MY LIFE FROM LAKE ALMANOR AND BEYOND

Keira found this cut down tree in the woodpile and decided on her own it belonged in the garden, not the woodpile.  Very good logic I woul...

Keira added her footprints to the Grandchildren foot and handprints.  The stones are all from Montana. I tried to reconstruct Melissa...

  Since there was 24 hour road construction on 32  we drove west on 36 to Red Bluffs and then on 5 to the airport, it worked well.  I ca...

Sadie loves the mud. And so does Keira. What is as fun as playing in good old mud?      A nice rest after a hard swim.  As...

As Melissa and Meagan load the luggage, Keira says Hi to me.  They arrived at the Sacramento airport at 1 pm Saturday, the 20th.  I had s...

Richard's nephew Alan and his wife Elaine are taking the scenic route on a trip to Oregon and so stopped by my home for a night.  It w...

I watched a couple of the Ted talks from Lifehack and was impressed with Shawn Achor who argues that instead of doing our work harder so we ...

Great expectations from this barrel of lilies.  The deer have left it alone because it is too high.  I found yesterday they had destroyed a...

Jacob takes part in modern scouting!!!! Kelsi looking so lovely -- 7 years old.

I had eight on the list of 100 Passions (movies) from AFI that I had not seen.  I couldn't find five of them, but watched three the last...

Grandma Linda is visiting Las Vegas this week so here is Kate and Brynn ready for swimming to keep cool.  Love that swim vest, Brynn, and ...

Sadie enjoys sitting in the sun when it is not too hot.   And look at the thermometer, a perfect day. My favorite color of lil...

Two for two!!!  Living alone can be frustrating with maintenance of home tools and utilities.  My vacuum was not picking up and had been tha...

When I first moved to Lake Almanor Utahna was the first to reach out and take me to the concert with her and her husband.  She would bring...

The power was out at the church today so I spent the day watching the Joseph Smith Papers on the BYU Channel.  It is so amazingly done, the ...

I had never read any of David Baldacci books so I chose to read some reviews before I downloaded "One Summer" as a audio on my com...

I often wonder if what I read is a waste of time or not.  This was a message from our Gospel Doctrine class Sunday which is really good advi...

Today I embarrassed a young girl because even though I was trying to compliment her, it came out wrong, and I find myself more and more doin...

Sadie did it now.  No more free running.  Two ladies walked her from their houses and said she had almost gotten hit.  She has now left the...

Many more lilies to follow--if only Bambi's will stay away. The one iris that had four blooms this summer. Bandido's resting...

Things I am thankful for today : That I learned to sew when I was young --     I ordered a Ralph Lauren tiered skirt and it was oceans to...

Keira and her friend are captured making cookies.  OOh, licking fingers is half the fun. And at 2 1/2 Keira dons her backpack and sungl...

My sister Carole and Len are at Silver Gate at the Anderson Relative's Roost (family cabin) with lots of their family.  Someone snappe...

My nephew Rod with sister Kathy (Bishop).  Rod passed away of a heart attack in his early 50's. My oldest brother Dick (and Rod and...

High School graduation for Kate Sutehall. Richard's brother Martin and wife Kathy are the proud grandparents. Sutehall family minu...