The Doll House

Sunset in Tucson

2012-01-30T19:26:00.000-08:00

The Sunset sky in Tucson marked the end of life on this earth for my husbands daddy, Ed Burt.

The fire in this stove kept the chill down from the cooling evening as we sat around talking about memories. My favorite memory of my father in law is listening to him talk to me on the phone about his stove and how he sits around it drinking beer with his friends. I loved hearing him talk about his garden, his chickens, and his mean as hell rooster.

My mother in law is a very stron woman with courage

and laughter during such sadness in her life.

This past week has been a very hard week for our family. Before my sweet father In law passed away I took this picture; the last kiss from his beloved wife. They were such a shining example of true love to me and losing him especially in such a sad way has been very hard for all.

We spent time with the family laughing and crying.

The love of my life with his mom, sister and brother and in the

photo below I am in the photo with them.

I was also able to see an old friend of mine from high school, Denisa who lives in Dublin Ireland. We all had breakfast together at a truck stop in Tucson. We had such a great time seeing Phyllis and John again too. I have really missed Phyllis since she moved from Monticello.

Me, Denisa, John, Val, her hubby, and their little daughter.

All in all, this post is dedicated to the life of my father in law, and the sweet memories I have of him. My prayers are with my husbands family, my husband, and may Ed Burt RIP.

showers of blessings

2012-01-15T17:06:00.001-08:00

A while back we met a man who wanted me to play my guitar and sing for his LDS ward here in Monticello. He and his wife own the Canyonlands Lodge and one day he invited us out to meet her. When we got there I was so surprised to see a gal I've known most of my life Tina Mantz. Slowly we have gotten to know them. He is so flipping funny. He plays the spoons and he made this adorable Cowboy bass Drum. He has been telling me forever he is going to bring it over and play it for me. Jerry, is his name, and Tina came by tonight with it. Before they left they told us they are getting ready to go on a Mission and so he told me I could have his bass drum. I am still laughing with joy because I think it is just so cool. It really works too.

I was also blessd to recieve this organ as a gift. WOW!!!! I am just so blessed. God knows I love music - I have a passsion for music and I am just in awe at how blessed I've been. I was also given a piano so ... Lord please help me find a teacher so I can learn to play well. I do play somewhat but I need to learn to play very well. Thank You Jesus....

Feeling so Blessed

2012-01-15T14:16:00.001-08:00

LOL .... We aren't grouchy. The sun was in our eyes and the wind was blowing quite hard...
But all in all we are feeling quite blessed living in such a lovely place and having each other.

I took this picture while sitting in my rocking chair in the livingroom. I am so in love with this Mountain. I love the view of the horse head. This is the most beautiful place I have very lived.

I am so thankful for all my wonderful blessings.

A few of my favorite things.....

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Crafting...

2012-01-04T14:05:00.000-08:00

I spend a lot of time lately on youtube learning different ways to create lovely things... things that bring a smile and make people happy. This was one of the funnest tuterals I've been on... I love music, and flowers, and I loved the songs on this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dhh5TThlT54&feature=related

Summer Days

2011-08-21T19:37:00.000-07:00

Fishing at monticello Lake......I must really love this picture.. I use it a lot.. LOL

Kelly, Lindsey and Hubert went camping alone at dry wash...

Kelly and Luke reached the moon...

Daddy Big Boots came back after several years....

Mom has an awesome boy friend.... Deer love our yard...

Took firist place with this pineneedle bowl at the fair...

Beautiful Rainbows...and lots of awesme rain...

Vacation Bible School...

The love of my life and my step daughter Cathy and

Step Grandaughter.....

All the kids had fun dancing after our wedding....

We were offically married in the Catholic Church.

our Godmother Bernie is the greatest...

This has been one of the funnest summers we've had in a long time.

My precious family

2011-07-16T11:21:00.001-07:00

A few of my grandchildren and my lil niece Micky.

We had lots of visitors this past couple of weeks. It has been such a blessing to see everyone.
Cool Kelly!

Puppy Luv!

Watch that step!

Aren't they so adorable!

My best friend my husband and I

My lil sister Netty. How did I end up so short?

Our Newest addition to our family. Chase is so adorable.

And... WOW I had all eight of my kids together at once for the fist time in like 14 years or so.

I think that Heaven was right there in this picture, I was so flipping happy.

Just need a picture with all eight kids and all the grandkids too now.

Silly Girls!

Debbie my oldest

Chase being blessed

Kylie was able to bless her son too. I didn't get that picture on.

Hanging out!

My adorable step grandchildren.

Summer Memories

2011-06-24T21:01:00.001-07:00

Blast from this past sumer....

kelly, Lindsey, Hubert and the bunch go on their

first camping trip by their self up at Dry Wash. They had a super great time.

May Day

2011-05-01T18:07:00.000-07:00

The weather is so beautiful, cold but beautiful. Today for May day we decorated the tree

with flowers which will stay on the tree until the fourth of July. I love to Celebrate life so

May Day is just one of the several we celebrate as a family. One year I had the kids

make baskets and fill them with flowers for our neighbors as a project one day while I

was home schooling them. I am so thankful for our Mighty God and His creations, and

beauty.

There is Beauty All Around

2011-04-24T15:34:00.001-07:00

This easter I was a little down because I wasn't able to spend

anytime with my daughters or grandkids. But as My hubby and

I walked up to Jennys door, and I noticed the lovely flowers,

Love just filled my heart for all of God's blessings. The food was

so yummy and I had a blast with my nephew's and nieces. I sat

on the floor with them to eat and they promised me they would

help me up - and if they couldn't they would get someone who could.

LOL I love these kids so much. Then I practiced Easter Songs with

my Godmother and that was a huge blessing too.

Praise God for His many blessings.

Fire Puja

2011-04-19T11:31:00.001-07:00

I loved this night at the fire puja with Lindsey. It was so amazing.

Shay has introduced me to a super teacher, Paramahansa Yogananda. The teachings are so soft and beautiful, just like Shay with her vibrant personality and love. Shay does healing with message therapy and helps people make personal affirmation movies for their lives. It is really awesome and powerful. The photo below is Catherine with Lindsey. Catherine does healing in the form of orthobionomy. She also belongs to a group called the Phoenix Rising Center where you can do Qi Gong and other awesome Yoga practices. She has introduced us to Swami Kaleshware from India. We just started going to their fire Pujas which are so healing, giving you a sense of well being and positive out look on life. Lindsey loves her too. Lindsey's goal is to become a healer as well, so hanging out with them is a cool way for her to make it a reality.

The fire puja in Moab was so impressing and so were the results from it. It was amazing how beautiful it was and how powerfully it can touch our lives. My husband even liked it and that is really amazing. A fire puja is a place to go to release negative energy and Kama into the fire. Then at the end you give a plate of grateful offering to Divine Mother and Jesus.

Dr. Don Leathers is also a super awesome healer using Homeopathic medicine which has literally saved my life. He is the guy standing more in the back facing the camera. I thank God for all of these people.

Don and Catherine are two of the most awesome healers I've ever met. I have been going to them for about 4 years now. In getting acquainted with them I have grown so much and been healed so much. Then my awesome sistah, from St. George has blessed me in a very similar way. So I wanted to share our experience from the Fire Puja and give tribute to these awesome friends and my family who are in this with me.

Spring

2011-03-25T20:06:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sLQbOOUY4g

It took a Memorial service for me to have the chance to learn this

lovely spring song, but I am so blessed to have learned it. My

God Mother, Bernadette, and I sang De Colores at the Memorial

Service for the Montano Family. Singing it brought a sweet spirit

to the service that I will never forget. This video of it on youtube.com

has the lyrics with it, a good way to learn this cool song in Spanish.

Spring is Here

2011-03-21T15:57:00.001-07:00

We are so happy that the warm weather has finally arrived and the scent of Spring is in the air. Just about every Spring I start digging through old pictures and some of my favorite things.
I found some old photos that I thought were a lot of fun. This is Kate.....

Kylie and Tylen... not sure who the other darling

little girl is though......

