tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10945909058516177842011-04-21T22:58:29.839-06:00Real, Live, Fairy TalesGrandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-40450351738648033432009-05-11T13:30:00.012-06:002009-05-11T14:23:22.956-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiIXe7Rc0I/AAAAAAAACHA/iBJWQNtudeY/s1600-h/trip+312.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334663695640392514" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiIXe7Rc0I/AAAAAAAACHA/iBJWQNtudeY/s320/trip+312.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div>The first Palmyra Chapel, sans steeple now. Grandpa JD Atkin was Branch President and then Bishop there, and supervised the building project. Many of the local town resident helped, even if not members of The Church. It was dedicated Jan 15 1961 , by Pres. Davisd O. McKay. Grandpa Tom was just 8 years old, he turned 9 years 2 weeks later.<br /><br /><br /></div><div><div>The Chapel itself now, sans podium. Grandpa Tom says there was little or no playing or irreverence in this chapel ever. Even little kids were taught to be still and not be entertained by toys.<br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_eG7M8kI/AAAAAAAACGI/9g5jkqct63g/s1600-h/trip+226.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334653913852080706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_eG7M8kI/AAAAAAAACGI/9g5jkqct63g/s320/trip+226.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_OSYvTkI/AAAAAAAACFw/wm7qMVs_l30/s1600-h/trip+225.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334653642050850370" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_OSYvTkI/AAAAAAAACFw/wm7qMVs_l30/s320/trip+225.jpg" border="0" /></a> Right here He sat in Sunday school and stuffed matches in his sisters doll bottle until the smoked and started to light!<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_OgqoM-I/AAAAAAAACF4/Ae5SXwSi2OI/s1600-h/trip+311.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334653645883978722" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh_OgqoM-I/AAAAAAAACF4/Ae5SXwSi2OI/s320/trip+311.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sometimes he went sledding on the Hill Cumorah</div><div>Pretty Steep! </div><br /><div>Grandpa Tom played in the grove as a boy! <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHCl4NLGI/AAAAAAAACGw/_3i4vSGTRjM/s1600-h/trip+257.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334662237217696866" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHCl4NLGI/AAAAAAAACGw/_3i4vSGTRjM/s320/trip+257.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHCdSrNHI/AAAAAAAACGo/YwNA3Vf-nRU/s1600-h/trip+238.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334662234912797810" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHCdSrNHI/AAAAAAAACGo/YwNA3Vf-nRU/s320/trip+238.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHnhXoQ6I/AAAAAAAACG4/a3D1en5Ql6o/s1600-h/trip+270.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334662871662478242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiHnhXoQ6I/AAAAAAAACG4/a3D1en5Ql6o/s320/trip+270.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><br /><div>Grandpa leaving the Grove today! </div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> </div><div>He sometimes spent the night here at the Smith home <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh9wxiJicI/AAAAAAAACFA/Q6zGgYjFUTc/s1600-h/trip+276.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334652035504114114" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh9wxiJicI/AAAAAAAACFA/Q6zGgYjFUTc/s320/trip+276.jpg" border="0" /></a>with his "Bonus" grandparents.</div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br />but he thought he was in the room in which Joseph Smith had visions of Moroni . Later he learned that actually occurred in the Cabin right here in this bed!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334652042294679666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh9xK1JWHI/AAAAAAAACFI/yz6JALnD7SQ/s320/trip+273.jpg" border="0" /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiEXsa4oaI/AAAAAAAACGg/JV7GAX1eJEM/s1600-h/trip+272.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334659301216133538" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgiEXsa4oaI/AAAAAAAACGg/JV7GAX1eJEM/s320/trip+272.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-4045035173864803343?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-32296333334163283242009-05-11T12:57:00.011-06:002009-05-11T13:30:09.750-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1q7NzmnI/AAAAAAAACDw/HeYSSZZKDhM/s1600-h/PIC_1258.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334643138930907762" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1q7NzmnI/AAAAAAAACDw/HeYSSZZKDhM/s320/PIC_1258.JPG" border="0" /></a>Where some Atkin's started life . Erica and younger. Not where Tom was born, but still a very old hospital in Clifton Springs, NY A gorgeous building, now apartments.<br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2i6gc7AI/AAAAAAAACEg/TSyQ9x106VQ/s1600-h/PIC_1286.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334644100813351938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2i6gc7AI/AAAAAAAACEg/TSyQ9x106VQ/s320/PIC_1286.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Atkin Fam Home</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jKo9T3I/AAAAAAAACEo/KsF1bVcAqYQ/s1600-h/PIC_1287.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334644105143996274" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jKo9T3I/AAAAAAAACEo/KsF1bVcAqYQ/s320/PIC_1287.JPG" border="0" /></a> Grandpa Atkin's garden was here...<br /><br /><br /><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>and here</div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jVpkX9I/AAAAAAAACE4/HyCmjYaD7_k/s1600-h/PIC_1278.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334644108099346386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jVpkX9I/AAAAAAAACE4/HyCmjYaD7_k/s320/PIC_1278.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jOK1caI/AAAAAAAACEw/bIX5JR5TruI/s1600-h/PIC_1275.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334644106091393442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2jOK1caI/AAAAAAAACEw/bIX5JR5TruI/s320/PIC_1275.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />and here!</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2i9Xx3gI/AAAAAAAACEY/PB2qsL4zTHw/s1600-h/PIC_1283.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334644101582282242" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh2i9Xx3gI/AAAAAAAACEY/PB2qsL4zTHw/s320/PIC_1283.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div>Stone pathway laid by Gpa Atkin<br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>House of Atkin</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rjDAwMI/AAAAAAAACEI/2iWRP9CaQhg/s1600-h/PIC_1274.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334643149623050434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rjDAwMI/AAAAAAAACEI/2iWRP9CaQhg/s320/PIC_1274.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rWKU5GI/AAAAAAAACEA/IzDVeJOu58M/s1600-h/PIC_1270.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334643146164069474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rWKU5GI/AAAAAAAACEA/IzDVeJOu58M/s320/PIC_1270.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Tracks behind the house! Did Grandpa Tom play here?<br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rKBsaqI/AAAAAAAACD4/Bl_1kb0qREk/s1600-h/PIC_1273.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334643142906636962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rKBsaqI/AAAAAAAACD4/Bl_1kb0qREk/s320/PIC_1273.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rls0C_I/AAAAAAAACEQ/8fA_AWhx4Vs/s1600-h/PIC_1280.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334643150335249394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh1rls0C_I/AAAAAAAACEQ/8fA_AWhx4Vs/s320/PIC_1280.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Neighborhood football field when Tom was a boy!</div><div>Atkin side yard!</div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-3229633333416328324?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-16371779142878794592009-05-11T12:12:00.008-06:002009-05-11T12:55:45.833-06:00<div><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuK4sP9QI/AAAAAAAACDQ/6zTbk0an1eU/s1600-h/trip+159.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334634891916080386" style="WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuK4sP9QI/AAAAAAAACDQ/6zTbk0an1eU/s320/trip+159.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Erica has great stories about the uninvited<br />wedding planner from hell at the rehearsal,<br />this may not be her, but her unhappy face<br />made us think of her. Ask Erica the story...<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuK2Nid_I/AAAAAAAACDI/frpPM0g9zOg/s1600-h/trip+196.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334634891250399218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuK2Nid_I/AAAAAAAACDI/frpPM0g9zOg/s320/trip+196.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div>View from Reception!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631829757827314" style="WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYpQ1GPI/AAAAAAAACBA/H_Bpk993d3o/s320/trip+149.jpg" border="0" /><br />Climbing onto Gramma's lap </div><div> </div><div><br /> </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuKkf7j9I/AAAAAAAACDA/V3Ek69Xksbs/s1600-h/trip+160.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334634886495702994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuKkf7j9I/AAAAAAAACDA/V3Ek69Xksbs/s320/trip+160.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Greeting guests<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuKmClB1I/AAAAAAAACC4/9a_BTOqj3TI/s1600-h/trip+169.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334634886909462354" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghuKmClB1I/AAAAAAAACC4/9a_BTOqj3TI/s320/trip+169.jpg" border="0" /></a> UH OH!!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJpye0fI/AAAAAAAACCw/lzPvY6VWuaA/s1600-h/trip+215.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334633771224191474" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJpye0fI/AAAAAAAACCw/lzPvY6VWuaA/s320/trip+215.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJS6CFOI/AAAAAAAACCo/IzJkh6duKeM/s1600-h/trip+191.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334633765081847010" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJS6CFOI/AAAAAAAACCo/IzJkh6duKeM/s320/trip+191.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Avery and Issac! Whew that Avery is hot!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJISZdBI/AAAAAAAACCg/GifdhX66m20/s1600-h/trip+188.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334633762231251986" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJISZdBI/AAAAAAAACCg/GifdhX66m20/s320/trip+188.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Isaac and the bride dancing<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJGHWc9I/AAAAAAAACCY/q8Hi6paIXEg/s1600-h/trip+186.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334633761648047058" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtJGHWc9I/AAAAAAAACCY/q8Hi6paIXEg/s320/trip+186.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Shake it girl!! Dancing with daddy!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtI3adxvI/AAAAAAAACCQ/ZRg7B4-zIu4/s1600-h/trip+170.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334633757701687026" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghtI3adxvI/AAAAAAAACCQ/ZRg7B4-zIu4/s320/trip+170.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div>Want Cake!</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>OH Yeah!</div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh0RrXcM_I/AAAAAAAACDo/QlDgBvvjbfA/s1600-h/trip+193.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334641605667992562" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sgh0RrXcM_I/AAAAAAAACDo/QlDgBvvjbfA/s320/trip+193.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sghyyo3hIuI/AAAAAAAACDY/lOUhoIQSVZY/s1600-h/trip+194.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334639972909654754" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/Sghyyo3hIuI/AAAAAAAACDY/lOUhoIQSVZY/s320/trip+194.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />That's what I'm talkin' about!!<br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDyctf0I/AAAAAAAACCI/xadmayUbWTg/s1600-h/trip+162.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334632570957954882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDyctf0I/AAAAAAAACCI/xadmayUbWTg/s320/trip+162.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Gma O, M,R, Gma A and Mother of Bride<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDjM7POI/AAAAAAAACCA/cl3172rvS-U/s1600-h/trip+158.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334632566865214690" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDjM7POI/AAAAAAAACCA/cl3172rvS-U/s320/trip+158.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Tommy looking great! Another hottie!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDYIvfGI/AAAAAAAACB4/-CI9-LS85Pk/s1600-h/trip+157.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334632563894877282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDYIvfGI/AAAAAAAACB4/-CI9-LS85Pk/s320/trip+157.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ken, his wife and baby. Good to see him again, and sorry I can not remember her name. The baby is a cute lil boy with a name that startes with a Z or an X. Help me out here ya all!