Well after seeing some other family member's blogs, I thought I better get to blogging again..Where to start.
So much has happened since I last posted I'll just hit some of the hightlights of the last year.
We had a wonderful Christmas with all of us going to David's in Pahrump. We had a greaaaat Easter fishing at Sunnyside. All of Mark's family and all of Hans' family along with Phill and I. We had snow, rain, wind and sun, but most of all we had a blast..There is nothing better than a camping trip with your kids, grandkids and great grandkids..Popo and Gramma are truly blessed!!!
I did get a garden in of sorts with the help of Hans and Mark. It did terrible this year..Why, I have know idea. I ended up buying 2 lugs of blueberries and made jam, 40 dozen ears of corn and put it in the freezer and a bushel of green beans which I canned. I got 10 pints and 22 quarts of green beans. I have yet to pull my beets and pickle them, which is a project for this week. We had tomatoes to eat but not enough to can, which is a great disappointment..I have always tried to can around 100 quarts of tomatoes every year. Our home canned foods are going to be skimpy this year.
In May I had to move Lulu into our home, as she was not able to take care of herself anymore. That worked okay for awhile and then she got so she wouldn't go outside and walk. She stopped eating and that started a real decline. On 9/28/10 it seemed like she might have had a stroke so called 911 and had her taken to the hospital. Yes she did have a stroke, but they discovered also that she was full of cancer. The doctor said she had to have had it for 3-4 years to be spread thoughout her the way it was. I had to put her in a Hospice center and on 10/10/10 she passed away. She would have been 85 on 12/27/10. After 40 years of friendship and looking after her it has left a great hole in our lives. She was cremated and we will place her ashes in the Goodsprings Cemetery.
September was a bad month!! I took my neighbor and friend Pat Cash in to the hospital on the 18th and she died in the car on the way to town. Pat was a member of the branch and had lived here in Goodsprings a couple of years longer than us. She had a son Matthew that was Ronnie's age and they were great friends growing up. I had to contact Matthew in Germany and break the news and then I helped him with memorial service and cleaning out the house. Pat so enjoyed our monthly dinners that we have here in Goodsprings and we will miss her alot.
Other than 4 or 5 parties this summer it has been very quiet around here. We did go to Ralph and Linda's mission report in Cedar City and that was fun. We got to see lots of family and that is always a good thing.
Phill had his 80th birthday on friday November 12 and we celebrated with a big bang-up party on saturday the 13th. Some family and friends chipped in and got him a flat screen TV, which he is really enjoying. Lots of family came: Ralph & Linda, Joanie, Debbie, Earl & Annie, Doug & Nettie, Davey & Danessa, Naomi, Airdree, David & Belinda, Hunter, Heath & Christi, Crista, Junior, Lacie, Lori, Remi, Asia, Hans & Shawntell, Carley, Mark & Terry and lot of friends. First Phill went for a glider ride in the afternoon and then we had his party up at the Community Center. Counting Phill and I there were 64 party goers..Phill said he didn't think he knew 62 people and was pleased as punch that so many showed up. I fix a baked potato and salad bar and that seemed to go over good. We had birthday cake without ice cream and I also made Phill a boiled raisin cake..Of course after spending $30 on ice cream I forgot to take it up to the center..DUH..What a fun time we had and how blessed we are for such wonderful family and friends!!!
Now it is time to get my Thanksgiving dinner together. This will be the 4th year I have cooked dinner and served it at the Community Center for anyone in Goodsprings who wants to come. We have averaged around 44 people every year, so am planning on the same again this year. I'll cook 3 turkeys, 1 of them I am going to smoke and not have a ham this year. I usually make the rolls ahead and freeze them, which I should have started doing today and didn't. It takes about 10 dozen every year. My menu this year is: turkey, stuffing (Grams recipe), mashed potatoes & gravy, candied yams, green beans, red cabbage, corn pudding, frog eye salad, strawberry pretzel salad, relish tray, rolls, pumpkin pies, lemon merinque pies, pecan pies, mincemeat pie and boiled raisin cake. Sounds yummy doesn't it!!! You better come to Goodsprings for a truly homemade dinner, I make everything from scratch.
I don't do black friday, so can relax and vegetate the day after all the cooking. I will be up and running on monday the 29th as Julie Newberry and I will go shopping for all the school kids and preschoolers in Goodsprings for our annual Christmas program at the school and where Santa will give each child a present..This tradition was started around 1906 here in Goodsprings and we have kept it going all these years.
Guess that somewhat brings us up to date..I will try and keep this going once again.
Phill is doing good healthwise, we just take it day by day. Heavenly Father has blessed us in so many ways!!!
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