This is the most adorable little mouse in

the whole wide world. My Ky ky when she was

in a play in Round Mountain. I have more cute

photos I'll have to post later.

Winter Finally Came

2011-01-01T16:03:00.000-08:00

Three days before the New Year the snow finally found its way to Monticello.
Kelly helped shovel.... Played with the dogs.....

And built a hill to sled down.

As for Tator, he loves the snow so much we could not get him to come in the house. We finally took him for a ride in the truck before he decided to come in and thaw out. He grew up in Durango where there is tons of snow, so I guess he's used to it.

What a way to welcome in the New Year.

When our kids grow up

2010-11-30T17:36:00.001-08:00

To start out I want to say, "Welcome back home Kelly." It is so nice to have him home with us again. It seams, however, that after the kids grow up - weather they are still at home or not - we tend to miss having children around. So what do we do? We get animals. Today we brought home Lucci. Jenny is giving her labs away and so we thought Tater might enjoy a little sister too.

Tater was excited to pose but Lucci wasn't too sure about what was going on so....she hid under the table. The photo above.

Lindsey and Kelly are very excited about our new addition. As for me, I'm just as excited but I will be very happy after she is potty trained.

A Fun Week

2010-11-27T14:13:00.000-08:00

Despite the several trials and moving, (which we finally just got completely done with today) we had a very fun week this Thanksgiving weekend. Lindsey took this picture of the moon that turned out really cool. We had many visitors...

Cassie, Azey, Melany and Avena came over...

MJ, Michelle, and Josh came over too and here is MJ enjoying a cinnamon roll.

The deer really like our house so I've been putting apples out for them which they really love.

Debbie, Brady, Wesley, Aubrey, and Cali came over too. All of the kids love the train.

Wesley, Aubrey, and Cali had fun making this little snowman..

The kids love Tater too...

This is the perfect time of year for hot chocolate.....

and singing lots of fun songs...

Now we get to get ready for my FAVORITE time of year..... Christmas.

UPDATE

2010-09-09T08:26:00.000-07:00

My, I didn't realize how far behind I had gotten on blogging until I downloaded pictures off my camera, finally, and so here it is. We went to Pagosa Springs to pick Lindsey up. It is so awesome to have her back home again. We have moved back to town so she can go to school, plus she has a job on the weekends. She is excited and is making a lot of new friends. While we were waiting for Lindsey we went to the River and had tons of fun watching everyone play in the water...

And, Baily and I got in on the fun a little bit too.

We finally celebrated the 75th Anniversary of the Church and the Bishop from Salt Lake

came down as well. He is such a sweet and spirit filled man. We really enjoyed meeting him.

I designed and did the drawings on the Banner that is behind them.

Cassie and Michelle came to visit, but I missed out on getting pictures of Michelle and MJ. Cassie, Nichole and all the kids along with myself and my hubby went to Patio which was a super awesome blessing. I enjoyed them so much.

Thanks be to God for the family I love so much.

24th of July fun

2010-07-26T08:04:00.001-07:00

The 24th of July Celebration was so fun this year. We used the Vacation Bible School props

for the 4th and 24th to make the church's float for the parades. Dave and I rode on the float this time and we had so much fun. Our float won which was so awesome.

The Church Dog and Weekend Events

2010-07-19T18:36:00.000-07:00

We had an awesome day on Sunday, We went to Deccan Tom and Tina's home for a very wonderful dinner. Their son went to School in Salt Lake to be a Chef and they made one of
his gourmet dinners. It was so yummy. Baily even got a bone for his dinner. We had tons of fun looking at photo's of Tom's dad and other men who were fishermen. He had a beautiful ship on display and other cool things from a fisherman's world. Tina misses the oceon since she grew up in Sandiego. Her dad did a lot of fishing too.

Before we went to Tom and Tina's we went to church. During Vacation Bible School week, Father Jared would tell me to let Baily go in the church so that I could go in and watch the kids and be involved with the VBS. The only problem is that now when we try to go in the church and leave him outside he cries so loud that everyone can hear him very well, and it disrupts mass pretty bad. So everyone agreed that Baily should be aloud to go to church. LOL When I gave in and got Baily he ran up the steps and into the church with his tail wagging away. I wish my kids liked church that well. I hope we find a place in town soon so we can just leave Baily home to go to church.I really don't know what to do now that he is so spoiled but to officially call him The Church Dog.We met Tom and Katilyn in Pagosa Springs so that Lindsey can go visit for a few weeks. It was nice to see Katilyn again. I was at the hospital with Janet when Katilyn was born, and I raised her for almost a year at one time so she is very special to me.
We miss Lindsey and look forward to her coming home already. The house is too quiet.

A New Chapter

2010-07-08T11:57:00.000-07:00

As I took pictures of Kelly, Hubert, and Lindsey racing cars - here at Needles, I realized that this was the marking of a different Chapter and saying goodbye to the past. Hubert spent the week with us and we all had a great time as always.

They Raced the cars on Tom's track for 2 1/2 hours, cars zipping and roaring, yelling and laughter rang through the quietness of Needles.

And my mind went back to the passed 5 years that we have been bringing kids out here to spend weekends and weeks with us. There were times we would have up to 6 extra kids.

The memories flooded my mind of all the hikes we have been on, the picnics, the bomb fires, the card games, walking under the moonlight, having the kids do paintings up on the rock behind our house, writing about Nature and so on. The signs above were a few of the signs the kids painted and put near their special places they found up on the rock. There are some really cool places up there too, little cubbies and part caves. I became a little sad as I realized that now that Kelly is gone, and Lindsey is much older, that those days are pretty much gone. I miss the sounds of their laughter and even trying to tame down the fights - the good memories are so special to me and so are all the kids who blessed us by coming out with us. Tylen, Josh, Anthony, Hubert, Luke, Curtis, their friends and more friends. I can't remember all the names, but their faces are in my mind. There were times we had to bring the pick-up out and the back would be full of kids. WOW how awesome it was. I just thank God for the memories and the blessings. I am not one that does well with Change so I am all Sentimental about the memories and Sad to let it all go and move on to the next chapter. I just pray the next chapter will be as awesome as this one was. I love all those kids so much and I just pray God's blessings on them as they grow older and journey on their own paths.

A Very Long/ Fun//Exciting/Trying/Sad Week

2010-07-05T15:36:00.001-07:00

Isn't it amazing how wonderful - great friends bring sunshine to our life!

This past week was a very fun week along with a few trials and a little sadness. The week started out with Dave and I helping the Lund family (who payed for the church's VBS) Jeri Montella. along with other members in getting the VBS ready. I helped paint the set, and Dave helped set it up.

As you can see the kids had sailor hats and the chapel was turned into a ship.

The captain of the ship led the kids in some super fun songs and helped the kids look for God in

their lives.

The kids had so much fun with the songs. The church is so old however that when the kids would stomp their feet the entire building shook.

Melany and Avena were able to come experience the fun and they did have tons of fun.

Lindsey enjoyed being one of the leaders who led the children in fun activities from Bible stories.

Now in between all the fun here, our Explorer broke down. Fun! Fun! We can't afford to get it fixed so it's just sitting in town. We are having to drive in Dave's old 72 truck with no air conditioning. LOL Not fun in 105 degree weather.

This is the group Melany and Avena were in.

On the 4Th, the Church used the decorations from VBS and made a float for the parade. They sang one of the fun songs they had learned. It is also the churches 75Th Anniversary in Monticello. I designed and did the art work on the banner.

Dave and I helped decorate the float. It was super fun!

The Lund family has a beautiful place out side town including a Chapel to hold Mass when they stay here. So they brought Father Jarad from California to do Mass. Dave is sitting with him in this photo. He is a very awesome person and we really enjoyed him a lot. He asked me to do a painting of Mother Mary for his church in California. I'm really excited to get that done for him.

OOOOPS I didn't mean to get two photo's of him on here.... lol

This is Captain Jack. He works at Disney Land and he came along to help with VBS making it a super awesome fun time for the kids. He was hilarious.

Next.... Dave and I had our marriage blessed on Sunday. It was so very special and we

were so blessed by those who came to support us. Nichole was my Maid of Honor and Dave was my hubbies best man.