<br /><br /></div><br /><div><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDG4FllI/AAAAAAAACBo/oziBjRcL8ok/s1600-h/trip+156.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334632559261619794" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghsDG4FllI/AAAAAAAACBo/oziBjRcL8ok/s320/trip+156.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Grandma greeting little Z Orvis!<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrZOu98LI/AAAAAAAACBg/0SV0LDDb118/s1600-h/trip+216.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631839816347826" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrZOu98LI/AAAAAAAACBg/0SV0LDDb118/s320/trip+216.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Love for Uncle Tom!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYyAEYyI/AAAAAAAACBY/5pB9fnpI46s/s1600-h/trip+155.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631832103445282" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYyAEYyI/AAAAAAAACBY/5pB9fnpI46s/s320/trip+155.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ken and his mom!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYxBBUlI/AAAAAAAACBQ/5jqk-Azlpb4/s1600-h/trip+154.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631831839003218" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYxBBUlI/AAAAAAAACBQ/5jqk-Azlpb4/s320/trip+154.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Elaine, ??, Erica, Rhiannon, and ML<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYrjzK7I/AAAAAAAACBI/x3-LqVha2o0/s1600-h/trip+165.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334631830374263730" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SghrYrjzK7I/AAAAAAAACBI/x3-LqVha2o0/s320/trip+165.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Beautiful!<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-1637177914287879459?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-76030436300582072862009-05-06T20:59:00.005-06:002009-05-11T12:12:43.160-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOUvxsQI/AAAAAAAACA4/Hdl-S3-Ki08/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+045.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332915314800832770" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOUvxsQI/AAAAAAAACA4/Hdl-S3-Ki08/s320/CameradwnldPal+045.jpg" border="0" /></a> Today we visited historic sites for the church, and for Tom personally. Then we attended a session. The Temple is very small and intimate and beautiful! The Temple as we left this evening!<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOGI0bGI/AAAAAAAACAw/dWBVlZ0DdZk/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+043.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332915310879337570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOGI0bGI/AAAAAAAACAw/dWBVlZ0DdZk/s320/CameradwnldPal+043.jpg" border="0" /></a> When we arrived for the session<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOI4FnQI/AAAAAAAACAo/AwgQaxLE6BA/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+036.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332915311614467330" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSOI4FnQI/AAAAAAAACAo/AwgQaxLE6BA/s320/CameradwnldPal+036.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Sacred Grove<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSN_3zLHI/AAAAAAAACAg/lryG2ONiZn0/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332915309197339762" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSN_3zLHI/AAAAAAAACAg/lryG2ONiZn0/s320/CameradwnldPal+024.jpg" border="0" /></a> Grove again!</div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSN-adxHI/AAAAAAAACAY/xHQZg6rNALw/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332915308805866610" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJSN-adxHI/AAAAAAAACAY/xHQZg6rNALw/s320/CameradwnldPal+021.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Smith Family Cabin<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzfl-cXI/AAAAAAAACAQ/FssFoSLdOnE/s1600-h/CameradwnldPal+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332913754344419698" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzfl-cXI/AAAAAAAACAQ/FssFoSLdOnE/s320/CameradwnldPal+005.jpg" border="0" /></a> Tom in the overflow of the original Palmyra Chapel. Site of the infamous near fire incident!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzbFZ1fI/AAAAAAAACAI/sGldIfpnVII/s1600-h/Cameradwnld+584.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332913753134061042" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzbFZ1fI/AAAAAAAACAI/sGldIfpnVII/s320/Cameradwnld+584.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Atlantic on a rainy day<br /><br /><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzP9LqQI/AAAAAAAACAA/E5ZPr6AX8Yk/s1600-h/Cameradwnld+478.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332913750146787586" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQzP9LqQI/AAAAAAAACAA/E5ZPr6AX8Yk/s320/Cameradwnld+478.jpg" border="0" /></a> Richard in his new apartment!<br /><br /><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQywxO7LI/AAAAAAAAB_4/gdNrd1HIpfI/s1600-h/Cameradwnld+566.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332913741775170738" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQywxO7LI/AAAAAAAAB_4/gdNrd1HIpfI/s320/Cameradwnld+566.jpg" border="0" /></a> A pre civil war cemetery in Va<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQyzz5FlI/AAAAAAAAB_w/2VbHL0fwLos/s1600-h/Cameradwnld+518.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332913742591628882" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJQyzz5FlI/AAAAAAAAB_w/2VbHL0fwLos/s320/Cameradwnld+518.jpg" border="0" /></a> Grandma and Aunt Elaine enjoying the wedding<br /><br /></div><div>festivities!<br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJPb41N3zI/AAAAAAAAB_o/i1MIFa6c5ok/s1600-h/Cameradwnld+486.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332912249290743602" style="WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SgJPb41N3zI/AAAAAAAAB_o/i1MIFa6c5ok/s320/Cameradwnld+486.jpg" border="0" /></a> The Happy Couple<br /><br />This has been a great time! We have over 500 pictures of some wonderful stuff! We will post some when we can, and when we return!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7603043630058207286?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-38224490413049351632009-04-27T15:07:00.002-06:002009-04-27T15:17:33.470-06:00OK OK OK I am a slouch!! But ..... I waited to post about the lil Atkinder in Nov to post pix, left my camera at Lori's (a regular event) Same for Thanksgiving and birthday and Christmas etc etc Same for gathering in Mar for our sealing, except Mandy took all the pix, loaded to Mobile me and then deleted! 500 pictures of our kids and grandkids, sis bros grammas friends etc deleted! (I can get them off her mobile me but I need the password again, Mandy!)<br />Ok those are all excuses, yea but,...... Its Spring in my yard finally!<br />The new batch of babies are arriving. Jaime was first with little Todd, Nicole is coming in >4 wks, then Regina in July. When they arrive it makes 18 grandkids! WOW, we are still so very young! Pipe down kids!!<br />Ok So I will try to be more diligent! But you have me facebooking, iphoning and all the rest of the stuff ! I do love it all! I need Katy and Kennedy to tutor gramma in the tech stuff!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-3822449041304935163?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-77591419815170600912008-10-31T11:19:00.002-06:002008-10-31T11:23:40.036-06:00This is hilarious! SNL just cracks me up! She sings this catchy little tune in the shower, playing, to baby Suzy, JUST ALL THE TIME! ! You gotta watch this!!!!<br /><br />AND BY THE WAY....<br /> BOOOO! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!<br /><br /><br /><script src="http://widgets.nbc.com/o/4727a250e66f9723/490b3e17b253bf70/490b3c3812f443bf/e668aa7f/widget.js" type="text/javascript"></script><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7759141981517060091?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-90314797597757512662008-10-26T21:44:00.003-06:002008-10-26T21:58:37.037-06:00She passed this week at the age of 16! Very old for a Cat! She was a soft, loving kitty cat! I would say 'Go wake up your boy!' in the mornings and off she would run to leap up on Scott's bed and meow and purr and paw him until he got up! He was indeed her boy! We were lucky to have such a wonderful pet bless our lives!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6BazS-fI/AAAAAAAABvU/gTrcWziMgTs/s1600-h/wMrCat.png"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261675535701047794" style="WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6BazS-fI/AAAAAAAABvU/gTrcWziMgTs/s320/wMrCat.png" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6A49DPmI/AAAAAAAABvM/IWGY9oL5Zck/s1600-h/Mr__Cat.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261675526615154274" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6A49DPmI/AAAAAAAABvM/IWGY9oL5Zck/s320/Mr__Cat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Scotty and his kitty!<br />Beautiful 'Bunny Fur', aka Mr Cat aka Mama Kitty!<br />Mandy, Mr Cat, 'Bun-Bun' (Mandy's miniature bunny)<br />and I! Mandy is 15y , Mr Cat 1 1/2 y, I am 25!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6aymc7PI/AAAAAAAABvc/otOQa3ZHYa0/s1600-h/LastScan.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261675971586354418" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQU6aymc7PI/AAAAAAAABvc/otOQa3ZHYa0/s320/LastScan.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-9031479759775751266?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-8236275856748167482008-10-26T20:48:00.004-06:002008-10-26T21:14:36.679-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQUx-x4gvbI/AAAAAAAABvE/l82z4HewFq8/s1600-h/PA230060.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261666694264307122" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQUx-x4gvbI/AAAAAAAABvE/l82z4HewFq8/s200/PA230060.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQUvLdpQXqI/AAAAAAAABu8/PckwnkVcm3U/s1600-h/135118lrg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5261663613635026594" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SQUvLdpQXqI/AAAAAAAABu8/PckwnkVcm3U/s200/135118lrg.jpg" border="0" /></a> Am I a slouch or what? Just phenomenally busy! I have a new job! I have been training for 3 weeks. I am going to be a computer geek/internet techie! This is SO fun! I love going to the classes...6 hrs a day plus homework! There is hardly time for anything else! My house is a disaster, Tom fixes his own meals and I just scramble! I do the laundry.... but I left the bed unmade for several days running!! Some of you know that is just unheard of!! Oh the shame!!<br />I love learning about this stuff so much that I do not mind!<br />So I will post this week for sure! Lots to tell! Halloween is upon us! The spookiest time....</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-823627585674816748?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-81469634299199778072008-09-23T16:20:00.002-06:002008-09-23T16:35:14.665-06:00We are still here! Over a month since anything was posted? We are just busy! Working and the<br />garden /yard, produce, freezing, canning, stocking up on the food storage, Working on LauraLee and Benji's house getting it ready to sell. Tom began Landmark coaching Introduction Leaders.<br />The waterfall was completed, then it sprung a leak again I guess. What next? I am not patiently waiting to put this house on the market! I was ready a year ago! It will happen when it happens!<br />Katy was here for almost a week! My gosh, 11 going on 17! She is tall and gorgeous and does not look 11 years old to me! We went shopping and made some projects and watched movies and Katy texted her friends almost continuously! Whoa! Very fast fingers!<br />Richard is back from Virginia Beach. Tom drove with him in a marathon drive. Tom really enjoyed that! Richard moved into student apts near campus and is going to USU full time.<br /><br />Fall is here! Today was a very pretty fall day....rich colors, sunny but chilly, sweater weather...my favorite. <br /><br />Scott and Nicole are pregnant!!! Hooray a roo! Finally a sib for Kennedy K! Jon and Jaime also expecting, their # 3 kidlet. Hooray for grandkids!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-8146963429919977807?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-86053181462086944652008-08-12T13:31:00.003-06:002008-08-12T13:33:47.328-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKHlfeY09VI/AAAAAAAABYg/zZmf4WZ3-_o/s1600-h/photo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233716570877130066" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKHlfeY09VI/AAAAAAAABYg/zZmf4WZ3-_o/s200/photo.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Mandy sent me this and I wanted to share! I bet Tom is glad I did not buy this box! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-8605318146208694465?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-73907242857001314812008-08-11T20:19:00.005-06:002008-08-12T13:36:18.450-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4XUOtRdI/AAAAAAAABYQ/IIeiBWatfPg/s1600-h/PIC_0555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455846455592402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4XUOtRdI/AAAAAAAABYQ/IIeiBWatfPg/s200/PIC_0555.JPG" border="0" /></a> My garden! I have tons of peppers, hot and sweet,<br />and tomatoes and acorn squash<br />Cucumbers were killed a storm!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4XqhpmPI/AAAAAAAABYY/xaZbETKCNrA/s1600-h/PIC_0563.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455852440623346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4XqhpmPI/AAAAAAAABYY/xaZbETKCNrA/s200/PIC_0563.