November 2025

 

November 2 - Oh how I love these 3 little ones! They are so full of life and fun!

They all love books, and they don't care who reads to them.

November 6 - This beautiful moonrise could almost pass for a sunrise!

November 8 - We watched Clark play some basketball, and Brian coach his team.

November 10 - We watched Annie play some basketball at the middle school in Shelley. Maden, Clark, Brian and Scottlynn were there supporting Annie.

November 11 - We drove to Tahoe City, CA to meet Cindy and Ken. Blake found some pinecones that were huge!

We took 20 boxes of Coconut Cream Diet Dr. Pepper to Cindy! She loved that it was so much!

November 12 - Blake and I drove from Tahoe City to Yuba City.  We started out at an elevation of 7200 feet, with mountains and pine trees, we just kept dropping down to desert like sage brush. We passed what looked like rice paddies. In Yuba City, we were at an elevation of 68 feet and palm trees!

We went to the Feather River Temple.  It was really nice.  We think the tree that Blake is standing by is an olive tree. 

This is at the cabin where Cindy and Ken were staying.  Such beautiful scenery.

You can see snippets of Lake Tahoe through the trees.

Blake and I were staying at a lodge right on the lake.  

It was very serene and beautiful.  I was photobombing Cindy's pictures.

November 13 - We drove from Tahoe City to Elko, NV. Once again leaving the mountains with pine trees and finding ourselves in a desert with sage brush.

This is the new Elko Temple right out of our hotel window. 

November 14 - We drove down Sage Street where I lived when I was 5 years old.  I think we lived in the yellow house.

We went to the Elko Temple.  It's very small, but perfect for the area.

We stopped to eat at The 208 Grill in Burley, then drove past the new Burley Temple.  

November 15 - We got to hang out with Cole.  He is such a fun, busy, curious, smart, happy little fellow.

We took Cole to Rupes, he waved at people as they came in.  He got an upclose look at this kind of freaky Santa, he was just curious.

November 16 - Oh, the many faces and moods of Scottlynn.  My favorite is her silent fits.

November 17 - Blake is taking advantage of no snow and mowing up the leaves.

November 19 - A beautiful sunset!

November 21 - There was a dinner at Parkwood Meadows.  Cole was the star of the show with all the little kids.  Grandpa Paul even played a game!

November 23 - My new car came! We ordered it from a dealership in Loveland, CO. They drove it right to our house! It's so nice to have my own car again.  Brian made Pavlova.  It was pretty interesting and good.

November 25 - An absolutely wonderful start to the day!

November 27 - Cole just making sure he knows where everything is in the toy cupboard.  Happy was talking to the dogs on the TV.

A gorgeous ride home from Brian and Aubrey's house.

November 29 - We got the house all decorated for Christmas!

It all looks so festive.

The best time of the year!

November 30 - Hallie is being the entertainer for Scottlynn and Penny. I think it was a pretty big job, but she did well.

October 2025

 

October 1 - It was door decorating day again for my parents at Parkwood Meadows. Nikelle made the poster and the cartoon pictures from Facebook pictures. Shauna and I spray glued the pictures onto the door.  It ended up winning 1st place in the staff voting.

October 2 - I love sunrises.

October 4 - Hallie is entertaining Cole with a tower, Cole is investigating the whole house and Scottlynn just loves the toys.

October 5 - Celebrating Aubrey.

Happy is getting loves from Grandpa, I think this is the 1st time Cole has seen a doll.  Jared is entertaining Scottlynn, Ryder is reading a "yearbook".  Blake is reading to Cole and Penny. Cole is just investigating more things.

A beautiful, bright rainbow!

October 6 - The picture on the left is the bright moon in the west at 6:10 am, the one on the right is the moon in the east at 9:10 pm.  

I got to to take Declan shopping and to eat.  He turned 8 on the 7th.  He is such a happy, bright boy.  He chose this cool robot at Hobby Lobby, then we ate at Texas Roadhouse.  He loved sitting on the saddle and getting a huge birthday brownie.  I love spending time with him.

October 7 - Another beautiful morning moon.

I got all the Fall/Halloween decorations on the front porch and entry way.  

