We're Planning a Move

Wayne has retired and we have been trying to decide where we will live. We were pretty sure that we wanted to move to the west, but there were several locations that held attractions for us. We have decided on Price, Utah, Wayne's hometown. We only want to move once and we felt that this was a location where we could plant roots and be happy. We found a home that will hopefully be a destination for kids, grand-kids and friends to come and visit us. Be prepared for a slower lifestyle if you are visiting from the east!

 

Our destination home in Price.

 

We are preparing our home in Stafford for sale. This is what moving looks like!

A New Granddaughter

We recently returned from Arizona where we met our new granddaughter, Samantha Jane Mathis. She was born December 28 and set a record for birth weight in our family--9 pounds 5 1/2 ounces. We are very happy that she has joined us.

Aaron is 5 and Grant is 3. They love playing cowboys and super-heros.

The brothers are very "helpful" and adore their cute baby Samantha.

We visited Old Tucson one day. It is an amusement park and movie set for western movies. It is probably now Aaron's favorite place to visit in Tucson. He was selected as one of the assistants for the show. The cowboy asked him to hold a $1,000 bill in his lips so that he could snap it out with a whip! Aaron was happy that he got to keep the bill.

Saguaro National Park is a very short drive from Michael and Jenny's home so we visited it a few times. We had a very nice visit, but we froze. Tucson had it's longest cold spell since 1917. It was in the 20s at night and 40s during the day. It was not how we had anticipted spending our two weeks in January in sunny, warm Arizona!

Samantha was 3 weeks old when we left

Flora and Fauna of Alaska

We can never get enough of the sights in Alaska. For example:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nome, Alaska

Wayne has wanted to collect flies on the Seward Peninsula of Alaska for a long time. We finally made it. We were there for 10 days and it was good we planned for a longish stay because they had rain, rain, rain. We were able to get out on the few sunny days and the trip was a success. Nome is a frontier town and was interesting to visit.

 

 

 

 

 

Outer Banks, NC Vacation

We spent two days this month at the Outer Banks of North Carolina with Wayne's sister and her family. We had a lot of fun and were happy that they allowed us to visit their family reunion. The weather, scenery, and especially the people were great! This is the "Before" picture.

 

This is what happened "After" we arrived.

 

 

 

Mother's Day Lilies

 

More Mother's Day flowers...

Happy Mother's Day

 

The peonies in my garden have been prettier this year than they have ever been. In fact, they are pretty enough to share and to wish all of you moms a HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.