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DMB_jbI/AAAAAAAABXw/ca8QKhsETSM/s1600-h/PIC_0556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455500657397170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DMB_jbI/AAAAAAAABXw/ca8QKhsETSM/s200/PIC_0556.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DRUGb2I/AAAAAAAABX4/fBHT43nJkvs/s1600-h/Picture+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455502075522914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DRUGb2I/AAAAAAAABX4/fBHT43nJkvs/s200/Picture+026.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DpznuiI/AAAAAAAABYA/puZPyHxNx6s/s1600-h/Picture+025.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455508650179106" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4DpznuiI/AAAAAAAABYA/puZPyHxNx6s/s200/Picture+025.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4D5DuMkI/AAAAAAAABYI/3Mlask2dJzA/s1600-h/Picture+024.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5233455512744243778" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SKD4D5DuMkI/AAAAAAAABYI/3Mlask2dJzA/s200/Picture+024.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />It is coming along. The back yard is done, at least all we are going to do! I even did the sprinklers in the flower beds! It is a drip line, and I ran lines to my hanging plants! These pictures do not tell the story of the weeks of work, but the dark tan I have does! Tom is fixing the waterfall. It will be running soon! It will be several days before he has any time to finish it! He took it apart, repaired the liner, sealed it with the correct black foam sealant! We learned how to wash off any that gets on the skin and avaid another traumatic chemical burn. The instructions say do not wash with water, as it seasons it immediately and nothing will remove it. We know that Xylene will, though dangerous! One can remove it quickly with acetone, if you do it very soon! I took some in progress photos for fun!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7390724285700131481?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-14934592889102936842008-07-30T11:18:00.003-06:002008-07-30T12:04:04.969-06:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsEqSsI6I/AAAAAAAABXY/6U_YBOHLHOA/s1600-h/twin_falls_lds_mormon_temple3-thumb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228868363449279394" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsEqSsI6I/AAAAAAAABXY/6U_YBOHLHOA/s320/twin_falls_lds_mormon_temple3-thumb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote></blockquote>The Temple is of course exquisite!<br /><div>We took some friends of ours to the Open House! A great friend, John, a Federal Judge, (or Judgie Wudgie as a defendant once called him) is a very devout catholic. Parochial school education, Notre Dame, and of Basque heritage.... He was so impressed by the beauty and precision of the hand crafted artistry. In particular the hand painted original murals of the Falls, the South Hills panorama, and the gorgeous hand cut carpets. In the Baptistery he was stunned, and commented regarding the incredible laborious work and expense! Tom retorted, "Yea, but John, seeing as who we built this for; whose House it is, where should we have cut back?" After laughing at Tom, he agreed, saying, "Oh Yea, I forgot...as this is <em>His House</em>, it would indeed be THE finest workmanship!" He and the others were moved by the peaceful warm ambiance of every aspect of the Temple. He was disappointed his wife could not have been there, and made plans to return to Twin with her before the dedication. They live in Boise. They've visited the grounds of several Temples with us, but this tour was a first for him. </div><br /><blockquote><p align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;"><em>Side Bar About our friends.....We have shared some great<br />experiences with John and Deb. We have traveled several places including<br />Kalispel and Glacier Nat'l Park where they are building a cabin/home on a huge<br />tract of wilderness like property! Their own small lake! We always have a great<br />time with them, fun and thought provoking! We have dinner frequently in a Basque restaurant in Boise. We went to dinner at 6 one evening and left after the chef<br />and crew had closed up, cleaned up etc! The owner's family has known John's<br />family for generations and we just talked and laughed obliviously until 1 am!<br />They kept bringing drinks and dishes; we kept eating and talking! I shall post<br />one day soon about the beloved "Guppy" the pet duck of a sister of theirs.<br />...came to live with them for a couple weeks turned years. Beloved by ONLY the<br />sister, despised by many others, as he is an indoor pet! A sort of 'Lap Duck'!!!<br />I must get the pictures and John's own words to do that justice! Very funny<br />stuff!</em></span></p></blockquote><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div align="left"><span style="font-size:85%;">ANYWAY, back in Twin Falls... Here are some lovely pictures! But the interior is also amazing as one could imagine! </span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsE-ftACI/AAAAAAAABXg/ByORTZp56Sc/s1600-h/twin_falls_lds_mormon_temple2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228868368872570914" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsE-ftACI/AAAAAAAABXg/ByORTZp56Sc/s320/twin_falls_lds_mormon_temple2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsFINUZII/AAAAAAAABXo/3q5XYYLyDSk/s1600-h/PA240124.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228868371479815298" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SJCsFINUZII/AAAAAAAABXo/3q5XYYLyDSk/s320/PA240124.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;">This is not TF, but IS the Jordan River Temple at sunset, taken from Lori's front yard! I just think this is gorgeous!!</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-1493459288910293684?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-49320477156616742192008-07-27T18:39:00.004-06:002008-07-30T12:07:28.184-06:00<span style="font-size:78%;">Again, we have some computer malfunction on my computer! The bane, and the joy of my existence....digital technology! Yesterday Comcast had a major break down! TV, Internet and Phone went zap! I was on the phone with Lori! Someone evidently hit a line in the area, impacting our neighborhood! Why tell you this? Well.....Last week i suddenly decided to back up my computer to an online back up I have! It was kind of odd timing, I was outside working and had lots i wanted to get done. But I went in, cleaned up the registry, defragged and then backed it all up! I was kind of frustrated with myself for being distracted by this task, but I just kept on it! Then I started downloading my extensive photo library to flash drives. One for each person whom these photos would matter. I love, no, I cherish these pictures! I started with the larger files, Lori's and Regina's. I have many of the photos they have taken themselves as well as my own. I downloaded almost a Gb of Lori's, she probably has copies of them already. Some of Regina's were only stored on my computer, including her brother's wedding. I have tons of other files but they were either mine or shared with me. I have all Scott/Nicole's and Mandy's wedding pictures, including those professionally taken, but so do they! So long story short, I am really quite grateful i did this nutty thing! I will get my CPU into the shop tomorrow, and I am confident i can get my important records and photo files restored easily. I had birth certificates, and other important legal files, e mails from grandkids and other precious stuff stored digitally! Whew! It is not lost!<br />I share this story of averted crisis, because today in our RS and SS classes we discussed something I had been wondering about and studying in some depth. It involved the receipt of spiritual gifts... to some is given some, others are given different gifts. I have been blessed with just this gift that i just shared about. You reading this may be blessed with "bigger" as it were; impacting many lives or important issues. I have a simple gift! I feel things about people, or about future events. I often just this to myself. Sometimes they are just for my understanding of someone, sometimes it is about an event. Sometimes it is information, requiring no action by me, other times I may have warning feelings. I often watch the incumbent crises which occur when ignored, or reap the benefits of acting upon them. Usually, I keep these to myself to protect them! They are very personal and important parts of me that I hold very close to my heart. I do treat them as if sacred. I also think that these are so simple that they are only valuable to me. I have suffered greatly by ignoring or intellectualizing some of these promptings,and sometimes I have just been ready to assist another, or provide some service because I attended to these feelings. Sometimes regarding family, friends, safety, injury, finances, and sometimes day to day "headaches". Last week,for instance, we were watching Randon and Joelle for Jaime. Tom and Richard were going errand running and wanted to take Randon. I am weird about car seats by some people's standards. (They remain nameless here to protect the guilty!) I take alot of teasing about being so protective. So, when I felt that it was a bad idea to take Randon, I avoided any potential teasing and kept quiet. I kept feeling that it was not a good idea; I intellectualized a bit... it will be ok; it would give me a chance to just play or read to Joelle one on one; blah blah. Then as the truck backed out of the garage, I ran after it, and just took Randon! I said little, just that he needed to stay. Twenty minutes later Randon began to suffer explosive, major blow out style diarrhea! No life was saved, no tragedy averted. He was not ill, or unhappy....just amazingly messy! Not once but 3 times! So, I was happy for Tom and Richard's sake that they were not in the bank (without diapers and such) with Randon at the time! I was also happy for Randon that he was not any more uncomfortable! So, prompting? Maybe. Some would argue that if I had paid no attention and it was important, something else would have occurred to prevent the episodes. Maybe. But I am still grateful.<br />I am grateful for the things I've learned when I blew it too! Life altering or matters of convenience, it still feels like a miracle; a gift of the spirit; a gift from The Lord to me!<br />In our discussions at church today, it was mentioned that the day to day miracles were a result of faith that God cares about our individual day to day activities! That only one who knows their Father is actively involved and a real, loving parent is aware of the little daily miracles. It was decided this was solid faith, unshakable faith. Something not everyone enjoyed having in their lives. My days are filled with these little miracles! I do not experience big life altering Alma the Younger , or Thomas Monson type experiences! I just witness in tiny things the atonement in the lives of all I know. I witness The Lord's Hand in lives of all. I see the miracle of every child's little step! I felt somewhat of an ungrateful, selfish brat for not sharing and acknowledging this to other people. It has been my gift to just "know" that was so! My Father in Heaven is indeed my Father! Loving and actively involved in my life, and the lives of all His children. It seems I have always known that, and that You are His child also. But, I also thought you knew that, and so much more than I could ever know, that sharing what I know would seem silly to you. Now i am starting to worry this sounds like a See How Great I am sharing. Not so! It is See how amazed I am. If I am so blessed, imagine how greatly blessed you must be!! I used to think these little experiences of mine were for those of little faith; that if I had more faith I'd have the huge life altering type of experiences that would warrant publicizing! How much greater blessing could there be than to Know God's Love, and His Plan; and to Trust Him with the results!<br />And I feel like sharing this....do not know why, just do! Please treat it with care, it is so special to me!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-4932047715661674219?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-26635538497251160412008-07-24T15:16:00.004-06:002008-07-30T12:09:23.607-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjzH4G5EAI/AAAAAAAABXQ/ygcDQEws9uE/s1600-h/Atkinder+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226694684209385474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjzH4G5EAI/AAAAAAAABXQ/ygcDQEws9uE/s320/Atkinder+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Happy Pioneer Day Utah! James rode in <span style="color:#ffff00;">his</span> first Pioneer Day Parade! His favorite part seemed to be the candy he got from the spectators! I wish we were close enough to all the kids to get to see these events! They are so much more fun as a grandma! No worries no herding of kids! It is just fun! It is the young parents being pioneers!</span> </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxpyevvaI/AAAAAAAABW4/PlOa-X6etc4/s1600-h/Atkinder+005.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226693067791121826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxpyevvaI/AAAAAAAABW4/PlOa-X6etc4/s320/Atkinder+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxqNKxpoI/AAAAAAAABXA/HimBM-ERGRE/s1600-h/Atkinder+018.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226693074955118210" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxqNKxpoI/AAAAAAAABXA/HimBM-ERGRE/s320/Atkinder+018.