Carter Parents

Mealtme Matters 101

2011-04-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

Okay, so my blogging is needing updating of how-to blog, darn:(. I just lost everything I had just typed in here and now I am going to send you to the site and let you read it for yourselves. Please go to the site and let me know what you think and how you remedy this problem at your house. I am still having this trouble with Dan!

Read this post on this site and you will understand. Thanks, Mom, Mary

www.blogher.com/mealtime-matters-101

This is a picture of our fancy dinner on our last cruise with Grandma Lois, Todd and his son Jared. Would you be comfortable taking your family to dinner in a place like this? Let's hear the comments!

March already!?

2011-03-10T11:32:00.001-08:00

Well, it's been quite a while since I've blogged, sorry. But I enjoy reading others blogs more than blogging. I just wanted to show some things that have happened that I didn't blog about.

In October we went to Florida and met Bryces family and went to some fun parks and the beach.
Truly it wouldn't be a great trip without the beach. Bryces kids seemed like they had a blast and I know we sure did.

Jakes family came up for the week of his birthday and it was fun. All of the grandkids are growing up way too fast!

Then we were off to Yuma for some warm weather and of course what would a trip to Yuma be without seeing an Elvis impersonator. I'm sure this was Jeffs favorite night of the whole trip! Every time we have been down there Elvis is there and we go and see him. The best one we have seen was a the BYU-I center.

And this is just a cute little hummingbird. We had three that usually came around and would sit and talk with me. We had lots of birds come right into the yard and Brownee kept busy trying to chase them away.

When we came back to Idaho the weather at least wasn't 20 below zero, but there was lots of snow. And now we are just trying to see a bit of spring but the snow is still pretty deep. We are so excited for this summer when two new grandbabies will be born and we hopefully will get to see all of you sometime or other. Plan on our house the end of July when Lances family will make their annual trek. Unfortunately Bryces family won't be able to make it but they will be having that new baby too soon to be travelling. Hope to see all of you blogging soon.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011

2011-01-04T18:26:00.000-08:00

I want to wish everyone out there a Happy 2011. May you have all that you need, not to excess, unless it is friends. May your health be great and maybe improve. May you always know that I love you and will always love you.

Hoping this year will bring more happiness to your homes and ours!

If you are wanting to find us we will be in Yumaaaaahhhhhhh.

Last but not least, Birthdays

2010-12-18T13:11:00.000-08:00

All of the birthdays for the year are completed with these two wonderful guys! Garrett is in this picture with part of his family when they went to the zoo in Idaho Falls and they walked the penguin. This is the only shot I have of him in my library of pix. Sad huh. Happy #2 Birthday, big guy.

In 1983 I recieved one of the best Christmas presents of my life. Jacob Nicholas was born, on Christmas morning I put him under the tree and woke Chris up and told him that we had been given a baby for Christmas, Chris was very excited, too. Hard to believe Jake is 27!?! Happy b-day! Everyone needs to remind me when we see you to take the camera out and take pictures so we have up to date pix. Merry Christmas to one and all, Mom, Mary

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2010-11-24T09:47:00.000-08:00

Man is it snowing here! We had plans to go to Lances for Thanksgiving but had to cancel due to the weather :(. We are so sad not to get to see them. But also relieved because most of the roads are closed here and other parts we would have travelled on. So I decided to blog. I also couldn't bring myself to show a pic of what it really looks like here. So for happier times this pic says it all.

Almost two weeks ago Carina and Stephanie decided we needed to draw names for the family Christmas gift exchange, so that is what we did. Truly there was no cheating going on 'cause Stephanie, Carina and I did the drawing, we left Chris out of it! With Bryce and Lance doing so well with the economy we didn't even bother to call and ask, we just assumed, hope that is okay. So Bryce's family has Chris' fam

Lances has Jeremy, who by the way just totalled his car last night going to Logan.

Chris' has Lances

Jakes has Dan's

Jeremy's has Bryce's

Dan has the Parents

The Parents have Jakes fam.

So there you have it. If you are in need of suggestions call the family you have and good luck on finding the most exquisite gift for the family you have with only $35! What a bargain!

November Birfdays

2010-11-16T09:33:00.000-08:00

Brendan Ross was born the 16th of November to Ashley Ross. Jake met Brendan right after his mission and has claimed him as a son ever since. Brendan has grown so much over the past four years and has turned into such a nice little man. He was so kind and helpful this summer with all the younger cousins. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

Daisy Ann (do right) born the 30th of November to Chris and Carina. I love this picture 'cause this girl loves to be read to and now is reading a bit all by herself. She has grown into such a good big sister. Daisy tells me she really likes school and has lots of friends, too.

Sometimes Daisy still pulls this face. Maybe it is genetic?!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!

And the Birthdays are. . .

2010-10-03T17:58:00.000-07:00

Jeremy Rulon Carter was born on October 4, 1985. He was named after me and Jeff and also his Grampa Rulon Hughes, Jeff's grampa on his mothers side. Can you believe he is 25!? Wowza!!! Jeremy is working on his Masters of the Universe degree at the U in SLC. Oh, I mean his Masters in Finance. :)

Ezra Nicholas Carter born to Jacob and Ashley on the 14th of October, 2009. He is the last of the grandkids, for now. Unless any of you have any news for us. He is a redhead and a cute little boy. I'm sure he brings lots of joy into his home.

Happy Birthday, Boys!!!!

And by the way, Gramma Lois won the prize! A trip with her favorite children to Disneyworld!!! Wahooooo! (Jake forgot his own son in the list of birthdays :().

Halloweeeeen?

2010-09-25T17:29:00.000-07:00

I know this is a bit early, but hopefully it will get everyone to think "Oh I should blog, again". Does anyone know whose birthday is next? Think October. Write in your thoughts and someone will win a prize for the correct guess. Hmmmm, what could the prize be? A cruise, a weekend for two, ......?

Today is such a Special Day...

2010-09-06T17:03:00.000-07:00

It's Birthday time again.....Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!

Daniel James Carter born Sept. 7, 1988. Wow 22! One of Dan's favorite pastimes is to go camping and fishing. Of course he likes to go, go, go. We are so glad you are a part of our family, Dan!

Gene Richard Bell, aka mary's dad. He is the one sitting 'cause he just caught that whopper Lumberjack. Born Sept. 14th ???? Now when you are this old it is questionable whether I should say how old. But then again it is remarkable to make it to this age right! 1938 was the year my dad was born. Thank goodness for my parents otherwise I and you kids wouldn't be here!

