Hello

Hi everyone it's been a while since we have posted so here's our update. But first We want to let all the family know how much we love you all and miss you!
With the holiday season upon us, it has brought jeanne and I great pleasure of helping three families in need, this year. My mother (Darlene) did sub for santa for a 17 year old boy and we decided to help with shopping for him, she also helped a family who is stuggling in our dreary economy which we were a part of also. Lional and his family, thought of a family in need in their ward and Grandma (bless her heart) was able to give us all some money, and some out of our own pockets too, and we were able to provide a Chrismas for them!
How blessed we are that we are able to provide Gifts to our families and others as well, and that we can also spred the christmas joy. we are truly blessed to have you all in our lives, and we are greatful for you all MERRY CHRISTMAS!
jeanne and I are still on the fast track to the temple we are hoping march. still trying to have babies that's not going so well, however we have high hopes that one day it will happen. life is good. and we hope your holidays are also.
CHAD AND JEANNE

Hello

Hi everyone.  This is Karen and Al.  Roy and Penni invited us to join you.  Its great to be here.  Nothing really exciting going on around here besides the snow.  Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!

hi this is the edwards

how is evrything there. well we are ding good keira is geting big and she now is 9lb 14oz and 20 and a have ince long we mess you and i cannot wat until you all come down here so you can meet keira rose edwards. when are you all comeing down

Ellee Jo Basketball

hi yes we remember thanksgiving eve... we had a great holiday as well we were able to spend time with all of grandmas side of the family and get to know them better it was way fun keira was the center of the party she is so cute. Keira is getting way bigger and she has lots of smiles. doug and tonia are Lucky parents to have such a wonderful little girl. Chad and I went into the doctor today. all is good we will find out in two weeks or so if we too will be parents. keep your fingers crossed. We decided that upto $25 dollars would be a good price to spend on each other for xmas. we miss you all and love you tons love Jeanne and Chad.

Thanksgiving

Just a quick report on our Thanksgiving.  On Thanksgiving eve we went bowling.  Tonia and Jeanne, do you remember bowling on Thanksgiving Eve in Preston Idaho???  We have missed the last few years and decided to rekindle that family tradition.  On Thanksgiving Day Dad cooked turkey and all the trimmings.  We had dinner at our house with our very dear friends, Rich and Patti.  It was a wonderful day.  We put up our tree and have enjoyed the weekend being together.  We ran into Penni's cousin, LaBretta and her husband Ryan who used to live in Logan.  It was good to see them  There is a new link on our blog to their family blog.  If you get a chance pop over to see what they are up to.  We also added music to our blog.  We missed you all a ton and wish that we could be together.  There will come a time when that will be possible.  Here are a few pics from bowling with one video clip of Ellee Jo.  You will have to turn sideways to see it but I thought it was cute.  Love you all.  Have a great week.

Keira's Chrstmas

Keira is part of your family, Tonia.  That means that Jeanne and Chad are including Keira with your family.  You can give one "family" gift or a gift for each.    Jae and Ellee Jo count as a "family" even though they are not married yet.  So Mom and I can choose to give one gift to Jeanne and Chad's "family" or we can give two gifts, one to Jeanne and one to Chad.  Jeanne and Chad can give one gift to Tonia and Doug's "family" or they can give one gift to Doug and Tonia and one gift to Keira, or they can give each of them a gift.  We nee to decide on a $$$ cap that can be spent on each family/person.  What do you all think?

hi all

you are for getting keira who has her for x miss

Christmas Gift Exchange

Those of us involved in this years gift exchange, remember we are going down the list of family members.

Mom and Dad

have Jeanne and Chad who

have Tonia and Doug who

have Jaelyn who

has Ellee Jo who

have Mom and Dad!

Get it??

Depending where everyone is with work and life we would like to plan another get together in January at Boise.  Stay tuned!

