK THE TRAIN TO CONNECTICUT,BRIAN PICKED US UP AND THEN WENT TO THE HYATT TO REST AND CLEAN UP. THEN WE SHOWED ALLY AND KEVIN ALL THE GREAT EATING PLACES, MANSIONS, AND THE BOAT THAT WE WENT FISHING IN. IT WAS SO GREAT TO HAVE THEM TO OUR SELVES, AND LET THEM MEET OUR FRIENDS,AND FAMILY.WE LAUGHED AND CRIED, THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SEE AND DO, FROM GROUND ZERO, TO CHINA TOWN, YES I TAUGHT ALLY HOW TO BARGIN WITH THE PEOPLE, AND THEN WE WENT AND PLAYED IN THE RAIN, IN MANHATTEN, WHAT A WONDERFUL CRAZY PLACE. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COME JUST CALL AND TELL US. WE HAVE ROOM IN THE TRUCK, NO MORE THAN 2 AT A TIME THOUGH, UNLESS YOU FLY OUT. AND YES I FLEW BACK, I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME, AND LOVED THE TIME WE GOT TO SPEND WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Kevin and the fish, it was great. to see most of the pictures, go to ally's blog because she had the camera, I left mine in the truck or car, I wasn't even thinking, but Brian had it the day he took kevin in the boat.