Update to the previous "We Love Grandkids" blog

Please read our last line of our last blog, and then go to Alyssa and Randy's most recent blog for a complete update "on the rest of the story"....(have you read it yet? Is that cool or what?)

Grandkids

WE LOVE GRANDKIDS! Here are 8 out of our 20 grand children. I thought I would share.

From bottom left: Jonah, Hannah, Molly, Allison, Noah, Megan, Sydney, Grandpa and Ariel.

Grandpa and Aiden who is #20. Matthew and Sally will welcome #21. After that we can only guess who will give us our #22......(Alyssa and Randy, maybe. We'll have to wait and see!)

Memories (from Elizabeth)

...here are the instructions if you would like to play.

1. Leave a memory that you and I had together as a comment on my blog . It doesn't matter if you know me well or not so well, anything you remember. 2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and people will leave a memory about you. It's a fun way to get to know each other better. If you leave a memory about me I'll assume you are playing and I'll go to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog I'll leave my memory of you in my comments on my blog.

Wanna see a cool magic trick?

This trick was taught to me by a really cool magician many many years ago. Ok. What you are about see see will boggle your mind! Are you ready?

What you see here is an boring, ordinary back yard that is dirt only.

So are all of you ready? Now say out loud, "One, two, three, abracadabra and presto chango."

CJ. and Jennilyn's back yard 90 minutes later. Is that a cool trick or what? Thank you for your attention. Now you can return to whatever you were doing. Later!

The Ranch

The Ranch is located on the Mirror Lake Highway between Evanston, Wyoming and Christmas Meadows in the Uintas. The Ranch has watched time and travelers pass by, just as it has watched the sun rise and set each day, and the summer and winter storms blow in from the Unitas.

It has seen its people plow, plant and harvest. It has seen babies born, and its people die. It has watched the babies grow up and move on. It has seen others come to take their place. The Ranch has been owned by the family for decades, and it has witnessed their lives, loves and passions.

Much of the land has been sold off through the years; but the smaller Ranch still survives. It has welcomed many to share in its pristine beauty. The ranch has watched a home go up and outbuildings built. It has also watched them crumble and decay. It no longer is a working ranch. Family gatherings and campouts are it's main use nowBut if you close your eyes, and listen closely, you can still hear the sweet sounds of the memories that made the Ranch great. You can hear the wind rustling the tall june grass, and the giggle of children hiding in the hay. You can hear the men and machinery cutting the hay, and see their women bringing them out sandwiches and lemonaide to share about noon-time. You can hear buggys driving down the lane and the sound of the dinner bell calling everyone in for supper.

The memories survive but life goes on...

You can open your eyes , ears and heart to see, hear and feel the sounds of the joy and laughter from family and friends that are making great memories still!