We had such a fun time in Mexico with our family for Christmas. Before we traveled down, we planned all the good things we wanted to cook and prepare for the holidays. Tristana, Jack & I had fun making the fudge. We had a turkey dinner, ham dinner, tacos, wassil, etc. We played Wii each working up their skills. Eliza is so cute and smiling every time we talk to her. It was a real relaxing holiday and we loved every minute. I love having THREE grandchildren.

CHRISTMAS 2008

PUGH FAMILY REUNION JULY 12, 2008

We had such a good reunion again at Duck Creek on top of Cedar Mountain. Although we did worry a few hours about my car. While driving up from Parowan, something blew and there was steam coming up from under the hood. We pulled over. Doug was driving Ron's car behind us. They lifted the hood, put out some flames, using all our bottles of water. After it was towed to Parowan on Thursday evening we were worried it was the whole ENGINE!! But the mechanic was able to fix it Friday !!! only the radiator! He got the parts and fixed it faster and probably cheaper than Utah County would have cost. Boy were we relieved.
We had fun at the reunion with games, races, eating, marshmellows, squirrels, nice cabins, visiting, eating, sharing stories. There was a big representation from Duff Pugh's family. DeRay fed us wonderful sour dough biscuits and pancakes with pear syrup. Clare had her two grandchildren up with the grand dogs too, so Jack was able to play with Jill. Jack & Tristana had fun with their aunts, uncles and cousins. It was fun sharing all the meals and tasting everyones receipes. Cari came down from Alaska, Brett up from California. Marilyn from Washington, Christy & Doug from Mexico. It was a wonderful gathering!! I especially had fun with the Pugh Family Bingo game with everyone trying to identify the photos I had printed of our ancestors! I think DeRay knew more than anyone.
I love this kind of bonding time and being able to share our lives with our family. I'm glad we're all a sealed eternal family!

PARTY AT THE PARK

TAYLOR FAMILY PARTY

Monday July 20, 2008 we had a wonderful Taylor Family party. We haven't all been together since Christmas, so it felt good to see who could attend. Everyone brought the ingredients to build tacos. We ate every bit of food we brought. Christy, Tristana and Jack are here visiting for two weeks, so we planned the party. She and Jill are pregnant and it was fun comparing profiles. We spent some time up at the pond. Fishing is free for the children, so many tried to do it. Where was Grandma & Grandpa Taylor when we needed them? Spencer Staheli caught the ONLY fish. We all feed the ducks some wonderful stale bread. It was a trick keeping the kids on the shore and not in the pond. The boys hit the jack post of gold balls off the golf course. They brought them back to share with all the other kids. Carol got attacked by her cute little girls. Matt is going back to Iraq, or somewhere soon. Mike and Sabrina drove all the way from Elko. I drove all the way from Spanish Fork. Abbie was letting everyone snuggle her new baby. Laura was hoping no one would slug her shoulder We are all praying for Janice with her upcoming surgery that all will go well. It was a pleasant way to spend a summer evening. A good bonding time. We need more of these get togthers!

MORMAN MIRACLE PAGEANT/MANTI

Friday afternoon, June 13, Ron and I drove to Manti for the pageant. Ron's sister Clare was up from Las Vegas, Karen & Norm down from Murray, and DeRay and Ed from Kaysville. Karen had her trailer. We visited and relaxed in airconditoned perfect circumstances. We were able to put our blankets on seats at 6:00 reserving good seats. Then we went to one of the churches where they served us the famous turkey dinner. David came by the trailer court and gave us good information since he was on duty with the crowd control. I had to get a picture of him in his official uniform, since it was a 'friendly' visit. At about 9:30 we walked to the hill for the show. We were parked only a block away. The pageant was wonderful. Ron & I had just celebrated our 37 year anniversary on Tuesday. I sat looking at the beautiful temple remembering our wedding those 37 years ago. The temple was just beautiful as the background of the show. I'm glad we were able to go again, it's been many years since we were last viewing it. I feel very blessed to have been able to meet Ron on BYU campus those 38 years ago, even if I was only 16 years old. I love him more today than ever and every year is getting better. What are the chances of meeting in the middle of a sidewalk anyway?

When I was tryig to set up my blog, I tried for the name of lovinglife. It told me it was not available., although I see it used on my page ... so go figure.
But I did decide on my site name of youcantellgrandma.
Maybe my posts will be grandma related, great grandma, great grandma, even present grandma.

Well, here I go. I think blogs are a wonderful idea. I want to be able to share my life and thoughts and learn more about all of you since we can't see each other often enough. We can still feel connected by communicating with our blogs. So this will be casual and imperfect, but fun.

Memorial weekend

Since we had an extra day for Memorial Day weekend, we decided to go visit Brad. And since I've never been to Lake Tahoe, I thought it would be nice to stay there. Brad steered us to a nice hotel and good food places to eat. Sometimes we were in Nevada and sometimes we were in California. We were snowed on each day and left in a real snow storm, but nothing was sticking on the ground. It was beautiful. I am impressed how big Lake Tahoe is. They really work on keeping the water clear and clean. On the sandy beach you really can see straight to the bottom with the clear water. It is a cute place with lots of cabins, condos, and small houses with cute little stores and shops. One the Nevada side there are Casinos and the California more hotels and restaurants. There were "Bear crossing" signs EVERYWHERE. Brad said he has seen a lot of bears up there. He has worked many weeks in Tahoe. One time while up high on a tall cabin, outside caulking, he dropped a granola bar paper to pick up later, and immediately there was a bear under him smelling the paper. He had to wait a while before he could come down. Anyway, we really relaxed, ate wonderful food, had a good visit with Brad, found a nice ward to attend on Sunday, and felt like we had a "break". I am going to try to add a photo now of Brad. I haven't been very successful in locating my photos in my computer lately since I got a new camera and they "go" somewhere I can't pull them out of. But I will try.