Tuesday, August 16, 2005
IT HAS TAKEN A WHILE TO GET BACK TO THE BLOG......
Vacation....
We got to I.F. on Thursday night. We can't leave the dog with anyone except my friend Nancy.
So we have to drive out to UCON to drop the dog off after visiting with my parents for a while, then on to K & B's house. The reason that we cant take the dog with us there is that they have
2 huge dogs that would eat her in one bite. It is so nice to finally reach their house after traveling
all that way, it means that a good nights rest is ahead. MAYBE! I usually don't sleep well the first night out. This time I slept like a log.
Friday...
Shane and I just did a few things that we needed to do. Friday was kind of a leisurely day.
Saturday...
was the Walker Family Reunion. One of Shanes brothers and his wife showed up.
Shanes uncle was the person in charge this year so most of his kids were there. I haven't seen any of them for a long time. His cousin M showed up and D, K & J all showed up from Utah and California. We haven't seen them since their parents died about10 years ago now. I've known
D for alot of years she and her husband used to live in IONA.
Sunday.... I spent the morning with JIZR and Blogotron having JIZR try to help me to put Photoshop onto my husbands laptop computer. I had to run over to Walmart to try to find a jump drive so that we can transfer the program over because we were having trouble doing it any other way. I knew that my uncle had started working at that store when they opened and he jus happened to work in the electronics so I was hoping to see him. I got lucky he was there. He and my aunt weren't able to come to the reunion so I was really glad to see him. He told me that my aunt and uncle and cousins from North Carolina were coming so that they could attend the reunion also. I was really surprised and pleased. I had only given them 2 months notice and they changed their vacation plans so that they could come and be with us.
We spent the rest of the day getting ready for the Barbeque at Nancy's. When we go over there we try to get together with family and friends that are available and we have a BBQ. This is so much easier than trying to go to everyones homes. We had several families show up and we had do it yourself foil dinners. We put the hamburger and everything else out in dishes. People put into the dinners what they wanted and wrote their names on the foil in marker, and threw them onto the BBQ grill. That way no one could complain about what was in their dinners.
Monday....
Nancy and I drove to Blackfoot to get some Eze Up canopies that a good friend has and was willing to let us borrow for the family reunion that was coming up on Saturday. These canopies are really incredible. They are commercial grade so they are alot heavier than anything that you can buy at Walmart etc. It was all Nancy and I could do to lift them. We took them back to her house and left them because I had somewhere that I had to be that afternoon. I can't remember now where. I think that we just needed to get back into my parents apartment. Mom had planned dinner for us and I needed to help. We had everybody there except for Phillip, Matthew, Julie, Jake and Jessica. We had a nice dinner and my dad and brother in law
were acting like a couple of kids. They had me laughing like I didn't know any better. After dinner we all went out and sat in front of the apartment in lawn chairs and talked. It was so great.
We got to I.F. on Thursday night. We can't leave the dog with anyone except my friend Nancy.
So we have to drive out to UCON to drop the dog off after visiting with my parents for a while, then on to K & B's house. The reason that we cant take the dog with us there is that they have
2 huge dogs that would eat her in one bite. It is so nice to finally reach their house after traveling
all that way, it means that a good nights rest is ahead. MAYBE! I usually don't sleep well the first night out. This time I slept like a log.
Friday...
Shane and I just did a few things that we needed to do. Friday was kind of a leisurely day.
Saturday...
was the Walker Family Reunion. One of Shanes brothers and his wife showed up.
Shanes uncle was the person in charge this year so most of his kids were there. I haven't seen any of them for a long time. His cousin M showed up and D, K & J all showed up from Utah and California. We haven't seen them since their parents died about10 years ago now. I've known
D for alot of years she and her husband used to live in IONA.
Sunday.... I spent the morning with JIZR and Blogotron having JIZR try to help me to put Photoshop onto my husbands laptop computer. I had to run over to Walmart to try to find a jump drive so that we can transfer the program over because we were having trouble doing it any other way. I knew that my uncle had started working at that store when they opened and he jus happened to work in the electronics so I was hoping to see him. I got lucky he was there. He and my aunt weren't able to come to the reunion so I was really glad to see him. He told me that my aunt and uncle and cousins from North Carolina were coming so that they could attend the reunion also. I was really surprised and pleased. I had only given them 2 months notice and they changed their vacation plans so that they could come and be with us.
We spent the rest of the day getting ready for the Barbeque at Nancy's. When we go over there we try to get together with family and friends that are available and we have a BBQ. This is so much easier than trying to go to everyones homes. We had several families show up and we had do it yourself foil dinners. We put the hamburger and everything else out in dishes. People put into the dinners what they wanted and wrote their names on the foil in marker, and threw them onto the BBQ grill. That way no one could complain about what was in their dinners.
Monday....
Nancy and I drove to Blackfoot to get some Eze Up canopies that a good friend has and was willing to let us borrow for the family reunion that was coming up on Saturday. These canopies are really incredible. They are commercial grade so they are alot heavier than anything that you can buy at Walmart etc. It was all Nancy and I could do to lift them. We took them back to her house and left them because I had somewhere that I had to be that afternoon. I can't remember now where. I think that we just needed to get back into my parents apartment. Mom had planned dinner for us and I needed to help. We had everybody there except for Phillip, Matthew, Julie, Jake and Jessica. We had a nice dinner and my dad and brother in law
were acting like a couple of kids. They had me laughing like I didn't know any better. After dinner we all went out and sat in front of the apartment in lawn chairs and talked. It was so great.
Mom W was here 8/16/2005 10:38:00 PM
1 Opinions. And they are...
So glad you got to see all your family. That Saturday we had an 80 party for our Grandma and the wind took our $100.00 canopy and wrapped it around a tree and the shed. LOL!! So I know how ya feel!!! HEHEHe, still so happy you had a good time.
