DOWN IN OUR VALLEY....

2009-03-15T15:33:00.000-07:00

JEFF'S LONG AWAITED DAY CAME!

The family all gathered at Joe and Allison's that evening to watch him open his mission call. Jeff opened the envelope, saw where he was going and then wrote names of missions on a paper, one of which was his mission. As we guessed which one we thought is was, he'd cross off names of missions. It was pretty exciting! Finally, he got down to where Leeds, England, Tirana, Albania and Buenos Aires, Argentina were left....He crossed off England,

and then Albania to show us HIS mission...Argentina! He is excited to go overseas and now happy he took those two years of Spanish in high school. He enters the MTC in Provo on July 1st. CONGRADULATIONS JEFF!!!

Horses and Bees...

2009-03-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

This past weekend, we went to Yakima and traded Joe's horse in for another "model"! The lady we have been working with has been so good to help Joe find the right horse. Major League All Star (Major for short) is going to work out just fine. He's a little smaller and definately calmer than Joe's other horse. He and Brenda took a trail ride and Major did just great. Joe's happy!We stopped by Joe and Allison's to show the grandkids the new horse. He liked all the attention.

I have been asked to be in charge of girls camp this year. We just have the Beehives as the older girls are going on a Trek. In getting ready for our first camp meeting for the ward leaders, I had Jennabee come help me make a cake. She did a great job of cracking all four eggs.

The finished "Bee cake" made by Jennabee!

Jennabee had fun playing with my Bee decorations for the meeting. We had a great time together! Thanks for your help Jennabee!

2009-02-24T21:42:00.000-08:00

ANGELA'S MISSION TIME CAME!

She finished up her packing ....

and she, her dad and I headed for Utah early Saturday morning, Feb. 14th. We had three bad snow storms to drive through... and were very happy to arrive at Harold's safely. He and Sandra treated us so great and we had sooo much fun! It was wonderful to go to church with Harold the next day and to be able to practice with the choir he directs and sing in church with them. Leslie and family came over for supper that evening. Jean and Boots came in each day and while the ladies shopped, Boots and Joe visited farm equipment stores. While at the Missionary Mall, we met four girls that were also going to the Temple Square mission. Fun!

We got to see Diana and Janet and kids...We all met at lunchtime during a shopping break.

We shared more good times at Harold's, took in a BYU basketball game and thanks to Sandra's loaning Angela a great suitcase and Jean's talent for packing it, got Angela all ready to go.

Angela was to be at the MTC at 12 noon, Feb. 18th. It was hard to believe we were actually there! So many emotions to feel!

Angela got her name tag and parents were to put it on...she's official!

We had a few minutes to visit and then Boots and Jean said their goodbyes.

Joe and I went with Angela to a chapel where a short program was given to the missionaries and families. It was soon time to say our last goodbyes. My goodness...such a tender time! It was hard and wonderful all at the same time.Angela will do just great. We have recieved a letter from her already and she is very happy. She loves her companion and is feeling ready to focus and learn all she can. She certainly was sent off with tons of love and fun times from her Utah family. Thanks everyone! U R the Best!!!

Joe and I left and drove to Heber and spent a couple of hours enjoying Jean and Boots' company, farm and a delicious meal before heading up the road. It was such a treat to stop in Hoytsville and see Uncle Donald and Aunt Louise. Her yummy cookies filled out tummies and all our warm memories of our trip warmed our hearts as we headed for home!

2009-01-01T12:14:00.000-08:00

We jumped right into NEW YEARS! Some of us more literally than others...like Joey and Jeff! They were amazing.

Angela wowed us doing the Limbo. The stick got lower and lower and she just kept getting under it successfully!

Julie (she's the one in the picture) and Grant joined Joe, Allison and family, Derek and Aubree, Angela, Jeff, Joe and I for Christmas. We had our Christmas Eve and Day celebrations at Joe and Allison's.
Grampa was the donkey and Jennabee was a lovely Mary.

Presents were fun but the best part was all of us being together!

Joe's birthday is a few days before Christmas. Happy Birthday to a wonderful husband, father and grandpa who dearly loves his family!

Close friends of ours, Mary and Kayla Hoffman dropped in and enjoyed the party too!

Joe shares his birthday with Ryan Johnson...(our favorite son-in-law)... Happy Birthday Ryan!

2008-12-07T11:13:00.000-08:00

Burr...it's cold!

