Hi readers, it's Natalia, I am updating for my mom because she doesn't know how to! She has entered a Quilt Design Contest and if you know Kathleen you know that she is AMAZING with design and color and this contest is a fabulous opportunity for her. So please go and vote! You can vote once per day per computer so get to it!!!!
THANKS!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Burrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!! It is cold outside, currently 2 degrees and dropping fast. We had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a wonderful new year. I haven't posted for a long time because I forgot the user name and password. Whitnee just got me logged on again and wrote the passwords down for me. Happy New Year to all.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
It has been so long I about forgot how to do this. Krachel set me up on face book and I have been trying to figure that out now as well. My brain doesn't work as fast as those of this younger generation, takes me a while to figure things out on these computers.
Kathleen and I are able to relax much easier this week. We were both asked to speak in Sacrament meeting last Sunday so we spent most of the week stressing out. Actually, Kathleen did a fantastic job and I was just glad to get mine over with.
We have had a little time to breath the past couple of months now that Uncle Ralph's home is finished. We have still been doing a few things, hanging shower rods, etc. and it looks like we will be doing the landscaping with Uncle Ralph this summer so we will be busy again.
We are just busy trying to keep up with Jeff and the grandkids now but that is a lot of fun. We are also looking forward to winter comming to an end and hopefully we can get some green grass in our yard this year. Kathleen has signed herself and me up for a master gardner class this spring so it should be kind of fun. We will see if I am to old to learn something new. Hope all of you are doing well.
Kathleen and I are able to relax much easier this week. We were both asked to speak in Sacrament meeting last Sunday so we spent most of the week stressing out. Actually, Kathleen did a fantastic job and I was just glad to get mine over with.
We have had a little time to breath the past couple of months now that Uncle Ralph's home is finished. We have still been doing a few things, hanging shower rods, etc. and it looks like we will be doing the landscaping with Uncle Ralph this summer so we will be busy again.
We are just busy trying to keep up with Jeff and the grandkids now but that is a lot of fun. We are also looking forward to winter comming to an end and hopefully we can get some green grass in our yard this year. Kathleen has signed herself and me up for a master gardner class this spring so it should be kind of fun. We will see if I am to old to learn something new. Hope all of you are doing well.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Another day at work. We had a great weekend. It was the annual deer hunt, (actually the annual deer hike and come home exhausted weekend). We really had a blast. Mark, Nick, and Alex went camping on Friday with Todd and Jeff and I. We went out Friday morning and got camp set up and then just enjoyed the afternoon and evening. Mark made some wonderful stew that we all enjoyed. We had a nice camp fire and slept like baby's (nice and warm) with the camp stove that fits inside of Nick's tent. Really a lot of fun. The weather was so nice you couldn't help but enjoy it. We got up early Saturday morning and had a yummy breakfast and Uncle Scott and his boys, Tyler and Devin showed up about that time so we gathered up our hunting supplies and headed out. We had only been hunting for about 1/2 hour when Uncle Mark spotted a nice buck and was able to get it. He always manages to get a deer weather any of the rest of us see any or not.
Jeff had gotten his hunters safety badge this fall so he had a 22 and was hunting pine hens. We saw a few and he started to shoot at them. After a shaky start he managed to hit one and was really excited about it. After that first one he became deadly with his shooting and was able to get two more. He impressed me with the third one that he shot. It was a fair ways away and up in a tree and he got it with one shot. It is a big bird and will be really good eating. He was way excited and I was proud of him. I kind of think that he could care less if we say any deer or not as long as we were seeing pine hens. It was a lot of fun being with him and seeing him have fun. I think we all had a great time and enjoyed each others company. Mark, Scott, and I were even able to get in a little nap while the younger guys took a long hike, it was great. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying good health and strength. We are truly being blessed as a family. We love and appreciate all of you our friends and family.
Jeff had gotten his hunters safety badge this fall so he had a 22 and was hunting pine hens. We saw a few and he started to shoot at them. After a shaky start he managed to hit one and was really excited about it. After that first one he became deadly with his shooting and was able to get two more. He impressed me with the third one that he shot. It was a fair ways away and up in a tree and he got it with one shot. It is a big bird and will be really good eating. He was way excited and I was proud of him. I kind of think that he could care less if we say any deer or not as long as we were seeing pine hens. It was a lot of fun being with him and seeing him have fun. I think we all had a great time and enjoyed each others company. Mark, Scott, and I were even able to get in a little nap while the younger guys took a long hike, it was great. Hope all of you are doing well and enjoying good health and strength. We are truly being blessed as a family. We love and appreciate all of you our friends and family.