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxqJPfbPI/AAAAAAAABXI/3pxqRqC1qGY/s1600-h/Atkinder+027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226693073901153522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIjxqJPfbPI/AAAAAAAABXI/3pxqRqC1qGY/s320/Atkinder+027.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Sam drove us all in the truck....Toff to look in the rear view mirror and keep your feet on the pedals!</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-2663553849725116041?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-25707440654734681922008-07-23T21:44:00.006-06:002008-07-30T12:12:57.853-06:00<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgLnS7upzI/AAAAAAAABWw/c5UuD_qchnI/s1600-h/Atkinder+058.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226440137288623922" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgLnS7upzI/AAAAAAAABWw/c5UuD_qchnI/s320/Atkinder+058.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div>Again, a great time at the Fam Reuinion! In the post below are some pictures of the day at the beach!<br /><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">O there's gonna be a hangin boys!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><br /><div></div><br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Back to the Atkinder! The consensus of the fam was: </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Beach day was great! Good food, sand castle building was a hit for all! Refer to slideshow on the right...even the babies were playing! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The Story telling Friday was great as well, in fact, it went on and on...nobody wanted to stop! Before we got there several commented that they were trying to think up a story...then there was no end! Still going after kids asleep and well into wee hours. The Uncle John on the horse, the Lycine, several from back in the day when the sibs were kids, and some way back in the day stories! The prizes, I must admit, were hilarious (mostly Scott and Joe's nuttiness, but I helped!) I was toast saturday, but it was well worth it! Sat after the beach many just lounged at the pool while the kids swam and swam! Crazy kids were like energizer bunnies! Some dummy (me) got some sunburn just my back though, and there were some water fights ending in huge splashes and drowned cell phones! Wayne on the roof with a huge bucket of water as Joe lured Tom outside in some pretense....ended wetly! Tom had to change his clothes 2 or 3 times that day due to that and a lil dip in the pool and a water fight gone south! (Was it Becca or LL with the ice water?)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Lucy (that Lucy is so cute and so funny)and James turned into little fish. They were swimming constantly, both too little to be doing the tricks they did! Though all the little ones loved the pool, those 2 were nuts! Several little feet were so pruned and water logged. KK was doing gymnastics in the water, Tine and Hallie were playing some crazy games with Eric, Luis and Ben! The weather was perfect for the pool, and the kids were in Sat, Sun and Mon!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The Trivial Pusuit Challenge was crazy loud wildness! Benny,Emma, Kennedy and Eric 2 (he's too tall to be little Eric) did not miss a <em>single</em> question from the Jr cards (some adults wanted to play those cards too...proudly yelling out answers!) Actually it was unfair Eric and Emma got a lot of adult questions right! Next year they play as adults like the other teens! Smarties!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The Dark Side Team prevailed over the Light Side (hmm?)!! Dark Side included Tom, Tom 2, Joe (I think) Jared, Avery, Tom O, Benny, Scott, Scott's mother, and Kennedy among other brilliant, oppositionally gifted overeducated types! I realize that describes most every Atkinder member! (Where was Ashley? I can not remember, but she clearly belonged with the Dark as well as the Light...)</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The skits were a theatrical event...unduplicated dialogue, stunning performances, met with rave reviews and critically acclaimed! Amazing action, special effects, unparallelled directing!! Such drama, such tragedy, such comedy... (really....?!) We shall rename this event Atkinder Idol Review or Atkinder's got Talent...we had Simon as a judge, afterall! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Sundays business meeting was succinct and record breaking in brevity, efficiency , intentionality, and productivity! An Atkin record and in less than 45 minutes! It was agreed that the activities were a full on riot <strong><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ffffff;">well done Joe and team!</span></strong> </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The late night game playing was absent! The all night gamers played poker for an hour or so and that is all. They said that they were all anticipating Dustin and his grand games, and very disappointed he was not there! Without Dustin, it was just lackluster. Poker just did not cut it! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The voting was unanimous, Dustin and Lori MUST come next year. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Also, the women were looking forward to holding the new baby Suzy Grace. She would have been held 24/7. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Among the MIA's were Nate and Mandi and fam, Thad and Sharon and kids,Hap, Frank, and Mike n Molly, Mandy n Katy, and Lori Dustin, Hannah, Olivia and baby Suzy. It really was a big gaping hole left where they would have been. Ouch!</span></div><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Monday Bear Lake had problems with the water main, and we adjourned to our back yard! There were like 16 cars and trucks out front, the neighbors did not know we were so wild. Well actually they did, now they just witnessed it too a new level! Many were tired, had already packed up once so they left for home or other destinations Mon night. LL, Ben and Benny; Chris,Gina and boys: Joe, Ash and girls; Jaime and kids; Avery, Miranda and Wayne stayed and we played Joe's great game laughing ourselves into oblivion....</span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><strong>BACK To The YARD!</strong><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:85%;">The next 2 days we just sat alot. But we did get going again and were back in the yard dawn to dusk again! Here is a peek at the rock walls!</span></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgKIED5JZI/AAAAAAAABWQ/nSRQ1pngglM/s1600-h/PIC_0399.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226438501208761746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgKIED5JZI/AAAAAAAABWQ/nSRQ1pngglM/s320/PIC_0399.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgKGyhFIUI/AAAAAAAABWI/_Idd5giimM0/s1600-h/PIC_0395.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226438479319474498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgKGyhFIUI/AAAAAAAABWI/_Idd5giimM0/s320/PIC_0395.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span><div></div><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIgKGLsE9uI/AAAAAAAABWA/FZ7NIecUpGQ/s1600-h/PIC_0396.JPG"><span style="font-size:85%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226438468896618210" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR7xQZTwI/AAAAAAAABC8/PT5muRAd9SE/s320/Atkinder+028.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />TA DA!<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8GytelI/AAAAAAAABDE/F0BTdo82xs8/s1600-h/Atkinder+021.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226376723132414546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8GytelI/AAAAAAAABDE/F0BTdo82xs8/s320/Atkinder+021.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />James the Builder<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Tommy O and Becca<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8Lc-_WI/AAAAAAAABDM/mrZHEHHeTRE/s1600-h/Atkinder+026.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226376724383464802" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8Lc-_WI/AAAAAAAABDM/mrZHEHHeTRE/s320/Atkinder+026.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8e58rxI/AAAAAAAABDU/C8s4IIswwTo/s1600-h/Atkinder+009.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226376729605222162" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 281px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" height="240" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8e58rxI/AAAAAAAABDU/C8s4IIswwTo/s320/Atkinder+009.jpg" width="260" border="0" /></a> Joe, Ashley and Fam building theirs!<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8cLPqBI/AAAAAAAABDc/bMQwTiXwIvQ/s1600-h/Atkinder+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226376728872462354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfR8cLPqBI/AAAAAAAABDc/bMQwTiXwIvQ/s320/Atkinder+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfPFYw9uzI/AAAAAAAABCM/JJhOrnA40hg/s1600-h/Atkinder+070.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226373584040868658" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfPFYw9uzI/AAAAAAAABCM/JJhOrnA40hg/s320/Atkinder+070.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />ML and Valerie working on their avant garde floral composition<br /><br /></div><br /><br /><br /><p align="justify"><br /></p><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><p align="justify"><br />The Mayan Temple Reconstruction<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfPFqhSSFI/AAAAAAAABCU/KHWsHwdfr4M/s1600-h/Atkinder+063.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226373588806944850" style="FLOAT: left; 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CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfPFxWiSxI/AAAAAAAABCk/qoFn0V-L1N0/s320/Atkinder+013.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfQ5BsQBiI/AAAAAAAABC0/Mo0ufPZpN3g/s1600-h/Atkinder+098.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226375570711905826" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfQ5BsQBiI/AAAAAAAABC0/Mo0ufPZpN3g/s320/Atkinder+098.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Every Castle needs a thone....</div><div align="justify">thanks to Mary C!! </div><div align="justify"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><p align="justify"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNOHYTvEI/AAAAAAAABB0/Y6CG5zWgdGQ/s1600-h/Atkinder+096.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226371534969617474" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNOHYTvEI/AAAAAAAABB0/Y6CG5zWgdGQ/s320/Atkinder+096.jpg" border="0" /></a> </p><br /><div align="justify">Detailed spires of Miranda and Wayne's<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNOrkRFkI/AAAAAAAABB8/B-yhFenU52M/s1600-h/Atkinder+094.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226371544683451970" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNOrkRFkI/AAAAAAAABB8/B-yhFenU52M/s320/Atkinder+094.jpg" border="0" /></a> </div><br /><div align="justify">Miranda and Wayne's Castle<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNO9927DI/AAAAAAAABCE/EWlJI4OCR8E/s1600-h/Atkinder+093.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226371549622627378" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfNO9927DI/AAAAAAAABCE/EWlJI4OCR8E/s320/Atkinder+093.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Scotts Star</span><br /></div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfKc7RAE0I/AAAAAAAABA8/30k4Ybc_OK0/s1600-h/IMG_3033.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226368490880897858" style="FLOAT: left; 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MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SIfJZy6Op7I/AAAAAAAABA0/pDlJRUbQyZs/s320/Atkinder+102.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Matt Judging</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-6052758994841347742?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-57937871610365808002008-06-24T12:03:00.004-06:002008-06-25T11:39:17.450-06:00<div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4F_WhYWI/AAAAAAAAA8s/nzWZ3REX9Wk/s1600-h/PIC_0227.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215511519028142434" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4F_WhYWI/AAAAAAAAA8s/nzWZ3REX9Wk/s320/PIC_0227.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Day 3<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GYEIdSI/AAAAAAAAA88/TbmY-ZOz3TM/s1600-h/PIC_0227.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215511525661898018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 6px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 12px" height="240" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GYEIdSI/AAAAAAAAA88/TbmY-ZOz3TM/s320/PIC_0227.JPG" width="6" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GU2uYWI/AAAAAAAAA9E/K3_wGB0mgx0/s1600-h/PIC_0234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215511524800356706" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GU2uYWI/AAAAAAAAA9E/K3_wGB0mgx0/s320/PIC_0234.JPG" border="0" /></a> Day 5<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Day 7<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4Gs_GB2I/AAAAAAAAA9M/WffoYUiNHik/s1600-h/PIC_0237.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215511531277911906" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4Gs_GB2I/AAAAAAAAA9M/WffoYUiNHik/s320/PIC_0237.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The parents are vehement regarding photos of the feedings! But I am sure I can get some soon!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GJ1D8fI/AAAAAAAAA80/ENsoSRbyrqQ/s1600-h/PIC_0234.