But family events keep our hearts warm, like.....
Angela getting her mission call. It was so fun. She opened her big white envelope, saw where her call was to and then wrote five places on a white board, one of which was where she was going. She wrote Australia, Wisconsin, Uraguay, Temple Square and Paris, France. It was exciting to think that one of those places was actually where she would be going! We'd guess and then she'd cross one off that wasn't where her call was to. Then we'd all guess again. Finally, Temple Square and Paris were left. She crossed off Paris...Temple Square is her mission and she reports Feb. 18th. We are all so happy for her!

It was great to have Jana and family share the day before Thanksgiving with us. We loved having them here even if it was just for a day. It was so sweet to go out the next day to the tree Lindsey had been playing in and see a doll with the doll clothes hung from a tree branch. I couldn't take it down for a few days it was so cute. Thanksgiving was pleasant with Harold and Trish, Margaret and Nathan here. Our pasture was the setting for the Primary's picture taking for the ward's Christmas party's slide show. We had angels, shepherds. wisemen and of course baby Jesus, Mary and Joseph gracing our fields. It was pretty special and the kids were all so good.Geronimo provided some side entertainment which the boys thought was real cool: catching and eating a mouse.

Joe is really enjoying a couple of additions to our family. Abbie is a two year old, hopefully pregnant, guernsey cow.And, Big Red, who is really big at 16+ hands, is a eight year old Tennessee Walker. Growing up, every Christmas Joe would ask for a horse. Finally....he has got his horse for Christmas!

We had fun with Angela and Jeff recently as Joe took the truck and flatbed trailer and was one of the drivers for the student stake's winter hayride. The kids caroled and delivered Christmas baskets.

And it is always GREAT to be with Joe, Allison and family and Derek and Aubree for Sunday dinner which we did tonight.

We miss Darren though, who left for Texas a couple of weeks ago. He was a tremendous help getting farm life going. We are happy for Grant as he finished up his student teaching a week ago and was fortunate to immediately start a full-time job teaching eighth grade science. Julie should be home for Christmas....She reports that Seattle has a foot of snow. We hope that won't keep her from being able to fly home !

A lot has happened!

2008-10-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

First off, we need to get Jeff graduated!

Gramma Harris had made Jeff his graduation afghan before she passed away. What a special gift to get.

We all got busy and packed....

and packed....

and moved and moved...we moved to the country, Derek and Aubree moved to a new apartment, Angela moved to her own place and Joe and Allison moved into our place on Camino. That was a lot of beds and couches and dishes etc!!! We are all glad to be where we all are now!! The 4th of July was such a great day. And of the course the Johnson Parade was fun as usual. One of the best "floats" was the Retired John Deere farmer...It was another great day when Darren arrived! He came to spend the summer working for a farmer and for us.
He and his dad worked and worked at getting the place civilized...

We found all kinds of stuff in a couple of old out buildings. Some were fun antiques but most was just dump worthy. Derek and Aubree moved to Pullman just to help us move...well, maybe not just to help us move but we couldn't have done it without them. Derek painted bedrooms while Jeff had his own style of painting.We adopted a couple of cats from an animal shelter. Izzie, Wild Bill and our previous cat, Geronimo have all learned to be great friends and are great mousers.We have had some great FUN times this summer too. Grant took Joe and I to some neat places on Moscow Mountain. I had no idea that on the other side of that mountain was a continuous range of mountains that go up into Montana. He and Jeff spent several Saturdays riding on the mountain bike trails that are there before he left for Tri-Cites to do his student teaching.We were able to go to the Tri-Cites to see our niece, Tamsin Campbell marry Dave Jolley. It's a small world...Dave grew up in the same ward I did in Richland and his dad was Bishop when Joe and I were dating.Angela has such fun with Margaret.Joe and I were also able to go to Prosser to my brother James' wedding. It was so special to share their day with them.Plans worked out so all the family could be together for a very fun weekend the last of July. We had a bear hunt,and rode motorcycles,had tractor rides, and girl fun...
hiked up to Kamiak Butte and even

found the "cache" the kids had buried under a tree many years ago.

We took in some baseball games that Derek, Aubree and Jeff played in,

had a 23rd birthday party for Angela,

and enjoyed Darren's Texas BQ of peppers stuffed with cream cheese, wrapped with bacon.
Um..good!