Pictures
This is Natalia, I am adding pictures for my dad. He told me a while back that he wanted them but he doesn't know how to add them.
Let me just tell you before you look at them, He and my mom have been working his butt off for a year building this house for Uncle Ralph and Aunt Gennie. It's amazing, I think it's the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. My dad is AMAZING!!!
This is the "Chicken" that is on their house that he gave to my mom for her birthday. This picture is deceiving cuz it looks small, it's actually like six feet tall. 
The outside of the house.
These are the stairs, he did tile on the face and wood on the tops of every stair. So pretty! 
Tile around the fireplaces. There are actually two, don't know what happened to the picture of the other one. 
This is the kitchen/great room. 
He's also done a bunch more work but since they are still painting I couldn't get good pictures of everything. Very very awesome work, if you ever get a chance to look at this house you'll be so impressed!
The outside of the house.These are the stairs, he did tile on the face and wood on the tops of every stair. So pretty! Tile around the fireplaces. There are actually two, don't know what happened to the picture of the other one. This is the kitchen/great room. He's also done a bunch more work but since they are still painting I couldn't get good pictures of everything. Very very awesome work, if you ever get a chance to look at this house you'll be so impressed!Sunday, October 5, 2008
Sunday, Oct.5
I have been reading several of your blogs this morning. Lots of fun reading about you and your families and all your activities. It is fun to read about you young parents and about your children. You get old like me and kind of forget what it was like having little children and the challenges that come with them.
I think Kathleen and I must live a boring life. It seems like all we do is work, sleep, and work some more. It is good we have Jeffrey to keep us on the go. I have been filling in a little bit as the second adult for his cub scout group. We went fishing a couple of weeks ago and Jeff caught the first fish of the group. He was really excited about it. He only has a couple of more requirements and then he should receive his wolf. He will go into the Webelows in December, already 10 years old.
Still working at Uncle Ralph's house. Todd and I are trying to finish up the decks and steps outside. The painters are supposed to be mostly finished with the inside in another couple of weeks and then we will have several odds and ends to finish up so they can use it for Thanksgiving. I need to have Whitnee or Natalia take some pictures and put them on my blog so all of you can see. I don't know how to do something as technical as that.
We are slowly (really slowly) trying to get some landscaping done in our yard. I just don't work near as fast or get as much done in 24 hours as I used to be able to do.
It is conference weekend and yesterday it rained all day long. It is raining again this morning. It started about 6am and has been raining steady since. We needed the moisture. Conference was really good and I enjoyed all the talks. I missed priesthood as I was here at work so I look forward to being able to read those talks.
I can't remember if I ever mentioned that Kathleen got a chicken for her birthday. It is actually a rooster weathervane. When we built our house we decided we wanted a weathervane so I build a coupola when I was shingling the roof but had never put a weathervane up so I told Kathleen she could get one for her birthday. She ordered one from a place in Maine. It really looks kind of neat. It stands about 5 feet tall with the directionals and all but on top of the house it really doesn't look so big. It is shinny copper right now but sadly will eventually turn kind of greenish. It is kind of fun to look at and watch it turn in the wind.
In one more hour I get to go home. I guess we are going to Brad and Natalia's this morning to watch conference with them and then to Matt and Krachel's to watch the afternoon session and eat dinner. I guess I won't get much sleep until tonight but it will be fun to see the kids and the GRANDKIDS!!!! They are so fun. I recommend that everyone have grandchildren.
After reading Bryant and Rebecca's blog, I don't think I will ever complain about being tired and not getting much sleep at night.
I think Kathleen and I must live a boring life. It seems like all we do is work, sleep, and work some more. It is good we have Jeffrey to keep us on the go. I have been filling in a little bit as the second adult for his cub scout group. We went fishing a couple of weeks ago and Jeff caught the first fish of the group. He was really excited about it. He only has a couple of more requirements and then he should receive his wolf. He will go into the Webelows in December, already 10 years old.
