Recovery Walk

For many years I have served on different coalitions. I now serve as the Youth Empowerment leader for the Apache County Drug Free Alliance. I work with the youth to help address drug issues in our community. The youth I work with formed a coalition under the Alliance. They call it the TOHC group. Teen Opposed to Harmful Choices. September is Recovery Month. It was formed to celebrate with those who have recovered from drug addiction and to cheer those on that are still in recovery. We organized a walk, balloon celebration and dinner for Saturday the 26th. We had a good turn out. Community members wrote notes of love and hope and placed them in balloons. After a short talk from our president everyone released their balloons in the air and we began the walk. We walked from Bride's Auto to Speedy B's where everyone enjoyed listening to the band Lithium, formed by high school youth. Everyone also enjoyed a great meal served by our local firefighters. They were so great. We had a lot of fun. This was also a fund raiser for the group. We raised $250.00. Thanks to everyone who helped make this 1st annual walk such a success. Many hands helped with this event and I couldn't leave out my wonderful husband who is always there to help make sure these things go smoothly. Thanks for all you do honey, your the best!! My love and support go out to all of those who have suffered from addiction. It is so easy to get caught up in and a very hard thing to overcome. Remember there is a road back, you can make it!

Fall Harvest

I love fall! I love the brillant colors of changing leaves on the trees, halloween with all of it's colors, the smell in the air and I love harvesting and canning all of the things you've worked so hard on during the summer. We bottled the peaches that we picked with the kids at Emilee's, then we picked off our corn. It was the most beautiful corn I think we have ever had.The ears were full and had no worms or bugs. We ended up getting 50 bags from it. I just love filling my shelves with full bottles. It looks so wonderful. I always get worried when my shelves start getting bare. We still have some tomatoes so I am hoping the weather will hold out until we can get some spaghetti sauce and salsa on the shelves too.

On the road again

Friday September 11, 2009 Gary and I were on the road again. We were headed for Jaron and Sharla's reception in Hooper, Utah. We decided to break up the trip a little bit and also get to see all the kids. We left early headed for Hurricane. I had a date with a very handsome young man for ice cream. That's the first thing he asked me when we got there. "Grandma, did you remember we were going to get ice cream at Dairy Queen?" Sure, I said. We decided that we would let everyone come. Kelsey had come to spend some time with everyone also. Carson found a mustache at the vending machine and he had a great time showing off for us. It was a short stay but any time we get to spend with the kids is a great time. We love you all so much. We should have logged all of the miles we have put on this summer, it would have been tons!

Hooper Reception

Saturday we got up early and headed for Hooper. This was new territory that we hadn't been to before. It was interesting to see how much the Provo and Salt Lake area had grown since we had lived there 30 years ago. The reception was beautiful. There was a constant line for 2 solid hours. Lots of people came to give their love and congratulations. Sam and Trish came up. We were so glad to have them. We found that we had some ties to people in Hooper through the Alma and Nofear Davis line. Boy, it sure is a small world. All the planning and working paid off because it was a dream wedding. Everything went so smoothly. There was just one small glitch, and that was we could'nt find the wedding video for this reception. I am not sure what happened but we decided if that was all that went wrong we did alright. Now the kids can begin their new life together. We love you tons!

Sunday morning after eating at one of the best restaurants I've ever eaten at, we headed to see Emilee, Dallas and the kids. The kids begged us to stay longer. Monday Dallas had to go to work and Westyn had to go to school. Makyndie and Treyson helped us pick peaches and load the car. Trey kept begging us to stay another day. Grandpa helped Trey build a knife holder for his knives. He was so proud of the work he and Grandpa had done. Trevyn had lots of hugs and kisses for us. He is such a happy go lucky baby. I mean seriously, we put these glasses on him and just showed off for us so we could take pictures of him.What a joy he is us. I always hate leaving the kids and grandkids. It was a great trip getting to see and spend a little time with everyone. Sure wish we could be closer. Love you tons!

Mr. and Mrs. Foy at last

Sharla is a married woman! Can I just say how weird that is. I got teary eyed as I watched their wedding video and remembered when she was still a little girl. I longed for those days when my children were small and still at home and I could protect them and spend time with them everyday. Then I looked up at my beautiful daughter in her wedding dress, with her face all a glow, so in love, happy and excited about her new life. How could I wish for anything different for her. The wedding could not have been any more perfect. As we headed for the reception Sharla stated that she just knew something had to go wrong because it was so perfect. Well one thing did, a luminary caught fire and burned out. Seriously it all went off without a hitch. The reception was beyond beautiful. Thank you to all who came from far and near to share this special day with us. We love and appreciate you all. I can't thank John and Tanya enough for helping to make the reception so beautiful. They were there for us all day making sure everything was perfect. Also to my wonderful son-in-laws for helping put the lights up. WOW couldn't have done it without you. You guys are awesome. Thanks to my girls for setting up, making the flowers and adding the touches that made everything perfect. Your talent never ceases to amaze me. Thanks to my mom made delicious food so that I didn't have to worry about feeding people. Thank you to Geraldine who was the runner and got supplies from everyone to make things work. Thank you to my wonderful grandchildren for being so good and patient through it all. The phrase "We may not have it all together, but together we have it all" comes to my mind. I love you all so much. And finally to Jaron and Sharla, thanks for making us so proud by doing it right. I love you all to infinity and beyond.