Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year

Well, Sheree and I decided to put together a little get together at the last minute. We did it at our house so Tristan could go to bed at a reasonable hour. We invited over a few friends for a family friendly party, which was really nice! The kids and the adults all had a lot of fun!

The girls.


The Fam.


Friends...


Cam & Brittles came and Cam and Mac got Tristan the cutest little "Hall" Jersey!
It is the cutest thing I've seen!

Tristan is definitely his number one fan!



the number one fan was not too interested in getting his picture taken at bedtime!


Just after I got TJ to bed the McFadden's showed up!
Hannah, Blake & Paige all had a great time with the streamers!

Well, the time has come, 2008 has come to an end....

10, 9, 8, ...


7, 6, 5, ...


4, 3, 2, ...


1!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!


ENJOY OUR LIVE MIDNIGHT FOOTAGE!




We went outside to light fireworks!



Johny even lit the ones that I confiscated as a police officer.... shhhh, don't tell!



Time to clean up!, Thanks Donna,




And Texas!

Nice Air Guitar!

Hope your New Year started off as good as ours!

Happy New Year and We are Coming Home!!


Dear Family and Friends-

Len and I would like to wish you all the best of New Years. Some may say that I am glad to see 2008 behind me but I think there is a lesson to be learned from every experience and 2008 has taught me many. First, I have my husband with me and am grateful to this year for that. He has taught me to be patient and take one day at a time. I have learned that I could do more than I thought I could and just how much I love this dear man.
Len has learned to be patient too. He is very philosophical and knows he will continue to improve everyday. Like he says"after 70 years I guess something had to happen".
We had a small detour to Minnesota this week where we said goodbye to Len's mom and saw all Len's family. The services were lovely and I am glad I was there even if it did get down below 0 back there. Brrrrrrr!
Now that 2009 is here, we have the best news of all. We are going home to Kona on January 3.
We will continue with rehab, lay in the sun and enjoy our friends. Another words, get back to normal.
Kona here we come!!!!!!

May this day find you well. All of our love and Aloha,
Sue and Len

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Why won't the toilet flush!

Well, just before we left for Christmas the toilet in our bathroom began not flushing. It took me a few days to get Tex to bring the snake home and then Christmas was here and we were off to Tamarack. when we got home Tex tried to snake the toilet to no avail. I then called out plumber for the apartments. Mitch came to save the day. Kind of funny that we do this on a daily basis and then we have to have someone come look at our toilet.

Mitch snaked the toilet and new for sure that there was something in there. He had to remove the toilet to get it out. Mitch was so nice to pose for pictures! ......




So what did Mitch find in the toilet.????????????????



A HOT WHEEL!!!! COULD THAT BE MORE PERFECT?

So, just a heads up, when we come to visit close the bathroom door!

Monday, December 29, 2008

Pool update...what a mess...I can't wait till it is done!

It is a mess now but it will be beautiful in the spring!


Saturday, December 27, 2008

I love my turtle Mima!

Mima, Tristan absolutely loves his turtle and the outfit you got him is so cute! We thought that you would love to see him play with it!

Thank You!



Thank you also for the gift cards!

Thursday, December 25, 2008

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Christmas Eve

Well, today has been a wonderful day, very busy but wonderful. I headed off to work with Tristan to allow Tex some time to finish up his Christmas things and also to get to work a bit earlier. I was able to get everything I needed to done at work and Tex and I were having a meeting at noon. After our meeting, (which went quit well), I headed to Lisa's to pick up Tristan. We were going to spend the afternoon at mom's and have Christmas with her a day early.



Once we got all unloaded at mom's we ordered Chinese food. This is going to become a new tradition. Boy was it nice not to have to cook! After we finished eating we began to open gifts. Tex and I opened ours there so we did not have to pack them up to Tamarack. Mom got me the new Randy Owen Cd, & Book. Tex got me 2 beautiful watches, one for work and one is more dressy. He put them in a beautiful pine box he found at the Christmas show in Boise, (that is pretty sweet considering we were fighting that day:), He also got me a pair of boxers and pants to sleep in because mine are shot!

I got Tex a full length robe with a hood, a hammer, & a Nickleback CD.



Garrett got a tool set, and more to come at Tamarack.

Tristan, of course, made out like a bandit! He got two different leap frog toys (one from mom, and one from Auntie Lisa, a cool wood block "maze" from Carrie, Colin, Steve, & Gail, an outfit from grandma, and a cookie monster from Grandma that scared him to death! It was hilarious!





After we helped mom clean up it was off for Tamarack. The rest of the family was already up there but Lisa, Tristan and I set out first. Tex, Garrett, and Eric would follow behind by about an hour. The roads were horrendous! The storm hit just as we were leaving and I gave Lisa a lesson in busting drifts. The freeway was OK, but the road into Tamarack had not been plowed yet.



We stopped at the house to unload the car, and then Patti, Tristan and I went to the townhouse. I got Tristan all ready for bed and then Patti went to bed. I of course was waiting for Tex. I was starting to worry when I finally got a hold of Garrett. They were stuck on West Mountain Road., just outside the resort. Some people tried to help them get out and they could not do it so security was sent out for them. Well, once they finally got out they made it all the way into the turn at Goldenbar when they got stuck again. Eric walked up to the security station but there was no one there, so I called security and now we are waiting for them.

You may think that I was all cozy in the townhouse while I was waiting, no! Patti told me we had to dig out to the hot tub if we wanted to use it so I spent 3 hours working my way to the tub. I did not quite get there when I had to come into the house to call security for Tex. I was soaked so I chose not to go out and finish. I decided I would blog instead, it's a good thing because this is a damn long one! Angee will be proud! It is now 1 am, and no husband yet so I better call and see what is going on...


Here comes the plow ahead of Tex


here they come!


It was snowing hard!


Shoveling the driveway.


Is Tex happy?



Oh and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!!!