This is my God-Mother. I LOVE her. She was so excited as you can tell, she couldn't stop smiling. Her and I do the music together in church.

This gal is Jeri and we get very confused when ever anyone says Jeri. I may change my name. LOL She is the leader of the Children's group and VBS.

Nichole and Kelly were having a great time after the blessing.

This is Deccan Tom who did the blessing of our marriage. He has been a huge support in our lives and we have learned so much from him. Him and his wife are super cool.

Then... after our blessing we went to Grandpa and Grandma Cordovas house and visited for a while. We Love them so much.

Now comes the sad yet I guess exciting part of the week. Kelly left home today, a man with a whole future ahead of him. I'm happy for him, but sad that after 18 years of being with him so much, home schooled him, I'm sort of struggling. God be with Him.My three youngest kids are not so little anymore. We were happy to visit with Kylie for the past several days as well. We had a very fun time.

Escape the Oceon of Deception

2010-06-22T07:49:00.000-07:00

When I was a young girl my parents listened to Neil Diamond a lot. I Loved Neil Diamond and
even at my young teen - age I loved Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Funny, however, that a seed was being planted as I listened to the sound track of the story written by Richard Bach during those years and I didn't even realize it. Recently this amazing story has touched my life in other ways as well - as God has been taking hold of my life in deeper and deeper ways. I hope you will watch this video it has an awesome message. Usually I put stories on my stories and art blog but I really wanted to share this with all of you. And I also want to thank Shay for being a super instrument in God's hands by bringing better things out in my life.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbToBxhZUo&feature=related

A Magical Weekend

2010-05-31T18:30:00.000-07:00

The big day came Sunday evening as Lindsey courageously drove her car against the toughest of competitors. Lindsey had tons of fun despite her defeat but she ran close to the Winner who ran the track every day for the past 3 months. Lindsey had a total of ONE hour practice so Hurray for Lindsey for having fun and giving it a try.

This photo was taken today, the last day of Memorial weekend. We took the kids out riding the bike and then came home for home made pizza. It was super.

This past weekend was such a laughinglyicious weekend filled with magic and fun. I met, for the first time, my incredible awesome bff. Shay is one of Cassie's clients. Once Cassie got Shay and I connected it has been so fun. We read together, hiked, she met some of the family, and we even held the moon. LOL

We were so blessed to spend time together after e-mailing for 6 months prior to meeting. Here is a super great poem that just sums up the special spirit that was with us all weekend.

What is Laughter

What is laughter? What is laughter?

Is it God waking up?! O is it God waking up!

It is the sun poking it's sweet head out

From behind a cloud

You have been carrying too long,Veiling your eyes and heart.

It is Light breaking ground for a great Structure

That is your Real body-called Truth.

It is happiness applauding itself and then taking flight

To embrace everyone and everything in this world.

Laughter is the polestar

Held in the sky by our Beloved,

Who eternally says,

Yes dear ones, come this way,

Come this way toward Me and Love!

Come with your tender mouths moving

And your beautiful tongues conducting songs

And with your movements-your magic movements

Of hands and feet and glands and cells- Dancing!

Know that to God's Eye,

All movement is a Wondrous Language,

And Music-such exquisite, wild Music!"

O what is laughter, Hafiz?

What is this precious love and laughter

Budding in our hearts?

It is the glorious sound

Of a soul waking up!

Track Talk

2010-05-24T16:40:00.000-07:00

The Needles District of Canyonlands has recently started track races. One of the Rangers, Tom, has tracks set up in his garage, and this Sunday is the big day for the tournament. Lindsey went over there last night and qualified to enter the races. Here is what was said about Lindsey in our Daily Needles Sports Paper:

"Lindsey Klausner - the youngest racer in the field qualifies with a 50.73 four lap average and a one lap best of 7.71 seconds but these are false reflections of one who is in her zone! Putting on her headset she races to music and when left alone she seems to double her time, consistently staying on the track for the betterment of 20 laps at a time! Surely they will ask, where did she come from? Lindsey says that if she wins the money will be saved to buy a car. Ah..today's youth."
Written by Tom Wilson

We will have pictures and how the race went next week. Pray she does her best and WINS. If not - at least have tons of fun. There will be free hot dogs and other food prepared for everyone. We are really looking forward to it. If you want to come join us you are invited.

The scent of a flower

2010-05-11T20:25:00.000-07:00

Even our family dog appreciates the beautiful scent of flowers. Isn't this just adorable?

Fun Day in Moab

2010-05-03T16:18:00.000-07:00

We went to Moab last Friday to do our shopping and have a fun family day. We went to Old Time Photo's and had a family picture taken including Baily. He was such a good sport keeping the hat on through about five shots. He was smiling in one of them, it was so funny. Kelly would make a good cowboy, don't you think? I need to buy him a cowboy hat. The woman who took the photo's is who we adopted Baily from. She had a good time too. She told us a story about Butch Cassidy. He was in the Moab area and he ran into a women who was losing her farm to the banker. He asked her how much money she needed. The next day Butch took her the 500.0o dollars. When the banker arrived at her farm she handed him the money and signed the papers saying she owned the farm. On their way back to town, the banker and his company ran into Butch Cassidy who stole the 500.00 dollars from them. The banker went back to the farm and told the woman he was taking the farm back, but the woman came out with a rifle pointed at him with the papers saying she owned the farm free and clear. The banker left reluctantly. A while later Butch showed up at the farm and gave the woman the 500.00 telling her she would need it to do repairs on the place. What an awesome story eh.

Loving Memories of Courtney

2010-04-21T13:59:00.000-07:00

When we lived in Round Mountain Nevada, we went to a church that was so awesome. While we were there I was involved with a few ministries. I was in the worship band, prison ministry,and on a prayer team, and best of all I was the Children's Ministry Leader. In those few years I became very close to the children. All of those children are very dear to my heart to this day, one of which was Courtney Barber. Courtney was very on fire for God even at her young age of 7. She was 10 when we left Round Mountain.

One day when I arrived to teach at Children's Ministry, I had not been feeling well. Courtney was so bold in her faith of God, she came up to me, put her hands on my shoulders and started praying. Pretty quick all of the children joined her. Their faith was so amazing, and Courtney's prayer was so spirit filled.

I remember Courtney calling God, Daddy. I had the children write the words to several songs of which I helped them write. These are Courtney's words in one of the songs; "God's my best friend and I feel his arms around me when I am afraid." Then in another part of the song I used her words which say, "...thank you daddy..." Courtney passed on this past weekend from a car accident near Fallon Nevada. It is so heart breaking for all, especially her family. She was a shining light. As I read her words in the song, I can see her running to her Daddy-God and Him wrapping his arms around her. Courtney was 17 years old, and a Senior in high school. We will all miss her.

I want to Thank God for all of those children who were in the Children's ministry, and my experience with them. They were such a joy and their faith in God touched me, changing my life forever.

The shoe

Isn't this cool?

2010-04-10T17:27:00.000-07:00

Nichole, Sergio, and the girls came out for the night. The next morning we went for a hike and got some way cool pictures. We love it when they come out.

Our New Family Member

2010-04-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

Meet Baylee, our newest member of the family. He is so awesome and has already brought us so much happiness. Lindsey is so excited, she's already taken him for walks which he loves. We got him from the Humane Society and he is so well trained. He loves having his fur combed too. He loves the cat but the cat does not like him. Hopefully she will adjust to him.

2010-03-29T21:03:00.000-07:00

Healing Rain

2010-03-27T19:50:00.001-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31D2g7t5Bjs&feature=rec-LGOUT-farside_rn-3r-8-HM

Easter fun - a week early

2010-03-27T15:39:00.001-07:00

Nichole, Sergio, Mel, and Avena, came out to visit today. Nichole made pancakes, I made bacon, and we all had fun.

After we ate and watched a little TV, we colored and decorated eggs.

Then... we took a few of our eggs outside and raced them. It was tons of fun.

Get Ready - Get Set -

GO!

Avena didn't want to go home when we got done. We look forward for them to come back out again soon.

