Memories of Me

Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty cool (and funny) to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. :) If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments

How Lucky Can One Grandma Get!!!

Meet Tristan Lee Angle, Anny Pixley Johnson, and Cole Joseph Jensen. I have been busy the first 6 mo of this year with daughters having kids for us all to love. Everyone it doing fine. They are all growing and keeping their parents busy. We will be having another baby in January when Donny and Deanna welcome another one into their family. Can't wait.....according to the Chinese Calendar it is a boy, but we will have to wait and see on that one.

HOW STUPID CAN SOME PEOPLE BE!!

I witnessed a first while I was driving home yesterday. I came up beside this big pickup truck that was stopped at a light. The driver had a book in his hand. I thought he is reading at the red light. But NOOOOOOO. We all took off at the light on Gilbert and the Freeway and I watched him until I turned off on Brown and he was reading the book the entire way. I just had to share.....How STUPID CAN SOME PEOPLE BE!!! I tried to get his attention to tell him to put down his book and DRIVE.....But he never noticed anything around him.

Lets all try to set a better example in everything we do, to make this world a safer place.

Not Much Goin On Here!!

Ok....so it has been awhile since I last signed on. Things are settling down though. In the last 3 weeks we have kept busy.... but everything seems to be calming down for a minute. We had our 25th Annual Bill Johnsons Dinner for everyone to celebrate the last day of school. We have celebrated Merrek, Allison, Tawny and Brittany's Birthdays, well Brittany really got cheated out of a big celebration, but we did bake her a cake and have dinner at Angles with Dad and Grams. Bill has been in the hospital, but is now home (or should I say at my Mom's home) recovering. We only have had one visit to Urgent Care for him since then. Our daughter, Candice, had an emergency C-Section on the 27th of May, but mother and baby "Tristan Lee Angle" are doing well. Allison and Joe had baby Cole in dad's hospital for some out patient tests to see why his belly-button won't heal...He is after all 4 months old. But it looks like that is taking care of itself and will not require anything more. Yea!! The days that I was off I am paying for now at work but I know that someday I will get caught up.

We have survived yet another mini-crisis in our life and all are doing well. I am so grateful for my wonderful family and the way they have pitched in for everything that needed to get done. I Love My Family. We are truly blessed when it comes to our children, their spouses, grandchildren, moms, and brothers and sisters, and special Neighbors. A special thanks to Shelly for the Soup and Strawberries, they were just what I ordered....literally. Thanks to all who have served us in the last 3 weeks. You will never know how much you all mean to all of us.

I FINISHED IT.....THOUGH NOT ON TIME!

Well I thought I would read the last chapter in the Book of Mormon during church on Sunday for Mothers Day. I did but today I discovered the challenge finished on Saturday. Oh Well so much for being on time.

Thanks to all my family for making Mother's Day special. Dinner was enjoyed by all and it was fun to have everyone come and visit. Thanks for the pj's, they are wonderful, and the CD's I am really enjoying. I keep thinking that I will bring my flowers to work so I can enjoy them all day, but I keep forgetting to bring them.

I LOVE MY FAMILY

Just Putting This Out There.....

In our Relief Society Board Meeting on Sunday morning, we came up with a great plan to go along with our next Enrichment Night. Our lesson on Sunday was Dallen Oaks talk: Good, Better and Best, from October Conference, with a challenge to make better use of all of our time.

We have asked anyone who wants to to accept the challenge of going on a Media Fast, to do it for ONE Week. May 10-17, and see what that does for your family. So no TV, No Talk Radio, No Computers, except for work or Homework. You may listen to good music. We also asked the sisters to try and have a sit down dinner each night with the entire family also.

There are a few who have accepted the challenge and I know for our family it will be difficult. We may have to break it to watch some baseball games together as a family. So there it's out there for all to partake of. Lets all at least consider it and see what happens.

Cancer Walk

We are a happy family




This is Dad walking on the Track....



This is Dad DREAMING of years gone by!



Dad and Tawny before walking, Were not sure what Stacy is thinking about.




Darcy the ring leader of the fire builders....will she ever grow up.




We were privileged to participate in the East Valley Cancer Walk on Saturday April 12, out at Red Mountain High School in East Mesa. Ben and Stacy's Football team the "Hornets" are the driving force behind the event for us. It is a very emotional and exciting program. The Walk starts at noon, and their is someone on the track at all times walking until 9:00 Sunday morning. Thank you for letting us be a part of your group, and Ben I hope you got enough food to last you through the night.

They have the survivors recognized as well as those who are walking to help raise money. Last year we didn't stay for the candlelight Ceremony, but this year we did. With all the Luminaries around the track and everyone in the stadium carrying a candle, it was a very moving ceremony. Lots of tears we shed by all. During the lighting ceremony they light the survivors candles first and then they turn around and light someone else's who in turn lights someone else's. As we were lighting the candles for others, I noticed Marly coming through the crowd and several people tried to light her candle, she would tell them no, I want my grandma to light my candle. Thanks Marly you made me feel special.

We had to quit the walk early and sit down for a while, so we made our own Campfire of sorts, till we started to set the grass on fire, and decided that that wasn't to good an idea in the middle of the field.

As we were walking to our car after the ceremony, Bill told me that until 2 years ago when Stacy and Ben started this with their group and asked him to come and join in the survivor walk, he had never really thought of himself as a Cancer Survivor.

It was fun to be there with all our kids who made it out to the Stadium, we so enjoy being with our kids and it doesn't really matter where we are or what we are doing, it is just fun to be together.