Farewell Friend to 2012

I always like to review each month of the past year before it passes through the hour glass of time to never be retrieved.  Here are some blessings we enjoyed:

January-  New baby Joshua arrived healthy & hearty to Alicia & Dave in NJ.

February- St George watching Brayle's softball games and visiting special sites was a highlite.  We also sold my mom's home to a young family.

March- Sarah turned 8, was baptize.  We spent the week with her and baby Josh in NJ celebrating birthdays and blessings.  What happy times. 

April- Jory completed his first year of the Master's program.  I put my back out gardening.

May- We spent Memorial weekend in Portland with Jenn's family.

June-  I turned 60 and joined the Fitness Center. 

July-  A weekend at Bear Lake with the family while Alicia visited and a night at the Pickleville Playhouse and BBQ.  Also spent a week at Jenn's in Washington while she headed the Relay for Life raising $80k for the Cancer Society.

August-  Allan spent a month of working on the road and getting a broken toe.  Plantar Facsiitis came to visit, but we fought it hard. 

September-  Breann & Jed spent some special times with us and prayers were given in their behalf.  Jory and Sarah had a tubal pregnancy that broke their hearts, and more prayers, but we look to next year to try again.

October-  Lang Lang performed at Abravanel Hall and we visited Breann & Jed in Idaho Falls.

November-  Mike and Jenn visited for a week over Thanksgiving.  Hillary Hahn with the Utah Symphony kept us refined and an end to the foot problem. 

December-  Six stitches to Allan's thumb and blessing unbelievably received.  He even cut out this Twelve Days of Chrismas tree.  Our computer was upgraded to alive and an ipad was under the tree, too.  What more could a person ask for?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tomato Cagerella Transformed Into A Tree

There once was a lonely tomato cage that worked really hard all summer long in the garden supporting numerous tomato plants.  People came to water or pick the ripe red tomatoes every day.  They commented on the abundant harvest of the plant, but no one paid any attention to the tomato cage.  Sometimes a strong hand would push it upright if the fruit's weight or the wind caused it to lean over.  It did all the work without any word of thanks. 

At season's end the plant was plucked out and the cage stored in a corner of the yard.  One day a brilliant woman that couldn't sleep at night, got an idea.  She couldn't afford a small tree to cover with lights to set on her porch, but she did have some out-of-work tomato cages.   Wrapping from top to bottom several strands of lights around the turned-on-its-head cage, she liked the result.   After posting her decorated tomato cage on Pinterest, women the country over copy-cated the idea with their own twist. 

Here is my copy-cat version.  You should see it. 

La Bella Vie la Beautiful Is

Soothing and beautiful are the La Belle Vie papers with their soft printed words.  The pleasant background takes us to the land of love and language.  'Bonjour,' it says as we want to share our story with loved ones.   Welcome and come to the class Thursday, Dec 13th at 7pm.  The kit is easy to assemble. then add your favorite French words.   It will be a lesson in la belle vie.  Call or just drop in.