Next week is actually Easter but a lot will be going on. Dave and I will be getting our confirmation, Lindsey will be gone to Colorado, and we will be going to Easter potlucks.

A Spring Hike

2010-03-26T16:46:00.000-07:00

Today Lindsey, Dave, and I, went hiking. When we started out it was a bit chilly but it was okay. We saw some clouds start to move in...

But the sun was still out and it started getting warm enough to take our hats off.

Lindsey took off alone and walked quite a way then turned around to meet us slow folks.

This is the fullest this Indian bathtub has ever been since we have have been coming out to hike here. Some of you may remember at Easter last year the kids stopped to play with the pollywog's here.

We ran into a group of young people who were on their way to go to the back country to camp. The park is very busy now.

It felt pretty nice - but in this country things can change in a matter of just a few seconds - which is exactly what it did. Suddenly it got quite cold, the wind started up and by the time we got back it was raining. We made it back just in the nick of time. We had fun anway.

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I took this picture of Lindsey walking back to housing area after she had walked down to the cowboy camp anad back. For anyone who's been here that is quite a walk. She loves walking out here. Then she grabbed her camera and took pics of the rock which were on when I took this picture, and she took a wild picture of Dave and I. We had a fun night.

2010-03-22T17:20:00.000-07:00

Lindsey having fun with the camera....

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Breaking Habits

2010-03-20T12:57:00.000-07:00

Kelly had a great time this week. He rode his motorcycle that his dad gave him, he went bowling, played basketball, and climbed the cliffs. It was great to finally see him get off WOW.

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Lets Go Fly A Kite

2010-03-06T15:34:00.001-08:00

One of the funnest things to do in March is fly kites. The kids used to love to fly kites but I guess they weren't interested today. Kelly stayed in the house on his game while Lindsey and her friend played basketball. So we two old people, Dave and I, had a great time flying the kites.

Bluebirds

2010-02-21T16:47:00.001-08:00

This winter has been full of dark days and trials. The lingering snow and the death of two of my friends, one of which I was very close to, has caused the dark days to be darker. I was so upset when I looked out the window to see it snowing again, I was so frustrated. Then, suddenly, we noticed a flock of desert bluebirds flying around. A couple landed on the wall just outside the window, and another in a squaw bush behind the wall. The beauty of the blue birds against the white snow brought joy to my heart with the sign of Spring. The hope of a long awaited Spring is finally upon us.

A Warm February Day

2010-02-13T15:10:00.000-08:00

Jessie and her boys came out to Needles today to enjoy the 53 degree weather. We went hiking and, well, some took a nap. I always love this spot. Enter through the archway and you will find all kinds of neat things. This is the last of some of the snow areas which is melting quickly. Hurray.

This is cave spring. The Fern is looking okay but it's very pretty and green in the summer.

Jessi checking out the berries. Do you see the creature looking down at her. The lighting is just right that there appears to be a faery or another type of fantastical creature, hanging from the cliff, looking down watching her pick the berries. To see it - it may help if you have seen the faeries created by Brian Froud. It's not your typical walt Disney sort of faery.

This was taken by the old cowboy camp.

We asked the twins to go look for Bobby, Kenny, and Lindsey, who had taken off on the cliffs, so excitedly they ran up this cliff but I had to stop them to get a picture.

So we are by the cowboy camp right... do you see the cowboy? I didn't notice it until I blogged the picture. Pretty wild eh. The cowboy (with out a hat) is the lighting on the rock wall to the left. He is sitting with his leg outstretched. He has sharp features, wearing glasses, and his cloths are striped. Maybe I just thought of a cowboy cuz we were near the cowboy camp.

We really enjoyed them being here today. The boys had a hard time being confined to the trails but boys will be boys.

In Memory of Captain Phil Harris

2010-02-10T10:49:00.000-08:00

The Deadliest Catch has been one of mine and my husbands favorite shows. Captain Phil Harris was our favorite captain. We will always remember him.

It Runs in the Family

2010-02-04T13:53:00.001-08:00

After e-mailing back and forth with Uncle Ross I realized that the music thing runs in the family. I remember when I was young Ross would come to Grandma Low's house and practice with the band he was in. I totally loved listening to him. Today I was telling him about my new instruments (which are down below) and he told me that Aunt Karma bought him a new amp and mirchrophones for Christmas, and sent me this picture. Music was always a big thing in our family and so was football, Grandma Low Loved football. Anyway, Ross was always a way cool Uncle and still is. I told him I need to go up and play with him one of these days.

St. Therese, The Little Flower

2010-01-27T07:13:00.001-08:00

After reading one of St. Therese books, I was so impressed I bought it for Lindsey, hopefully to guide her during her young years. St. Therese is such an inspiration in my life that I wanted to share one of her thoughts with you. Something to get away from the snow. :) Consider the Oaks of the Forest

"Consider the oaks of our countryside, how crooked they are; they thrust their branches to right and left, nothing checks them so they never reach a great height. On the other hand, consider the oaks of the forest, which are hemmed in on all sides, they see light only up above, so their trunk is free of all those shapeless branches which rob it of the sap needed to lift it aloft. It sees only heaven, so all its strength is turned in that direction, and soon it attains a prodigious height. In the religious life the soul like the young oak is hemmed in on all sides by its rule. All its movements are hampered, interfered with by the other trees... But it has light when it looks toward heaven, there alone it can rest its gaze, never upon anything below, it need not be afraid of rising too high."

Why we Love Snow

2010-01-23T19:25:00.000-08:00

Every one I talk to in Monticello says they love the snow. So I decided to pay attention and see what it is they love about it. I decided it's because of it's beauty, and the more snow on the mountain the better. The snow is what makes Monticello so green during the summer months. the snow fills all three lakes on the mountain as well. Good fishing. I think, that, most of all they just want to have fun...

Check out this cool, home made sled.

Climbing and sliding down snow banks is tons of fun...

But jumping off into the snow below is even funner.

I'm pretty sure they had a soft landing. I was actually hoping they didn't get buried when they landed. LOL

This guy is really getting into it. This picture was taken in Blanding where they got tons of snow too.

It's amazing to me what the snow will make people do.

Bring on the Snow

2010-01-22T09:29:00.001-08:00

I took this picture this morning after Dave had dug some of it out. Consider, also, this is after he shoveled all day yesterday.

The last time I saw this much snow I was about 11 years old, living in Blanding. As of today we are actually seeing more then we did back then. Dave shoveled and shoveled all day long and this is how much we had the last time he went out last night. This is what we had this morning after he jumped out our back door and shoveled so we could even get out our front door.

We are looking out our front door.

My husband is a good trail digger I would say. I'm getting claustrophobic.

Find the hidden car. This was taken at Jessie's house here in Cello. She claims her car is in this somewhere. LOL

This picture is at Grandma Bill's house before the storm hit last night. I wonder if she can still see her fence by now.

This is in Monticello as well, in front of Jessie's house.

The bright side of all this lovely snow is that we are going to have a beautiful spring and summer this year.

Shush and Lindsey Comic

2010-01-13T08:35:00.000-08:00

Lindsey: I'm glad you are enjoying this show Shush.
Shush: Right on! This is great! Mom: Must be a pretty good show eh? Can I join you?

Lindsey: I don't know. What cha think Shush?

Shush: I think that if anyone joins in, they must pass certain qualifications. Yea!

Just another day with Shush.

Old Pictures - Awesome Memories

2010-01-08T09:33:00.001-08:00

Today when I checked my e-mail I had the most awesome surprise awaiting me. My Aunt Karma - who's just the greatest - had sent me these pictures of me and my cousins. In this picture my cousin Robbi, who I wrote a story about on my stories and art blog, and i are sitting on Grandpa and Grandma Low's fireplace hearth. We did many performances for the family on that hearth. In fact, in one of my Christmas stories I wrote about this hearth. This is the place where Santa sat one Christmas Eve while we told him what we wanted for Christmas. Grandma Low and the entire family were great audiences. they sat chairs up so that everyone would have a great seat to watch our special shows. LOL One song we sang (with the record) was, "Seattle." We sang and danced to our songs excited to receive our applause and cheers from everyone. Awe, great memories.

