Update on the Family 2/10

The family is doing well, but still have a lot of stress and worry for Jim is still in Hospital
in San Francisco. His strength is building but slow, They hope to go back in an correct the backup in his system , but we don't know when that with happen.

David is busy with the start of tax season.

The boys are keeping us busy with school and being 12 and 13 year old boys.

Have not heard any update from Margaret she may be getting a new job out of the State.

Jonhathan is being a great help at home and taking grandmother to the city once and awhile.
What a good son.

Christmas Day 2009

Son and Mother Christmas day, Was a hard day to not have Dad sharing it with us.

He is in hospital not doing well.

Boys loved the gift from Santa

Christmas tree 2009

Merry Christmas to All

We wish one and all a Merry Christmas.

Green Valley Middle School had their winter concert last Thursday we
took David's mother with us, She very much enjoyed it.
My battery died so like a dummy didn't bring the back-up so got no
pictures or sound of advance band or Jazz band with Christopher.

Tonight is one of Matthew's band performance he plays in Advance band for
Nelda Mundy Elementary. tonight they play for the rotatory club at the Hilton Garden Hotel for their Christmas party. Then tomorrow The Holiday concert at the school. May have picture of Matthew can send later.

Update on David's father back in hospital but here in Fairfield may be out today or in the week.

Update on the Family

Busy season and not just the Holidays.
David's father has been in the hospital for over a month.
He is not doing well one set back after the other.
For those who didn't hear he had cancer of the stomach and
had to have his stomach reconstructed and it is taking a toll on his health.
David takes his mother in to the city very weekend Sundays and Saturdays.
Carol Johns wife take her very day on the week days.
Lois is back staying at their house so David pick her up in the morning and
I and the boys get to see her at night when David and her share dinner with us.
the boys don't get to see their Dad to much but, what is family for
but to love and care for when times or hard.

Creepy Halloween Food

We had a Ward Halloween potluck Friday evening.
I had been looking at dishes to make all the week before. Was going to make Jennifer's annual Halloween pumpkin dinner, when I heard on the radio when driving Christopher to school of a Halloween meat made as a cut off hand.





The meat loaf is surrounded with mash potatoes. They had a contest for the most creepy and spooky, I won for the meat category and the over all prize. I had a lot of fun making this dish.

Update on the Family

David had his surgery on August 25th , he has bounced back very well and is slowly going back to work for a half day of work four days a week.

Matthew just had his first soccer game of the season yesterday. They lost 3 to 5 to the Lions.

Jennifer and her family are living in Virginia and loving the new adventure.

Margaret and Johnathan are still working in Vacaville her at Raley's and him at Wal-Mart.

Margaret is living in an apartment in Vacaville and Johnathan resides at home.

Christopher is working hard in eighth grade and has given up any sports activities for the first quarter of school.

I'm back working at the elementary school two hours a day for lunch and yard duty. It's a nice break in the day but sometimes hard to fine the hours in the day to get the work done at home . don't see how mothers work full time with children in school.

Day Trip Free Weekend

Last weekend we took a day trip with the boys and a neighborhood friend.

Christopher is going to a baseball camp all this week up at Sonoma State. So David decide we should take a ride up to the Collage to see where is is so if by any chance I might have to drive him up there during the week.

While up north we had heard of a Petrified Forest near Calistoga. We went to check it out.

Matthew kicks to see if hard has rock.

Matthew ouch! looks like wood but it is hard as stone.

This is the petrified wood before cleaning process.

David saw this from around the turn in the path and almost freaked out thought is was a real miner and his mule.

Great shot of the area and the beautiful scenery of the petrified wood.

Queen of the forest California Coastal Redwood. Matthew and friend left of tree.

Boys where getting bored so David gave them something to do.

Hear, see and speak on evil.

Carvings can be seen trough out the trail this was one of my favorites.

This is Old Faithful of California , David almost missed the first shot of water Matthew going to find him.

Not as huge has Old Faithful in Yellowstone but nice to see, it goes

off more often, every ten or fifteen minutes.

Time to go boys tried and ready to go home.