Keira's very first picture-hospital

Keira

Keira and Tonia spent the day with us. Here are some pictures I took. I like your stories and pictures Ellee. Sorry your team didn't make it to state Jae. Love you all.

hi

we are still working sleeping and working some more. Chad and I have talked to the bishop and we have figured out that we will not be going to the temple for three months. so we dont have to hurry anything along. We are still teaching in primary and loving it the kids make us laugh alot and they have crazy imaginations it is great. I still dont have any idea about my job at the begining of the year and we are not sure if Chad is going to leave for the winter or not. oh and Keira is way cute

just dropped in to say hi

hi everyone i just dropped in to say hi and did you see my school stuff 

Lost Cat!

Lost Cat by Ellee Jo

Once upon a time there was a dog named Skidder and a cat named King Noah and me. It was dark outside and it was cold outside. One night I took my dog for a walk and I accidently left the door open. My cat went to find me

and she gets lost. 

When I get home I see the door open and I try to find her. I get scared. I start to cry. I cry to my Dad he gets his flashlight and we went out and we looked for her. We found her in a neighbors yard and we took her home.

The End

More of Ellee Jo

Fun Days At School

I love School.

School is fun.

At recess we run, run, run, run in the 

sparkling sun.

We read and study all night.

We never, ever, ever fight.

We are almost always right.

Ellee Jo's Weekend

This is one of Ellee projects she has been working on in school.

Let me tell you about my weekend.  To begin with I went to a volleyball game.  I watched Jaelyn play and I caught the ball.  When they played my sister won the championship.  Next, I went to church in Pasco.  We sung songs and learned about Jesus.  Clearly, I had a fun weekend.

By Ellee Jo

Scary Halloween

Ellee Jo gave neighbors a scare as she went out in search of treats!!

Welcome Keira Edwards

It's hard to believe that no one has made the announcement!  Keira Edwards was born in the afternoon of 11/07/2008!  We are so glad that you are here and can't wait to see you.

Hooray!!

People are finally finding my website!! About a month ago I was told one of my poems was found posted on a blog 'perkins ponderings' and yesterday I got an email from a woman in New York who found my website (for those of you who aren't familiar with my website it's www.lessonsfromheaven.net) and wondered if she could share my poetry with the sisters in her ward (she's the RS pres and wants to include them in her monthly newsletters). I'm so excited and so grateful. Writing the poems has been such an incredible experience and I just want to share, share, share!!! Thanks to all of you for your encouragement and support over the past 6 (WOW! Has it really been that long?) years. I love you and I thank Heavenly Father every day for such a great family. Take care :)

We've Got You All Beat!!

Our update is a little more exciting! Princess Rachel is riding in luxury in our silver limo to participate in the royal orchestra three days a week. She is making beautiful music (on her viola) fit for a king (her daddy...he really likes to hear her play). Last night we feasted on delectible breakfast sandwiches for our dinner and spent the evening watching "The Parent Trap" while carving ghoulish jack-o-lanterns which will now be used to decorate the entrance to our castle. Heather (who prefers no one know she is a princess) is driving her self (see I told you!) to her newly found place where dreams come true (her dreams anyway), where she lovingly (I mean that sincerely) takes special care of severely disabled children. Her eyes sparkle (really) and her braces gleam through her beautiful smile whether she's coming or going. This has been a wonderful blessing in her life...and she's soooo adorable in those scrubs!! And our princes...Mark and Eric...they continue to dream of the day they won't have to be bossed around by the king and queen. Meanwhile, they trudge through the daily grind of life and make the best of their royal circumstances :) The king and queen send their love and hope to hear from each of you very soon.

Nothin' here neither!

It sounds like there is a whole lot of nothin' goin' around.  Ellee Jo started basketball two weeks ago.  Mom and I still go to work everyday and I am still in school.  School is very stressful right now.  I will post a blog later and tell you all about it.  It is just about time for school so we need to finish checking email, eating breakfast, watching the news and get out of here.  I mostly just wanted to check in and let you all know that we are alive.  We love you all and miss you.  I really need to get an invitation to uncle Lionel and Aunt Emma, I will work on that this week.  

