Sunday, September 30, 2007

first post

Well, I finally have a blog, thanks to my wonderful computer savvy son, Dave!!!!
This has been a whirlwind year, starting with Susan's wedding in April




the birth, also in April, of our second grandchild, Connor. He is now 5 months old and a BIG healthy happy boy.


Can't continue without adding the other half of that duo, our beautiful granddaughter, Macey, who is now 2 1/2. She and I spend every Wednesday together having a "grammy" day. Connor and Macey had so much joy to our lives.



May brought Paul's graduation from Caldwell High School - he is at Boise State and loving it.



Tom graduated from UoP dental school in June and we all trekked down to San Francisco for the celebration and to help Tom, Sheri and family get packed and moved to Idaho







We celebrated later in the month with a big party and were so glad to have great Grandma and Grandpa Blaisdell visiting for the weekend. This was also the weekend
that Connor was blessed. It was fun to have lots of family around.





In July we drove to SLC to visit with Mick and Jane - they are now proud owners of a Honda Element.



Enjoyed having some of my family here for a reunion the end of July...we are a crazy bunch!!!!!! Love them all!!!! Some of us enjoyed an afternoon of white water rafting on the Payette River.



August came and I finally surfaced for some air.
Things slowed down a bit....we saw David and Paul off on a trip to Hong Kong and Japan. Needless to say that they had a ball!!!



It was back down to Utah the end of August to help Mick and Jane pack up for their next adventure. Jane moved home for a short time while Mick hit the road to tour
in California and give his music career 100% effort. We emptied the nest for about 5 minutes and we love having her here, but she and Mick miss each other. It is nice to have 4 of our kids close by. We have been able to enjoy dinners together and fun times. We miss Susan and Seth. They are in Rexburg working and going to school.
We feel blessed. Life is good and full of surprises!

John and I are leaving tomorrow for a trip to Amsterdam coupled with a week long cruise to ports in France, Portugal and Spain. I have been working hard to get this blog going so that HOPEFULLY I can download pictures as we enjoy our travels.
Now I will push a button and hope it works......this is the start of life about us.