This picture is of myself and cousins up at hi low where Grandpa and Grandma had 2 cabins and a mountain home.

This is up at hi low as well. you can see Robbi, myself, Grandpa Low, Uncle Brian, Jeff, who passed away many years ago from muscular dystrophy, and I believe the other pretty little girl is Andrea. Hope that's right. It's been a very long time.

Going to hi low was one of my favorite places to be when I was young. These pictures open up tons of memories which I should write stories about and put on my stories and art blog. This pic is of Robbi, myself, Staci, Andrea, and Charity.

Deer at the park in Monticello

2010-01-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

While driving around town the other day Lindsey and I were amazed at all the deer in town. First we saw about 7 deer by the Catholic church, but they were moving to quick to get a picture. Then as we passed the city park we noticed these deer basking in the warmth of the dry land under the trees. So I told Lindsey to get as close as she could and get a picture of the them. She was able to get pretty close while they just sat there watching her.

Christmas Eve Mass

2010-01-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

Christmas eve was so awesome. St. Josephs in Monticello has been so blessed since the arrival of Father Bill. It has been many years since a Priest has come to Monticello for Christmas. We had a very wonderful night celebrating the birth of Christ. We were also blessed, since prior to Christmas Eve, Father Bill had fallen and broke his wrist and arm which required surgery in Salt Lake. We were so blessed that he was able to make it down despite it all. The children sang with angelic voices....

And I was blessed to be able to play my guitar for them, and Mass as well.

Lindsey was taking the pictures for me so we didn't get pictures of her or Dave. But they were there. We sang Mary's Little Boy Child, Oh Come All Ye Faithful, Silent Night, and Joy to the World. After mass Dave and I went to Kylie's house, since she didn't go with us, and Sang Mary's Little Boy Child, and then gave Her and Bridget a stocking with candy and oranges. Then we went home and sang a couple more songs with Kelly since he wouldn't go with us either. It was a very memorable Christmas Eve. The miracle part of it all is that just the day before Christmas Eve, I had fallen on the ice and broke my hand. However, it broke in a place that I could still use my hand so I told the Dr. I could not have it casted since I needed to play Christmas Eve. The break is healing fine without a cast. Praise God the Angels were watching over me.

A warm winter day

2009-12-17T18:18:00.001-08:00

The day started out like any other ordinary day, but when boredom hit like a stormy ice cold day, although it was nice warm winter day, we decided to hit the road and go to Blanding. LOL yea, Blanding. It was tons of fun. We went to the Museum to visit Grandma at work and take a look around, since Bridgett, Kylie's friend from Oklahoma, needed to get acquainted with the place. First we looked at the exhibits and then we showed Bridgett the all famous Kopapelli. LOL If any of you have seen him you will know why it was so funny. I told them we needed to buy a Santa hat for him and get our pics taken with him. Anyway, isn't this picture beautiful? Next we went to the kiva. It was different going there with snow all over the place, but it was nice and dry once we got down in it.

We had tons of fun and then returned home.

It's Begining To Look Alot Like Christmas

2009-12-08T07:43:00.000-08:00

We were watching the news and they showed these adorable penguins. I couldn't reisist and took a pic of them off my tv. Aren't they just adorable?
When we woke up this morning and looked out we realized no one was going anywhere for a while today.

Our porch is three feet from the ground and take a look at this.......

My awesome husband worked hard to get us dug out. The big blob to the right is our neighbors car. Gee... I'm thinking of Debbie, Cassie, and Michelle wondering if they are enjoying their warm weather; especially Debbie.

When we moved to Montiecllo we were told how it snows tons here but I didn't think it would be quite like this. We are loving it!

Horses in Monticello

2009-10-15T12:50:00.000-07:00

I love how pretty it is living in Monticello. I love horses too. This is what our view is from where we live at the edge of town. You can see the Lasal Mountains in the back ground.

Bon Voyage

2009-08-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when you turn the pages to new chapters in our lives it can be joyful, yet sad in ways too. My good friend Phyllis and her husband are leaving for a while. Phyllis took me under her wing six years ago. She became a very dear friend despite the differences that we have had, and I'm going to miss her so much. I'm going to miss our tea parties, our Bible studies, and the prayers we prayed together. I'm going to miss going to lunch with her, and sitting in her living room with her, Dave, and John, drinking ice tea or hot tea, depending on the weather, having a good conversation. I'm going to miss listening to Johns stories, especially all his stories about Ireland. I am keeping them in my prayers and look forward to seeing them next summer. I am struggling with her leaving because she has been my only friend since I moved back to Blanding. But I know God always has a plan, and all will be well.

The Cello Look

2009-08-28T15:59:00.001-07:00

Lindsey and one of her friends showing off their hair.

Fun Day at Needles

2009-08-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

We went to Needles to do the laundry, and while we were there we took advantage and had a little fun. Lindsey and her friends had a good time climbing in the rocks.

This picture was taken at split top camp ground

Kids Crack Me Up

2009-08-03T06:36:00.001-07:00

We were all at the third reservoir for Kinzies birthday. I looked over to check on Melany and Avena, since I was watching them for Nichole, when I saw these four hanging out and talking. They were carrying on the funniest conversation, and I just had to try and capture their expressions. Melany is more interested in having her picture taken

The camera caught their attention too

I don't think they wanted me to interrupt them.

As I was looking at the pictures I realized Meleny and Avena don't have cake

with them, but they had eaten theirs already.

Kylie

2009-07-23T10:40:00.001-07:00

I love this picture of Kylie and Melany. I really cherish the time I was able to spend with Kylie over the fourth of July.
Spending time with my children is very important to me, so I really appreciated having that time to enjoy with her. I Miss her so much and now she's all grown up and graduated.
As I look at her beautiful brown eyes, a special memory comes back to me. When I am sad I think of this day, and it always brings tears of joy and makes me feel happy.
The Story:
It was the day before her birthday and I had become very anxious, not knowing what to do. I wanted to do something very special for her, but living in remote Round Mountain I just couldn't get anything real great in time, and our cash flow was very low. So, I looked around in all of my craft supplies and found a very pretty piece of material. It was green with yellow flowers, very springy to fit the occasion. So I went to work and sewed her a darling little skirt. We did a few other things as well.
I was awake before the birthday girl. I was a little nervous hoping the skirt would be a nice enough gift for such a special day. We all gathered around KyKy and I handed her the gift I made her first. She opened the box carefully and pulled the skirt out. She had the most beautiful huge smile on her face as she ran to her room to put it on, leaving the other gifts unwrapped. She danced into the living room and began twirling, round and round while watching the skirt flow out like an umbrella, with her arms swaying. Maybe a scene like this is one of those that is most precious in the eyes of the beholder. I will never forget it.
Then not too long ago I was sitting in the government truck in Moab waiting for Dave to come out of his meetings. I looked over toward the library where a little girl was dancing in circles, watching her dress fly up, with a huge smile on her face and humming. It brought tears of joy to my eyes again and I saw my Kylie doing the same thing several years ago.
I just say God bless her as she begins her life in the big new world.

An Evening in Monticello

2009-07-15T21:05:00.001-07:00

We spent time at our home away from home this evening. We took a walk on the trail that goes around the lake.

This spot looked liked it could be very romantic. The bench over looks the lake.

There are also picnic tables with places to cook out along the trail.

Then we go lucky and found out that Sergio was playing ball, so we watched the game and visited with Nichole.

Nichole, Melany, and Avena were making plans for the kids to go play at the play ground.

On our way home we had a spectacular view of the sunset.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to use my cell phone to get the pictures

I took since we don't have cell service in the canyon.

Another lovely night.

The Beauty of Summer

2009-07-12T15:44:00.001-07:00

This picture was taken on our way home to Needles.
Taking time with Grand kids to play at the reservoir.

Did you Know

2009-07-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

What do you think of when you see a can of olives... or hear the word olive?
Have you ever noticed that when ever a can of olives is opened everyone runs to the can, eager to top every finger and both thumbs, then bites them off one by one with a huge smile on their face? Come to think of it, olives do have a magical ability to make you feel better.