October 9 - I got to watch both Penny land Cole for a while.  Penny loved chasing him around to see where he was going next. 

October 10 - The "Brody" or hydrangea tree is still very amazing!

October 11 - The Tator Trot at Jensen's grove.  Annie, Ryder and Mikala ran the 5K in the pouring rain!

Cole waited in the shelter where it was dry.  Molly, Hallie and Penny would venture out in the rain and then come back.  Brian and Randy would run out to see if they could see them.  Brian ended up carrying Penny back.

Clark and Declan ran the 1/2 mile race.  Annie took these awesome pictures of them!

After the races, we came back to our house to paint some pumpkins. 

Ryder and his creation.  Notice the "6-7"?

Molly got the gold medal! At least she did on her pumpkin.

Even Randy painted a pumpkin.

Penny loved hers, She wanted a tiger.

Declan did a great job on his.  It was a huge pumpkin.

Hallie had four sides painted!

Clark took the longest and it turned out so good.

Aubry's and Scottlynn's are so cute!

After the pumpkin painting, we went to Leo's.  It's hard to get good pictures there!

The sunset on the way home was absolutely amazing!

Hallie was on the opposite side of the car and said look at the rainbow on my side.  I couldn't get a good picture of it, so Hallie took these amazing pictures!

Oct 12 - We celebrated my "67" birthday! The older kids all thought it was hilarious.

Just a normal Sunday afternoon. 

October 14 - Penny loved this little tree in the Harmon's yard. It's colors were amazing!

I got this yummy float for my birthday at Dixie's Diner, and I also got these beautiful flowers from Cindy and Ken.

October 17 - Cole is stuck!

I think the sunsets in the fall are the best!

Oclober 18 - We got to tend Cole for the day.  He loves going fast in the walker and checking out all the cupboards. We took him to Idaho Falls, we went to Broulims and to eat at Smitty's. We had a fun day with this almost 1 year old.

October 19 - Jared's got "three" babies. Scottlynn and Penny like playing with the toys on the strings I put up for Cole.  They were playing so cute with babies.The girls all had fun with some "dot" art.

October 20

October 22 - I took Penny and Paul to McDonald's for lunch.  They got a little silly.

Cole turned 1 on the 21st! How is that possible? We gave him this little bike.  I'm sure one day soon he'll be racing around on it!

October 23 - Lynne and I got to take Mom to the Idaho Falls Temple! It is always a very special experience.

My nephew Joseph and his cute little family came to stay for a couple of nights.  His little boy JT was in tractor heaven!

October 25 - The sunrise was incredible and it was just about as nice in the west.

I got to take Annie shopping and to eat.  She will be 13 on the 30th!! She bought a hair crimper, we ate at Texas Roadhouse and went to Reed's Dairy to vote on their pumpkins.  It was a great day, we had a very good talk about life.  I love you Annie!

Michelle and Adam are having a girl!

October 26 - Celebrating Annie!

Also celebrating Cole!

Cole and Scottlynn "playing" together!

October 27 - A very sad day! I wrecked my car! I was crossing Hiway 26 at 600 W. Somehow, someway I hit the back of a trailer being pulled by a pickup.  I don't know how I didn't see him! I got a ticket, the car had to be towed away.  Luckily the guy I hit was very kind.  Randy came and rescued me.  I went from being very scared to really mad to just very sad.

October 28 - Penny brought up some toys from downstairs and cooked me some good food.

Blake and I drove to Logan, to go to the Celebration of my Uncle Ross's life.  I saw my Aunt Jan, and. about 14 of my cousins.  I only got a picture of Marlene, Rita, Bruce and Chelese.  I talked to more, just no pictures.  

October 29 - I got to go watch Annie play 7th grade basketball at the MountainView Middle School in Blackfoot.  She played really well.

October 30 - The costume parade was outside at Groveland Elementary.  Cole's little hands were cold, so I put my gloves on him.  He left them on the whole time we were there.

Hallie was Miss Piggy.

James was a ninja.

Ryder was Peely.

Molly was a cowgirl.

October 31 - Penny was a sour patch kid, Cole was Mickey Mouse.