9-11 A Day to Remember those who lost their lives.

Ten years later

Today, September 11, 2011 is the 10th anniversary of the attack on the Twin Towers and our nation.  We should always remember those who lost their lives, and those who gave their lives such a firemen, to save lives.  It was very humbling to watch so many stories of those whos lives came to an end so suddenly.  We never know when this might be our last day on earth.

As I watched the coverage all day, I could not help but realize how blessed I am to be a Heritage Maker for my family, friends, and clients as they do what they say they have been going to do for years, take time to write their life stories, gather their photos and record this important information for generations to come.  I take great pride when some one completes these projects and publishes their books. 

 

Todd Spent yesterday in the hospital and Ambers Dad had a stroke.

Well this hasn't been the best weekend for Todd and Amber.  Todd has been having pain for some time and finally yesterday had to go to the Preston Hospital. After several tests, they ruled out heart trouble thank heavens, but it now looks like he might have to have surgery to remove his gal blatter.  He goes into the hospital again in the morning to have ultra sound tests.  Sure hope it will go away through the night. 

Amber's Dad, Brenton Atkinson, had a stroke during the night.  We feel so bad for her and her family.  A few days ago the Dr's told them there is just nothing more they can do for him anymore.  It has been amazing how hard he has faught to beat the cancer.  He has been able to get almost 2 more years that Dr's thought he could. Our thoughts sure are with Amber and her family. 

 I love this picture of Brenton and Lois,

Catching up!

I guess it is time to do some catching up now that I have this new blog!

Our family is doing fine.  We are sooooo busy as Grandparents with our grand kids.  Starting with our oldest, Kayla is working for a care center in north Ogden,  It is her first real job and she is enjoying helping those elderly folks get the most out of each day they have left.  I so admire someone who can care for the elderly and sick.  I like happy things and don't do well with that, Good thing the Lord gave me creative talents instead of nursing.  LOL  Hali is a senior in high school and loving every minute of it.  She wanted a car of her own, so she got a job at a Pizza place and bought her the cutest little red car.  Both of Shelley's girls pull good grades and we hope they will be able to go school to better their lives.

Todd's kids, who lives close to us here in Weston, are growing up way to fast. Abbey is a Freshman at WSH in Dayton and quite the little (or should I say tall) "social butterfly".  She plays Volleyball and we love to travel from school to school with her watching the game.  She is doing really well.  We kinda hope she decides to play basketball as well.  Kinley is 11, and the cutest young lady.  She is almost always happy and brings a lot of joy to us. She also plays volleyball.  Bodie, our youngest, going to be 7, and our only grandson, just started 1st grade and he is playing soccer .  If we only had his energy LOL.

 

Mother is slowly ageing to where life isn't much fun for her.  Her energy level is low and she has a hard time remembering especially dates and time.  It really frustrates her. Clair is thinking about retiring from the Franklin Post Office and I think he will before the first of the year.  He bought himself a new truck and a nice new 5th wheel trailer and Robert and I are trying to convince him to come south with us.

 

Bob is doing really well, a miracle in fact, the treatments he so bravely endured at the Huntsman Cancer Center in SLC worked for him even though the Dr's were not sure they would.  He is between treatments right now and making the most of his retirement.  He comes up to Preston quite often to work his part of the farm and we are lucky that we get to do some camping and 4 wheeling with he and Clair when he is here.

Brent and Nedra are happy new grandparents to a cute little girl named Pasley, born to Kelly and Cody just a few months ago.

Gary and Sherrie just traded in their pickup for the prettiest new green car.  Gary works for Trenton Feed, or is it now Intermountain Farms.  Sherrie is a beautician in Smithfiled.  They have a nice home in Preston and keep the yards just spotless.

We don't get to see Lori and her family much now that Mother is at Heritage Home.  She keeps busy with their grandchildren and they enjoy spending time when they can at their summer place.

Robert and I are shocked as to how fast the summer has gone by.  It won't be long till November when we plan to go back down to the warm weather of St. George so we can make it through one more winter with my arthritis. I still say that if Medicare would just send us all south for the winter they could save tons of money on drugs!  LOL.  We try to go 4 wheeling in our RZR side by side at least once a week and we sure have seen some amazing country and the most beautiful wild flowers this year.  One of our favorite rides was to the "Old Ephriams Grave" up Logan Canyon.  I will have to tell you story of him for those who don't know. I attended my 50th PHS Class reunion and the Famous Preston Night Rodeo and the Franklin County Fair are over for one more year. 

I am loving working with about 170 clients through Heritage Makers where I encourage and assist others to tell their lifetime stories and preserve their precious photos by publishing one of our beautiful albums. I have a commercial Kodak scanner and help many to scan years worth of family photos to be uploaded and prserved forever.  I was just able to attend our annual Heritage Makers reunion/convention in SLC where I took several classes to learn more about being the Heritage Maker in my family. Ask me if you are interested.

It's Time!

It seems like every day our FREE time becomes less and less.  Who ever thought that when we retired we would be busier than when we owned a floral/Wedding business,  a farm and had other jobs?

As I work my Heritage Makers business I see a real need for a way to tell our family stories not just once in a while, but all the time.  I am so busy helping others to get their stories published and their photos protected, that sometimes I don't get my own done!

I have seen some very nice blogs where my clients post their photos and then tell the story of that photo.  I think this will be a big help to me.  I know that with my amazing Heritage Makers program I can in just a few minutes copy and paste all the good things I post here into my HM Yearbook so that at the end of each year, I can publish it.  I think this will be a great gift not only to Robert and I, but to our children.  

Friends and family....follow me on this awesome journey.