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215511521840591346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGE4GJ1D8fI/AAAAAAAAA80/ENsoSRbyrqQ/s320/PIC_0234.JPG" border="0" /></a>See how the little feathers are replacing the down! They still make very little noise. Occasionally they peek over the edge of the nest and beg to be fed!</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>Day 9</div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGKB8_rXtiI/AAAAAAAAA9U/QWcsaRWqcDA/s1600-h/PIC_0244.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215874203333932578" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" height="200" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SGKB8_rXtiI/AAAAAAAAA9U/QWcsaRWqcDA/s320/PIC_0244.JPG" width="320" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-5793787161036580800?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-64820438874213534212008-06-18T15:57:00.005-06:002008-06-18T16:13:12.640-06:00The third egg has not hatched yet! I peeked in the nest, they are so helpless and just fuzzy! I looked up The American Robin. There is a picture of new chicks there, so I posted it to show. The Mama bird goes ballistic! I will keep sneaking pictures! The babies will <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Fledge</span> or fly and leave the nest in 2 weeks! Pretty fast!<br /><br /><br />The American Robin begins to breed shortly after returning to its summer range. It is one of the first North American bird species to lay eggs, and normally has two to three broods per breeding season, which lasts from April to July.<br />The nest is most commonly located 5–15 ft above the ground in a dense bush or in a fork between two tree branches, and is built by the female alone. The outer foundation consists of long coarse grass, twigs, paper, and feathers. This is lined with smeared mud and cushioned with fine grass or other soft materials. The American Robin does not shy away from nesting close to human habitation.<br /><a class="image" title="Newly hatched chicks" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AmericanRobinChicksInNest_1.jpg"></a><br /><a class="internal" title="Enlarge" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:AmericanRobinChicksInNest_1.jpg"></a>Newly hatched chicks <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213345192394149458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFmF1LwkzlI/AAAAAAAAAv8/ZkFQ7LrMx7Y/s320/800px-AmericanRobinChicksInNest_1.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />A clutch consists of three to five light blue egg, and is incubated by the female alone. The eggs hatch after 14 days and chicks leave the nest a further two weeks later. All chicks in the brood leave the nest within two days of each other. The <a title="Altricial" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altricial"><span style="color:#000000;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">altricial</span></span></a> chicks are naked and have their eyes closed for the first few days after hatching. While the chicks are still young, the mother broods them continuously. When they are older, the mother will brood them only at night or during bad weather. Even after leaving the nest, the juveniles will follow their parents around and beg food from them. Juveniles become capable of sustained flight two weeks after <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">fledging</span>.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213347283939176834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="151" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFmHu7XxMYI/AAAAAAAAAwE/GGqii2aRCGo/s320/180px-Young_Robins.jpg" width="180" border="0" /><br /><br />These guys are 12 days old, and wings won't support flight yet! Two more days!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-6482043887421353421?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-50223320345626842542008-06-18T11:13:00.003-06:002008-06-18T12:03:13.056-06:00On the wreath in the front door, a mother bird has built her nest! <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213282263968360450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlMmRGtqAI/AAAAAAAAAu0/6RotmYD2u8c/s320/PIC_0181.JPG" border="0" />Tom has evicted her 3 times, she comes back and builds new! Finally she won! A bit over 3 weeks ago she laid 3 little blue eggs! <div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213282449343197010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="240" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlMxDrhL1I/AAAAAAAAAu8/TPy7Mk4ziv0/s320/PIC_0186.JPG" width="217" border="0" /></div><div>Monday June 16 the first 2 hatched! </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213282764088106482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlNDYMjXfI/AAAAAAAAAvM/bFWIu54b3aM/s320/PIC_0216.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I think the 3rd hatched Tuesday. It is hard to get a good look without giving the mother a stoke! </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-5022332034562684254?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-71888583099785889142008-06-18T10:50:00.004-06:002008-06-18T12:13:00.264-06:00So it has been a month + since posting anything at all! The first part of this I was so tired and spent I was so weak! Then learned the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">hct</span> was way down again! I am so smart...(?) Leg cramps all night, yellow cast to palms, pale skin, shaking, bruising blah blah. So the Rx Iron and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Vit</span> C, mega supplements, rest rest rest has paid off! I am almost all recovered. After a couple weeks of this nonsense, I HAD to start getting stuff done. The yard is so great, and it has been neglected for a couple of summers. So the sprinklers are almost complete in the back, one section to go. There was trim to paint and weeds and thatching the grass with the power rake.<br />We stripped, sanded and stained the deck. Planted the beds by the downstairs patio, built a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">lil</span> privacy fence down there, built flower boxes, washed windows, killed wasps and washed siding.<br />So I would go work, then rest a few, work, rest etc all day and then collapse into bed. I got so tired I did not want to talk. But as all this working strengthens me, I get stronger and stronger.<br />Two weekends ago (First of June)we went to Denver for a few days. Tom had a lot to do for Landmark Education, (and I helped!). Then he made a choice: he completed and then resigned from The Seminar Leader Program! Of course, he will be involved in Landmark in other ways. He can make a difference in people's lives in many ways. We decided we want our efforts and time spent more with and for our kids! He has not seen much of the kids or <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">grandkids</span> for the last 3 years! Those kids grow too fast! I am surprised by how much he has been around! With his office here now, it is crazy! Last week, and yesterday he worked on the yard! Hooray! Then we went to see Tom/Shari <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">et</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">al</span> for the Father's Day weekend.<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213284417644196514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 232px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="227" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlOjoLC8qI/AAAAAAAAAvU/IKgDA5iuLpk/s320/PIC_0206.JPG" width="257" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213284427045223586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlOkLMbPKI/AAAAAAAAAvc/klwVb1QW9l0/s320/PIC_0189.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213284435552217410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlOkq4pqUI/AAAAAAAAAvs/4UeXRPh4Y-g/s320/PIC_0190.JPG" border="0" /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213284444871829874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SFlOlNmnqXI/AAAAAAAAAv0/WAGeIrDingA/s320/PIC_0213.JPG" border="0" />This is going to be fun, and I keep being amazed! He will actually get some golf in! The move south is still on, and the house will be up for sale in a week or 2! So get ready to meet my new friend....Tom! And I can get ready to see so much of kids and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">grandkids</span> they will be so sick and tired of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">gramkracker</span>!<br />Some big changes in store for our lives and I am excited! More to come!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7188858309978588914?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-12702019850337935422008-05-18T18:47:00.002-06:002008-05-18T19:36:04.441-06:00Finally, I was healed enough to go see baby Suzy Grace! I can not believe how she has grown!. She looks like Lori did as a newborn! So the newness has subsided a bit for them, so I got to HOG the baby! I held her and held her, and nobody needed me to share! Lori was surprised how much I wanted to hold her; so heres the deal...I think that new parents and siblings just want to keep looking at their new Baby. I think they should do so to their hearts content! Grandma is just there in the first few weeks to help the mom with the house, other kids, etc, so mom can spend her energy on baby and resting up for the huge job of making milk and all! So I tried to never compete to hold the new baby no matter how much I was dying to memorize everything about the new one! So this was so fun! Hannah and Livie took turns with Suzy when they came in the house, for a minute, and I did give her up so Lori could feed her! But I got to go sit in the shade and watch Lori plant her flowers, or sit in the house and watch her play with her girls, or whatever, while I held Suzy constantly. I was in baby heaven! I think I need to go get another fix! I only spent one night! I thought about how Matt is 2, Sam and Randon are 1, and all the kids are kids now! This baby will not be baby for long either! The older kids are a riot; it is so delightful to watch them grow! They always keep me laughing, and they are so wonderful! I always said the older my kids got the better they got, and I did not want them to grow past whatever current stage of development they were in at any given time; however, a new born is such a miracle, and a wonder! Nothing feels, sounds, looks, smells or sleeps like a tiny new baby! I thought about my own babies, and the birth of each grandbaby! I remembered wondering how anyone could love anything or anyone like I did Lori, and then I held Mandy! It was if the love and devotion exploded exponentially! Then Scott came along, and I was amazed that it could increase x 10 to the nth power! I remember being so blown away by Kaytlyn (the first grandbaby) that again I could not imagine there being any love left for any new kids! I am serious, I was scared that I would have a favorite, and any others would know they were not as favored. I found that quite unacceptable and unbearable! Then I discovered this exponential increase in love is without bounds! So with all this remembering, I then thought about my own grandpa, my very bestest friend. Whoa, did he love me! As child I knew he loved me so much, that I thought the other grandkids were just not so loved. Now it is so amazing to know that loving one kid more than another is not even remotely possible! With each new person in my life there is just more love for all of them rather than just so much to divide between them. Well, inevitably I thought of the Love of Heavenly Father. Though I have more appreciation for what that much love is like, it is still so incomprehensible! For this reminder I am most grateful, as I am so grateful for every new child that has joined our circle! This really is the good stuff! Now I wish I had every single one of our kids and grandkids close enough to see, hear and touch every day! I know they do not know how cherished, and adored; how very precious they are, cause so much time goes by without showing them (just one day is SO much time)! <br />Well, I shall go have a good cry, and come back and post some thing entertaining! Thank you for indulging me!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-1270201985033793542?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-7055994473145065762008-05-04T21:40:00.003-06:002008-05-04T22:50:33.512-06:00We celebrated Sam and Randon's First Birthdays together. Presents, candles and cake are fun, but the playing in the cake and ice cream is priceless! It was so fun! Thanks to their mom's and dad's for including us in this madness! Here is a video we took of the party! 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And then I felt I should try out being really sick; not as in twisted, but in bed sleeping sick! It hit me at Lor's house, and I had to go home! I missed out on Suzy Grace's arrival. I am feeling much better today, but still so weak and shaky it is nuts!<br /><br /><br />But Welcome to Suzy Grace! Born April 24, 2008<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195888294966626450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SBuA4BIYiJI/AAAAAAAAAuk/33z1v5FKQB8/s320/P4250091.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195888299261593762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SBuA4RIYiKI/AAAAAAAAAus/Pk5JCeVpWlU/s320/P4250095.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195888286376691842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/SBuA3hIYiII/AAAAAAAAAuc/9nnWmMljMBc/s320/P4250093.jpg" border="0" />Mama, Dad, Big sisters and baby doing very well! </p><br /><p>Livvie thinks she would like a diet coke! hmmm? maybe....