Happy Birthday to YOU!!!!, (again) ;-)

Is it August already?

2010-08-16T15:39:00.001-07:00

Preston Carter born the 17th of August will be 6 years old. Two years ago we went to D.C. and everyone found out how much money in ones they are worth for the height they were. As you can see Preston was almost a million dollars then. I bet he is worth more than 1.5 million today!
Happy Birthday Preston!

Carina Hymas Carter was born the 18th of August. Does that mean that Preston is a day older than his aunt Carina? Hmmm. As you can see we need to find my newer pictures in this computer because that baby is Daisy. Happy Birthday Carina!
Let's all call these wonderful family members and sing out of key so they will have a laugh on there special day.
We love you two!!!!

July Birthdays

2010-07-12T18:59:00.000-07:00

Okay so this month will be in better order for the birthdays. Jeffrey Bryce Carter was born on July 7th, 1978. Wow that was a really long time ago, just ask his kids! This is such a great picture of Bryce getting his doctoral diploma in dentistry. Way to go Bryce! Happy 32!

Christoffer Stephen Carter was born on July 15th, 1982. Wow that was a long time ago, too. I can't believe that I'm old enough to have such old kids.

Time has flown by so fast and will only get going even faster as we head into the future. I'm so glad that these two wonderful fathers are a part of our family!

Belated Birthdays

2010-07-12T18:38:00.000-07:00

Of course I am still having problems getting the blog in the right order, too. Oh well, at least I try, right? So we will go backwards with Madison, born to Bryce and Amy on June 25th, 2002. WOW, that makes her eight years old this year and that is something special. Madison will be baptized on thursday July 15th, her Uncle Chris' birthday. Way to go Maddy Moooooo!!!

Jeff of course was born on the 16th of June 1955. The oldest of 5 children born to Kyle Ross Carter and Eva Lois Hughes. He still swears he is only 39 years old and has anniversaries now instead of birthdays.

I am so sorry to have missed the June birthdays:( I tried and tried to get a picture of Taryn off the email and can't. So this picture will have to do. Taryn was born on the 15th of June 2007 to Jake and Ashley. She is quite the talker and can tell you anything and everything in just a matter of minutes on the phone. Wait 'til she's a teenager and those quick bursts of speech will be very long on the phone!!!

Love to all the June Partiers

Phonebooks?

2010-05-20T18:20:00.000-07:00

I thought I should blog on this so Jeff and Dan can say next year "remember!?" Well, last week I was perusing the want adds, as I usually do every day, and I saw this add "Need people to deliver phone books locally". I thought I could do that and so could Dan, and hopefully Jeff will help us with his muscles. So I called and they told us to come to a meeting the next day, thursday, at 1 and they would get us started. How exciting to get a job the next day where you don't wait for weeks and then do a background check, take pictures of drivers license, s.s. cards, etc... So we went to the meeting and signed up for three routes 'cause there were three of us there. Then they had Jeff pull the pickup around and loaded a full pallet and filled the back with loose bundles of books in the back seat and Dans car was fully loaded. Then the guy says that is a little over half of what you will need. I wish I had taken a picture! It was incredible how many phone books that pickup could hold. So we drive slowly home. The guy told us a pallet weighs about 1800 pounds. In total we had about 3 1/2 pallets to deliver! I'll make this a short story 'cause it was hard brain work. We had to find the address' and deliver all these books. The sad thing was they put the address' in alphabetical order. What town in the U.S. does there streets in alphabetical order? For petes sake!

When we did the rural route in St. Anthony, which I thought was a city route, we came across some of the most dumpiest places on earth. What a dump! UGGGHHH! We kept thinking of Jeremy saying I just need a little trailer from the '70's and we'll be fine. Well, Jeremy you will see these the next time you come for a visit. My Goodness!

Here is a great site to go to in case you get one of these phone books and aren't sure what to do with it: http:www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pGvEGFkvNs

Well, until the next blog. :-)

May Birthday's

2010-05-08T09:13:00.000-07:00

We have had a bad cold in our computer over the past week and haven't been able to post. My sincere apologies to Amy whose birthday was this last week. Send her a belated birthday wish anyway if you didn't get to her earlier. Our pictures aren't in the computer like they were before so I'm having a hard time finding most recent pictures, also. Sorry!

Okay so here is the line up for the birthdays:

Amy Nicole Bennett Carter May 5, 1982. Married Bryce April 21, 2001.

Caetie Cheney Carter May 11, 1982. Married Lance June 26, 2003

Andersin born to Lance and Caetie on May 13, 2004.

Masen born to Lance and Caetie on May 27, 2008.

We are so glad to have each and every one of you in our family and hope your birthdays are wonderful and that you have a lovely party. If not lovely, then wild! Families make sure you make there special day special!

Since we call everyone for there birthdays and sing I'm just gonna put it up for you to decide if you want us to continue to sing or as Caetie put it "Don't give up your day job!" Take a vote and let us know, to sing or not to sing, that is the question. Leave your comments and we'll do what the votes say. (Of course I hope we don't have to sing) :-)

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

2010-04-27T14:18:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to Jeremy!

He is graduating next week with his Bachelors in Business. He has decided not to walk and so this is the closest picture to a graduation pic that I have.

Way to go Jeremy! :-) We are so proud of you.

The really big news next is that he just learned today he has been accepted into the U of U Masters Program for the fall semester. They will be moving to SLC in August. YAHOOO!!!

A big Thanks to Stephanie & Alexis for helping Jeremy get where he is at. They have been a great support to him over the past three years. Congratulations!!!

April Birthdaze

2010-04-21T18:56:00.001-07:00

Eva Lois Hughes, born many years ago (1938), had another birthday on the 20th of April. She is the third child of Rulon and Eva Mace Hughes. She has two brothers and one sister. Lois loves going south for the winter so she can play Bingo without repurcussions from her gambling ways! She said several of you kids wrote on her facebook to wish her Happy Birthday and that was so sweet. Many more happy days to you Mom, Lois.

Jackson (?) Carter was born on April 24th, 2007 to Bryce and Amy. He is only three but I'm sure his parents think he is turning 5 because he is such a wonderful handful! Just look at that beautiful smile. He is such a livewire and so entertaining. He and Grandpa Carter are such good buddys when we go to Georgia. Happy Birthday Jackson with lots of love from The Carter Grandparents & your favorite Uncle, Uncle Dan!

