Kristi's Christmas Birthday 2014

We can never forget waiting at the hospital for Kristi to be born on Dec 23, 1983.  

And Kristi in 2014 with a family of four.  What a lovely Mom, Wife, Lady, Friend, Granddaughter.  31 years old.  Happy Birthday, Kristi.

Catching Up With Great Grandchildren

Keira enjoys scootering in Munich before coming home.

In their apartment they have a hammock that is lots of fun for Keira and Eden.

Eden is so cute as she climbs in the carriage the only way she knows how.

Poor Molly takes a step off the couch and has to have a pretty pink cast.   She just learned to walk this month, too.  

Halloween 2014 with Great Grandchildren and Grandchildren

Kristi said Halloween went with too few pictures and Molly crying too much.

Keira loved trick or treating in her Unicorn costume and Baby Eden looks darling as a duckling.

Melissa is barely recognizable in her white hair!  It was snowing for Halloween in Asheville.

Kelsi is ready for trick or treating in her Rancho Santa Fe neighborhood with friends!

Sarah is a pretty mouse and Ryan a race car driver in Henderson.

Kelly is a diva as always--looks like a 60's flower child.  Peace!

Amy is a logger who looks kind of dangerous with that ax.

Kate looks cute in her boots trick or treating with Molly and Mom and Dad.

Ryan and Amy with a really spooky guy, who is it?  Ryan's grandparents have a neighborhood that really go all out for Halloween.

Case in point, look at this house where Kate is.

Tanner gets in on all the fun with his family and Sarah looks so pretty.

Looks like Halloween is alive and well in 2014.  I was downtown in Chester just as the trick or treaters started from store to store and I was really impressed with the costumes.  I wore my standard sweat shirt and jeans--oh well, nice to be old and do whatever you want even if it is boring.  At least I had a new haircut.

Kate turns Eight!

Such a beautiful girl, Kate turned eight today!  Saturday she will be baptized and all of the Pulsipher family is going over to Nevada for her baptism.  Tanner gets home on the 30th and every one heads for the baptism to be held on Saturday.  Congratulations, Kate.

Paper Artist

There is an app on my Samsung called Paper Artist and you can do fun things with your pictures.  This one of Keira and Sadie looks like an illustration in a book.

This one of the Hardys with Sarah looks like an oil painting.

A classic painting of Melissa.

A Waterpainting of the Stewarts.

Stewart Family

Everyone keeping fit by bicycling.

Up front and personal with Molly--what a happy smile. 

Catching Up with the Stewarts!

 All ready for school are Kate and Ryan...

 and Brynn is entering Preschool...

Posed with little sister Molly...

Such a beautiful family...

What's New?

My days are filled with scanning pictures and completing my San Diego Scene booklet--my life from 1956 to 1980 and my nights are filled with audio books and the series "Grand Hotel"--a Spanish foreign film.

Grand Hotel is a series that was done in 2011 in Spain about a Grand Hotel in Spain at the beginning of the 20th century.  I enjoy stories about the class distinction in Europe such as 'Upstairs, Downstairs" and "Downton Abby".  in Grand Hotel it is somewhat the same plus everyone are such liars, always trying to be something they are not or get something that is not theirs or avoid the consequence of their bad choices.  Of course, they eventually get caught in their lies--usually--but it is great fun watching the action.  Love the two main stars who actually try to be good but also have to deceive to continue their detective work on all the bad things done to those they love.

Why do I write my life history?   Because I believe in family history and documentation.  But I find it is so hard to remember exactly what happened when, where and why if I didn't write it down and my journal writing was sporadic and so often I recorded what was troubling me rather than the fun activities, thank heaven there are movies and pictures for a lot of that.  It is interesting that I have ended up with letters back from both Richard's Mom and mine so there is the information there and of course, I did do a Christmas letter usually every year that keeps me on track.  Still I find it hard to stick to my "story" and not tell someone else's story (my children) and tell it wrong, stories that are not mine to tell.  Of course, Richard will have to be satisfied with the story I tell, but here again often when something happened and exactly why is not always firm in my mind.  He rarely forgot anything.  Lucky for me I forget a lot of the not so pleasant to remember so that is good.

