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JUST COPY AND PASTE THIS ONTO YOUR BLOG, ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND POST IT! I LOOK FORWARD TO READING ALL OF YOURS! I AM... CHECKING IN ON MY FAM AND FRIENDS ON THEIR BLOGS.

I think... a lot about dying young and not seeing my kids and grandkids get older.
I need... to see my kids and grandkids regularly
I know... I need to keep my mouth shut sometimes and not speak my mind
I want...happiness and success for my children
I have....such good health. I am so blessed!! (even though some pounds could come off)
I miss..calling my mom and dad with news about my family
I fear..losing one of my children or grandkids from death
I fill... empty when I'm alone for too long.
I hear.. kid moaning from ear pain and fever in room two of the ER
I smell... good since I just showered an hour ago
I crave...the love and just needing to know my kids are happy with me as a mother
I regret...not going to college and making more money
I wish... I could have had my mom and dad longer in my life
I love...Rog, my 3 beautiful kids, my almost 7 adorable grandkids, my friends, extended family
I always... wonder what the future holds
I remember... hearing my kids yell for me when they were little and came home from school. I loved that!!
I sing... but not good.
I don't always... bear testimony that I really do know the church is true. I need to do that more.
I argue...about the stupidist things. But don't argue often thank goodness
I write...in my journal almost weekly and love looking back over the years at what I've written.
I lose... weight then find it again
I listen..when my sweet grand kids say "Granny, will you read me a book?"
I don't understand ... why everyone in the world can't treat each other with respect and love. Can you imagine what this world would be like?
I can usually be found...working, on the computer, cleaning or running errands or snuggling with a grandchild
I forget... that there are more opinions than just mine
I am happy.... when my family is all together and we are having fun and enjoying each other.

I tag anyone who cares to do this.. the questions sure make you think..have fun!!

They're Back!!!!

We are thrilled to have Troy, Kori and Colby back with us. They got back on Monday night then we all got to spend the weekend camping together at Strawberry. I just wanted to post some pictures of my adorable grandson Colby Lincoln. We've only seen him once since last April and he's grown like a weed. He's 20lbs and has two teeth. He has the bluest eyes and is such a little chunk!! We're glad you're back with us and we missed you a lot. Love you guys!!!

Why I Love Living Where We Have Four Seasons

People who say that they love living where there is only a warm climate and not have four seasons just amaze me. And these pictures show the reason why I can't imagine living anywhere else. This weekend we spent at Strawberry Reservoir and the colors were the most beautiful of fall leaves that I have ever seen in my life. From orange, yellow, red, green. Some of the trees would be half yellow and the other half red or visa versa. Absolutely breath taking. And to know that God has created these beautiful seasons for us to enjoy. I'm thankful I could be a part of it this weekend!!

Girls Night Out

Ok..I have the funnest friends. Yesterday we all packed up and headed out to Wendover for the Jodee Messina concert. It was so fun because our rooms were adjoining so we could just all hang out together while getting ready. I am so blessed to have such good friends. And what's neat is most of them have been my best friends for over 20 years. We had a blast listening and dancing to Jodee at the concert. No one has as much fun as we do. We usually are the ones to start out dancing so then everyone else finally gets up and starts to join in.

Here's my sweet friend Lora. Look at how tiny and petite she is. I've always felt like sasquatch standing next to her. Lora trained me at the ER 20 yrs. ago and we've been friends since then. She has such unconditional love for me and has helped me through many trials with her good advice. She has a beautiful singing voice and we've been known to karaokee years ago. hahaa..Thanks Lora for your friendship. I love you!!

We're all ready to hit the town and head to the Jodee Messina concert. Deb, Lora, Me and Becky. There's never a dull moment when we're all together. We laugh so hard and talk about everything from religion to you name it.

Teresa, Me, Deb and Tina. We just met Tina on this trip. She's a friend of Debbies but she'll be a regular now. What a hoot she is. I love these girls!!
I"m so blessed to have Teresa now. I love that we have so much in common and have so much to talk about. She's so beautiful. Love you Teresa!!

Here's Becky getting all ready. Bec has been my friend since..can you believe it..Jr. High. We went to Orem Jr. High together and high school. We've been workout partners for years. She's lots of fun to hang out with and I love her dearly.

My dear friend Lora. What a sweetheart. She doesn't know it but when I die she's going to be a speaker or a singer at my funeral. She knows too much. haha..we also have alias's when we go out. She's Betty and I'm Wilma.(inside joke)

Deb and Teresa getting ready for the night out on the town. Deb looks just a little too serious. But just joking around for the picture. haha..Deb has been a best friend for 23 years. Teresa has joined us this spring and what a fun friend she is. I love goofing off with them even at our age.

I want all of them to know how much I treasure their friendship. I want to be there whenever they need a listening ear or a hug. I want to continue having "girls night out" and laughing and giggling like we're 16. Love you all!! Can't wait til the next time we go.

That Hurts Charlie Video

One of the doctors showed me this adorable video today at work. It's a must see!!! And you'll want to watch it more than once.

A Tribute to My Youngest Son Troy

This blog is dedicated to my son Troy. He's the youngest of my three children. Troy was born the day after his older brother Jared 5 years later. Troy was given the middle name Clinton after my father. I've always been very proud of that. I hope he is also. Growing up Troy was quite the adventurous boy. He was into all kinds of sports, hunting, fishing etc. He is quite the competitor. Never wanting to lose. He was an excellent basketball player and even played for the Orem High Tigers. In high school Troy used to love keeping me up waiting by the window at night. I'd give him a curfew to be home by and I'd wait and wait. I think he got a thrill seeing me in the window looking out for him. hahaha..I hope some day he'll get paid back by his kids..hahaha.. Troy has many friends but most of all he's been an awesome brother to Jared and Shana. He's given us a run for our money many years ago because he loved to get in fights which resulted in the police calling us multiple times or the high school calling us. (hopefully, he's grown out of that) Troy served in the Quito Ecuador mission for two years and he served faithfully. He loved the Ecuadorean people and was very successful in teaching the gospel to many of them. He's had two young men serve missions now after Troy had baptized them. Troy married his sweetheart Kori in the Timpanogos Temple and has enjoyed being a husband and now is a loving father. I just want you to know Troy how much I love you and look forward to you coming home and joining our family again. You are the jokester of us all and we need that again.

