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Monday, September 21, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Summer's Over 2009
Dear Family & Friends...
I let the whole summer slide by without any new posts on the Family Blogg..I have been lazy, I guess~~ but finally am into getting back to communicating again with everyone.
End of May was when I took back my Grand Dog.."Skitto" to her mommy. We had a good trip there and TJ was so happy to have her home again. We do miss her here though.
June was kinda quiet...getting into the good summer months...we planted flowers in planters...cleaned up the winter months mess outside...and geared up for the hot months ahead. We did end up having a warm summer but decided not to use the AC this year and used 2 portable evaporative coolers in the house instead to save $$. Have to watch it now as things are tight. So it did work and we adjusted to not being so cool. I liked it....Mack is still adjusting. Then we cancelled our Dish network for the TV channels and cut money that way too. We just hooked up our computer to the TV and watch Hulu.com instead and enjoy all the programs that way that we saw before. It is a great savings for us there also.
July came and went pretty fast...the fourth of July was spendt at our friends home The Conners and we had a good time there also. I had to work most of that day anyways...so we went late and didn't stay too long either as I had to work early the next day. Got lots of pictures there too...and made a cute slide show for all to see...
The Big event for July was Eric coming home from IRAQ...after 15 months of being there. Kristen & Christopher and my sister and kids and Terry Johnson all met him there at McCord Airforce base at 6:00am in the morning on July 15, 2009...They had balloons and signs and flowers and took pictures and all for me and Mack. We haven't seen the pictures yet...but know we will soon.
I got to see the sign and balloons when we got up to Erics on July 30th for a whole week of vacationing with him. It was a great week...Eric was so happy to be home and works on his lawn alot and landscaping and his backyard deck. He loves his home and is so proud of what he has accomplished there. He has put his heart and soul into it and it shows!! We went swimming one of the first days there (as it was bloody hot there) and it was s fun time to cool off with all of us. We went on walks in his neighborhood at night sometimes to just get outside and enjoy the area.
We went to Loretta and Bob's Winery "Andrake Cellars" on that Saturday Aug 2nd...which was also Bobby Jr's 32 birthday too...and they had a rib & chicken cook-off and also they cooked a 45# pig...it was all very good and we had a blast. Took movies that day and glad that I did...a day to remember for our family... Also~~~ our Cousin Dianne Corzo and Sean (her son) came up special to enjoy that day with us and have a weekend of family sharing. It was excellent to be with them and enjoyed catching up with them both...it always goes so fast though. Dianne came up on the train and went on up to Vancover to see where she spendt a few years when she was younger...and Sean went on a road trip with a friend and checked out the great northwest. Time flies by us all so fast.
We spendt one evening with the Shultz family ~~ ~ what a nice evening to see the kids all having fun chasing bugs and enjoying their backyard. Kristen made a great barbeque and Christopher barbequed the meat for us all..it was quite a big feast and we ate alot again! that evening went much too fast too.
then we spendt a few days with Eric...and his friends Chad and Mandy also...
and we even went swimming one evening with the whole family at Patterson lake...and the water was warm like Hawaii...how awesome...and fun..got movies of that evening also...very relaxing.
We got to spend some good quality time with Eric...ran some errands with him and Mack and him went on a 27 mile bike ride the last day we were there.
They followed a bike trail that goes on for eternity...and they had to be picked up when they got tired...which was in Olympia...at the church that Kristen and Christopher got married at...
Then our time there was over and Mack and I left Thursday...he dropped me off in Portland, Oregon...for TCF National Convention...for that weekend of August 7-9th~~ it was such a spectacular bonding experience to be with over 1000 bereaved parents from all over the united states. We had classes and speakers at the dinner and luncheon...and it ended Sunday morning with "The Walk to Remember"~~which again I took movies during the event...It was a most invigorating time for our chapter members that went.
Then the rest of August,...Eric came home for fair-time and his 10 year class reunion...and we saw him alittle while he was home...but mostly he was able to visit with his dad and work on his sandrail...got it totally redone and put a new engine in it also...he was hoping to go to the dunes in oregon but never made it so maybe later this year...
Mack and I had our 14th Anniversary on the 21st of August also.. We spendt the day shopping up in Medford, Oregon...and then ate at the new Callahans Restaurant on the way home for a nice Dinner...Great food and a special treat to eat there...Humming birds flying all over there and the view is beautiful right on top of the Siskiyou pass...loved that memory..
So that brings us to September now...I am approaching Bonnies Rememberance date on the 14th of this month and it is still a very hard time for me to seem to get thru. although it has been over 10years now...the sorrow and loss never seem to leave my heart long...but I have just learned to deal with it alittle quicker when the feelings surface...Will probably do something special to commemorate my love for her on that day...
We are also planning to go to Plymouth Bluegrass Festival next weekend in the foothills of southern sacramento area.. We had such a good time there last year we are returning again...We can take our Molly there...and it isn't too terribly expensive to get ourselves there ...so it is our fun outing to enjoy together~~we both love it alot.
Other than all that...I have been quilting in between things and events...trying to get a few projects done and getting myself geared up to using the quilting table and longarm sewing machine. I have trouble getting it to sew without the thread breaking...I had it working for awhile...but it has been a stretch since I jumped in and really used it...so I have to start from scratch again...and watch the viedo and see if I am doing anything wrong..
Have to get Brittany & Andy's Wedding quilt done...and mostly Eric's quilt that I promised would be done when he got back from Iraq this time...I am terribly slow...but will get them done soon...I promise...do or die..!
So If you got thru all this...you are caught up on our happenings in our family..we have been very busy...will post more often now...knew it would take me sometime to catch up...Sorry..
Hugs & Prayers..
Bette Jo
P.S....have to go make a apple pie for Mack...someone gave us some Macintosh apples (at a musical day we had at friends on Labor day) that are sooooo good! must use them up...will take a picture and share what the result is...hopefully I won't burn it! haha!
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