</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-5004750225426287325?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-1757695033404478752008-04-22T17:58:00.002-06:002008-04-22T18:24:31.038-06:00We have had so much fun this week! Tom had to go to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SLC</span> 3 days in a row, then he moved a couple tons of rocks and worked on the rock wall! Saturday evening Joe, Ashley, Elizabeth and Natalie came to visit before departing on their summer adventures. Detroit may have been changed to Virginia Beach1 That is a great change to me! Maybe we could go out and see them and I could show Tom my old stomping grounds! The little girls are so wonderful; Natalie <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">walks</span> and talks! She is like a tiny doll, then she speaks in this clear sweet little voice! She entertained my Relief Society <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Sunday</span>! She would want something, and we would get it for her, and in this little bell voice she'd say "Thank you"! The women went nuts! So she kept talking! It was so much more fun than a lesson! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Elizabeth</span> is such a sweetheart. She talks and talks. Her vocabulary is amazing and her voice so sweet. She is one of the most well mannered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">lil</span> girls ever! Richard came over 2 days in a row to see Joe! Chris and Regina brought Sam and James to play! James and Elizabeth played together so well. They were so happy together. They even got married. Not by a legal authority, fortunately! Sam is also walking, a real toddle walk! He is a big solid boy, with chunky little feet! He loves ice cream and basketball!<br />These kids were just a treat! Oh, yeah, it was really nice to have Joe and Ashley too! Joe can sing anything for any occasion; and usually does! I forgot how much I liked that! Evidently, Lizzie likes it too! <br />We played this hilarious game Sunday evening! It was so funny we did not want to stop! I will post some pictures of the results....but it must be experienced to really get how crazy fun it is! You start by writing a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">catchy</span>, well known phrase, like a lyric, a saying, jingle etc. The next person <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">illustrates</span> that phrase. It is passed along to the next person who then writes what they think the drawing is illustrating, without seeing any other papers. Everyone takes a turn with each phrase as it progresses (or digresses) around! SO everyone playing is busy working away. Then everyone shares! It was hilarious!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-175769503340447875?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-35278786423168883642008-04-08T14:07:00.005-06:002008-04-09T22:39:42.116-06:00We have lift off!!....The plan is in execution! This weekend Tom loaded and unloaded 3 1/2 tons of rock and began placing the wall in the back! It is much smaller than the other wall! Maybe 50 feet long and 18 inches high. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2Wg0u3R8I/AAAAAAAAArk/gJ-oWSF-fog/s1600-h/PIC_0093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187467836455864258" style="WIDTH: 162px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 138px" height="150" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2Wg0u3R8I/AAAAAAAAArk/gJ-oWSF-fog/s200/PIC_0093.JPG" width="181" border="0" /></a> See the rocks?<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187468253067691986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 139px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 105px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="123" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2W5Eu3R9I/AAAAAAAAArs/iNIC5DjhjkY/s200/PIC_0092.JPG" width="176" border="0" />It builds up a planting bed that helps maintain the back fence, the east end of the back yard. Looking good!<br /><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187469258090039266" style="WIDTH: 212px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px" height="135" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2Xzku3R-I/AAAAAAAAAr0/wRR7scssjik/s200/PIC_0069.JPG" width="173" border="0" /></p><p>The big wall, before grass And trees added! </p><p> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2YQEu3R_I/AAAAAAAAAr8/sxA_yYCuYpQ/s1600-h/PIC_0068.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187469747716311026" style="WIDTH: 167px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 131px" height="150" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_2YQEu3R_I/AAAAAAAAAr8/sxA_yYCuYpQ/s200/PIC_0068.JPG" width="112" border="0" /></a><br /> New Deck!<br />Lorna started the clean out, trash, sort...then things stalled a bit due to the inevitable fundamental lack of agreement regarding what does constitute trash! I think it's easy, you have not used it in 2 yrs ? Probably trash! Haven't opened a box in 2 yrs? Trash! Is it in the garage? It just might be trash! Tom has some priceless treasures buried in boxes he has not opened in 8 years (or longer). He is sure there is treasure in those boxes! So, the way we approach this is radically different, but the end goal is the same... sell this house and move into a smaller home in SLC area! So whatever it takes! Next on the agenda: list tasks to be completed before the move, then complete the tasks! I will not give up on the trashing part of this!<br />Good news! I got the Taxes finished and filed yesterday! Hooray for me! That is a job I generally dislike, just cause I hate giving the IRS more money! But it is always some kind of relief to be complete each year, even if I can not afford to celebrate the occasion!<br /><br />Mandy and Katy will be here this weekend to play! <span style="font-family:lucida grande;font-size:130%;"><em><strong>YAY!</strong></em></span> Fly in Saturday morning (in their jammies...they leave Las Vegas at 6 am) fly back Sunday night! What fun shall we have for them? Mail or call with any and all ideas! We are planning Saturday in SLC. Mandy has plans Sat night; the tentative plan is to then go up to our house for Sunday. Everybody is welcome ya know!<br /><br />I beleieve there is another bird nest being contructed near the front door. This year I will be very cautious to not disrupt it! Last year it was IN the wreath!! I cleaned the wreath to decorate it for spring and summer, and wrecked the nest and broke the eggs in it! I was mortified! I can not find the nest yet, but there is a lot of bird activity and noise going on around the front porch! I am keeping a weather eye for the bird nest! I thought that since there is no kitty cat here this spring they might be bolder in the nesting! </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-3527878642316888364?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-70091246904157303352008-04-08T13:45:00.002-06:002008-04-08T14:03:36.998-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_vLq7ETGsI/AAAAAAAAArM/yWLvtmxGalM/s1600-h/MonsonTS_96_rgb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186963334117923522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_vLq7ETGsI/AAAAAAAAArM/yWLvtmxGalM/s200/MonsonTS_96_rgb.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div> </div><div>We did indeed witness the mantle of authority rest on Thomas S. Monson during conference this weekend. He is The prophet of The Lord; Seer and Revelator of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wow! We are so lucky to know that! </div><div>He always makes me laugh,too! His sense of humor is so cute! Cute, is that a word one can use to describe The Prophet? Well, he has a razor sharp wit that I enjoy!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7009124690415730335?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-69543763103193214162008-03-31T03:09:00.003-06:002008-03-31T03:15:06.819-06:00<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_Cq7bETGpI/AAAAAAAAAqw/RhdLxEPq7R8/s1600-h/home.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183831108958231186" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R_Cq7bETGpI/AAAAAAAAAqw/RhdLxEPq7R8/s320/home.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>“And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies,<strong> that our children may know</strong> to what source they may look for a remission of their sins” (<a class="scripture" href="http://scriptures.lds.org/2_ne/25/23,26#23" jquery1206954442359="16">2 Nephi 25:23, 26</a>).</div><br /><div>None so great has ever walked the earth. None other has made a comparable sacrifice. He is the Savior and the Redeemer of the world.</div><div>We believe in Him. I We believe Him.</div><div>We declare His divinity without equivocation or compromise.</div><div>We love Him. </div><div> He is our King, our Lord, our Master, the living Christ, who stands on the right hand of His Father. He lives! He lives, resplendent and wonderful, the living Son of the living God.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-6954376310319321416?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-63902895026475541552008-03-31T01:30:00.007-06:002008-03-31T04:03:05.457-06:00<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><strong>Announcing the '4 month plan' we all have been waiting for to hear....drum roll....</strong></span> </span><br /> you kids will LOVE this!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The 4 month plan to move! YES! Move to a more southerly locale. At least as far south as South Jordan, or even <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">northern-est</span></span> parts of Utah County. That puts us 1 and 1/2 to 2 hrs closer to some of our favorite kids. Chris, Gina, and Richard just follow the trend and go south!</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">(You are still favorites)<br /></span><br />OK, so we have to finish the rock wall, really clean out the garage and get tons of stuff boxed up inside the house, spiffy it up then sell the house. We will start moving Tom's practice now. Getting Insurance paneling changed and all is not difficult, but requires lots of paperwork. Actually, Tom can have more panels and more clients in Salt Lake area.<br />The biggest change will be all the time freed up if are not driving back and forth and back and forth. Add to our weeks the 4 hours per trip to Landmark at 2-4 trips per week! This is awesome! Think of The Possibilities! We are so enlivened and energized by Tom's work with the Seminar Program, to be available for more will be so great! "Exactly How Good Can We Stand It to Be?" With a 20 min drive time! Pretty darned GREAT! (I am a shameless hedonist!)<br />What in the world will we do with that much time and gas money? Let me count the ways! I am so already there! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">YEEHAW</span></span>!<span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:100%;">The way our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">AtkinAdventures</span> Travel and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">YTB</span> is blooming things are JUST amazing</span>! </span> When this house is on the market we will start looking at new places! This will be fun! Do we get a little place just for couples, perhaps the active adult community on a golf course? Or get someplace a bit isolated? Or do we get something bigger to <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">accommodate</span> sleep overs for <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">grand kids</span>? Oh yes, the grandpa is looking forward to some more face time with the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">kidlets</span>! Yes, kids that means babysitting! <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">WOOHOO</span>! Do we go to a condo while building the perfect home? OR, Do we just move in with our kids! I know how much Dustin has LOVED having us around so much....we should share the joy generously! (Kidding kids...we like being empty nesters, it is FUN...quiet and privacy are luxurious. We earned it, as you are now, the old fashioned way! neener neener) So many choices! Vote for your choice today. This is no April Fool, it is the real deal!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-6390289502647554155?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-5311251626373660372008-03-19T12:52:00.004-06:002008-03-31T01:57:49.922-06:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R-FjZbETGnI/AAAAAAAAAqc/ctaiSz5uTQk/s1600-h/pinwheels.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5179530334866446962" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7P--i_0KhXQ/R-FjZbETGnI/AAAAAAAAAqc/ctaiSz5uTQk/s200/pinwheels.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>Go to this link, and have some fun!<a href="http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProjectproject=springpinwheels&amp;lc=en&amp;cc=us&amp;aoid=41878&amp;dlc=en&amp;extcat=toysstickerspuzzles">http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProjectproject=springpinwheels&amp;lc=en&amp;cc=us&amp;aoid=41878&amp;dlc=en&amp;extcat=toysstickerspuzzles</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-531125162637366037?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-72516332717819566642008-03-17T13:09:00.003-06:002008-03-17T13:15:52.433-06:00Good News! Tom was actually worse Saturday night, and Sunday! He was really miffed and mad at <em>sick</em>! HOWEVER, He is in the office today, the thermostat reads 70, he is holding up and will be home about 4 pm! Just thought I would let you cross the funeral off your calendar! YAY!