Still working at Uncle Ralph's house. Todd and I are trying to finish up the decks and steps outside. The painters are supposed to be mostly finished with the inside in another couple of weeks and then we will have several odds and ends to finish up so they can use it for Thanksgiving. I need to have Whitnee or Natalia take some pictures and put them on my blog so all of you can see. I don't know how to do something as technical as that.
We are slowly (really slowly) trying to get some landscaping done in our yard. I just don't work near as fast or get as much done in 24 hours as I used to be able to do.
It is conference weekend and yesterday it rained all day long. It is raining again this morning. It started about 6am and has been raining steady since. We needed the moisture. Conference was really good and I enjoyed all the talks. I missed priesthood as I was here at work so I look forward to being able to read those talks.
I can't remember if I ever mentioned that Kathleen got a chicken for her birthday. It is actually a rooster weathervane. When we built our house we decided we wanted a weathervane so I build a coupola when I was shingling the roof but had never put a weathervane up so I told Kathleen she could get one for her birthday. She ordered one from a place in Maine. It really looks kind of neat. It stands about 5 feet tall with the directionals and all but on top of the house it really doesn't look so big. It is shinny copper right now but sadly will eventually turn kind of greenish. It is kind of fun to look at and watch it turn in the wind.
In one more hour I get to go home. I guess we are going to Brad and Natalia's this morning to watch conference with them and then to Matt and Krachel's to watch the afternoon session and eat dinner. I guess I won't get much sleep until tonight but it will be fun to see the kids and the GRANDKIDS!!!! They are so fun. I recommend that everyone have grandchildren.
After reading Bryant and Rebecca's blog, I don't think I will ever complain about being tired and not getting much sleep at night.
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Saturday morning
Just getting ready to finish another 24 hours of work, glad it is nearly over. kathleen and Jeff came down last night and brought me dinner. Jeff had caught a fish the other night at scouts and wanted to cook it for dinner, it was really good as fish usually is.
Hard to believe another week is almost gone and September is coming to a close. Been a beautiful fall so far however.
We have been busy as ever it seems and my yard hasn't seen much activity. We are almost done with outside work at Uncle Ralph's house, hopefully we can finish the decks today, and then I can take a week or two to work in my yard while the painters are working on the paint.
Jeffrey is looking forward to the deer hunt and counting down the days. He can't wait to take a gun and shoot a grouse or rabit or something.
We are having a blast with our grandaughters whenever we get a chance to play with them. I recommend being grandparents to anyone.
BYU is doing great and Kurt got a chance to play last week. Wasatch won last night so things are looking up.
I watched part of the presidential debate last night and I have a lot of concerns. This country is still the greatest on earth but we certainly have our problems and some very serious ones. I think it is time we follow the Prophet's advice and put our houses in order if we haven't already done so.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend so I hope all of you have one as well.
We are expecting Kathleen's mom to come and spend the weekend with us. Her cousin passed away the other day and her funeral is in Spanish Fork this morning. The cousin got paralized in a car accident a few years ago and then her husband passed away about 3 years ago so it was a blessing for her. It will be fun to have grandma here for a couple of days.
Hard to believe another week is almost gone and September is coming to a close. Been a beautiful fall so far however.
We have been busy as ever it seems and my yard hasn't seen much activity. We are almost done with outside work at Uncle Ralph's house, hopefully we can finish the decks today, and then I can take a week or two to work in my yard while the painters are working on the paint.
Jeffrey is looking forward to the deer hunt and counting down the days. He can't wait to take a gun and shoot a grouse or rabit or something.
We are having a blast with our grandaughters whenever we get a chance to play with them. I recommend being grandparents to anyone.
BYU is doing great and Kurt got a chance to play last week. Wasatch won last night so things are looking up.
I watched part of the presidential debate last night and I have a lot of concerns. This country is still the greatest on earth but we certainly have our problems and some very serious ones. I think it is time we follow the Prophet's advice and put our houses in order if we haven't already done so.
I'm looking forward to a great weekend so I hope all of you have one as well.
We are expecting Kathleen's mom to come and spend the weekend with us. Her cousin passed away the other day and her funeral is in Spanish Fork this morning. The cousin got paralized in a car accident a few years ago and then her husband passed away about 3 years ago so it was a blessing for her. It will be fun to have grandma here for a couple of days.
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