The magic in olives is the mono-unsaturated fats. The omega-3 fatty acids can interact with the central nervous system to elevate your mood. So the next time you feel a little down, grab a can of olives and eat away. Worry about the calories later. :) Make sure you have plenty in your food storage.

The information obtained came from a Novel I'm reading called, "Home to Italy," by Peter Pezzelli. It has been a very fun book to read. You never know what you will learn just from reading a novel.

FUN! The pictures say it all

2009-06-07T18:45:00.000-07:00

Moab

2009-05-15T10:50:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we went to Moab. While Dave was at his meeting Lindsey, Kelly and I went to the book store. Lindsey Loved the book store and bought herself a book. I'ts awesome to see Lindsey finally reading. Now, Kelly on the other hand still refuses to read but agreed to listen to audio books. So, Kelly will be doing the audio book thing. Anyway, after Dave got done with his training, we went to Pizza Hut with Luke. I tried to take pictures but they were all being little punks and hid from me. But here they are having fun at Pizza Hut.

Trip to Denver

2009-05-07T09:40:00.001-07:00

Rockies Stadium....

I was very lucky to get a picture of kelly, he doesn't like his picture taken.

The Rockies played so good. They had several home runs. Pro ball is a whole lot more fun to watch in real life than it is on tv.

It's too bad the buildings behind us didn't show up better in the picture. I love city buildings at night. It is so pretty.

I have a deep love for the Needles where we live, but I have another love and that's the city... there's so much life. You can't see it very well, but the guy is twirling light sticks and selling them. The young kids were having fun watching him.

This guy was playing for money, so we gave him some and he let us take a picture of him.

This week Dave had to go to Denver for advanced supervisor classes. I never thought that I would ever go to Denver again. But here we are and it's been great to come back. The first night I was able to go to the farm in Roggen. Chantell, Tom's niece and her family, live there now since Grandpa Klausner passed. I was able to spend time with Chantell which was such a blessing. I have missed her terribly at times.

Cathy and Lynne bought tickets to the Colorado Rockies vs San Fransico Giants game. So Dave, Kelly and I were able to go watch it. It was so much fun!!!! We love baseball. Lindsey went to the game with her dad and Uncle Barry. We didn't see them though or I would have had a picture of her too.

It's been really fun to be here but we are looking foward to getting back home.

Fun Hiking

2009-04-20T08:45:00.001-07:00

Okay, for our family Easter hike, the batteries to my camera died on me. So needless to say I didn't get any pictures of all of us hiking and doing all our fun stuff like hiding eggs out on the rocks and watching the kids find them. However, the next day, being aware of my situation, I took my cell phone and got some pictures of our hike that we went on with Kathy and her kids, and Lynne. We had a really fun time. This first photo is part of what we walked down. It was pretty fun actually.
Notice the dark square hole... that is the opening of what we went down.

Erica and Anna taking a break near the tree....

The kids stopped to play every time they saw a lizard, so this was another picture taking moment.

Kathy and Lynne trying to help Carlos down the hill.

We got back from hiking and barbecued hamburgers. Kathy made a yummy potato salad to go with it and we ate an Easter Bunny cake.

Hiking is one of our favorite pass times especially when kids go with us. The kids LOVE it.

Gone Fishing

2009-03-21T21:26:00.000-07:00

Ever since I was a little girl I've loved going fishing. Lifes problem solution to my Grandma Low was "let's go fishing," I guess that's where I got it. After we got to town, friday afternoon, reality sunk in that we don't have a home to go to in Blanding anymore. So, we were talking about what to do, when we ran into Nichole and Sergio and the kids. They were going fishing and so, we joined them.

More Visitors

2009-03-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

We were very surprised and excited when we recieved a phone call from Pastor Don and Reenie that they were in Monticello and heading out to see us. After they arrived we went out for a nice evening walk on one of the trails. We had a very nice time. During our conversation I learned that they name and claim rocks with their grandson like I used to do with my older girls. I thought that was cool.

We enjoyed the beauty of the Needles.......

And the view of the La Sal Mountain, although it didn't show up in this photo.

And we just saoked up the beauty of the evening. We really love visitors and we really enjoyed their company tonight. We just want to extend an open invitation to all of our friends and family. But if you want to eat just let us know so we will be prepared to feed you. If you want a place to sleep we will make room.

Spring Break Week

2009-03-19T01:30:00.000-07:00

This has been a very eventful week. Monday, Melany and Avena came out for the day. We saw herds of Deer and some Cows. Then we had a picnic on the rocks, played cards, and napped. We had a great time. We were having so much fun I forgot about using my camera. The same day some friends from Blanding came out with their Grand kids. There wasn't enough room in the Park so Dave and I showed them a place out of the Park. They told us that they ended up having a great time where there were no restrictions like there are in the park.

Hubert and Mitinah came to Needles with us for the week of Spring Break, so, we all went out of the Park where we could ride the four wheeler for St. Patricks Day. I forgot my camera so I missed out on getting some fun pictures. However, today Cathy and her family came down and we went out to the falls. The kids rode the four wheeler. Lindsey and Mitinah played in the water. We, the mean old grown ups, told them not to jump until they made sure it was deep enough, but Mitinah jumped. Luckily she didn't get hurt when she discovered the pool of water wasn't deep enough. They went on the word of some kids that had went out a few days ago that the water was deep enough. Lesson learned not to go by hear say. We had a great time, then came home for dinner.

The highlight of St. Patricks Day was hearing that Debbie had her baby. This has been a fun year for new Grand babies. Michelle had MJ on Valentines and Debbie had Cali on St. Patricks Day. How blessed we are.

Fun Fun

2009-03-11T17:00:00.000-07:00

While we were hiking tonight I saw this leaf. It looked like an Angel to me so I took a picture of it. What do you think? Look like an Angel to you? I thought this was pretty so I had to take a photo shot of it too.

Okay, this is me, the old lady next to the adorable young 14 year old Lindsey. We were just having fun. Dave is our photographer. Just another day on a trail.

A Testimony

2009-03-05T09:48:00.000-08:00

"I cannot control the wind, but I can adjust the sails."
Blaine M. Yorgason

We are very excited that God has answered our prayers and showed us the way we need to go in order for our lives to come together in a more positive way. The experience to live here at the Needles is going to be an awesome one, and a sad one, as far as not living right next to family. But hay, what is an hour and 20 minutes?

This morning as I was driving from the shop, where Dave works, I remembered an experience I had. Just a reminder of how awesome God is and that he does in fact hear us. This experience changed my whole life, and remembering it today really helped me as I was already starting to miss everyone. There was a time in my life while living in Round Mountain, when some things had happened that were very wrong and devastating to my life. A good friend of mine, from the Lutheran church, came to the house to comfort me. I shared with her that I couldn't believe that this wrong had happened especially since I was living my life better than ever. The lies the devastation was overwhelming. She explained to me that sometimes God allows us to go through trials in our life to bring us even closer to him. I had always believed in God but admittedly, I often wondered if he really heard me, until one day after her visit; I began crying out to God telling him that I knew he existed but I really needed a daddy to talk to, that could talk back, comfort me with words I could hear with my ears, give me advise, and someone I could see.
About two hours later there was a knock on my door. I opened it to see the lady from the flower shop with a delivery for me. Anxiously I took a basket full of soaps, lotion, bath beads, and a note. As I read the note tears filled my eyes while an awe spiring joy filled my soul, and for the first time in my life I KNEW God really hears us. For in the note I read this scripture; D&C 50:44-46
44 Wherefore, I am in your midst, and I am the good Shepherd, and the stone of Israel. He that buildeth upon this rock shall never fall.
45 And the day cometh that you shall hear my voice and see me, and know that I am.
46 Watch, therefore, that ye may be ready. Even so. Amen.

God is so Awesome!

