President's Day weekend

We are finally able to get things back to normal after the robbery. We got the new door put in and Shannon and Cindy convinced me to give a splash of color to the house so the door was painted blue. I finally got a new camera so I can take pictures again though I still need to learn the ropes of the new settings.
Over the weekend Shannon and Nic went snowboarding so we watched the their kids. It was fun though Payton just flies from one thing to another. One of the favorite toys is the Montgomeryville that Cindy made for our kids when they were little and now the grandkids like it. it is a flannel sheet we spread out and it is a little town that you can play cars on. This holiday weekend weather has been something as it is nice in the morning and then gets cold and snows in the evening.

This week Maddie had some demanding experiences. She was asked to stay over night each night at work and sleep in the room with a lady who was passing away named Afton. She stayed there from Sunday to Thursday and then Afton passed away on Friday during the day. Also during the week she had to respond to a car wreck she saw and had to help a guy who was thrown out of the car when it got hit. She was the first responder and had to stay there until other help arrived. That is a lot of responsibility for a 19 year old.

Our family get together for Gaven's birthday

We got together as a family in Salt Lake to have dinner together to celebrate Gaven's birthday. We met  at Maddie's apartment so that she and Cameron would not have to travel. Maddie had decorated her space over her table for Gaven's birthday. It was a nice touch. We then went to Applebees and had a good meal and reflected over good times.It was hard to believe that 10 years ago was when we celebrated Gaven's birthday with him. That night ten years ago was also the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake. The next day was when we took the girls to see the ski jumping and the two days later we took Cameron and Gaven to the snowboarding half pipe. Where has the time gone. it sure was nice to be together this night as a family and to have others also remember Gaven. 

Dad's 80th and Mom's ?? birthdays

Since I do not have a camera yet I'll have to borrow pictures to go with this week. We went to the Timbermine to celebrate Dad's 80th birthday. It was a good evening. The next Saturday was Mom's birthday and most of the family got together at Fat Catz and we went bowling and then had pizza. While the bowling was not so good being together was as we celebrated these milestones.

January 17- Break in

It was a normal day until Cindy came home to find the front door had been kicked in. That meant that someone did not have a key and wanted to come in. She did not know if they were still in the house so she called for help.  There was no one in the house luckily but while they visited our house they helped themselves to a TV, money, my cameras (which is why there are no pictures), some shoes, a bag, jewelery and keys. There is nothing worse than being broken into for feeling insecure. It could have been worse, at least they left the house clean and there were other things they could of taken. Still it will set us back and we did not sleep well at all that night. I used a board to create a door stop so the damaged front door could not be used as an entrance until we can get a new front door.

January 16

It was a holiday today so I decided to take Cindy, Shannon, Payton and Conner to the new Natural History Museum in Salt Lake. It snowed in the morning but once we were on the road it was fine. Cameron found out that if he did not take the truck to Denver they would charge him $400 to come pick it up so he was off to Denver in the afternoon and tomorrow he would fly home without a job and look for something new.

Anyway we had a good time at the museum. They had lots of things for all ages. Payton caught fish n a small stream display. We say lots of dinosaur bones and it is an impressive building.

Saturday the 14th- What a day

It started off like any normal Saturday, chorus to do, shopping, cleaning. We were going to a Weber State game that night but about 3 o'clock Cameron called. He said he had just been in an accident with his truck. Cindy thought he was in Denver because last we heard he had driven a load from Los Angles to Denver. He said he turned a corner too sharp and had taken out a fire hydrant and a piece of fence. I asked him where he was and he said he was in West Valley so I said I would come and see him. It did not do anything to the truck but it took out the hydrant. Luckily it was not on so there was no water coming out of it. This was the last straw. He had only made $300 in two weeks and he was tired of it. He said he was going to quit and after he reported his accident he told Werner he was quiting. They still wanted him to make a delivery to Denver but he said he was done. After trying to get things worked out and taking him to his apartment to get his car I then met Cindy, Nic and Shannon at the game.

First snow

It has been well over a month since we had any storm and finally we woke up to a little snow. It did not last long but at least it made the first part of January seem like it was winter for a day.