Troy has always been the jokester of our family. Always pulling tricks, making prank calls etc. Shana gave him this shirt for his birthday and it was too small but he's thinking he's pretty hot in it because it shows off his muscles!! I love the way he's always kept us laughing and I hope he never changes.

Thanksgiving Day at the Listons last year. I had to have my picture taken with Troy because we never do that. Look at his dimples!! I love you Troy!!!

Troy works for Apex Alarm systems and has done so for the past 3 years. He's working in Chicago, Miami, Calif. and is now in Boston. He's a hard worker working many hours a day six days a week. He's able to make enough money to live on all year long and be able to go to school and not have to work during the time he's not selling. He's hoping to make enough this year to get into a home and eventually get settled down into a career after his schooling. What a handsome salesman!!!

I'll never forget the day his son Colby Lincoln was born. He was nervous but oh so excited. He had seen his brother and sister with their children and now he was going to be a daddy his self. He's a proud daddy to Colby and loves to cuddle and take care of him. I always knew Troy would be a good dad. He had a wonderful example by his father.

Look at those grins!! hahaha..We were eating lunch at Bubba Gump's Shrimp in Long Beach Calif. in June. He's a seafood lover that's for sure.

Troy didn't know I was going to take his picture. But it doesn't matter because he always looks so handsome. Even if he is scruffy..hahaha..

Everyone knows how much Troy loves sports. This picture was taken at the Vegas Bowl two years ago when BYU was playing.

I love you Troy and I want you to know how proud I am of you. You're an awesome son and I look forward to you returning to our family real soon.

Our Last Family 2008 Camp Out

Each year our family loves camping in the Uintas. We love to fish, hike and look for deer, moose and elk. Rog and I went up on Wed. and Jared and his family came up on Thurs. then Shana and her family came up on Fri. The weather was beautiful for us. While we were together we went hiking, fishing and 4 wheeling. We took a picnic up to Christmas Meadows too.




While Rog and Jared were 4 wheeling Kristi, Me, Makinley and Gentry went for a walk. I happened to look down and there was this cute little fuzzy catapillar so Makinley made that her pet. They were entertained with it for hours and hours until it finally got lost after she dropped it in some bushes.

Brayden is quite the fisherman. He just begs and begs to keep going fishing. He's mastered the throwing out his line too. I remember when my own kids were that age and how much they loved fishing. I'm so blessed to be able to pass on that outdoors trait to our children and grandchildren.

Daxton just got finished with his raft ride in the water. He loves camping so much. He loves the hiking, fishing, sleeping in the tent, riding his dirt bike and just getting dirty.

Here's Jared with one of his many albino fish he caught. It was a pretty big one but when he tried to get the hook out of it's mouth and release it back to the water he dropped it and it fell on it's head. So needless to say that was a floaty one.

Shana and the boys are rafting on Butterfly Lake. They rafted while the rest of us fished on the side. They couldn't wait to try out the new raft!! It was a big hit for our camping trips.

I like the way Gentry hikes!! Wish I had someone to carry me all the way. haha..They were glad the hike wasn't too long since Kristi is pregnant and Jared had to carry Gentry the whole way.

Jake, Shana, Brayden and Dax are hiking up to Scout Lake. This family loves hiking and Jake loves taking the boys off the trail and finding another way up and down. It scares me though because the Uintas are known for having people get lost!! I was worried but didn't tell them how much. hahaha..

Brayden, Daxton, Makinely and Gentry took a short break while hiking. They're quite the troopers when it comes to hiking up the trails.

One thing we love to do in the Uintas is take advantage of the thousands of hiking trails there. This hike is to Scout Lake. Not too far and not too strenuous. Just right for the kids. The scenery is spectacular as you can see. All we needed to make the picture perfect was to have Troy, Kori and Colby there with us. We miss them tons!!

After our hike to Scout Lake everyone was pooped. They're all taking a little siesta. Oh how relaxing!!

My hubby is always so good to help out with the dishes. Of course he better help out when I make a nice breakfast of pancakes, eggs and sausage for us. He loves being up in the mountains and getting away from the stress of work.

I bought this raft for Rog for Fathers Day and this was the first time we got to use it. We are at Pass Lake. We didn't have the kids life vests yet (Shana was bringing them up the next day) so she just wore mine. Do you think it's a little too big? haha..she's looking out the armpit. The day was gorgeous and it was so relaxing in the raft.

Each night we sat around a nice campfire. One night we had semores and another night Jared and Kristi made their famous dutch oven cobler. Yummy, Yummy. There's nothing better than a beautiful fire and then smelling like it afterwards.

We camp right by this stream that is usally pretty stocked with fish. They're just tiny but it's fun. I didn't catch any this time. Maybe it's because the river was so low but Jared caught one.

One reason we love camping at Sulpher campground is because you can count on seeing moose every time. Rog and I were fishing in the stream and I looked up and there were two moose staring us down. I think Rog thought I was kidding when I said "there's a moose" but he soon found out it to be true. He took the camera from me (I of course headed back to the trailer for fear of my life) and he got closer to take pictures.