Harvest started...it is such a beautiful time of year around here. We decided to celebrate fall with a barnyard party. We danced to country music

and took a fun hay ride. Derek passed out "tickets" for the hayride: some straw to put in our mouths. We sang "Home on the Range" and Grant led us in "I Saw a Bear" while Joe drove us around the pasture. Joey told scary stories and after the little ones went home to bed, the older kids made smores. It was the BEST evening!

Jeff had "a rebellious streak". It was the result of some of the girls he home teaches' creativity. (The clothes lasted a day but the hair color lasted a couple of weeks longer-he now has a buzz cut)
Halloween was fun. Jeff and Ayana went to the Insitute Halloween party as "smores".

Life has not been dull around here and won't be for sometime. Angela should be getting her mission call in a couple of weeks!

We really do love living out here in the country. We are just half way between Moscow and Pullman so can go to either town easily. We sure have great memories of a wonderful summer. We just hope we still like living out here after our first winter...we'll see!

They took our offer...

2008-05-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

Our lives changed a couple of weeks ago. We put a very low ball offer on some country property and they took it! That made our house affordable for Joe and Allison so they are buying our place! It has all happened so fast...closing should be June 1st for both of us.

It has six acres of flat fenced pasture, a great barn and shed, and a natural spring. The house on it needs TLC but the land and out-buildings made buying the place worth it. It is 3.6 miles out on the Old Moscow Rd. Joe wants to plant fruit trees, a garden and get some cows and chickens. So much for sitting in a rocking chair and getting old!!

In May....

2008-05-18T14:29:00.000-07:00

It's been quite a month!

Jeff finished up his Eagle, his senior project and qualified to go to State in tennis.

Jeff on his way to Clarkston to play in Districts.
They played some tough matches and were excited to get to go on to State. Of course we made the most of being close to a Costco and had lunch.
We are thrilled that Derek and Aubree have moved back to Pullman and will be working at Decagon.
Grant discovered a great place over by Moscow Mountain. It has great trails and streams to explore. We can't wait to take the whole family there!

Janet's Utah trip

2008-03-30T13:17:00.000-07:00

I can remember as a little kid, waiting in the car with Jean while Mom went into the bank. (That was back in the days when kids would wait in the car while parents went into stores etc.) She was running errands before our trip to Utah. We were sooo excited we were going to Gramma Judd's that we were bouncing up and down on the seats singing "Utah, Utah, beautiful beautiful land..." I still get excited to make that trip and so grateful for all the wonderful people in my life that I get to be around when I go there!

It was so special to be able to fly down for Daniela and Conrad's wedding. Jean and Boots picked me up at the airport and headed for their favorite store, Calisters. My, oh my....what a fun western place. Jean decided that we needed to buy shirts alike. Boots was so patient while we had the best time (and it took awhile!) finding something. It's been 45 years + since we've done that?!

Saturday was a was a cold, windy day, but the wedding and luncheon after was beautiful. It was the BEST to see everyone!
Sunday afternoon Jean's family got together at Janet's in Lehi. We had a delcious dinner, played games, were entertained by Jean's grandkids and also met Jen's fiance. They have a August 30th wedding planned. We had so much fun!

Monday, Jean and I went out to Hoytsville. It is always so neat to visit with Uncle Donald and Aunt Louise. I love being around them and it is so special to see Gramma Judd's house and

of course, the most beautiful barn in the world!!

We visited Aunt Gloria and were so thrilled that Arlys happened to be there too! As we were leaving, up rode Bill on his four-wheeler. So, we had some more good visiting!

We stopped in and enjoyed visiting Aunt Helen. She told us where her girls worked and so we drove into Colville and saw Roma, Diane and Janae. Janae took us to the museum in the basement of the courthouse where she works to show us some of great grampa Marchant's things. It is a wonderful museum (definately worth going to if you are in town).

We stopped at North Summit High School and saw Donald and Lousie's daughter, Kathy. We had so much fun surprising her and it was so good to make the cousin connection again!

It is always so fun to be at Boots and Jean's place. They treat me so royally! It was fun to go to church with them , enjoy the new little ponies and goats, visit and watch movies. And if all we did wasn't enough, they ended my trip with great food at the local diner, "The Hub".

Thanks for making my trip so special Boots and Jean!!!!

the last couple of months....

2008-03-29T10:38:00.000-07:00

I've got some catching up to do!