Bye

Volleyball

Volleyball is going well. Our record right now is 15-4. We are going to districts

seeded as third. That is really exciting considering the fact that the volleyball

program has never made it to state and that we have a very good chance at

winning the state title this year. It was been really fun and there are no more

grade checks until the day after state, which means I dont have to stress as much

about grades. I just have to play my game. Im really excited and Ill let you all

know how we do. 

-Jae-

Ps. I MISS YOU CHAD-YO AND JEANNE!!!

New From Grammy and Aunt Kathy

Just a quick note to catch you up on what's new with Grammy and Aunt Kathy. Did you catch it? Well that's about it - Nothing!

Actually we've been working hard organizing and reorganing closets and the garage to increase areas for food storage and 72-hour kits. As a result we've been busy sending a myriad of things to the DI or garabage. It's amazing what we've aquired over the years and don't use.

Aunt Kathy boxed up her rocks and science stuff this week to give to Angelene Israelsen. It was a hard decision, but she felt they didn't do kids any good stored in her bedroom. Angelene is thrilled to have them for her fifth grade classroom. Aunt Kathy did keep the rocks Jae and Ellee wanted. She also kept her "toys" that the grandchildren love to play with.

We've started having FHE with Uncle Lionel and Aunt Emma's family, Chad and Jeanne, and Doug and Tonia twice a month. This past Monday we carved pumpkins and listened to reports about trips to Florida and Idaho. It seems that all who could go had a grand time and found those who couldn't go safe and sound upon their return. We've posted a picture of "the boys" playing a game during our first FHE.

Gabe is enjoying preschool with Aunt Kathy twice a week while his mother attends classes at Bridgerland. This week he learned about the letter "g," number "zero," and opposites. He is quite eager to learn and catches on quickly. While practicing "opposites," Aunt Kathy showed him a pair of shoes in a shoebox and asked, "What is the opposite of 'in'?" After careful consideration he answered, "Sold!"

Grandma Edith continues to have treatment for her cancer. She has two people who work with her regularly, one a short woman with long dark straight hair; the other, a tall man with short dark wavey hair. During a treatment this week a shorter man with dark wavey hair entered her room. Thinking he looked an aweful lot like the tall man with short dark wavey hair, she asked if they were related. The man smiled and replied, "We are closely related. In fact we are the same man, me." Surprised, Grandma said, "But you don't look as tall as you used to." He responded by saying, "That's because we raised your bed." What a good sport to be able to laugh at yourself and share it with others!

We pray for each of you daily and look forward to phone calles, e-mails, and Hogan-blogs.

Love,

Grammy and Aunt Kathy

my life

HI everybody 

I have been sick for three days. 

I have a webkinz thats a pet on-line.

I hope you have a grate day.

That was fun!!!

We had a lot of fun in Boise this past weekend.  We ate and swam and played games.  Saturday we headed east from Boise in search of the place to hold our first family reunion.  Around 3:30 in the afternoon our car broke down.  We were glad that Jeanne and Chad were with us.  They helped us get our car down the canyon to a tiny town where we found a mechanic.  We had to leave our car there until Monday morning, which meant we had to stay an extra day.  Everyone called their boss and we took advantage of more time together.  By Monday noon we were all ready to head home.  After all we found the place for our reunion and are excited to be in the planning stages.  We will post more information at a later date.  We hope that everyone has been doing well.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday to you

Happy birthday dear Jeanne

Happy birthday to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hope your day was extra nice

See you in a couple days!!

Love you

Dad

hi

sorry to say that doug and it will not be able to mack it to boise

love tonia and doug

My life is pretty okay right now. Its basically 3 things:

1. School/GRADES

2. Volleyball

3. Friends

I found some cute pictures the other night though of

my first kiss. They are SOO cute!!! Here is just one of

them. Haha. Anyway I get to see Jeanne and Chad and

Tonic and Dub in like 9 days. (Im not counting or 

anything.) Im uber excited. Well i gotta go do some 

more HW! Fun stuff. 