Bull Riding Kid

2010-04-21T17:10:00.000-07:00

I just saw this post on my Facebook and hope all of you can watch this. Studley Preston is riding a bull!!! A must see!
http://poundinghooves.smugmug.com/gallery/11840977_5u42w#837131080_oYujX-A-LB

This is way cool! And of course where is Bryce's video?

Happy St. Paddys Day

2010-03-17T16:07:00.000-07:00

So I thought of all of you today and wanted to send me doing a jig. Just like I have seen Andersin and Alexis do. Let me know what you think. Should I go for Americas Got Talent with this cute dance?
http://sendables.jibjab.com/view/Wn1yhNGF5FEr3jjH
Hope it works for you.

March Birthdays

2010-03-12T01:59:00.000-08:00

Well, here I am. I just had my 45th birthday on the 8th while in China. It was a bit depressing, being 45, 'cause now I am 6 years older than Jeff, since Jeff decided to stay perpetually 39. Life has had it's ups and downs but mostly ups. I am so grateful to all of my family. Parents, brothers and there families, sons, daughter-in-laws and grandkids. Yes, life is good!

Sarah Elizabeth was born on the 13th in 2009. What a cute and happy little girl. I know she is such a blessing in Chris & Carina's family.

My mom, Betty Lou Stephens Bell, doesn't she look great! This is her wedding day picture, 51 1/2 years ago. She will be 73 on the 15th. Many, many years ago in the preexistence she chose to have me here on earth. I am so lucky to have her as my mom.

Alexis Geraldean will turn 2 on the 18th. She is such a bright spot in her parents lives. I know Jeremy & Stephanie can't imagine life without this fast paced happy go lucky princess.

Ashley will turn another number on the 19th. (I'm not sure she wants me to reveal that number). Jake says what a great cook she is and also what a wonderful photographer.

Happy Birthday to all of us that share this wonderful month of March for our birthdays.

More pix of the trip

2010-02-18T09:53:00.000-08:00

So I realize these should have been done first then the next blog second, so just read the next blog first then this one. Hey at least I'm blogging! Enjoy the pix. Now it's your turn to blog!

Madison & Preston at Karate.

Lance and Caetie's fun with the Wii.
Bryce's Family, what hams!

Panama Beach. Brrrr it was so cold. Who knew it could get so cold in Florida. Although there were lots of signs of global warming this year in the U.S. like 2.5 ft. of snow in D.C. and New York with frozen crops in Florida and the like! Yikes!!!

Lance was really wanting this tree out of his backyard so they could play ball and not have this tree in the playing field. What He-Men!!! Yeah!!!

The Travelin' Carters

2010-02-16T08:22:00.000-08:00

Our January to mid February trip was just awesome. We went to some pretty great places. Our first stop was Lance & Caetie's. Oh what fun! Of course it wouldn't be a proper visit if we didn't get in some Wii. Even if it wasn't friday or saturday, which is when they usually turn it on. We must be special. We also were able to sit in on one of Lances lectures. Good job Lance. It is amazing how fast the kids are growing.

Our next stop was Bryce & Amy's. We ate at this great Japanese restaurant that cooked the meal right in front of you. A must eat place when you go. We also had our teeth cleaned and checked. Which is always a nerve racking experience for me but this was really a good experience and I will be able to do it without gas from now on. Jeff and Dan both had cavities, and Jeff had his filled. Dan will have to wait, only so much time in a day. Bryce's new office is very professional and friendly not to mention the detail to decorations. Very Nice!!! Good Job Bryce. We also went to Chuck E. Cheese which was an experience all its own.

We then went to Panama City. Bryce and the three older kids went with us for an overnight stay that was colder and rainier than Georgia.:( We tried to go on the beach but it was so windy we almost got blown away!

Dan found a lot of entertainment on the beach. One was feeding the seagulls with bread. It was quite scary. We also found lots of sand dollars and other assorted shells. This was the best beach I have been to in years.

Jeff also enjoyed feeding the birds off our railing on the 21st floor

Our next stop was in Ruskin, which is across the bay from Tampa. Bryce said that Panama City is the redneck riviera, but I'd have to say Ruskin is it. The resorts we stayed at were fabulous. Very clean and with everything you need. Ruskin was nicer and had it's own private areas for beach, tennis, etc. Definitely a place we will book again. We went over to Disney for a day of fun and it was the Disney experience. Dan bought this hat at the Rockin' Roller Coaster and thought he looked awesome in it, (he hasn't taken it off since, just kidding). The grandparents also came down to Ruskin for the week with us and hopefully they enjoyed our company, 'cause we enjoyed theres. Too bad we couldn't get them to go to Disney with us, Dan wanted them to go on all the wild rides!

February Birthday

2010-02-08T06:51:00.000-08:00

Wow! Laycie is 4 yrs. old this month. She is growing up so much. We had the opportunity to visit with her and her family this month and it was so much fun. What a wonderful little girl she is.

She is so smart, too. She learned to crochet while we were there.

I just have to tell this cute little story about what a little lady she is. We were going to dinner and she got her purse and put her camera in and then she was ready. She took several pictures during dinner and then showed us what a photographer she is. She did a great job!

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAYCIE!!!

Love, Nana, Grampa and Uncle Dan

January Birthdays

2010-01-02T09:18:00.001-08:00

I was thinking that it would be nice to remember everyones birthday with a special blog each month that someone has a birthday. This way if you have any special memories of that person you can blog on here and they can look and see how special they are to you.

Lance Crawford Carter was born January 9, 1981. It is hard to believe he is 29 years old. Time has flown so fast. I met Lance when he was 3 1/2 years old. He was a chubby fellow who sure liked to be with his dad. I'm sure this was a difficult time in Lances life for adjusting to a new family with Mary (me) as a new parent and two smaller "brothers" to get along with. Bryce has always been Lances constant companion in all there travels as children. Lance was usually really quiet in school so one day when I went to parent teacher conference I was so glad when the teacher said Lance was quite talkative and needed to be a little quieter in class. What a relief to know that he could finally express himself in class.

Lance is certainly no longer the shy guy but has children now that are. Kids are a wonderful tools to help us learn and grow and Lance has certainly taught me a lot about parenting.