We made it through the winter (though we have had more snow the last couple of days, at least the calender says it's spring) but our new shed that Darren so kindly helped his dad put together didn't. Sad.

Jeff had to make an instrument for his pre-cal class. Each note on a scale has a certain frequency that can be determined using certain math equations. His instrument had to be tuned to the right frequency. His coconut instrument played each note in tune!

Aldo and Geronimo are still best buds. They both just finished up their baths. (The dog loves them and the cat tolerates them) They've been in more because of the cold weather.

It is so fun to be able to share in Joe and Allison's family's lives: Being tricked by Joseph about having two broken arms, sharing in the happiness of a lost tooth, baby blessings, and lively games of Risk or Apples to Apples. Having them near is the best!

Jennabee was so cute at Easter. She and her Daddy came for a visit one evening and she softly and sweetly announced, "These are my princesses."

It was great to see Stuart, Adriene and their baby, Grant when they recently visited Campbells. It's neat to have another Grant in the family!

Found my camera....

2008-02-03T21:09:00.000-08:00

Yeh! I found my camera so here are some pics from what has been happening since the holidays. It was fun to have Joe and the boys over to work on their Pinewood Derby cars. Both boys made great cars and the race was so fun to watch. Grant's car came in 2nd.

The snow just keeps on coming...Jeff had a great time making a cave. With our furnace not working for a few days, Joe had to snowshoe to the woodpile.

The Stanford game was alot of fun though we sure would have liked just a couple of more baskets so we could have won.

Margaret flew up for her mom's birthday. It is always fun to get together with them!

We relaxed and enjoyed Joe, Allison and kids today. Ada is growing up!

School Delay...Time to Play!

2008-01-13T20:47:00.000-08:00

There was a lot of snow and wind one night last week causing a two hour school delay the next day. The morning was sunny and the snow deep so Jeff made good use of his time! He hopes all his nieces and nephews enjoy the story pictures he had me take of him!

Aldo loved being out in the snow...he was a great tunnel digger... Geronimo just wanted to get back into the warm house.

IT'S BEEN MERRY and BRIGHT!

2008-01-06T20:58:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful holiday... There was time for fun, (Dad and Jeff were determined to play until midnight!) seeing friends...(Kayla and Angela have been best friends since they were four)

and picking up Julie at the airport! It was sooo fun to have her come for Christmas.

And of course, having Joe and Allison and kids come Christmas Eve and stay added to the fun! Jeff added a couple of knives to his collection. Derek and Aubree came a couple of days after Christmas. They were here overnight to attend Aubree's brother's wedding reception. With Grant living here too, we had six of our eight here...so much FUN!

The nicest holiday gift came on December 31st. Ada Elizabeth was born! Joe called the evening of the 30th and wanted to know if someone could come over as it was time for Allison to go to the hospital. Why, that was too exciting! We all went over! How neat to have them close by so we can enjoy such special happenings! The birth went smoothly; Allison and the baby are doing well and the rest of the kids think a new little sister is great!

New Year's Eve found us at different places. Jeff had a great time playing German Crossing at the Bienz's tree farm with some of his friends. Dad and I took Joseph and Grant over to the Campbells for awhile; AJ, Grant and Julie were all at friends'. It has been a wonderful holiday...lots of great memories made! And tomorrow...back to school and work as 2008 gets under way!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

2007-12-22T18:12:00.000-08:00

Today was fun! Dad's birthday started out with him walking into the kitchen this morning to find a gallon of chocolate milk, yummy donuts and orange juice on the table! It wasn't until later on in the day that we found out that Joe and kids had been over early in the morning to delivered the treats. It was fun for dad to call Ryan to wish him a happy birthday as they share birthdays. After Dad, Jeff, Grant and Matt Shinall went to the 11:30 a.m. showing of "I Am Legend", Joe and Allison took Dad and I out to lunch. It was fun to try Japanese food. We liked it! We had an afternoon birthday party, some nice visiting and then a wedding reception in the evening. Driving there with freshly fallen snow on the ground brought back memories of Jana's reception!

Jeff gave Dad one sox! Guess he'll have to wait till Christmas to get the other one! Hum...where have I seen that done before?!!! Tradition!!!!

Dad got an age appropriate ornament: the ROCKING chair says Grandpa on it. It was nice to see Matt Shinall. He spent the afternoon with Grant. He lives about an hour north of Julie.

