September and October Updates

We got home from our vacation, exhausted from all the traveling. Saige and Garrett were there to greet us (as they had stayed with Jennifer's parents while Patrick and Jenn were on their cruise). It was good to see them.

We had our annual Temple Group Excursion on Sept. 21st at the Rockin' R Ranch in Antimony and had a wonderful time. Check out their web site for info.

September 29th, we had our 17th grandchild, 12th grandson, (Scott being the proud papa) - Nathan Joseph Thompson. He is a cutie. See pictures on Elizabeth's blog for pictures of him and Moma Thom and with cousin, Saige.

We went down the middle of October for Jackson's baptism on Saturday and the blessing of Nathan on Sunday. Scott did a great job on both special occassions.

Now we are going into November and getting ready for winter and snow to set in for Cedar City. Hope you have not been to "blog-logged" with all this update at one time.

Visit with Wanda and Joanne

Niece, Joanne and her new car, cute - both of them.

Me and my older sister, Wanda (she looks younger) at Elizabeth's. Wanda and Joanne drove down for a visit while I was there. I got to see Renee, my other niece, on my way to Elizabeth's. It was a great vacation, seeing everyone - but good to get home.

Visit with Elizabeth and Family

Emily and Lucas Boy - Sweet doggie

Mommy and daughter - chillin

Elijah practicing his horn. Emily plays a violin (sorry no pic)

Wes was there, but for some reason, missed him in a shot this time. He is doing great, as is the family. Elizabeth shared pictures of her and her dad with a craft project on her blog. Check it out.

Visit with Victor, Charlotte and Quinten

Me, Charlotte, Victor having a belated birthday cake for David Wayne's Vic's youngest. David is always good to remember all of our birthdays with e.mail, so we wanted to do something special for him. Handsome boy that he is - or rather young man.

Charlotte, Victor, Aunt Orbra, Aunt Eva Lou (in their 90's) and me at the Owen's Reunion. Great time for all in attendance.

I don't have a picture of me with my brother Quinten. But he and Marilyn came down for the Elvis show and we got to see them at that time. They are all doing great and it was good to see them all.

Pictures of Vacation - Sande's

Uncle Paul is sad to see us leave - Harley hug.

OK, now I get him to smile a little.

Sande made these pillow cases for the golfers and a pink one for the golf widows. She really loves to quilt, part of a quilting group, and has a quilt studio where she has an unlimited amount of materials to satisfy those creative juices of hers. We enjoyed our visit with them and they are doing pretty good. Always hard to say goodbye.

August 17 - Sept. 9 - Vacation Back East

We decided to fly into Orlando and see the EpCot Center, as I figure that will be as close as we get to seeing foreign countries. It was nice and we enjoyed it; but did not take pictures. We also went to The Holy Land, which was another unique experience there in Orlando. Again, no pictures. But you can see all that we saw, through checking on their site on the Internet. On our vacation, we traveled by air, bus, cab, limo. No ship or train. But at our age, this was enough traveling for us. We then went to visit Uncle Paul, Sande and Warren for a week, then off to visit with my family for a few days and then on to Elizabeth's. It was great to see them all and there are a few pictures which I will share. While visiting with Vic and Charlotte, we took in a Bluegrass concert and an Elvis impersonator show. We attended an Owens (on my Dad's side) family reunion where I saw 2 aunts and lots of cousins. The last one I attended was the first one they had back about 20+ years ago. We attended a scrimmage game, football, with Elijah and had a great visit with Elizabeth, Wes and family. Now I will follow this up with some pictures.

Aug. 8th - Scott's Graduation from PA School

SCOTT with Mom and Dad

The happy family with Lori's Dad

Scott with Lorenza and Dale Angle

We were excited to go down and be a part of this, another, great accomplishment in Scott's life. As Scott and Lori had her family with them, we spent Friday night with our dear friends, Dale and Lorenza. Scott stayed with them in their home for a good number of weeks, while he was doing his emergency room rotations on their side of town, an hour or more (depending upon the traffic on the freeway) from his home.

Harley and I stayed an extra 3 to 4 days with Scott and the boys while Lori took some time for herself, visiting family in Salt Lake, before the baby came. We had a great visit with the boys and I was even able to help Scott study for his PA Board test (repaying him for the time, he helped me study to learn the medical language, as a transcriptionist) He will be a great PA, as is his brother, Patrick.

SORRY - There were pictures for the last post

Moma Thom enjoys putting them all to sleep, even inlcuding Daddy.

Cooper helps Daddy mow the yard. Thanks, Paul.

Abbie and Daisy needed encouragement to get in the pool, the first time.

Baby, wading pool for the little ones.

Abbie, Daisy and Moma Thom watching videos.

July-August Update

This part of our summer brought visits from Alie and the girls and Kramer. Kyle got to spend a few days in June after he got out of school. I love these one-on-one visits with the grandkids. They get to know us and we get to know them better. I usually am so busy playing with them and keeping them entertained, that I forget to take pictures - but did make some notations of some funny things they would say or do - Abbie bought some ballarina slippers that I had a hard time getting on her little feet - so one morning when she was watching Papa Thom put on his shoes with his shoe horn, she ran to get her slippers and sure enough we got them on. Soooo cute. Abbie had brought some lip gloss that her mom had put in time out before she left - so one morning Abbie asked if her "lipstick was still in time out". In putting Vaseline on Papa Thom's feet one morning, Abbie asked for some, and when I told her I didn't think she needed any - she said, "well, Mama Thom, I have feet too". The frozen chocolate chip cookies were a hit for all the grandchildren, and very easy for me. I really take the easy way out when the grandkids are here, don't want them to "get hurt on my watch"; so I do not do anything but play and watch them.

Paul, Laura and the kids came up the latter part of July for a few days. It sure was great to see them and do things with them. We took in the Pioneer Day Parade and they all enjoyed that. We had 2 pools in the backyard, one for the little ones and one for the bigger kids, which included me some times. They loved getting me wet. Seth enjoyed collecting bugs on the back patio. Isabelle and Cooper enjoyed running thru the sprinklers and playing ball. We sure did enjoy having them here.