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7251633271781956664?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-77678358201389532362008-03-15T15:48:00.003-06:002008-03-15T17:14:22.851-06:00After an really great weekend, Tom started complaining that he was cold, and couldn't get warm. If you know Tom, you know that is BIZARRE! Couple days later, I get a phone call, and hear a teeny tiny voice , "Honey, I do not feel so good" <br /> I ask, "What's going on?"<br />"I dunno, I am so cold, shaking, feel really bad....dizzy, hands are numb, legs do not want to work, hard to breathe, heart is pounding"<br /> ( he had been on the phone with a friend who called later to see if Tom had had a stroke)<br />After some discussion I learned that it was 86 in his office, his patients were begging to be let out for some air, and he was freezing! Then he added the info that he hurt so bad, especially his legs, that he did not think he could walk.<br />I got in the car and went to get him. Of course I kept thinking about the time he called me and said while running he had passed out, did not know where he was or how long he'd been there....I was on the run to find him calling 911 etc. I found him in the driveway laughing his head off at my reaction! Funny!<br />Then I thought about how he can get sick and really not be able to describe his symptoms. <br /><br />I went in his office, I opened the door and was knocked down by the blast of hot hot air. The thermostat read 90 degrees! There was Tom, sprawled out, shivering, shaking, and begging me to close the door cause I let in a cold blast of air. He was burning up, over 104! I did a quick assessment and diagnosed Influenza! Yea, I know it was a real brilliant diagnosis!!! Tom protested, "NO I want drugs...Call Ken (our friend and PA extraordinaire)" Ken will treat me and be nice! Ken confirmed my diagnosis, much to Tom's frustration. He was sure it was a conspiracy! Or some kind of cruel practical joke! He even sought solace from Jon, he said"Jon really loves me". He wes hoping Jon would have a different diagnosis; see Ken and I are old and outdated and probably can't remember. Sorry, but Jon is getting <strong>really good</strong> at this medical gig, and alas poor Tom felt pretty picked upon!<br />I took him home to bed, and you know the drill...drink lots, tylenol, advil, bath, more fluids...<br />He had plans to be in SLC the next few evenings, and thought he'd be fine by the next day! er er<br />this flu has lasted 2 -3 weeks for most victims! <br />A really twisted part of me thought it never hurts to remind a big ruff and tuff what being sick is like..... but this was nuts, guys! In a couple days he started to have some other complications. I will spare you the gross medical details, suffice it to say that if I wrote them here, no man reading would walk normally again. And a hint.... urine is supposed to be watery, but at least liquid! I even wondered if he was passing a nephrolith! Call Jon, to define! Thankfully for him it was secondary infection, and he got the drugs he thought would cure him. He narrowly avoided admission to the hospital, our bank account would have gone on life support if he'd been admitted. Then he experienced 36 hrs that he is sure lasted a month. It is Saturday, he has moved to the couch today. (I am not sure how to get him back up the stairs..... I exaggerate, but he will need a nap to make the journey!)<br />His fever still goes up to 104, and when it does he has some pain in his legs to write home about. He has had no appetite, and thinks a 16 oz diet coke is pushing fluids.<br />I am seeing improvement though and he is going to survive. But this has been really tough on him. Staying in bed for days, not just cause I have gone ballistic and tried to make him, but cause he really could not do otherwise! I suppose it is not pertinent that the Mountain West Conference Tournament is on TV? <br />I am just glad that I did not need to call the kids to do a death watch! Chris came over to give him a blessing, and would rather not return, Richard came to do his laundry and stayed at the opposite end of the house. Not that they are callous or unsympathetic, they do not want this CRUD. Yellow bellied chickens...<br />Today Scotty called and checked on the poor soul, and wondered what they would do if I got it too and Tom was still sick...he decided we could be put in 'the home'. That would be interesting!<br />BUT the saddest saddest part of this, is we were going to go on a cruise this weekend, to Baja! Our first cruise, and a bunch of our friends were going too! Sun, pampering, relax, and cell phone no work....Baby Heaven! The guys were even going to golf near Cabo San Lucas! <br />Our friends even came to visit him in hopes he could be persuaded to 'cowboy up', they decided we could go next time cause dragging the dead and whining along on a cruise really sucks! So they are sunning and beaching and golfing while we stay here while it snows on and off! (remind me again, why do we live here?) I hope our friends take pictures of all the fun so we can see what we missed....growl! They did give us a call before they entered mexican waters to make sure we did not forget them, or the great time they were having! We need new friends......<br />I honestly do feel bad for him, but I can not help but see the humor. It is laugh or cry! Since I only have to <strong><em>act</em></strong> empathetic, the laughing makes more sense! At least until we switch places.....<br />THAT is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! I have prayed and prayed, washed the bedding alot and cleaned, and washed my hands, worn gloves and a mask, vitamin c zinc, fluids, drinking upside down, holding my breath and even created a possibility of a healthy strong me! I ordered a dead chicken to hang over the door, cause I knew a healer from Mexico who always advised that...as she said it can't hurt right? Well it is a bit messy but.....<br />I was going to post pictures so you could get an idea of the depth of his suffering, but he swore a vendetta to get even with me if I did. So discretion, and valor et al, I think he could post much more horrible pictures of me! Or I could break the camera....<br />Well, the good news is he is getting better! For that we are MOST grateful (really!!)<br />Olivia called and said if he'd get better they could go see "Horton Hears a Who" ! He's working on it, baby!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-7767835820138953236?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-57337592971157932592008-03-15T15:45:00.001-06:002008-03-15T15:47:58.244-06:00Bratwurst Reubens....... This is pretty good for when you do not have Corned Beef!<br />Ingredients<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">4 links of smoked bratwurst, split down the middle lengthwise</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">1 pound sauerkraut, drained of excess liquid</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Sharp, grainy or German mustard</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8 slices havarti cheese </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">8 slices onion rye bread</span><br />Preparation<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Preheat an electric sandwich press and grill or grill pan to medium high. These sandwiches can also be made in a regular skillet if you don't have a sandwich press.Place the split bratwurst on the grill or grill pan and cook until marked and heated through. Keep pressing them down while they cook so they don't curl up.While the bratwurst are cooking, combine the sauerkraut and corn in a bowl. Place 4 slices of the onion rye on a cutting board, spread them with a little mustard and top with a slice of the havarti. Top the cheese with a grilled bratwurst -- cutting the bratwurst to fit your bread -- some of the relish/sauerkraut mixture, then another slice of the havarti.Slather the remaining slices of bread with some more mustard and place them on top of each sandwich. If you are making these in a skillet, lightly butter the bread before adding them to the skillet.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-5733759297115793259?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-86660321380108843532008-02-28T21:29:00.008-07:002008-03-06T21:57:44.558-07:00<span style="color:#cc0000;">I also was tagged by 3 different questionnaires! They have some of the same questions; so I combined them. This will just keep getting longer and longer!! Tom is going to answer also!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><em>1. What were you doing 5 years ago?</em></span><br /><br />March 2003..... I was working in gynocology, and looking for <strong><em>any</em></strong> another practice to work in. oh well. Lori was about to have Olivia! She was 'great' with child and had just had 4D Ultrasound done by a friend of mine with Olivia's first portrait (in utero); Hannah was 3! Mandy and Katy were living in Layton and used to come up and spend lots of time with us! Scott and Kennedy lived in that neat old house in SLC! Chris was dating Regina! We had family pictures done, so so cute; we had asked Chris if we should include Gina in the pictures, or some of the pictures! Two weeks later...engaged! (We still need some more pictures you guys!) Our little family has almost doubled in 5 years.<br />THEN: Kids and kid in laws: 10; Grandkids:7, 1 boy and 6 girls. So there were 19 of us! We have been so blessed to add 4 daughter in laws, 1 son in law, and 7 more kidlets (4 of them boys!)<br /><br />NOW: In May it will be 15 kidlets, 5 boys and 10 girls!! That makes 32 of us for heavens sake!!Whew! I have not heard of any new announcements after Lori's baby comes in May.......anyone? Richard was a junior in high school; Chris,Jon,Joe were at USU and living with us, Tommy and Shari in Wa in the navy! Tom said "What was I doing? Same same, huh?" Not same same, he was busy with his practice, but Landmark had not entered the picture yet! He did still travel a bunch, but now those hearings he does can be telecommuted ...via phone and internet rather than in person! Much more high tech! This was pre iPod days as well! He dragged his HUGE CD collection in the car!<br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33ff33;">2. 5 things on my to-do list today:</span></em><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Lorna: </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Laundry, </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Family Search Indexing, </span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Work out,</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;">Clean bathrooms</span><br /><span style="color:#33ffff;"></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">Tom: </span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">See patients,</span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">phone calls for Seminar Leader Program,</span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">Study,</span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">Work out</span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">Fix dinner, Do dishes, Scrub Floors, Clean garage, fertilize yard, Take out garbage cans</span><span style="color:#cc9933;">Call mom, study scriptures, manicure nails. When those jobs are complete then.....</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><em>3. 5 snacks that I enjoy</em></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">L: Diet Coke with Lime and Diet Coke without Lime, </span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">Diet Cherry Choc Dr. Pepper yummy!</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">Super Muffers, </span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">lately almonds, dry roasted unsalted</span><br /><span style="color:#ffcccc;">veggies</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">T: Chips,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Crackers and cheese,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Nuts, mostly cashews</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Ice Cream,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">cold pasta</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><em>4. 3 bad habits:</em></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">L: Clean the kitchen counter every 2 1/2 minutes?</span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">I really do not like to get up in the morning, the rest of the day is easy after that! Once up I am glad I am up, it's the waking up part!</span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">I often fall asleep without washing my face!</span><br /><span style="color:#3333ff;">I LOVE to read in bed, and I can lose all sense of time easily</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">T: Tom has only one: Drives while eating french fries and dipping them into catsup, drinking a </span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">diet coke, getting things out of his briefcase, dialing the phone, writing e mail (seriously we have wireless/mobile internet), </span><span style="color:#ff6666;">shaving and showering, reading newspaper, cleaning the windshield, tuning the music and mowing the lawn!</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#33ff33;"><em>5. 3 good habits:</em></span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">L: I leave a room cleaner than it was when I came in! </span><span style="color:#cccccc;">Something my mom taught me to </span><span style="color:#cccccc;">help keep things organized.Then imagine my surprise when Landmark taught this principle!