Stephanie Geraldean Undhjem Carter was born January 19, 1990. She came into our family by way of Jeremy dating her in the winter of 2006 in Logan Utah. She has a quiet disposition and tries to get along with everyone. I think Stephanie has quite a zest for life. She isn't afraid to try anything. Her parents gave her experiences in skiing, boating, shooting, kung foo (with her black belt) and numerous other encounters throughout her life. I know she loves Jeremy and Alexis and takes good care of them. We are so glad to have Stephanie be a part of our family!

The Drawing

2009-11-17T08:41:00.001-08:00

Mom & Dad have Chris' family
Bryce has Lances fam
Lance has The Parents
Chris has Bryces fam
Jeremy has Dan
Dan has Jeremy's fam.
Those that we spoke with said they were fine with $30 for the family gift exchange. Hope this works for all of you, let me know if not.

Christmas talk already?

2009-11-11T16:11:00.000-08:00

Well, Stephanie called today and wants to know if anyone is wanting to exchange family gifts this year, as we have done in the past. I spoke with Dan about this and he is for it, but said we spent $20 last year and is up for it to be a little more but not much more.

So what do each of you think? Let me know and if we all want to do it we will have the drawing on Sunday and then check back in to see who your family will exchange with.

I can't believe it is getting so close to the Holidays. Although the weather has been saying it is true since we went to daylight savings. Well it is after 5 p.m. and it is already dark, time for bed!

Love you all, Mom

Halloween Partay

2009-10-31T13:51:00.000-07:00

Well, I don't have any pictures to prove it, yet, but I did my first party for my new calling as Activities Director for our ward. The first Halloween party for Teton 2nd Ward. It is now over and it was a great success! We had well over 100 people show and some of our older people without any kids at home came. Which is what I was really hoping for. We had games, pin a wart on witches nose, fishpond, cupcake walk and a donut eating contest. Carina, Daisy and Sarah came for a time so I do have witnesses. We used dry ice in the kool aid in punch bowls on the table and that was a big hit. I had no idea it could boil up and over the sides. I also made faces and hands to put in the punch bowls but you couldn't even see those. It is amazing how easily it all went together, but I certainly learned alot about asking people to help. Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween. I'd sure like to see some pictures on your blogs of costumes and know what you have all been up to lately. Now get to blogging some of you slackers!!!

Lucky Number 13 (grandkids that is)

2009-10-14T12:28:00.000-07:00

I hope by now you have all been called by Jake 'cause
It's a Boy!
Born on October 14 at 1200 hours even. 7 pounds 4 ounces and 20 inches long. I'm sure he is the cutest little thing, too. Of course 'cause he's a Carter.

Congratulations to the Jake Carter Family!!!!
And sorry to say the above picture is not of him. It is Jake when he was such a cute little thing!

Halloween Monster Mash

2009-10-03T12:37:00.000-07:00

I saw this fun site on Micah's blog and made our own video. Hope you all enjoy!!!

http://www.monstermashup.com/f678b4

More eggs from the Carter Chicken Farm

2009-09-21T08:34:00.000-07:00

Well, they just keep a comin'. Of course it has taken a week to figure out how to not get them to peck the eggs after laying, but that is all in the past. Dan went out yesterday and found two, then Jeff went out this a.m. and found two more. Notice the one to the far left on the top row. It isn't hard at all, it's more like a water balloon. So we cooked them up this a.m. and had sausage too. Mmm, mmm good that's what Carter's eggs are mmm, mmm, good!!!!

The Chicken egg Farm

2009-09-08T17:32:00.000-07:00

Well, it is now official! The Little Red hen has now laid her first egg. Yahooooooo!!! I can't even begin to tell you how relieved I am. It has been a long 5 months. Every day I was going out and giving a pep (egg) talk to Red and she just wasn't producing. Then wahla. There it is. It was quite funny cause I left her locked up until 5 p.m. cause Aunt Jackie came and thought her dog might eat the chickens, when she left I went to let them out. Jeff had already checked on them before me and didn't see an egg. Well now we are chicken egg farmers. Now it will be another month before Spot (the black and white chicken) lays her first egg. It is slow work but that $500.00 egg was worth it! HAHHAHAHAHAHA!!! I am truly loving this summer with all the gardening, canning and animal life hear at our little farm. Yippeee!

Happy Birthday Dan

2009-09-08T15:53:00.001-07:00

So Dan had his 21st birthday on the 7th! Happy Day for Dan. He was so excited to turn 21 and be a man now. I took this picture the morning after his big day, cause it got kinda hectic at dinner and I forgot the camera. Anyway he didn't want a cake, he wanted pumpkin pie. I know he doesn't look too excited, that's because it's 6:30 a.m., who ever thought he would be up at the time in the morn'. Well, this is his third week of classes and he is doing very well, being really responsible and I think he really likes school!? Next week he starts clinicals and has to be there at 5 a.m. so he will stay with Chris & Carina the night before and then not have a 45 min. drive. Good Luck to you , Dan!

Canning Season

2009-08-16T18:03:00.001-07:00

So we get back from a wonderful vacation and it is time to work. Jeff started early friday morn picking green beans and we worked on botteling them until we had 43 pints completed. Then saturday I got up at 0530 and started with the apples for apple pie filling. I also made bread and my mom came later to help with more apples. We bought these apples in Oregon and the lady told us they are the best for apple pies. They are gravensteins. One apple filled your whole hand. They are beautiful. You will all have to try these pies. The great thing is you don't need pie dough. Just put filling in a pan and put the crumble mixture on top and bake. Who needs the calories of the crust when this will do. They say 75% of the calories come from the crust anyway.

So needless to say we ended with 20 quarts of pie filling and hadn't even used half of the apples. So next week we will do more!

We also did pickled beets and red potatoes and there are 4 loaves of Zucchini bread in the freezer. Jeff has been so helpful this year with picking, watching the canner and pressure cooker I couldn't have done it without him. It was great to have my mom come and help too. She said she is doing so much better than last year. She was stirring the syrup on the stove and said last year she wouldn't have been able to stand and stir 'cause she was too weak. I don't think any of us can appreciate what she went thru over the past two years. Thanks Mom!!!

Oregon Trip '09

2009-08-16T09:04:00.000-07:00

This was our third trip with Global Travel tthis year and wow are there some pretty places in the world! We went to the Whispering Woods resort at the base of Mt. Hood and stayed in this great 2 bedroom condo. One day we went to see the scenic route and saw five beautiful waterfalls. Most were easy access but the last one we tried to climb I let Jeff and Dan go ahead and later found out it was several trails that would have been an all day climb.

These were just massive waterfalls. They were all so grand.

