November - Mom and Dad

Gravy...Gravy all over my turkey.....
Gravy...Gravy all over my spuds.....
I know of nothing more delicious.......
I love Gravy on white meat and
Gravy on dark meat ....
and Gravy on my dressing toooooo.

Sing this to the song that Patsy Cline sang called 'Crazy' and
you will have a good laugh...a good thought and fun times.....I do just that!!!

I have been singing it at the gym, at home, and as I am walking around delivering phone books with dad.
I have been teaching it to Jo and Barb so that they can join me for Thanksgiving fun times. People already know that we need help and this sort of proves it. We are trying to harmonize and it really can crack a person up with us oldies doing this. Oh well, life needs some laughter sometimes and it helps perk a person up when you can help make another persons day by just disappearing......what can I say our audiences do give us a chance. Funny how when we are through they all pull out their ear plugs....oh well

It has been a busy week or two having Christopher here for a few days before Steve and Diane got out here. I was fun having him around before he went into the MTC. It was great having Diane and Steve here too. A busy time. We attended the SLC temple and I had a wonderful time there. It felt good to be there with family and to come through the veil and be able to have hugs from my family. How heavenly is that?. I enjoyed the time spent with my kids.

After they left, I managed to clean up the bedrooms and freshen up the sheets one day and the next day my brother and his wife came down from Spokane, Wa. They will be here until after Thanksgiving. I will get the bedrooms cleaned up and sheets freshed up and Steve and Diane will be back for a day or two on their way home from California. Life it good when it is full of family!!!

We are planning on going down to Dennis' for Thanksgiving Day and we are looking forward to it. It will be fun and filling up our tummies will be part of that fun. Of course before we go dad and I will be up at 2:30am to get papers (the biggest one of the year) put together so that he can deliver them at a decent time. He will need the help for this one as it encourages everyone to hit the stores at 5:00am the day after with all the great sales for Christmas...I look upon that horrible time to shop just like I look upon 2:00am to do papers. Ugh! I will take my young bones and young muscles and be of help to dad...I hope. Then I willcome home and he will deliver those heavy things and hopefully get home at a decent time to get a bit of shut eye before we head down to Springville.

As we have done the phone books this year I find that as I walked from house to house that I really felt gratitude for the beauty of the earth around me. I noticed the many colors that the tree leafs are turning and the many different shapes of the leafs of the trees. The farm lands, the mountains, how great is this creation. There is so much love that the Lord put into this creation for us, just so we could enjoy it all if we would but take the time to really look around and see it. He loves us all and he has given us much to be thankful for....look for those little things/blessings that make you happy and humbly say thank you to him. Yes, life is a test in lots of ways....looking toward heaven  with thanksgiving in our hearts can help us over troublesome times...Stay strong my children! Stay close to the Lord! We will all make it.
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Yes Steve, we will be available for a reunion. It is hard to do because we are all so far away from each other, but we would not want to miss the chance of seeing all of you if it is possible. Let us know the where and when so we can plan for it.

My love to each of you children and grandchildren........Happiness to each of you.  Mom and Dad...grandpa and grandma which ever fits..........take care and be good people!!!!