Fun in Erie PA

Well, for starters I have the cutest video ever of Little Brady belly laughing, but when I tried to upload it, it says my movie has been corrupted.. boo hoo.. it was so fun wish you all could have watched it!



I just got back from spending 10 days with Carolee and the kids it was so fun! I miss the kids so much . Carolee is so fun to be with. We went to this chocolate factory and hate the most heavenly p-nut butter and chocolate cookies ever! oh my..



It was cold back there, snowy, raining and windy, but it was still fun. I love to be with all of my kids. This week I have visits planned with Joy and Kristen too.. Next month I'll visit AZ.



Boy, do I apprciate beautiful California weather!

A Brand New Year

I always like a new year. It gives me the opportunity to try once again to become a better me. Last year had many wonderful events, some not so wonderful, but life is a journey isn't it?

In December we took Carolee and kids back home after living with me for 10 weeks. Boy did that time fly by. Carolee's kids are so fun, and it was fun to see all the cousins play together. They sure love and enjoy one another.

While we were back East, we took a little jaunt to Washington DC for three days. Burrrr it was cold but the cold kept the tourist home, so that was nice.

We loved visiting Mt. Vernon and learning about Gen. George Washington and his wife Martha. Two very dedicated and tremendous people. We owe much to what they gave for our new country. It is always fun to be with my husband on these trips. We have a lot of fun being together. We really enjoy learning about history, and people.

It's great to be home again. There's No Place Like Home!

McCook Family Christmas Party

Each year we get together for "scones" and for the children to act out the Nativity. We have alot of fun and the kids are awesome how they protray the birth of baby Jesus. As you can see baby Jesus was very happy that night!

For the past 2 1/2 months I've enjoyed having Carolee and kids with me. It's been wonderful, and now the time as come to send them back to Erie ... I will miss them terribly, but glad they can be back as a family. Now I'll look forward to seeing Lyla in a few weeks.

Bill and I are blessed that we live close to so many family members. We LOVE our family.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Thanksgiving a little early

We celebrated Thanksgiving a few weeks early since Carolee and Melissa are in town. We had it at Kristen and Todd's house. It was so fun. The kids played so hard and had such a good time together. I'm very very blessed to have such a wonderful family. Here are a few pictures to show our good time. We really missed Candice and Troy and Lyla.

We are also sure enjoying having Carolee and kids here with us. What will I do when no one is here ?

A special Day

It's always a wonderful day when someone gets baptized, but it's even more special when it's a GRANDdaughter. Kate LaRee Thompson was baptized by her dad last week. She's a sweet little gal, full of fun. Here are some pictures from her special day.

WE are also enjoying having everyone here. The cousins have so much fun with each other. They play hard and by the end of the day they are exhausted! Trenton is already telling me he doesn't want to go back to Erie.

Not much going on

Well, September is almost gone, it's been a good month, however a bit lonesome with Joy and the kids gone. We are looking forward to new neighbors Tom and Robyn Hanks will be moving in hopefully in a month.
I'm so anxious for Carolee and kids to come and stay for a while. I'm sorry that they have to be apart from thier Dad. Jeff is truly a hero of mine with his hard hard road on the path to being a Dr.
I'm way anxious for some cool fall weather. Today it's 107 sheeeesh, that is hot!

not much else going on these days, but always looking forward to tomorrow.

39 years together

September 2nd 1971 was the day Bill and I were married in the Mesa Temple. Wow, what a special day it was. How do you sum up 39 years, 6 children and 19 grandchildren? well, it's been wonderful, fabulous, sometimes very hard, but a real growing experience and I wouldn't trade anything about it. ( well maybe a few times raising the kids)

I can't imagine going through this with anyone but Bill. He has been patient with me and very loving to me too. I'm so very grateful for eternal marriage. I love my family so much. Each one of my children are very special. Each one is different, I'm proud of them of thier love for thier own families, and for thier desire to raise a good family.

This is a wonderful time of my life. I"m so very grateful to have such a wonderful partner to be with. I love each day with Billy boy.