On Sunday they had a Saturday Market with a Bite of Oregon going on. The market is a swap mee/flea market and the Bite was with vendors charging admission for the Special Olympics. The fee let you in a fenced in area and there were demos on food, cooking and people playing music. There was also a mountain man talking about the expeditions of Lewis and Clark. But the best part was the Wii Resort. We understood they are doing these all over the country. It is an area where the company sets up TV's and Wii games and you can play for free. That is where the leigh came from. He looks pretty good, huh?!

We also heard about this trout farm where you go and fish in different ponds, depending on the size of trout you want to catch. Of course Dan had to try it at the biggest pond to beat Jeff with this years fishing tournament. 17" and 2 pounds. It tasted mighty fine. Of course the fee is per inch and that cost Dan $15, he said it was worth it!

The scenery is so beautiful in the area that you just can't help but feel romantic. Ahhh!!! Next vacation area is in Florida in January. Come for a visit where it will be warm, I hope. Panama City then onto Ruskin. I love to travel!!!!

Huckleberries '09

2009-08-16T08:47:00.000-07:00

I was viewing our old posts and noted that I blogged about last years huckleberry picking and here we are again with this years post. This first pic is of our first patch of picking, combined. Not too many in this patch. The second pic is of a bear scraping. I thought it was pretty remarkable. Haven't seen any bear in this patch, ever, but the bushes had been picked over by them. It was pretty cool to see.

This was my pick for the day.

Pretty depressing. Like I said the bears

had stripped the bushes. And I'm stickin'

with that story!

Of course what would a woodsy outing be

without Jeff looking for THE PLACE. You know

the one. All men have to do there duty and

leave their mark in the forest! I had another pic

but he didn't think it was appropriate. It's

saved on the computer though! Ha Ha Ha!!!!

Mining for Opals

2009-07-20T17:00:00.000-07:00

My mom and Dan and I went to Spencer Idaho today to mine for opals. I read this great article in sundays newspaper about the mine in Spencer and that they have some of the best opals in the world. I was pretty impressed. So I talked my Mom and Dan into going, too. Along the way I saw this awesome boat and thought how much Jeff has wanted a boat! He could load this fixer upper onto his trailer and there you have a sailboat. I bet he could figure out how to put a motor on the back too!!! Well I was excited so we just had to take a picture. If you look really close you can see two parrots in the top. HAHAHA

And this is us mining for opals. They have a tent so you can cob the stone in the shade and that makes it a lot nicer. You rinse the stones off and see the sparkle of the opals much better. Well, this is one of many things to do in Idaho. I bet you are all so excited for your next trip to Idaho to go opal mining.
There is also a cafe' next to the rock pile and they serve the best idaho fries with fry sauce. A must have.

Our Family 2009

2009-07-19T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Boyz & Me. Where's Dan? What a bunch of handsome fellows!

Our family pix for '09. Next time we'll take in the evening for better convenience of not being blinded. It was hot out there! Unfortunately Taryn and Ashley didn't make it.

Of course wiffle ball is always played at Nana & Papas house. Even the younger ones know how it's played.

Of course the 4-wheeling is a must do too.

And this year there were fireworks for the big kids. Whoever took these pix did a great job.

Papa was such a great sport with the grandkids and was kind enough with all the dads to allow the girls to go and have a spa day. Of course that is what us girls live to do when we all get together.

This was such a fun time for us I hope you all enjoyed it. Let's do it again next year! I love you all!

More pix @ Family Gathering

2009-07-19T07:50:00.000-07:00

Lance is the instigator with the kids. He loves to rassle! Of course so do the kids!

The Big BBQ dinner was a hit, I think. And the cake with its wonderful filling was mighty fine. Happy Birthday Bryce (31). Yeah.

Me and The Boyz. Of course they didn't hook up my controls so I couldn't play. They knew I had been practicing and would have whipped their hineys! Ha Ha

Me and Sarah.

And what a trip it was to the Carousel.

Who Are You?

2009-06-18T09:10:00.000-07:00

So I tried the background thingamajiggy and wow it worked! YaHooo! So for this blog I would like everyone who looks here to sign in and leave a comment. Doesn't matter if I know you or not. Last year someone from the Philippines wrote a comment. I had no idea others could look at the blogs that weren't the people signing in specifically to my blog.

Anyway, let's see how many people actually look at this blog. Now if I don't get any response I am gonna feel really bad and probably quit blogging. Does anyone look at this blog? Sign in and let me know.

Butchering Day

2009-06-14T13:54:00.001-07:00

Alright so it is still obvious that I still haven't figured out how to get the pictures in the right order. So look at the post backwards, okay. So this is Dans cat Pepper. Jeff found a mouse nest under the chicken coop and Pepper had a grand time playing "cat & mouse", what else.

Dan even got in on the excitement of catching a fat chicken and pulling on its head ready for the chopping block. Good catch, Dan!

I took this great picture of Jeff pulling off the skin, but he didn't want it posted. So you get me with the finished product, just giving it a good rinse.

And of course we started this chicken show with Jeff catching the first unsuspecting hen, which they all ended up being roosters. The people at Cal Ranch, where we bought the chicks said they were pretty sure these were all hens, cause they checked their wings. Well, most are roosters. Now the white chickens it really doesn't matter but the reds were the laying hens. And did you know that only the hens lay eggs. The roosters crow and fertilize and we only need one rooster. So needless to say I am looking for some bartering, again. Anyone want to trade hens for roosters?

More Pix of Georgia fun

2009-05-24T17:34:00.000-07:00

We went to the Atlanta Aquarium

A park that was used during the Olympics. It was funny 'cause this guy offered to take our picture then asked if we could give him money, which of course Bryce did. As usual I didn't have any.

Me and the kids, one of these days I will be able to have my picture taken with my eyes open. Darn Lasik, I can't stand the bright lights and it is automatic to close my eyes.

And this cutie pie is the newest baby in Bryce & Amy's family. Garrett. What a good little boy he is.

Our Stay at the Georgian Hotel

2009-05-24T17:09:00.000-07:00

This is the Beautiful Georgian Hotel (aka The Carters New Home). We spent a wonderful six nights and five days. As you can see the manager and his staff were very accomodating to our every need. This luxury Hotel boasts an amazing 4 bedrooms 3 1/2 baths with a parlor and executive dining room. There is access to a private lake with boat dock. You will feel right at home in this palatial home when you visit this residence! The owners said in the near future they will be hosting movies in their own personal movie theatre with upgraded playroom and popcorn for everyone. Don't miss out on this property make your reservations today!