Coming Home from Needles

2009-02-24T10:23:00.000-08:00

It was a stormy day, however we saw some very pretty scenes on our way home from Needles we would like to share with you. Near the air port

Horses in the field

The horse head

Monticello Temple - the horse head in the back ground

The Needles

Albannach

2009-02-20T21:05:00.000-08:00

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1029681/ntune_tv_grandfather_mountain_highland_games/
Click on the link and watch the video from The Grandfather Mountain Highland games festival.
Every year the "Grandfather Mountain Highland games and Gathering of O Scottish Clans" is a huge event. This video just might get you wanting to go someday to be a part of this awesome event. Think about it, maybe we could have a family reunion there. Start saving your money.
You can check it out here: http://www.gmhg.org/

Scotlands Anthem / Praise to the Man

2009-02-20T09:18:00.000-08:00

The song you hear is originally Scotland's Anthem. The LDS church changed the words as you know them, "Praise to the Man." I love the original version, the words are beautiful, and I'm proud of our Scottish Heritage. If you would like to see the Low family Crest just type, Low Family Crest into google search and it will take you there.

Scotland the Brave

Hark when the night is falling Hear! Hear the pipes are calling,
Loudly and proudly calling,
Down thro' the glen.
There where the hills are sleeping,
Now feel the blood a-leaping,
High as the spirits of the old Highland men.
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.
High in the misty Highlands,
Out by the purple islands,
Brave are the hearts that beat
Beneath Scottish skies.
Wild are the winds to meet you,
Staunch are the friends that greet you,
Kind as the love that shines from fair maiden's eyes.
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.
Far off in sunlit places,
Sad are the Scottish faces,
Yearning to feel the kiss Of sweet Scottish rain.
Where tropic skies are beaming,
Love sets the heart a-dreaming,
Longing and dreaming for the homeland again.
Towering in gallant fame,
Scotland my mountain hame,
High may your proud standards gloriously wave,
Land of my high endeavour,
Land of the shining river,
Land of my heart for ever,
Scotland the brave.

Cute

2009-02-16T14:02:00.000-08:00

Avena and Melany spent some time with us today. Grandpa was outside changing the oil in

the Explorer and the girls were standing by the door watching. I happened to glance over just in time to see Lucky (our neighbors dog that we are babysitting) curiosity getting the best of him as he shoved his way in between them. They all stood there for quite a while. I had to giggle and of course grab my camera.

Our Valentines Evening

2009-02-14T19:35:00.001-08:00

We had to add more table settings ... what a blessing...

Festive Decorations....

Our Valentine tree.... I crocheted the hearts.

For Valentines Day we like to celebrate it as a family. Then Dave and I will go out to dinner

tomorrow night. I try to make it a very special time to celebrate our love for each other.

Our Menu:

Roast Beef

Baked Potato's

Mixed vegies

Bread

Red Jello mixed with Cool Whip

Heart cakes

After we finished dinner we played cards. Hubert and a friend of Lindsey's ate dinner and played cards with us. We are truly thankful for this awesome day. Our love extends to all of you.

Having our new Grandson born on this special day has been an awesome blessing.

My Canyonlands

2009-02-08T11:23:00.000-08:00

For the past five years living part of the time at the Needles District of Canyonlands, I have always had a very deep love for the Needles. We love walking the trails, billions of stars light the night sky, and the milky way reveals itself more than most places in the world. When you spend time there you gain a new appreciation for nature gaining a love so deep that you pray it stays protected forever.
One day I went to the visitor center to buy a book. I looked at the many titles and beautiful illustrations on the covers when I noticed the words on one of the books "My Canyonlands." I took the book in my hands and thought to myself, "I beg to differ, it's my Canyonlands." I decided I wanted to read about this man Kent Frost who wrote the book. I took it home and started reading it with my family. The next day after being extremely impressed by the first chapter, I went back to the VC and bought a book for each one of us so that everyone could follow along. I wanted to buy the book for the entire world. We learned so much from this man, Kent Frost. I was so touched by him that he quickly became my Hero, next to my husband anyway. I always hoped that we might meet him someday not believing we would.
It finally happened on the 7th day of February when Grandma, Dave, and I, went to the Museum to see a documentary done on Kent Frosts behalf. It was so awesome, especially when I saw that he was there in person. We stayed late and because we hung around, a few people were able to hear Kent Frost tell the story of how he found the sash, which is in a case at the museum, finding it while walking at the Canyonlands. He also let Dave and I get a picture with him. It was a very enjoyable and blessed night. I have to say after learning more and more about Kent, that the Canyonlands is his. He is one of the few that made it possible for the rest of us to enjoy the most beautiful country in the world. To learn more about him, just buy the book and learn for yourself what we have learned. Then come to Needles and Visit us - we'll show you around.

Trip to Needles

2009-01-31T19:17:00.000-08:00

Today we went to Needles to get the house ready to move back in to. Dave needs to get back to work so we will be staying out there during the week. Dave's foot is trying to learn how to work again so it will be much easier for him if we stay out there. This photo of the Needles was taken at sunset.

Lindsey, Lexus, Kelly, and Hubert came with us to help move a bed in our room. They were acting so goofy, we couldn't stop laughing at them. Hubert's awesome hat is a trash can and Kelly is wearing my shawl. Kelly was making goofy faces at us and being very silly.

Kelly and Hubert played cards while the girls........

Played basketball. They were being very silly as well. We are looking forward to being back out at Needles again. I'm excited for the blog thing since now we can share what we do out there much easier than before.

More about Max

2009-01-23T12:43:00.000-08:00

Everyone has been asking where Max came from. The story is very touching so grab a box of Kleenex and here it goes. One beautiful morning I woke up to a phone call from Jolyn. Her voice was pleading and soft, you know the kind of tone that you know you are about to get asked to do something you might not want to do. "Do you want a cute little puppy?" was the question.

"NO! Not a puppy, no way,"

"But he's so cute. Mom found him behind my truck."

"I really don't need a dog,"

"Just let me bring him over so you can see him."

"Well, Okay but just to look."

I was ready to say no, sorry, we can't have a dog.

But there he was in Jolyn's arms as she came in the door. He was so adorable, I could feel my heart soften as he looked at me with his big adorable eyes, and darling face. I was beginning to feel that awful temptation that I feel when I see baby animals. But in the back of my head I kept saying to myself, no, we can't afford another mouth to feed. We took Max into where Lindsey was sleeping and put him next to her. I'm laughing thinking yea, he's adorable but we can't keep him. Then that moment came when Lindsey opened her eyes. The joy, the excitement, and the first thing that came out of her mouth was an excited, "Is he mine?" Jo said yes, and with an even more excited voice Lindsey said "Really! He's mine?" As I looked at Lindsey's shining eyes of happiness, and Max cuddled into her, yes, my heart melted and there was just no way I could say that word, "NO!" I'm bad! But he has been a very good puppy, he was trained in two days and he minds me very well. He's been a blessing to our home and to Lindsey too. There's an old saying that the Scott's have that says that if a home doesn't have a dog, children, and a cat or two, there is no joy.

Max and Lindsey

2009-01-11T18:39:00.000-08:00

Meet Max. Max is Lindsey's baby. He follows her around like she is his mommy. He is a very funny dog and has adopted us all. But Lindsey is his favorite as you can see.

The Polar Express

2008-12-23T20:32:00.001-08:00

This past week I asked Kelly and Lindsey if they would rather have gifts from Santa or go to the North Pole, and see him there. They are getting older and I thought they might like to actually see him at his home at the North Pole. They decided that going to the North Pole would be a good experience. So we loaded up and headed to Durango to get on the Polor Express. Along with us, Jenny and her family, Julia, Jolyn, and their kids, along with Grandma Bills, all dared the winter roads with the help of the Polor Express Angel, to keep us safe, as we enjoyed a wonderful andventure. It was majical - with excitement in the air - and snow coming down all around us. Dave made it too - so I tip my hat to him for making it through the ticket line and surviving the rush - as we all headed out the door to bourd the train. It was fun! It was awesome! Everyone should go at least once in their life. We got hot chocolate, sang carols, laughed, and were blessed to see Santa and two elves. Santa gave the kids a bell, and one of the elf's, you can't see him in the picture, slipped one to me and Dave too. :) By the way, if you ever make it, don't forget to wear you pj's.

