Family at Thanksgiving

Everyone had a great time, And memories will last forever. We look forward to our next family get together.

We enjoyed a great Thanksgiving dinner and day with everyone's help.

Our Family and Dewey's cousins at church for Micah's baby Blessing.

Great Grandfather Waldo Howard with our four grandchildren.

Ama Sherry (as Zayne pronounces it) visits during the first week and half of Micah's arrival and enjoys time with the boys.

First week check up, pink round and happy.

Micah Aaron Tanoai  Reed  born 27 Oct. 2010   5:47 am

Julie resting with the boys.

For those who love unique signs: Mom saw this one in a neighborhood in Long Beach Calif. Around the corner from the house Uncle Don's lived in.

At the end of our Calif. trip we stopped by Neil & Sara's and we got these darling pictures of sweet Sydney. She was having fun with grandpa. Look at

that smile! She is sure growing up

Looking through our pictures we came across Chad's college graduation. We are proud of all our grown children and their accomplishments. Great job CHAD...

Our camping trip was made possible with a borrowed trailer from a friend. And our sad farewell picture. Thanks to Julie Dewey, Makayla and Zayne.

A few of the highlights were, sunburn, petting a sea lion, and Makayla's sand castle, with seagull feathers for flags

We went to McGrath State beach the weather was perfect and we enjoyed a few days walking on a beach that was almost deserted. The water was cold but just getting our feet in was heavenly.

Zayne loves to get wet and run around all day. To save some of the house Zayne is baracaded into the living room (book shelf between couch and chair)

Our vacation in California July 10-17 started with a stay at Julie's new home. We loved the back yard and cooler weather. Chillin under the patio.

We went to town for the 4th of July fireworks. On the 3th. We picked out a spot across from the rodeo grounds and this is what it looked like from our vantage point. And Mom added this video, enjoy...

We also visits the sites of some of the most famous battles in our history, here are just a few;

On our vacation we saw many wonderful places and sites, We want to share our views with you.



On our Virginia trip we had the chance to view the monuments, This is Washington's monument as seen from the steps of the Lincoln monument looking east across the reflection pond (under repairs)









The great Lincoln statue in the Lincoln monument.












The Jefferson monument building (with tourists)














And modern monuments to Pres. Obama:


Shelter for the homeless across from the white house.

Parade of Homes in St. George Ut. Feb 2010

This past weekend we had our family activity, with Neil, Sara & Sydney coming to visit. Mike and Nancy came from Cailf. and we had a great time. Over the weekend We visited 15 homes of the 25 that were on display . They ranged in size from 1600 sq. ft to a whopping 11,985 sq. ft.. They were two bedroom cozy cottages, to the Monstrous 6 bedroom, 6 bath play houses. Just about anything you can imagine can be built for the right price. One home sported a basketball court, in the basement, while another had a 2100 sq. ft master suite. Specialty items, such as a laundry shoot from upstairs to the laundry room downstairs. One home had three washers & dryers. While another had a sliding glass wall opening to the outside, over looking the valley. Need we mention the small prices. This year with the slow economy prices were a little more in reason. From a mere $210,000 to $3,700,000. So any time you need a new place to hang your hat, drive over and plunk down that spare change.. We love it here and are happy with our lives. We hope everyone can have fun with their families, like we do..

Parade of Homes

Check out the colors....We loved them.


Some of the colors in the home, they were bright and cheerful.
A scrap booking closet in the laundry room.
Message in the reading room.
This sign was off the garage, go figure..
Country kitchen connected to the living room.