I quit my job when we got back from GA and thought I would take up writing travel logs for magazines. What do you think of my first try?

We had such a great time at the Carters in Georgia! The weather was actually warmer in Idaho, but it was still very mild and nice. It is amazing at the lush greenery all around. This area is very hilly and trees with kudsu everywhere. We also had our teeth cleaned, and Jeff even had three cavities that Bryce filled. Whew, I'm glad it wasn't me. Jeff did say how gentle Bryce was though and it didn't even hurt. Amiee, the hygienist cleaned our teeth and I think I'll be able to do it without laughing gas next time. Thanks Bryce for the great dental care. He even gives crest toothpaste with free toothbrushes! YEAH!!!

A Zoo?

2009-05-11T19:18:00.000-07:00

Well, we got the beef today. So I thought I would post a few pix of our little menagerie of animals. At first Iwas thinking it is turning into quite a zoo around here. Then I remembered we live on a farm. It just seems like a zoo around here sometimes, which really has nothing to do with animals.

This is Dan's cat Pepper. She is such a nice kitty. Dan sure likes her!

These are the little chicks that are not so litte anymore.

This is Roast & Steak (Rosie & Steve?).

And of course, our little Brown Dog, BrowNee. We certainly couldn't leave her out.

Half of the chickens will be gone by the time Bryce & Lances families get here, but we sure will enjoy that barbecued chicken on the grill. Mmmm.

This week we will be going to Bryce and Amy's for a few days and enjoying their company, we are so looking forward to seeing them and all the kids and the many changes that have happened over the past year.

We sure are enjoying all of those blogging again.

Update on The Chickens

2009-04-25T13:30:00.000-07:00

Well, Jeff gave in and bought this cute little chicken coop. I gave it a name this past week "The Cheyenne Social Club". Have you seen the movie? Well, lets just say this is "The Best Little Hen house"! If you haven't seen the movie it is definitely worth watching. It really has nothing to do with chickens, though.

These are my little chicks, they have grown alot over the past week. Brownee even likes them, at least she doesn't lick her chops like Dans cat did. All is well here. We are just waiting for the real spring to show up and we will plant the garden. I have also been bartering for services. I teach a girl in our ward cooking lessons (enough of that laughing), and she teaches me piano lessons. We had our second class today and it went really well. After awhile she is going to throw in voice lessons (okay now you can get up off the floor from laughing so hard!) It has been really fun to trade services. I encourage you all to try it.

Here chicky, chicky

2009-04-17T17:15:00.000-07:00

This is my new little project. The pic is pretty small, but I will be taking new ones soon. These are my new little babies. Chicks! The ones in the upper corner are Rhode Island Reds, layers. And the little yellow ones I picked up today are Cornish Rock, meatbirds. The reds are approximately 10 days old and the yellow ones are maybe 2 days old. Over the next two months it will be interesting to see the difference in growth. Remember my chicks I had two years ago? They were the Cornish Rock. Well, lets just hope we don't get the bird flu, or we'll all be under quarantine and unable to travel! That would be sad.:(
Okay, now I have blogged so those of you who haven't for awhile it is now your turn. We sure love to see those blogs.

Lions & Tigers & Bears

2009-03-06T17:03:00.000-08:00

Well, we went to Southern California this past week with my parents. We ate at some really great restaurants and walked on the beach every morning. Can't say the room was so great but at least we know where not to stay. I'll just say there was a bar twenty feet from our front door, it wasn't quiet at night and I didn't feel very safe. We did go to the San Diego Zoo one day and it was great.

We also went to the L.A. Temple the first day after arrival and it really set the tone for our trip. It was bee-you-tee-full. The Temple pix are of the Newport Beach Temple that I thought was a Jewish synagogue at first, but then I saw the Angel Moroni and thought that was weird another religion would use him on there church. At closer inspection, we drove into the parking lot, and spoke with a gentleman who said yes it is an LDS Temple and has been there for about 4 years. If we had known it was there we would have gone into that one, too. Oh well, so much to see and so little time.

Next trip is definitely out to Georgia to see that new little grandson, Garrett.

Love to all of you!

Viva Las Vegas!

2009-02-02T08:45:00.000-08:00

We went on our annual January trip and had such a great time. We stayed a week in Vegas at the Wyndham Resort then went to Yuma to visit with Gramma Lois. It is great to get out of this cooooooold. I'm so glad Jeff does this for me so I can maintain my sanity during this time of year. Some of the following pix are from The Venetian & Harrahs. We didn't take any pix of Yuma. Hmmm, darn camera doesn't want to take those pictures itself :(. Wouldn't that be great if that could happen. How many times do we take the camera and never even get it out of its case. Oh Well.

This is Dan with some of his relatives that won big on roulette.

This last picture is of Dan with his new and very short lived pet. After he bought the chameleon he went back to school and found out he couldn't take it with him. So we took it back to the store. He did have fun with it while he was here. During our trip Dan was released on Medical leave from Job Corp for a problem with his shoulder. We haven't seen the Dr. yet so we'll keep you updated on what is going on with that. The good news from Job Corp was that Dan has six months to heal and can go right back when all is well. Hope to hear from all of you on your blogs soon. We definitely need more pictures of those grandkids and want to know what is going on with them! Love to all!!!!

More Pictures

2008-12-28T09:59:00.000-08:00

Just a few more pix of our last week. It has snowed here over the past two weeks, like crazy. This snow picture is Christmas Eve and we have had lots more snow since then.

These pix sure were cute and I just had to place them on the blog, too. Happy New Year to all of you!

AHHH, Christmas is over

2008-12-28T09:48:00.001-08:00

Just a few random pix of our family Christmas.

We sure enjoyed having Jeremy's family and Dan with us thru this Holiday season. Chris, Carina & Daisy came up to. Oh what fun it has been. Christmas with some of the kids!!! Nothing could be better. Hope to see you all over this coming year.

