MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

This was taken after my father's funeral in August 1967. He passed away while fishing his favorite fishing place on the Lamar Rive...

In Church on Sunday, Mandy, one of our vacationing regulars from Reno (they have a second home in LACC) told about her six year old boy decl...

This was our Christmas Family this year.  Matt, Mitch and Me plus Bruce and Bandido.  It is only the second time in the 11 years I h...

Santa and Kelsi

Christmas always reminds me of salami and I like it with french bread and butter, and sometimes cheese or a top a ritz cracker.  It was some...

Is that Bruce with you Jimmy?  Or somebody else's dog?  He surely looks cool, just like you.

I'm dreaming of a White Christmas. Uncle Gary uses his skills on Jacob.

Lea poses with a mouse as she prepares to dance in "Nutcracker Suite" I love that Lea loves her dancing. Kelsi always ...

The James Hardy Family--Christmas 2010 Kelsi meets Santa Claus

You can't make the traditional Christmas Cookies with gluten free flour. It is the texture. They puff up and lose their shape and th...

Great grandson Ryan is a Shepherd and great granddaughter Kate is an Angel for Christmas 2010. How Precious!

Tomorrow I will be freed. I finally called a snowplow service. It will be my Christmas present to me and Matt I guess. I don't think...

I am continually amazed that I am continually learning new things...or have I just forgotten... At any rate it was time for my annual phys...

First thing this week the power went off.  This is what happens especially when we have a minor or major storm.  But this time I was ready. ...

Busy, busy, busy.  This past week I gave the lesson in Relief Society and one point that was made was said so well in this poem and is the ...

I have my FedEx Man well-trained.  For some reason I have had some very heavy packages of late.  I had to buy a new printer and then the pap...

In trying to listen to my body and eat what my body wants instead of some sweet craving, I have come upon a new delight.  It is frozen grape...

I want a record of the state of things in our schools in America in 2010 and so I am putting this in my blog.  When I was a student we pled...

The small community near me is flooding the baseball field this year to have an ice skating rink.  This was done in the little town I lived ...

BYU has an interesting program called "Generations Project".  In it one person is highlighted with investigative help and trips to...

Thanksgiving was very lovely.  Thanksgiving Day I was actually alone as Maria and Johnny were driving up and the Valko children were at th...

Fourteen years ago we went to bed in Maria's family room and Richard passed away at 2:20 AM. He had just asked for an aspirin for his...

Actually something is new, my Blue Spruce has grown a lot this year. I tried to find some battery operated Christmas lights for it but th...

Seems everything in my life is a Catch 22 lately.  I just had to go outside and put up the mailbox again.  If it is too close to the white l...

The most common cause of heel pain is plantar fascitis which is commonly referred to as a heel spur. Plantar fascia is a broad band of fibro...

I learned a new word tonight.  I was watching a French film with subtitles and at the very end we find what the woman had was erotomania.  T...

No pix but beautiful snow this afternoon--winter begins.  I should have a gorgeous pix in the morning.  It has been snowing for hours and is...

Marjorie was right, the black speck in front of my eye is called a "floater".  I thought this Chinese opinion was the most inter...

Beautiful Baby Early Walker and Speedy Stair Crawler  Little Sister Mischief Maker and Classy Dresser ...