</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">I read and study every day!</span><br /><span style="color:#cccccc;">SSheesh I don't know....I shower regularly, do not drink or smoke, put my clothes away</span><br /><span style="color:#333333;"><span style="color:#cccccc;">I stop for pedestrians...</span> </span><br /><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">T: Call my mom regularly!</span><br /><span style="color:#6600cc;">Punctuality (this is a real victory, but I am on time now!)</span><br /><span style="color:#ffff33;"><span style="color:#6600cc;">Tell Lorna I love her every am and pm (at least) , make her laugh, and thank her</span><br /></span><br /><br />6. <em><span style="color:#33cc00;">Places I've lived:</span></em><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">L: Torrance, Saratoga, Sunnyvale and Concord CA</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Provo, Orem, Layton, Ogden, Clearfield, and Smithfield,UT</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Middleton, and Monroe, OH</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Alexandria, Groveton, Falls Church, Vienna, and Annandale, VA</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Tempe, AZ</span><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">T: Davis, CA </span><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Phelps NY Filer ID </span></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Hollister, CA Gilroy, CA</span></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Twin Falls, ID Logan UT Provo UT, Rupert, ID Hayden Lake, ID </span></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Terre Haute, IN Lakawana, NY LaCrosse, WI </span></p><p><span style="color:#ffcc66;">Jerome, ID Kaysville, UT Smithfield, UT</span></p><br /><p>7. <em><span style="color:#33ff33;">Jobs I've had:</span></em></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">L: </span><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">Paper route, Imagine that for 5 yrs!</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">bank teller</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">grocery checker</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">waitress, (one horrible day)model</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">receptionist,clerk</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">Medical Assistant</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;color:#ff0000;">Aerobics and exercise Instructor for 8 yrs</span></p><p><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">PA-C</span><br /></p></span><br /><br /><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Tom:</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Insulator</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Cashier, Bag Boy</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Cement work, Framing, Laborer</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Head Resident</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Interor Design Store Owner and designer</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Cook, bus boy, dishwasher</span></p><p><span style="color:#ff6600;">Psychologist, Coach</span><br /></p><p><br /><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">8. 5 things people don't know about me:</span></em> </p><span style="color:#ffcccc;">Then people would know!!! Shh!</span><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">9. Favorite Self Indulgences:</span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;">L: Sleeping in the sun on the beach or even poolside!</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;">my perfume</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;">Designing and making a pieced quilt</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;color:#00cccc;">Having a Cleaning Service</span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Tom: Sports,</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Road Trip!</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Out to a nice rerstaurant</span><br /><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Create a great meal<br /></span><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">10.Favorite Movies or shows</span></em><br /><br /><span style="color:#cc6600;">Lorna: Remember the Titans,<br />Nightmare Before Christmas,<br />Dances with Wolves<br />Blazing Saddles<br />Witness<br />Scent of a Woman<br />Twelve Angry Men<br />Don Juan deMarco<br />My Fair Lady<br />Funny Girl<br />Simon Birch<br />Scrubs<br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color:#ffcc00;">Tom: Law and Order<br />Family Thing<br />To Wong Fu<br />Young Frankenstein<br />Men of Honor<br />Schindler's List<br />Rob Roy<br />The Fisher King<br />Hook<br />The Scent of a Woman<br />Bambi<br />The Teletubbies Do Dallas<br />Witness For The Prosecution<br />South Pacific<br />Second Hand Lions</span><br /><br /><br /><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">11. Your Dream Vacations</span></em><br /><span style="color:#66cccc;">L: 1) A Christmas in an isolated cabin, high up and deep in. The cabin is large with huge stone fireplaces, 4 cords of wood stacked in a shelter, and big down beds and lots of great animal fir throws. We'd cook and bake everything for Christmas in the enormous kitchen, from the wonderfully stocked pantry. We'd snowshoe out and cut a great big fir tree, drag it in, and make ornaments. We'd have music, but no TV. We'd have Wii, but no playstations! Of course there is a hot tub right outside on the deck! We could cross country ski, build snow forts, tubing, ice fish on the lake. We would be there for a few days before Christmas, our kids would come up by Christmas Eve, and stay a few more days</span><br /><span style="color:#66cccc;">2) Tahiti, and South Seas</span><br /><span style="color:#66cccc;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Tom: Tahiti, Tahiti, Tahiti</span><br /><span style="color:#ff6666;">Golf Pebble Beach and Spyglass</span><br /><p><em><span style="color:#33cc00;">12. What would you do with 10 Billion Dollars?</span></em></p><p><span style="color:#6666cc;">L: Taxes and Tithing, pay all debts! Meet with a genius financial analyst and set up a plan for self perpetuation of wealth. Build a home somewhere south of here on a few acres for some animals, garden, and caretaker; with a library of my own filled with wonderful books for kids of all ages; We would build homes nearby for any of our kids that want to be there and participate with garden and animals; build an air strip, and buy a small jet. Think of the small farm in Conn. that Martha Stewart just sold! Set up a Non profit Foundation to Feed, and Educate and provide Immunizations, this would be a Foundation that raises funds for these projects. Set up a All Moms at Home Business to keep the girls all home with their kids! We would design and produce children's stuff....games, furniture, music, toys, clothes, bedding, develop nourishing packaged foods for kids that travel easily.....whatever we decide to produce! Set up a Family Trust Fund with diverse investments; for missions, college (to fund student loans), reunions etc . Develop the software for a cooking, shopping, storing and tracking foods and recipes in a website, that includes UPC scanner and mass calculations for freeze ahead....and tracking all storage items shelf lives! Test the recipes in a test kitchen and market the thing! Publish Children's books; for children but also BY children! Publish a Parenting DVD and website with some great parenting theories and programs! </span></p><em><span style="color:#33cc00;"></span></em><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;"><p><span style="color:#990000;">Tom: Well Just see the above cause now I am done! I will just go to work I guess!</span><br /></span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-8666032138010884353?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-24122045118246313872008-02-25T14:40:00.006-07:002008-02-25T15:29:07.852-07:00On Thursday Tom noted he was not prepared to deliver his mock as designed, so he decided to reschedule his mock!! So we changed the air tickets. Tom arrived in Denver, had an amazing meeting with city coach and the center manager. Then in the morning they decided to do the mock that evening! Tom called me and asked me to get on a plane and be there!!! I zoomed to the airport, flew to Denver in time. He had zero preparation time, the mock was very awesome! He missed an important piece of the session, regarding the promises of the seminar. OOPS! He was so amazing, but will deliver another mock! He did figure out that he is "The Lone Ranger", he does things his way, mostly by himself. For understanding the importance of Team and partnership, he does not put anyone on his team! Kind of complicates things if you are being the Quarterback, Receiver, and linemen..... if you get my drift! So we all had a great time in Denver, went out to eat, stayed in the hotel sharing our room with Larry (who snores like a diesel train with bad bearings!translation: sleepless night) then flew straight back to SLC! We drove home in a horrendous snowstorm, in 4 wheel drive much of the way. We were going to be late for Sacrament Meeting, so we went straight to church. Tom was dressed less than appropriately (sandals, cargo pants, flannel shirt) so we sat in the foyer! Seemed to work, but I know his boys would love to hear that he attended church in his 'play clothes'! Imagine that ever happening! Tom left after church for Twin Falls for Hearings, I left for SLC to help Lori with her girls while Dustin is at a YTB Convention. There was NO NADA NONE ZIP snow on the roads! It was quite mysterious, but the roads were just damp!<br />This coming weekend is Hallie's baptism, in Ephraim, so we are excited to go there and see all the kids!<br />We love to drive! We must, we do SO SO much of it, too bad we are not Exxon!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-2412204511824631387?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-17688650409902473662008-02-17T20:50:00.003-07:002008-02-17T21:00:27.602-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#3333ff;">TOM SAYS: Go Cougars! Enjoyable to witness the scourging of UNLV by BYU! </span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#3333ff;">Well, witnessed via the magic of TV!</span> </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-1768865040990247366?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1094590905851617784.post-24473384134787234542008-02-17T20:06:00.006-07:002008-02-17T21:37:58.302-07:00So we are going to try the Blogging..... I hear you Laughing Loudly!<br />The plan is to add info every week to keep ya' all posted as to the events of our lives. You already know and experience how busy busy busy we all are, why does it seem like Tom is busier yet? Is it because he LOOKS busy; always talking to his handsfree phone? (hum opening bars of Imaginary Lover?)<br />Valentine's Day was lovely (!?) ....75 inches of snow and 250 mph winds at our house the night before. NO REALLY! Tom was out driving in it... We have taken a stand to oppose the blatant pagen commercialism of the holiday (meaning, yup, you guessed it, no roses this year! He will survive!)<br />So Let's just start with the right now....he is on the phone and computer, oh you knew that...... Church was interesting, two high council speakers for the price of one.<br />We had hoped to see Katy before she returned to Vegas to her mama. She has up here been visiting her daddy and other grama, and today was the only day they could squeeze out some time for us....but alas her dad kept her. Good for Jason, bad for us! In an effort to relieve our deep disappointment, Scott and Cole and KK discussed coming to play with us. In the end they stood us up too! Too much driving and they have a friend arriving from out of state tonight. (I have to wonder when pilot boy will fly up here and stop the driving nonsense?)<br /><span style="color:#ffff00;">HOORAY for Tom, Hooray for Landmark!</span><br />This week Tom is going to go to Denver to present his 'Mock' to be candidated as Landmark Seminar Leader. After several months of vigorous preparing ( and rigorous). This is it guys! Really! We go Fri Feb 22 am, returning Sun early in the am. Then zoom home, church, and Tom goes to Twin to do Hearings. This at the end of a full week, including apprenticing The Commitment Seminar! That is on Wednesday evenings in SLC! Then.....<br />The plan for the next weekend is to finish framing Lor's basement. Let's <em>really </em>make that happen, cause that new baby is coming very soon (on "Me first" Olivia says). That seems like a good long while unless you need your basement finished for the older girls bedrooms, family room, and bathroom so baby can have her room. Completing a pregnancy is a complex thing, baby is either almost here, or never coming, yes moms? Anyway, anybody want to play bob the builder with Tom?<br />March 1 is Hallie baptism, so off to Ephraim. Then Mar 14th is Olivia's Birthday (she's pi! get it.....3.14) Dustin and Hannah are going on a cruise that day. We were going to go as well, but it is looking like we will not get to have that trip. 3 day cruise to Baja with 3 other couples, Hannah and Dustin. The cruise lines will not let women in their third trimester cruise, so Hannah gets a great date with Dad! Still trying to get that arranged though!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1094590905851617784-2447338413478723454?l=atkinadventures.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Grandma Larryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09867430308823543036noreply@blogger.com3