The kids love to sing along with the cowboy Santa Aunt Jean sent. Santa's rope lights up and his mouth opens real wide as he sings about keeping "those reindeer rollin'- tonight" to the tune of "Rawhide". We are all looking forward to Christmas...we're about 90% ready! The snow mostly melted and I decided we probably wouldn't be having a white Christmas...until this afternoon. Dad was out shoveling the driveway again....we are excited Julie will be coming. She flies into Pullman Christmas Eve! Yeh!! Now if the rest of you would hitch a ride here on Santa's sleigh, we'd be REAL happy!

In the lane...snow is glistening

2007-12-09T17:30:00.000-08:00

Considering all the cold and snow we've been having, it's time to realize it really is December! The days are flying by and it will soon be Christmas! We have had a fun month thus far....This week, Joe and I went to three Christmas parties. Decagon's gift exchange was fun as usual. Joe's office party was classy as it was at the director of the Entrepreneur Center's gorgeous home half way up Moscow Mountain. The Ward Christmas party was "Traveling to Bethlehem". And of course we enjoyed it as Jeff and the grandkids were part of the program!

Joe, Jeff, Joey, Hans and Austin met Derek and Aubree in Grangeville to pick up a car Derek sold to Joey. They had a great visit and enjoyed lunch together.

Oh my! Look what happened when Jeff, the boys and scotch tape got together.
Jeff got made a ward missionary. We have some neat elders in our ward for him to work with.
Jeff and the boys had fun at the ward Christmas party. Jeff was part of the Nativity scene and the boys sang with the other Primary children.

The boys each dug a tunnel in the mound of snow...their tunnels met in the middle and they sure have had fun crawling in and out of them!

Joe and I went with Angela and Brent to Spokane to see Manheim Steamroller. On the way, we stopped at a house that had great decorations and got a few pics. The concert was OK. We actually like the tape we have of them better than the live performance.

The Singin' Sons

2007-11-30T13:26:00.000-08:00

This will make you SMILE!!!!

(Be sure to start and then pause it long enough to load some of the video so it won't stop on you as you watch it.)

Turkey Trottin' Time...

2007-11-29T11:37:00.000-08:00

How could we have ever danced after our Thanksgiving dinner? Somehow, we did and did and did till we couldn't anymore!!

....and here's the rest of the story

2007-11-25T13:26:00.001-08:00

Here we all are bowling at Zeppos. Dad was the adult winner and Joseph the kids'. We had so much fun. The little boys got strikes and spares too. Lots of high fives and cheering going on at our two lanes!

I forgot to mention the program the little boys put on Thanksgiving day. We LOVED their Thanksgiving poems, jokes and Cub Scout songs like Boom Chicka Boom. As soon as I learn how to post movies, I'll do it as we got lots of video of the day and then you can enjoy "Oh ya, a-huh etc." too!

Thanksgiving

2007-11-24T17:37:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving was sooo much fun. The day before, I was on the phone with Aunt Jean a lot sharing ideas of what to do to make a fun T-Day. So...we did a lot of the same things with our families! We had Julie, Joe and Allison and kids, Uncle Harold, Aunt Trisha, Nathan and Margaret here.

Grandpa and Jennabee always have sweet times together.
Jennabee was sooo fun! She and Margaret would take turns making the whirlie-gig fly and after Jennabee's turn, she would clap her hands and squeal, "I won! I won!" The whirlie-gigs were the prizes for drawing a Thanksgiving picture . We displayed them downstairs by where we ate for part of the decorations.
Of course, some of the family went gun shooting. Even though it was really cold, the lead flew anyway!

The boys spent the night but couldn't fall asleep. So, they helped Jeff do his house job...10:30 pm is a fine time to clean the bathroom! Better late than never!Thanksgiving morning started with me telling Gramma Harris' Thanksgiving story. We had nine kids on the bed listening to me tell the story. After, we had buttermilk hotcakes...Yum! The Oaks came over mid morning for their hotcakes and it was so fun to have them come and stay the day. Everyone had jobs to do to help get the meal ready...what a good time we had working together! We had a dart tournament, football game, (The Mud Bowl) and watched movies and finally the meal was ready. We ate downstairs on the ping pong table. After dinner, we put on some lively music and formed a "chain gang" to clear the table and got everything back upstairs. What a crazy fun time! It only got crazier after that with Dad leading a parade to the Air Force theme march and then everyone dancing to songs like Cotton Eyed Joe and Surf City. The energy was high with everything from line dancing to the Lindy, to headstands, the "worm", and the Twist being done. Everyone danced to exhaustion!