Happy Holidays

2008-11-15T16:58:00.000-08:00

Drum Roll Please!!!!
The name drawn family gifts are finally drawn with exact, precise and confidential accuracy. Dad held the hat, Mom wrote the names and Dan pulled the names out of the hat, see how complex it all is. This is why it took so long to get it right. The names are as follows:
The Parents have- Jeremy's family
Bryce's family - Jakes fam
Lance's fam - Dan
Chris' fam - The parents
Jakes fam - Chris' fam
Jeremy's fam - Bryce's fam
Dan - Lances fam
Any questions? Oh yes, the price exacted this year (for those of you who responded to my email) decided $30 would be fine. Any further questions? No, Good. I would like all to have the gifts in the mail by the 5th of December so that everyone will have the family gift on time. Of course you may send earlier, but please not later. This worked out well last year and everyone got there gifts on time. Thank you so much. May YOU ALL have the most wonderfulest holiday season ever. We love you all and wish the very bestest to you!

Dan The Man

2008-11-09T21:05:00.001-08:00

So we got word 8 days ago that Dan is going off to Job Corp to start his learning career. He will be leaving for Clearfield Utah on November 18th. We went shopping yesterday and have all new stuff and he is ready to go. I know he looks super happy in this picture but what can I say? He did tell me he didn't want the picture taken and I told him how much better the blogging is if I have a pix, so this is it. We will be taking him down on the 18th and then he will be able to come home the next week for Thanksgiving and then for a couple of weeks at Christmas. We will really miss Dan but want him to get on with his life and have a succesful career. This program allows him to go at his own speed, pretty much and choose from several different programs. The people there will assist him in finding a good fit for a job. Lets just pray he gets good roommates! Good Luck Dan!!!

The Population Increase

2008-11-06T16:43:00.000-08:00

Well, Carina just called to say they had been to the Dr. and had an ultrasound to find out the sex of the baby and see if all was well with the baby. So she told me the sex of the baby and that the measurements are right on for the middle of March. And the sex of the baby is......

You'll have to go to there blog and see!!! HAHAHAHAHHA!!! You thought I would give out the big information that they want to share? This is so exciting. Maybe give them a call and visit for awhile I know they would love to hear from all of you. I also spoke to Amy this week and she is on target for the next big bruiser in December. Can't wait to see the new little ones and buy more Christmas outfits.

This is how the Parents keep busy

2008-10-31T17:14:00.000-07:00

Well these are some miscellaneous pictures that we have taken over the past couple of months that I had not shared. Dan also wanted to dress up for Halloween, that is why he is in a diaper. I was supposed to work today and I thought I would dress up as a baby and so Dan dressed that way instead. I thankfully was put on call!

Fishy, Fishy in the Brook

2008-10-03T15:41:00.000-07:00

Well, you all know Jeff went to Alaska for his annual fishing trip and as usual he had a great time. I just wanted to post some pix of his trip so we can all feel bad that we didn't get to go. Not really, they get up at 0345 every morning to sit in the dark and wait by there favorite fishing hole so no one else will take it then they fish for heck sakes until they have their fill. Sounds like fun huh?

This last picture is of the nicest restaurant in the area! Of course it is the only eatery in the area. At the end is an old bus and that is where they do the cooking. I wonder if they have health inspections in Alaska?

I'm just so glad Jeff is home and things are back to normal. Boy when your spouse goes away for a few days you sure appreciate him more when he comes back home. Welcome Home, Honey!!!

2008-09-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

This was a really fun idea from Bryce's blog. I've been on a memory lane trip lately and thought it would be fun to remember some of the best times (or worst) times I've had with all of you. So, here's how the game works:1.As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Tooele '08

2008-08-26T15:52:00.001-07:00

Now I know everyone thinks Lance & Jake play the Wii, but look at this shot ;) whose intent on winning the most? This is such a great shot of Caetie, I just couldn't resist

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Masen & Alexis, what a couple of cutie pies.

With Jake doing all the work of pushing the kids. Now who's the favorite Uncle?

Here is Jeff, Dan, Jeremy and Lance shooting hoops.

Well, here we are with 4 of the boys and there families. What an awesome sight! These kids, all of them, are what living is for. What a great time we had getting together in Tooele. Maybe sometime in the near future we will try and do a family reunion somewhere fun with all the families. Hawaii, Orlando, Great Wolf Lodge, etc... So lets start saving our pennies and meet somewhere excitingly adventurous.

Jeff's fun things to do

2008-08-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this was taken last week when the huckleberries were on. Jeff and I went picking and had the usual summer fun with huckleberry picking. I don't think Bryce and Lance were here in Idaho during this time of year, but the other boys should remember this favorite pasttime. Of course Jeff just loves to go and pick with the rest of us, 'cause we don't even like these berrries. So he gets to eat all of them. This was not many but Jeff will enjoy them this winter with ice cream. Doesn't he look happy!?! (or goosed?)

Gene & Brenda's visit

2008-08-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

Well this is my oldest brother, Gene and his wife, Brenda. Gene was always a goof off when we were growing up and he still is. Every family should have a goof off 'cause it just keeps everything from being too serious. Friday night they came to our home and we had a T-bone steak dinner, from our own home grown cows and new red potatoes out of our own garden that Jeff slaves over. Mmm, mmm good. Jeff cooks those steaks to perfection. I have tried and always fail to get them just right. (It is always good to tell the husband how well he cooks so he will keep doing it) =-). Then Sunday night we went to the parents home and had the infamous spaghetti and garlic roll dinner. WOW was that good. Of course those were the best rolls my mom has ever made. (My dad always says this with each meal). But really they are always excellent. Bryce used to ask my mom to teach him how to make the garlic rolls, 'cause they were so good.

I did remember to take my camera and took this picture of us in the parents home. Turned out pretty good, huh. It is a rarity to have this many family members in the same place so I thought it best to record for future reference when I can't remember when we last got together. Ahh, Life is good. We will be traveling to Utah on the 15th of August and hopefully I will remember the camera and will have more pix then. We love you all and hope to see everyone in the near future.

A visit from Jeremy's family

2008-07-22T11:19:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful little family!
Jeremy, Stephanie and Alexis spent this past weekend with us and it was great! She is growing so fast and what a cute little personality. She is such a good baby and well mannered. We sure do enjoy seeing each and every one of our children and their families. We also went to Chris and Carina's to play a game and get in the hot tub. Check out there blog for pix of that. What a blessing each and every one of our family members are to us. This summer we have been able to see every one of them in their own homes. It has been an awesome summer so far.
Nana and Papa with Alexis.
Dan also got his new car on Monday. What a great buy we got on it, too. He looks pretty sexy there on his hood. Now we just pray he will drive safely and that this car starts in the winter.

Dave's BBQ and the Park

2008-07-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this blogging thing is more difficult than it looks. Anyways.... We went to this BBQ place and ate ribs and several of us had them all over our faces. Mmm, Mmm, good!

