Papa and Jayde

Cliff has been working on his little
house out back. Jayde likes to go out
and play in there where he is
when she comes over.
She calls it her doll house!

Bella Blu's Scare

We had a real scare the other day with little Bella
(Lauren's puppy) I guess we have adopted her
since her move out west. Thursday morning
Cliff noticed she wasn't acting herself so he asked
me to check on her later. I was on the pc for awhile
then went to check on her and she wasn't moving
laying really still and not repsonding with her
eyes glossed over.
I tried to call Cliff's cell phone with no luck getting
him then I panicked!! I called Jackie and she told me
a few things to do but I couldn't get Bella to respond
so I called Liz and Barry (really good friends)
they rushed over to my house a
we ran her to the closet vet in town. The
Dr. wasn't in but a nurse took her right away looked at
her and said she was having a low blood sugar episode
and put a syringe of sugar water down her mouth and
in just a few minutes she started coming around.
Bella only weighs a pound and a half so she is very tiny
they said this can be normal in small animals if they
miss a meal.
I was the one who so opposed to Lauren getting her
and now I have to admit I am very attached to the
little puppy.
Later we called Lauren to let her know about Bella
and she said yeah I should of told you about that
problem. The breeder who sold her to her
told she may have that problem with Bella.
It sure would of been nice to know that! But
anyway she is back to her little feisty self and
we are happy we didn't lose her. We now keep
Karo syrup and a syringe on hand to give her
so this won't ever happen again.

Lauren Left for Utah!

Just wanted everyone to know Lauren has

moved out west. She decided to fly back home
with Kristen and the girls after Marie's

wedding last week.

Everything just fell into place for her after she

made the decision to leave. Her Uncle Derek and

and Aunt Gail bought her car from her and

Chris and Kristen really helped her out with

apartment hunting and getting her settled in

Chris even has a job interview lined up for her

next week. Kristen set her up with

all kinds of goodies for her apartment .

Kristen even got into her food storage.
(Thanks Chris and Kristen!)

Lauren's apartment is in Provo,Utah

that she is sharing with five other 19 yr old

LDS girls. Lauren called us yesterday so

excited she likes all the girls and said they

are super nice. She told me yesterday that

she loved her new ward and bishop and

everyone was so nice to her. Last night she

was off to a fireside and the guest speaker

was President Monson! Can't get any better

than that!

Her roomates want to take her

snow boarding and all the fun stuff that there

is to do out there.

For now she is looking for a job and then possibly

school this summer. We miss her terribly but we

are so excited about her new adventure out west.

Marie & Michael's Wedding Day 1/3/2009

Celebrating Cliff's Birthday!

Cliff got a big surprise for his birthday this year (Jan. 2)

Kristen flew in with the two girls to surprise him for his birthday

and Marie for her wedding. It was so nice to have Kristen and the girls here

for both occasions.

Notice Cliff's tie they have all the grandkids pictures on it.

Thanks Aunt Diana for helping Marie with his tie!

Christmas Morning

Brad, Kelly and Jayde came over early .
Marie's michael was over too.
We had an early breakfast feast after opening gifts.
Some of Michaels relatives joined us for Christmas
breakfast .
Later Mikey, Nicole and the boys stopped by.
Not our traditonal big family Christmas this year
with the Hoki bunch out in Utah. Kristen's family
didn't get to come home either. I guess things change
as the family gets bigger!

Kelly and Jayde came over a few days before Christmas
and I showed them how make cinnamon ornaments.
















Jayde was such a big helper!