I have also been trying to get what family stories and pictures I have on to the "Memories" section of Family Search.  They are doing a great job with that and it is very interesting to go in there and see what others have submitted as well.  This week I discovered my grandfather Martin E Anderson was the architect and builder of the Malad, Id tabernacle as well as the Blackfoot, Id and Brigham City, Ut and I actually sought out their pictures of the internet.  Very beautiful buildings.  For some reason we do not know as much about Dad's side of the family as we do Mom's.

I just finished Nicholas Sparks latest book "The Longest Ride".  I have read all his books so sometimes I can predict a little what is going to happen but he pretty much keeps us guessing.  I enjoyed it and it is already in the works for a movie.  It is amazing what a story teller he is.

The latest gothic novel of Joyce Carol Oates I finally zapped back (I do the audio books from "Library to Go" on my tablet.  I usually love her books but it was just too much and too long and I do not like myth type books anyway.

Anyway the summer is going so fast, I can't believe we are almost in to August!!!  I have had so much congestion this summer I have spent a lot of it indoors with the humidifier on!  That is not how summer is supposed to be spent, I have not gone to the lake at all except to look at the swimming area which is smaller this year than ever it seems!

Looks like my garage door is finally in the works so I may be able to keep my car from getting to dirty in the next month.  Now I have to find someone to come and treat my three bad firs...just one thing after another.  When I called into my phone company about my bad phone the lady just kept going on and on about how old I was, she must not know anyone in their 80's that is still able to take care of themselves.

Fun great grands and grands this week...

Eden doing some crib shopping.

Brynn and Molly from Nevada

Sarah, the California girl

Great Grandchildren on the 4th of July--All Six of Them!

Keira and Eden ready for a swim at Scripps Ranch!

Meagan and Matt spotlight Eden for the 4th of July at Scripps Ranch!

The Stewart Family goes to Carlsbad for the 4th of July!

Molly Arrives!!

Molly Stewart, fourth child and third daughter of Kristi and Mike arrived early this morning.  This is my fifth great grandchild!

What a beautiful child and with lots of hair!

Day at Legoland in Carlsbad

The Stewarts from Las Vegas are visiting the Pulsiphers in Carlsbad and spend the day at Lego Land.
I don't know what the purpose of the finger business is but they surely are darling, grandchild (Sarah) and great grandchildren, Kate, Brynn, and Ryan.

 

 

 

A Thank You from Brynn

What a big smile from Brynn as she opens her Christmas present.  Thank you, Sarah, for sending.

Happy Birthday to Kate!

First great granddaughter Kate from Henderson, NV turns six years old.  Her Gramma Pulsipher let her choose whatever Build a Bear she wanted and she did--wow, looks stupendous, Kate.

Update on the Stewarts

The Stewarts attend the Romney-Ryan political rally in Las Vegas.

This looks like an educational and a  fun thing to do.  Cheers for Ryan and Kate!

They also had their pictures printed in the paper and on the internet but the pictures were copyrighted so I did not use them.

The Stewarts are at Crow Ranch in Wyoming

The Stewarts were at the family ranch Crow Ranch in Wyoming and had lots of fun pictures.

Ryan looks right at home, he'll make a great cowboy!

 

Kristi and Mike, seven years of marriage and three children and still in love.  Can't ask for more than that!



How about that, Kate loves horses, too.  California kids are fitting right in with the Wyoming territory.

Love that smile, Brynn, she must like Wyoming, too.

Kristi had lots more fun things on her blog:  'Taking it One Day at a Time'.

Happy Birthday Girl!

What a beautiful family, Happy Easter 2012.  Love the hat, Kate.

Brynn Stewart, great granddaughter

April 20, 2012 One Year Old!

What a cutie, thanks for pictures, Kristi.