Polar Express Hot Chocolate Recipe:

What You Will Need
The recipe below makes one cup of hot chocolate!
1 teaspoon of Hershey's Cocoa

2 teaspoons of sugar

Approximately 12 ounces of milk

A dash of saltA dash of vanilla

Assorted mini chocolate bars

Candy canes or peppermint flavoring (optional)
How To Make It -
Mix Cocoa, sugar, milk, salt, and vanilla
Put the mixture in a microwavable mug, microwave for 1 and a half minutes or until warm
Drop a mini chocolate bar into the hot cocoa, stir as the chocolate melts
Add a touch of peppermint flavoring or put a candy cane in the hot cocoa for stirring
Top hot chocolate with whip cream and chocolate shavings, or with festive marshmallows
Enjoy!

Only In Blanding

2008-12-16T19:35:00.000-08:00

We went for a ride tonight looking at christmas lights, and as we passed by the theather it was hard to overlook that three cars were parked the wrong way. I wasn't able to get all three in the photo but you can see the one car that is parked the right direction. After living out of state for so long and seeing this I could not stop laughing. Right after I took this photo a cop drove by. Then Dave and I started laughing even harder saying, "ONLY IN BLANDING!"

There that's better

2008-12-11T11:58:00.000-08:00

Lindsey and I decided to put a Christmas stocking on Dave's foot, for the magic of Christmas on his cast adds a little Christmas cheer. Now we just need some good old fashioned wassail to help calm him down and keep him down. :)

Christmas Surgery

2008-12-06T09:16:00.000-08:00

We drove to Cortez early yesterday morning for Dave's surgery. It took 45 minutes longer than expected - he will be down for 8 -10 weeks instead of the 6-8 weeks. Things didn't go quite as good as the dr. had expected, but all is well now that we have him home. I've been keeping him busy stringing popcorn and cranberries for our charlie brown tree. Dave's toes were cold, so I made a Christmas hat to cover his poor red toes up, since socks don't go over the cast. He liked it - hopefully it lifted his spirits. All of you who know Dave know that for him to be down a day is going to so hard on him. So, please keep him in your prayers and if you think of any other creative things he can do - sitting in this chair - we are open to suggestions.

Our Italian Ceppo

2008-11-29T18:49:00.000-08:00

As I mentioned before I had read the Italian Christmas story called Old Bethana. Because it was an Italian Christmas story, and since Lindsey's Grandma was Italian, we decided to celebrate an Italian Christmas this year. Dave built it for us, more then likely the last thing he will build until he recuperates from his surgery this Friday. Here it is all decorated. There is a nativity on the bottom shelf which is what the Italians do, then they come together everyday in prayer near the Nativity.

On Christmas day they don't receive gifts,

instead they go to the Vatican and receive blessings

from the Pope. Then on Jan. 6, they do receive their

gifts from Old Bethana, and Faeries. However,

We have been celebrating it that Jesus gives us our

gifts for many years now.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

2008-11-29T16:01:00.000-08:00

Christmas is such an awesome time of year. When I was little I would wish Christmas could last all year. I was very dissapointed when Christmas was over after waking from dreams that it had lasted all year. Here is Lindsey by our Charlie Brown tree. Michelle said we have a charlie brown tree, so I suppose that's what it is, she likes Charlie Brown trees and amazingly I guess I do too.

You are all in our thoughts and prayers this Christmas season. Have tons of fun and be at peace, in all you do. :)

The other side of us

2008-11-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

This is a painting I did of one of the cutest fairies I know ;) This is on my art blog too but It went along with my blog today, I thought. I love fairies as all you know - that know me. This site on youtube is of a video I ordered - along with the book. I wanted to buy each of my daughters this book but money is so tight that I couldn't. So, I found the video and wanted to share it with you all. It has a good message in my opinion. ((((((HUGS))))))))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4CG18FPCj0

Souls Desire

2008-11-20T04:20:00.000-08:00

I have a deep appreciation and love for music. As you may have figured out Robin Mark is one of my favorite artists. I want to share this song with you. I've added the words as well today, I love singing this song - I guess I love singing all of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNKUWKEXGUk&NR=1

Soul's Desire

You are my soul's desire,
I was wandering,I was wandering,
Wandering all my days from my Father's house
From the heights to the depths
Love was callingLove was calling
Calling out to me, just to bring me home.
Lord of the earth, the sea, the sky,
In glory and power
How can it be that I'm Your child
And You are my Father
So I, oh I, I will exalt Your name again
Most HighEvery way I can.
You put songs in my mouth,
I am praising,I am praising
Praising only You, for the things You've done
There's a flag in my hand and I am waving,
I am wavingWaving it for You, just to make You smile.
And in the morning find the stone was rolled away
Many will see and hear and trust,
In You our salvation
Many will turn and seek Your face,
From out of all nations
So I, oh I, I will exalt Your name again
Most HighEvery way I can.

There's a cry

2008-11-16T08:17:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOhEyH1eVT0&feature=related

I love Robin Mark's music and love to share what he blesses my life with.

This one is a new one by Tim Hughes called everything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OredXBZzMVY&feature=related

No Rest

2008-11-09T12:43:00.001-08:00

Just a quick note to say hi to ya all. Between homeschooling, college classes, taking care of everyday stuff, I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed. As I head into the -finals- weeks I've really found it difficult to reach out beyond my house. I've been working on a book which I'm actually doing for finals in my English class. I am also going to publish it as well. I can't wait to show ya all. Well, I love you and my thoughts and prayers are with you.

Home schooling Day Out

2008-10-23T19:18:00.000-07:00

Have you ever stood on a bridge - above a river - while the wind was blowing extremely hard? It was quite an experience. It was actually sort of freaky because the noise was so loud it sounded like a train was right underneath us.

We went to Moab on Wednesday for a day out. Dave went to meetings while Kelly, Lindsey, and I, went to the River, went skate boarding, and spent the afternoon with Luke, Kelly's friend who moved to Moab. We were there to see the fire which got very close to Luke's house. We went to lunch and then we went to Moab Diner for milk shakes. It was a fun day.

We walked across the bridge but the wind chill factor was so flipping cold we hurried back before we froze. I couldn't believe it was that cold in Moab, but it was.

Autumn Poems

2008-10-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

Autumn days are here again

In autumn when the trees are brown

The little leaves come tumbling down

They do not make the slightest sound

But lie so quietly on the ground

Until the wind comes puffing by

And blows them off towards the sky.

The winds will blow their own freshness into you,

and the storms their energy,

while cares will drop away from you

like the leaves of Autumn.

Fall poem by John Muir

Pretty Leaves Pretty leaves are falling down,

Green, orange, yellow and brown.

Here comes one colored red,

It landed on my head.

Pumpkins in the cornfields

Gold among the brownLeaves of rust and scarlet

Trembling slowly down

Birds that travel southward

Lovely time to play

Nothing is as pleasant

As an autumn day!
No spring nor summer

beauty hath such grace as I have seen

in one autumnal face
Autumn quote by John Donne

When autumn wind goes running

It does some magic things.

It gives the shadows dancing shoes

It gives the bright leaves wings

When autumn wind goes running

It curls the bonfire's tail of smoke

And shares a little whispered joke

With cornstalks who delight to prattle

It turns a seed pod into a rattle

When autumn wind goes running
Leaves in the Fall come tumbling down,

Scarlet and yellow, russet and brown,

Leaves in the garden are swept in a heap,

The trees are ready for sleep.
A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summers wave good bye

The Feast of the Archangels

2008-09-29T07:25:00.000-07:00

Today is Monday the 29Th, the day of celebration called The Feast of the Archangels, Michael, Raphael, and Gabriel. This is a fun day to have a big dinner and enjoy family in remembrance of the Angels. I found some cool pictures of Angels since I couldn't take a picture of any ;-)

Blue Mountain

2008-09-27T16:44:00.001-07:00

Dave and I went to the mountain to cut another load of wood. A storm started coming in, and it was so beautiful. I just thought I'de share it with you all. I was really excited that this picture turned out using my phone.