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

2008-07-03T08:08:00.000-07:00

I'm finally getting around to getting the blog updated since our last trip. And wow what a trip it was. This was really our first long car trip in the 24 years we've been married. It was grand! We went to Lance's home in Liberty, Missourri. Spent a couple of days in their home and then went to The Great Wolf Lodge and swam and ate and swam some more.

We also went to a Cardinals/Royals baseball game and watched the Cards get whooped badly. Lance was pretty pleased about that. Jeff was not.

We also went to this supposedly nice little park unaware of the lurking danger in the grass. Needless to say Jeff has a nasty itch and welts to remind him of his mission days when they had to take care of Chigger outbreaks on there legs. He refused to let me take pictures of his outbreak for fear it would dement all of you. The funny thing was he kept talking of his experiences on his mission with these ugly beasts and then he was the worst affected. Dan and I have only one or two places on us and they were very mild compared to Jeffs. Then of course the baby blessing for Masen Maverick Carter was just grand. What a privilege to be able to witness this blessed event. To see the Priesthood used in such a wonderful way. Lance did a great job and gave such a beautiful blessing. What a great summer for traveling. We have been very blessed the whole time. No storm disasters while we were gone and no one got sick during the trips.

Happy Fathers Day '08

2008-06-21T10:39:00.000-07:00

Here are a few of our favorite fathers. The only reason our other favorite fathers are not in these pix is because they are not here. We love you all and thought you might like to see what we did for fathers day. Of course we always celebrate Jeffs b-day too on this day. Finally we even had decent weather!

Baby why don't we go to Key Largo...

2008-06-18T17:41:00.000-07:00

Here we are in Key Largo, Florida! AHHHH!!! The sun, the breeze, the fishing and swimming and boy could I just keep on going. We had such a great time. My parents and brother David and his three sons were there with us. As you can see my fishing days may need a little tweaking. I don't know if I could survive if I had to fish for my dinner! Others on the trip did way better. Mmmm, Mmmmm. What a stud! He looks good as a fisherman.
This was part of our catch for the day. The big ones are Amberjacks, there meat is like the darker meat on turkey. It is good but not as good as the little fish hanging which are yellowtail tuna. They were really good and we caught several.
This is me, Miles and Marley, my nephews and the Manatees. Sorry you can't see them very well but they are related to the elephants, no they don't have trunks or legs, but there skin feels the same. They are an endangered species and we didn't know you weren't allowed to swim with them or give fresh water, which is what we are doing to keep them there. This was fun!
Ahhh, the evenings in Key Largo. The sunsets are beautiful, but not as pretty as Idaho's. We found this great outdoor restaurant and went there a couple of times to watch the sunset with dinner. The food was great! Needless to say I wanted to stay the rest of my life, and Jeff thought two weeks was too long for a vacation. Well it was fun while it lasted and of course the memories will last a lifetime.
Where to next? Let's all meet for dinner somewhere fabulous!

2008-06-08T16:04:00.000-07:00

Okay so we didn't actually go snowboarding in June I just didn't get this posted earlier because I couldn't figure it out. So Carina came and showed me how to do these awesome pictures and video. Hope you like it!

Bryce's Graduation '08

2008-06-08T15:40:00.000-07:00

Here we all are in D.C. at the capitol building, our guide was kind enough to take our family photo, so if we look out of focus, we are! But we are glad to have at least one picture of all of us together. What excitement our nations history can invoke in our spirits! This was such an awesome trip.

We had the opportunity to visit Ft. McHenry where the Star Spangled Banner was written.
And I thought it only appropriate to put Dan and Jeff in there right places! :) They had so much fun with this shot.
Of course the Grandkids were always so happy to go along and see all the history. And they took it all in with such high expectations!

This was the "Piece de Resistance" of the entire trip- Bryce's Graduation from Dental School. Now he will be known to others as Dr. J. Bryce Carter or J. Bryce Carter DDS. Sounds pretty darn impressive huh!?! Well, Bryce said he still feels the same even with the extra initials and all that schooling. Way to go Bryce! And of course Amy recieved her honorary certificate for putting up with all the things wives do for there spouses. Way to go Amy.

We sure had a great trip and we will see these kids next in Georgia where Bryce will be working. WooHoo!!!

Sorry Soooo Late

2008-04-06T17:18:00.000-07:00

Okay so we had some problems with our computer, but we are ready to get this blogger started again! I have a cool video of Dan snowboarding that we will post later, cause it's beyond me to put it on at this time. We are waiting for winter to finally go away but as I am typing this it is like a blizzard outside. It is way fun to see others on the blog spots and find out what is going on in your lives. We are getting ready for a busy time starting in May. We will be flying to Bryce's for his Dental graduation. Congrats Dr. Bryce! Then we are going to Key Largo in Floriday for 2 weeks with my parents and brother. Then in June we will be heading to Lances for a visit with them and they will have a new addition in their family. We are so excited to be seeing so many of you this year again. Of course we will stop in and see Jake and Jeremy's family and Chris' fam is always close. Since I last posted Jeremy and Stephanie have had there baby girl Alexis Geraldine born on March 18. Culminating in nine grandchildren. Man am I feeling old! We love to have these little ones coming along but they sure are coming fast. Well we are going to go outside and shovel more snow so we will blog at ya later!
The Parents, (mostly mom)

Carter Parents

2008-02-01T17:32:00.000-08:00

Okay so everybody had a blog except us. So now we do too. Sounds like a copycat, huh? Well, Bryce has done such a great job on his I thought I would give it a try and see how this works. Of course it is winter here and nothing much else to do except write on a blog. We are having such a huge winter snow with real blizzard like conditions and drifting snow. If I can figure out how to post pictures then I will show you all what the first of February looks like in Idaho. Your dad has been playing in the tractor moving snow and really enjoying himself. I have been working L&D, and mostly enjoying myself. It is still a little scary but it is getting better. Dan is working at KMart and says he hates it 'cause they make him bring in the carts. Last week he said he washed a window for KMart when it was 20 below zero. I'm not sure how he got home without losing his hands to the cold! He is wanting to work for Pinnacle security systems but he said he would have to go to AZ for the summer. Okay so it is really cold here now. Can you imagine the temps in AZ in the summer of 120. WHOOH!!! All is well in Idaho. Hope all is well with you and yours. Please write us and let us know what you think of our blogosphere.
Mom, Mary