Merry Christmas

Another year is coming to a close and the only thing I can say about it is... where the heck did all of it go?? Seems just like yesterday that I was planting flowers in the yard and enjoying all the birds by the bird feeder... now there's snow and the days seem so full that I can hardly keep up with all that I really need to get done. It's been a great year tho. We have gotten to spend some real special times with our sons and their wives and grandchildren and those are the times I have enjoyed the most this year. We celebrated our 30th Wedding Anniversary with an awesome trip to Cozumel Mexico by cruise ship, visit Disneyworld, Key West and then got to go spend three days/nights at a lake up in South Dakota with the whole family... plus the added bonus of having Pat and Judy come up and spend time with us all there too. Life is Good. Briggs is doing GREAT in school again this year as an A student enjoying marching band, wrestling and no doubt baseball in the spring, Alex, Ryan and Oliver have all been promoted at work, and finding satisfaction with their jobs and their lives in general. Mike is still happily working at P-Farm and me still working at Dakota News. I love my job, so does Mike and so life keeps ticking away!! I am so thankful for my loving Heavenly Father who is watching over all of us and blessing us so fully each day. Thankful too for my family and the joy that I receive each and every day as I realize the blessings of my family, faith and life. I am especially thankful for my husband who is always there for me and our family, who is always the first to lend a hand when needed and first to stand up for what's right. He takes wonderful care of all of us and I love him and am eternally thankful for his influence in my life. LIFE IS GOOD. Wishing each of you a Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year!! =)

FAMILY TIME TOGETHER...

One of my most favorite times are the times I get to spend with my entire family. It's really hard to believe that my family has grown this big... I LOVE this tho... as a child I always wanted a big family... and now I have it. As a family it is so appartant that we have been so very blessed, blessed with life, the gospel, but also blessed to have each other... and it's times like these last month that the blessings come forward enough for us all to feel how special it is and to get together and enjoy!! I have many more pics from this trip, but more are posted on facebook rather then here... so check it out... and look for the big dump that took place during that trip!! Uncle Pat and Aunt Judy came and spent some time with the whole group of us... it was wonderful!!

Briggs Letters in Academics!!!

Briggs received this nice letter and pin for all his hard work last year... he is now a member of the Honors Society. Keep it up Briggs... we're so proud of YOU!!! Now to find a lettermans jacket... I guess...

Pride of the Antlers Marching Band...

Briggs is enjoying another year involved in the Elkhorn High Pride of the Antlers Marching Band... and we're loving it too.
He continues to play the French Horn, or Mellowphone in the marching band and has already been busy going to games and also competitions. This year the band has a new director and so everything seems to be flowing into place already... good thing as our first performance was only four days after school started this year. Here are just a couple of pics I took from the game this past weekend!! FUN !!!

Summer 2010

It's been a Long HOT summer, but I have to admit, heat and all... it's been the best summer ever!! It all started when Briggs left for EFY, he went for an entire week and LOVED it the whole time. He even called me from there to let me know how happy he was with his/their performance at the talent show and we EVEN got a video of it. I will try to figure out how to post it here for everyone to see. Then once we picked him up from KU we left then and there for our weeks vacation to Arizona. We got to Arizona in record time and went right into Olivers house. Alex and Ash meet us there on their way out to Calif for their mini vacation. We had all four grandchildren at Oliver's house... thanks Oliver... it was awesome. Spent those few hot days at the pool in Oliver's neighborhood... which was fun. Being with the kids (all at once) is AWESOME and I'm so thankful for that opportunity. Then we left Olivers and drove home with Anny and Ellie with us. We left Briggs with his brothers to spend time with them and we came home with our own little sunshine fro Az. What a great trip it was, they are GREAT travelers. Spent the next three weeks with them exploring Nebraska and showing them where their grand dad is from, showing them where their Great Grandparents lived and the store their great Grand dad built. It was fun to show them these things as the George family was a big part of the town of Orchard Nebraska. At that same time we got to celebrate Uncle Pat's marriage to Judy at a family favorite hangout... what a great time it was. Here are a few pics from our three weeks together!!

More Pictures from our 30th Anniversary Cruise

Here are some more pictures from our fantastic trip to Mexico!!

30th Anniversary Cruise April 2010

We had the greatest time ever... our trip went as planned but I don't think any of us could really imagine all the fun we would have on this once in a lifetime cruise!! It all started out on Sat morning at 6;30 Am when we flew out of Omaha to Orlando Florida, we got there mid day and spent that day shopping and driving around like real tourists. Then the next day was DISNEYWORLD !! We had a hopper pass so we could visit all the parks we wanted to see... but as for me... i could of spent all day at the Disney Hollywood where my all time favorite ride is... Briggs and I went on it twice each... Mike and Ryan pooped out on us... so Briggs and I had to show who was tougher... I really could of gone on it more, but Briggs wanted to see more of the park...
The next day we boarded the ship and headed out to key West... OK... If anyone wants to know where i want to retire... it's there!! We had a blast on that beautiful island... what a dream come true for me.
Then off to Cozumel... this is really just another awesome place that you have to visit to really be able to understand how awesome it is. Went to see Tulum, the Mayan Ruins... I can't even begin to tell how I felt being there, but the one thing I do know... is that something happened there... it's not random that this place is sitting there and the remains of a city still there for us to ponder... Ponder... that's what you do when there.
Had a great time with my three sons... things would of been so much better if only Alex and family had been there too, but as it was... we truly had a GREAT time. I will never forget my 30th Wedding Anniversary!!

March 31, 2010

When I signed on here after so long and realized my last post was from Christmas... I was shocked... I think because I'm always on facebook and making posts there... I have forgotten about my blog here. But, to bring it up to date... I'm so happy to announce that in just a couple weeks... (actually in 13 days... Mike and I will of been married for 30 years!!) and to celebrate this great accomplishment we are celebrating it by taking a cruise to Cozumel Mexico, first stopping in Orlando Florida and going to Disney World, then boarding the ship and stopping in Key West, then on to Cozumel!! I cannot wait!! I will post pics here once we get back. Ryan, Oliver, Natalie, Briggs and Olivia are coming with us. All of us except for Alex and family. (boohoo).
Winter has all but gone away now, so we're all thinking spring and enjoying the warm weather, birds singing in the trees, blue skies and everything will be good when the flowers get here!! School is already in the third quarter... hard to believe, but true.
Briggs is now enjoying playing on the high school Freshman Baseball team... we're so proud that he made the team. His first game will be this weekend... pictures to follow!