We returned from Renee's in Fresno Calif. last night. We had a wonderful time spending Christmas with them. The grandchildren have grown and in such a short time from when we saw them in Sept. Andrew is walking and getting into everything he is a darling boy. Olivia got a skateboard for Christmas and she is really good at balancing and she can even do a few tricks already. She is going to be quite an athlete. Renee is pregnant with her third child again she is due in August which will make the new baby and Andrew only 18 month apart. She is really going to have her hands full. Greg is doing well he is trying hard to get all of his grading finished before deadline and helping Renee with the kids. His days are full. We talked to Paul and their family is doing great they are in Willamsburg Virginia for the holidays Danielle is with them. The boys were as usual very excited about everything they got for Christmas. They are such happy boys. We sure miss their family alot. Danielle lives only about 1/2 hour from Paul so they get to see her more now and that makes the family very happy and complete with her near. Wanda and Marshal spent the Holidays in Oregon and also got back last night. They announced that they will not be returning home until June so they will be traveling with us for a while when we leave here. We are glad to have them join us. Well enough for now hope you all had a great Christmas and hope your coming year is even better. Love and prayers for all.

Well it is a very unusual thing but I got on line tonight so I thought best to blog while I had a chance. Last night we went to the Phoenix Zoo Lights. There are about 3 million lights and it was a beautiful sight. Not a lot to really fill you in on since it was only a few days ago that I posted last. Olivia called her grand pa and asked him to come to her house for Christmas so can you guess where we are going-------------------you guessed it we are heading off to Renee's home for Christmas will be leaving on Tuesday and returning on Sunday . At least that is the plan for now. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas, hope Santa gives you all what you are hoping for. We send love and prayers for all.

Hello to everyone. It has been awhile since the last blog. I apologize about that. It is hard to get on line here and very frustrating so I avoid it. We have been very busy but most of that business is just doing daily things around here. We had a visit from John and Emily Boyd in November. They were on their way to visit their son and stopped by for a visit we took them to Tortilla Flats where we had dinner it was a nice drive and an interesting place. The next morning we went to breakfast before they were off to sons house. Couple of weeks later we were off to Yuma Az. where we spent a couple of nights . From there we went to Algodones Mexico which was about 20 minutes from our hotel. Terry braved having some dental work done there. We heard some good things about a dentist there so he decided to try it out as he really need the work done. The cost was about 1/3 the costs of the states dentists and he was very pleased with the work done (whew). We were invited to my cousin Mitch's home for thanksgiving and we had a great time there. They have a lovely home with about 2 1/2 acres which is home to some horses, miniature horses, mules and dogs big enough to be mistaken for miniature horses (Terry would like me to say those dogs were the size of a damn horse not a miniature horse). Last week we went to Flagstaff Az. and had lunch at Salsa Brava which is a diners and dives (seen on food channel) pick of places to eat. From there we took a terrific drive to Sedona Az. It was beautiful driving through the mountains and seeing the red rock surrounding Sedona. We actually went to Sedona to see the Red Rock Fantasy of Lights which was a disappointment but the drive made up for it. We spend time during the day playing volleyball in the pool, shuffle board, riding bikes, and walking. Our evenings are spent playing pool, pinnocle on Mondays, bingo on Tuesdays, and euchre and Fridays. There are many other things that come up in between like tonight I went to a cake and ice cream social followed by a childrens play. There are just so many things all the time to do plus there are many day and over night trip events if a person wants to take them.