Thursday, October 15, 2009

Snow in October

Snow in October, by the time it was done there was enough to make snow sculptures....Wish we were done with it until next year but I think there will be more MUCH MORE

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Day at Lake George




Jeff and I had a fun day in Lake George, enjoying the beauty, went to a fall festival in Bolton, met an author,went on a fireworks dinner cruise, tasted lots of good food, had a great day.











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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

autumn nights like you remember

I went outside tonight and thought its a perfect night. One that my

west girls miss, so hopefully they will hear and remember home.

Soon I will post from the summer. Camp was awesome this year,

its just been so overwhelming to get back to a routine that I haven't

been able to post. Soon I will be back....

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Saturday, June 20, 2009

AIR CANOEING GANOE STYLE



Well its been along time since I have posted anything on this site....this working for a living is just no fun and trying to keep up with facebook takes any extra time. But its time for changes and this is one of them. I am feeling great with a new back, walked 8 miles this morning....
I wanted to share with everyone especially my boys the new attraction at camp. It is air canoeing. I included some pictures and a video. Jeff is awesome, and the swing is so calming.
It will be the pirate ship for the boys, maybe we will put in a treasure and a magic key.....

Only 28 more days until camp, we are counting down here, Papa has some other things in his bag of tricks before you come. Hope everyone enjoys the ride and check in more often for what is happening with the Ganoes.....





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Saturday, April 11, 2009

Easter Message

Its been awhile since I have updated our blog.
I want to say Happy Easter to all of those we love.

This is a wonderful Easter message from Elder Holland
I hope everyone takes a minute from their busy
Easter weekend to comtemplate this message and what
it means in all of our lives. Enjoy.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpFhS0dAduc

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Sunday, March 1, 2009

BIG MUD FIGHT

This was an awesome mud fight. Papa planned

it ahead of time and told everyone the rules.

The boys loved it, they couldn't believe they

had permission to throw mud at Papa and to get as

dirty as they wanted. A few tears happened, but only

because it was cold. Now we are facing 12 inches of

snow, I'm glad we did it yesterday. It was a fun

memory filled event...

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Friday, February 27, 2009

Missed the big event

Wish I could have gone to the big birthday bash
Tiffany and Levi had a great time



Happy 5oth Birthday Jon Zeiner



Looks like everyone had a great time


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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Since the Hospital


This is the sign I came home to on my room, the boys were dressed in their
nurses uniforms with name badges, they have taken good care of me.


These are two pictures of my xrays, one looking down and one from the side
the one above on the outside of the hardware is the bone he piles there to help fuse.
The little lines in the bottom shot are the spacers between the disks. It looks weird,
especially when I think they are in me, the pain isn't too bad with the medicine and
I'm moving around better and better every day. Yesterday I even went outside
and walked a little. Maybe tommorrow I'll go again, it sure tires me out.





this is Tiffany with her birthday present. It was delicious..Jeff got one too and he shared with me. The boys did not like them as you can see from Braydens expression below. He kept saying, Please could you put those outside, those eyes keep looking at me. Then he said his mom liked big bugs.... we had just been reading an alphabet book about bugs and some had antennas and pinchers.... we assured him it wasn't a bug, that didn't help, it wasn't until Jeff threw out the shells and the eyes, that Brayden would finally taste a piece of meat, he liked it.....




We also received two big boxes of food from our friends, with all the fixins for a turkey dinner,
we had it yesterday and it was so wonderful. thanks so much for all those who helped out since the surgery. you are all wonderful


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Monday, February 16, 2009

WHAT A WEEK!

It's been quite a week. Here is the evidence that I survived... It really is amazing what the body can take and how quickly it wants to fix itself. The Lords creations are
truly miracles. Thanks for all the love and support this week. The food, visits, thoughts and prayers have been wonderful, and we really appreciate it.

Drake also survived a free fall off the zipline face first, the photo does not
do the road rash justice. It really hurt, that snow had turned to ice, but he was a trooper, at least we didn't end up in the hospital for him.



Papa set up the tipi to sleep in with a movie and snacks for when I got home, The boys loved it.
I am in the dining room with a sign that says, Geeda's Suite..... they have been great helpers.
I sure am lucky for a great husband, mom, kids, grandkids, family and friends. Thanks to all of you who have made this easier for me....

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Friday, January 30, 2009

Pinewood Derby Winner


Brayden and Papa made his car for the Pinewood Derby.
Of course it was a bucket truck with a tool box and a little man inside.
Brayden was in the non-scout catergory. Our cubs let all others who
want to race, race after the official race. It is nice of them to let
everyone share in the fun. Lucas was the official cub winner and
then Brayden as the other winner got to race against Lucas and
Brayden was the winner. After we had prepped him the whole time
that it wasn't about winning but having fun. Everyone was so good
helping him enjoy the moment, especially because he is just visiting.
Way to go Goshen troop. It was a fun night for everyone.







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Friday, January 16, 2009

where would I rather be today


Beautiful warmth of California or
the frigid cold of Connecticut, I'm
longing for the warmth......

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Friday, January 2, 2009

Happy New Year

Cade came the weekend before Christmas and he was so sick. He did like
sitting on the counter and washing dishes with Geeda. He did not want to
get down, he held on like a little monkey when we tried to get him down.
This is the same counter I sat on with my grandmother doing dishes and my
own girls sat and helped years ago.


This is Levi, I can't believe he is so big, he
is already crawling. I can't wait to see
them all.








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