Christmas...

Slippers for my "big" kids...

.trent.sarah.emily. brady.

(They think I'm weird, but that's ok!)
Love ya all...:)

Parties, etc...

Friday we traveled to Willcox for

Trent's work family party ...

Houston proudly showing his decorated cupcake :)

Santa arriving in style...

Sharing a moment...

Then this...they beat Santa with a stick!

Poor Santa ;(

 

Then Friday night was Trent and Sarah's

ward Christmas party and Hoke was

"the Santa"...after Houston sat on

Santa's lap he said to me - "that's Grandpa!"

Then on Saturday night we had the Holyoak family party...

and tonight was my family's party...fun times!

 

Happy Thanksgiving...

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I truly am thankful for all I have.

 

Love...emotion...people...

Today was Houston's "monster"

themed birthday party...

aren't they the cutest little monsters ever!

Houston absolutely LOVES Scooby -Doo

so of course there was the Scooby pinata...

Then sweet little Livy and her EMOTIONAL

week with her little broken arm !

She was a trooper and was trying her

hardest to keep up with the other kids...

doing a great job with the bean bag toss...one handed!

From the kids party...

we went to the Old PEOPLE

party at the ward

Gotta love it!

Baby Emma...

Yesterday we traveled

 to Bisbee to attend church

for the blessing of baby Emma...

...it was a special day.

Clothing is a blessing...

 

I'm not too good with this everyday posting...

 

yesterday was "clothing"

I'd say it's a blessing...ya think?

(By the way...random web photo...no one I personally know!)

 

 

...and... this is the "House that Jack Built"...

my little shop that my Grandpa Jack built

and lived in back in the day...I love it's charm!

Blessing a day for November...

 

November 1st "blessing" for the day was FAMILY...

this picture is almost two years old...

but it is of  our family... I love them!

 

Today's word is FRIENDS...

and here is a picture of a "friends"

luncheon I attended earlier this week

"friends" truly are a blessing!

 

Favorite...

I don't get too wrapped up in decorating for Halloween...

but a few years ago my very talented

 sister-in-law  - Bev  - made this cute witch!

She's so clever, if you look closely you'll

see it was originally a Santa face and

she changed it up to be this darling little gal...

my favorite! 

Basking...

 

Two of the girls just enjoying this sunny day!

Never a dull moment...

Last week we got to babysit Houston

for a few days...that's always a treat when

he's in town... here he is being a WHALE!

(Could ya tell that's what he's doing?)

Don't know if you can see the catepillar...

we discoverd literally hundreds of them

on some vine outside and realized now

why the vines are dead and we have

tons of butterflies everywhere!

Missy Violet is fascinated with "bugs"

and she loved it but she certainly

did NOT want to hold it!

Emily's kiddo's are on fall break this week...

so they got to have a sleepover...

lot's of adventures!

Remember...

 

SAD DAY AT THE BORDER PATROL...  :(

 

Please remember them in your prayers!

C-L-U-C-K...

The 4th annual "Tour de Coops" tour

is coming up in November.

Last year Hoke and I went and it was

very interesting and a lot of fun...

he says "been there, done that"

and doesn't want to go again... but I do?

any takers ?

 

The tickets go on sale

October 1st and are

$15.00 in advance...the date is Nov. 10th

(a Saturday) - just throwing it out there?

What's happening!...

Does anyone else feel like "time flies" these days...

here it is already the middle of September

and the Holidays are just around the corner!

 

 

I love that we can finally feel a change in the weather...

but I have so many things I want to get done

and it's creeping in on us...sigh !

Rooster recliner...

I have this great, over-sized

Rooster Recliner that I recently

reupholstered...and now my

whole decor has changed and it

doesn't work for me anymore.

It's super comfortable and

basically brand new and needs

a new home  :)

 

It used to be a basic brown,

and now it's fun and whimsical...

 

$175.00

Pathetic....

Look at this poor, pathetic dog...

Tipsy got "fixed" today and also

had a hernia repaired!

Who has a dog with a hernia...

we do, of course, who else!

I know, Tipsy, sorry, you'll be better soon!

What was I thinking?...

When Hoke decided he would run 6 miles

on his 60th birthday several months ago...

I didn't think it would ever happen

but when today came - me -

being the loving, supportive and devoted

wife that I am...

decided I would do it with him.

We didn't look pretty or

break any speed records, in fact,

this is just a bad episode of "Biggest Loser"

but we did it! 

 

Meet our new BFF!

A day of plenty...

Today is this guys birthday... the big 6-0!

It is also  my sister Nelda's birthday

(seen here a few years ago with my mom)

It's Emily and Brady's 10th wedding anniversary...

Congrats! and...

 

yes Hoke did it...met his goal...and ran 6 miles this morning!

 

Cuteness...

Don't I have some dang cute grandkids...

Love them!!!

August 28th...

 

Have you voted today?

 

(The F-5 comes thru again)...



Bread anyone...???

Most of you know about Hoke's "bread"...

today he was in the old F-5 truck when he got the call...

so he headed over to pick it up!

I don't care who you are...

this is funny!

 

(If you don't know about it

and want to be added to the call

list when he gets it let us know)

Two little lovebirds...

...or three or four or ten??

It's kinda hard to see but the

wild lovebirds are hanging around

like crazy!

Somedays when I walk out

there are thirty or more all over

the yard and around our bird cage...

aren't they cool!

Oopsy...

Don't know how the monsoon last night

greeted you...but this is what we got!

Two years ago a tree fell on our

fence in the backyard and

this time we got one in the front yard...

These stinkin' palo verde trees should

be outlawed in populated areas-

they are nothing but big weeds...

 I love my redneck AJ neighbors

that never trim them! Yikes...