Friday, the kids came over while Joe and Allison shopped. In the afternoon, Joey took them to the arcade in the mall and came home in time for supper. We had Thanksgiving leftovers and had Emily and Keith Feltis over as Mark was over visiting his family. Today, Joe and Allison and family invited us to go to Zeppos for bowling and pizza and we had a blast!! After, the Harris-Campbell women got together at Aunt Judy's for a dessert to celebrate Margaret's birthday. It was so nice to all be together, we decided to make it a tradition. The Apple Cup is on right now...Angela is watching it at Brent's, Dad, Julie and Jeff are listening to it at the kitchen table while they clean their guns from going shooting. I am having fun reflecting on our very eventful weekend and feeling grateful for having such a wonderful family to make great family memories with!

Friday Night Fun

2007-11-16T22:52:00.000-08:00

Joe, Jeff and I went to the WSU-Vandal basketball game. It was so much fun to go with the little boys. When they got into the car, they told us they had their tennis shoes on so if too many players got injured, they could go down and play for them!

Good seats, good fun and good candy!

Uncle Jeffy's bedroom is a favorite place to hang-out .

Jeff is working hard at his banjo lessons. Bluegrass is his favorite style.

We are excited for Thanksgiving next week. Joe and Allison and kids will be coming as will Uncle Harold, Aunt Trisha and Margee and Nathan. We have a full and fun day planned from hotcakes and the Thanksgiving story in the morning to the little boys reciting Thanksgiving poems and jokes after supper. Wish you could all be here!

FRIGHT NIGHT

2007-11-04T19:20:00.001-08:00

Jeff and I had such a fun Halloween. The little boys were expecting Jeff to scare them real good but weren't sure how he was going to do it. Hans was carefully looking for what Jeff might do as he checked out the scarecrow holding the pumpkin that had candy in it. By the time the boys got to the house, Jeff and I were well practiced in what to do...Jeff was a warewolf hiding in the yard waste container. We both had walkie talkies and when he saw someone coming down the street, he would tell me. I would go to the window by the piano and look to see how soon they would be at the porch. As kids came up to the porch, I would stand hidden by the door and say "Come and get your candy from the scarecrow". There was a walkie talkie in the pumpkin so it sounded like the scarecrow was talking. When I told the kids that, that was the signal for Jeff to throw back the lid and jump up and scare kids. Kids AND parents loved it. We had kids coming back several times, parents trying to sneek up and surprise Jeff...so we were good and ready for the boys. Jeff got them good and then climbed out and chased them around the yard. It was so cute when Austin stood his ground and didn't run. Instead, Jeff starting running away, screaming, with "Superman Austin" after him.

He and his friends kept coming back for more....

At the end of the evening, Jeff decided to dress up as the scarecrow and had fun scaring a few kids when they reached for the candy. Jeff's legs still hurt from being down in the can for two hours....but it was worth it!!

fall 2007

2007-10-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

It is hard to believe it is the end of October! We've had Angela's 22nd birthday, a surprise visit from Julie, a grandkid trip to the science center,
fun with the kids here at the house, and a kitchen remodel.

Happy Birthday, Angela!!!
Digging for bones...
Julie playing "Waterfall"

Um...smell those chocolate chip cookies! What a throw, Austin!
It is much roomier!
Hans- the master deviled egg maker!

more pics from the 4th

2007-07-08T20:33:00.000-07:00

Here we are in Mark's shop. Lots of food and pop! Dad had a good visit with Bill Becker. Bill said that the Sengers have divorced.
Fun fireworks out front. We went to the church at the top of the hill to see the city fireworks. It was probably the best show the town has had. We listened to the music on the radio that went along with it. I really am just learning how to do this blog thing. I thought it would be a better way to send pictures. Love you all! MOM

Fourth of July

2007-07-04T16:51:00.000-07:00

Happy Fourth of July!!

Our's started with hotcakes with Joe and family and Aunt Trish.

Then we were off to the Johnson Parade. We parked in our "used to be ours" field and it was sure nostalgic to be there. There is a pretty, new green roof on the house. The parade was great and it was fun to see Patty Druffel, Mike Shinall, the Schmidtleins and then eat at the Hoffmans!

The pirate ship was the Druffel family. I will add more pics on the next blog.