Williams Christmas Party 2011

Elmer with his granddaughter Cheyenne and her mom and I at the Williams family
Christmas dinner. Crystal and her family. Crystal grew up with my daughter Brooke and is my
husbands niece.

Elder JT Williams Dec 2011

JT went to a fake zoo and played with the fake animals. Of course he had to do
a few poses.

Rory's Baptism

Went to Texas for my granddaughter's 8th birthday and her baptism. Her birthday
was Nov 4. I had a very nice visit. We had a lot of fun. We celebrated her birthday
for 3 days. One day she took some friends to an inflated jumping gym and had a sleep
over. The next day was the baptism and her party at home with gifts. The next we
went to Austin and went to the Zoo. I was exhausted when I got home. Here is Rory and my grandson Spencer having fun as usual.

VA State Fair

Great day at the fair. Did a lot of walking, saw lots of interesting things and saw some
good shows. This is the K-9s in Flight show. They caught frisbees, jumped high and
dove into the pool in the background. There were a lot of kangaroos and animals from Australia and this lady gave info
on them I had never heard, such as a kangaroo produces 2 types of milk one for new
baby and one higher in fat for older joey.

I was amazed with these spotted piglets. I have never seen any like this before.

A Zedonk. Mixture of Zebra and Donkey.

I loved this little chick. He stood out in the crowd. Punk hair was cool.

Giant Pumpkin weighed 1,019 lbs.

This was a fun act.

How about this riding lawn mower?

My Deck

I bought a new umbrella and a few decorations to brighten up my deck. I'm
hoping this will encourage me to sit outside more especially with some shade.

Hurricane Irene

Two trees were uprooted in my front yard. The wind lasted about 6 hours. The trees
were the worst that happened except for the power going off, which means no water from
our well. We managed to cook breakfast thanks to our gas stove. I felt like a pioneer
cooking by lamplight. Makes you appreciate what you have. We are blessed to
be safe.

Brian's Wedding

My son Brian was married yesterday. His children Chelsea and Brian with Ann's
children Allison and Dustin stood with them as they were married. After this sweet embrace, Brian (Groom) pulled her hair. He can't stop
teasing for a minute. It was cute

Brian's daughter Chelsea with boyfriend Corey (Jerry Barber in the

mischief maker)

Pioneer Day in Texas

I went with Brooke and her family to the Pioneer Day celebration. There was lots of
fun, food, music and fireworks. Had a great time celebrating the Mormon Pioneers
arriving in Salt Lake. I am now back home in Virginia.

Corpus Christi Beach, Texas

Edward, Brooke and Rory strolling on the beach People next to us were feeding the seagulls potato chips. They seemed to
like them.

Me on the beach with the wind in my hair.

A Pelican waiting for fish

Botanical Gardens Corpus Christi Texas

Rory sitting in a butterfly chair at the gardens Spencer's turn

These are not real flamingos.

Texas road trip

We took a ride through the Texas countryside. We went to Enchanted Rock just out
of Fredricksburg, TX

We saw lizards and followed summet trail up the hill. It was a lot steeper than it

looked from the bottom.

We got a good workout.

See, STEEP!!! I was afraid we would slip and roll to the bottom.