Wonderful 3 day visit with Christopher

Jesse made it to a year old,Happy Birthday

May Trip to Oregon and Washington

Mike and Melissa opened their home to us

Fun week with Jeff, Amy, Kaitlyn, Ben and Jonny

Birthday Puzzles were put together

McDonalds has a fun place to spend afternoon play time

Oriental Buffet is a favorite place to eat

We have had some good days for kite flying

Papa with Matt pinning his badge for Boarder Patrol

Celebrating Papa and Amy's birthdays

Coloring Easter Eggs

Easter Egg Hunt in Nana & Papa's back yard

Picnic at the Beach with family

Jeff, Amy, Kaitlyn, Ben, Jonny & Misty visit

Easter weekend visit from Mike, Melissa & Jesse

Wedding Shower for Jalisca Fry

Bleeding Heart flower

We enjoy the happiness flowers bring

New family moved into our yard

Spring is here

Redwood Family Inst. had a fund raising dinner and dance and it was so much fun.

Tom is excited about the lemons he is growing

Spring is here in March

Valentines Day, Tom gave me a Bleeding Heart plant with heart flowers on it.

We had a bit of a loss from the earthquakes we've been having.

Christmas was great and we look forward to the New Year 2010

I forgto to say we saw the London Bridge in Lake Havasu and had a Chinese Buffet for Ben

Chriatmas Eve was a fun time of opening our gifts

On the way we went throuh the White Sands and White Sands Missile Range Museum

We traveled back witn Jeff & family to spend Christmas in Hollister, C.A.

We had such a good time being together as a family

The seven cousins love each other so much and love to be together.

We were so blessed that Jeff and family could come to the celebration

Tom had the honor of pinning Matt's badge on

His classmates selected him as the person who most exemplifies: integrity, fairness, respect, honesty, courage and compassion.

12-21-09 Matt's graduation from Border Patrol Academy

We stayed at a wonderful Bed & Breakfast called the Adobie Rose in Artesia, N.M.

We decided to let the grandchildren open their Christmas boots early so that they could wear them for Matt's graduation

Jesse, Levi, Rachael and Elijah worked hard getting Jr. Ranger patches

Carlsbad Caverns was out of this world

We went to Carlsbad Caverns with Matt and family

Two nights stay at the Double U Ranch in El Paso with Terri and kids

Wonderful visit with Beth's sisters and families.

Tom's handywork.

New hand railing is up at last.

Papa made guns and swords to outfit our army.

Levi's trophy, he beat Nana at chess

Thanksgiving 2009

Golden-Crowned Kinglet smallest song bird in North America