-Jaelyn-

Grammy Letter

Dear Family

            This week we still get to celebrate Robert Tischner’s (Cousin) birthday on Thursday and a lot of anniversaries.  Happy days to eveyone!

            What a fun morning it was to share Dad’s birthday with all the siblings and spouses this week.  We were especially glad to have Bernard (Grammy's little brother) and Vicki join us.  Reta (Grammy's little sister)  also traveled a long distance to join us and we were so glad to see her.  We were so sorry that Dixie (Grammy's little sister) didn’t get to celebrate her anniversary with her husband, but we are sure he and the boys had fun in Jackson Hole.  We also missed Brent joining us and were sorry that Bruce had to leave early to get to the Stake Baptisms.  His pancakes were sure good though!

            The weather has been so beautiful.  I still haven’t had a frost at my house so we are still enjoying squash and tomatoes.  The nights have been so pleasant.  We are wondering if the traditional rainy weather will hit us for General Conference.

            Dad has asked me to put the following in the family letter:

            He wanted to extend a special thanks to everyone for his wonderful birthday celebration.  He was especially grateful to Bernard and Vicki for coming such a long way to share in his special day.  He said with gas prices the way they are, that was a big sacrifice for them.  He has so enjoyed the special memories that were included in his memory jar from everyone.  He read them over the weekend and said they really touched his heart and to thank everyone for their thoughts and memories.  He was very happy to receive a phone call from Cody to wish him happy birthday.  He said that the reception was very poor, but he was very glad to get to talk with him.  Today (Monday) he is raking and bailing hay.  This will be the last of the hay crop and they will all be glad to get it in. 

            We loved the Relief Society Women’s Conference on Saturday and are looking forward to the General Conference this upcoming weekend.  It always goes by so fast!

            We love you all

            Carol and Kathy

church work and sleep!

well where do we begin! Not much going on here we recently stated teaching the ctr 5 class in Church and We love it, the kids arent to bad. They get out of hand every once in a while but they are wonderful. the Bischopric stopped by last week to offer us some conferance tickets. Jeanne is way excited to go to conferance FOR THE FIRST TIME! this will be my fourth time and, I love to go and feel the spirit whip through this HUGE building. every little detail about the conferance building is awesome.
Work is the same trying to get as many hours as we can for trips and the holidays. after all Halloween is the best time of the Year :) and I need to buy all the spooky things i can. thats about all that is going on in our lives. OH I can't forget sleep thats the best part of all. love you all. miss you jae-yo, hope things get easier and we'll see you in two weeks or so.

Ellee Jo and the Jog-A-Thon

I am doing a Jog a thon at school.  The money is used for playground equipment and other things that we need at our school.  I am asking if you will sponsor me.   You will pay the offered rate for every lap I complete.  There are lots of prizes I can win.  The sign up deadline is October 3rd and the money is due October 17th 2008.  Will you help me out?  

Thanks Ellee Jo

Our Introduction

Hola Hogan family community! Well, we're the Normans and we thought we'd finally introduce ourselves. Rebekah, Bren and Genoveva Norman. We are somewhat an extension to Roy and Penni's little family. Not by any legal means but of more in an 'honorary' sense.

We live in Benton City and about 3 months ago we had the first addition to our family. As you can see from the pictures posted she has taken to the Hogans quite well. (Do we foresee some babysitters?) It's as if she has always been with us. One big happy family!

Well, it's late and I'm being summoned to my quarters (this is Rebekah typing). Muchos besos and thanks for letting us be apart of the family fun. We love y'all!

It is so fun to read the postings to this blog. Thanks Roy for setting it up.

Elle Jo, Grammy loved reading about your school and all your friends. I love getting your phone calls every school morning and having you read to me. I love to read also, and I am so glad that you enjoy it. You are such a good reader!

Jae, thanks for your phone call. It was fun to talk to you. I also enjoyed seeing your picture. You said you were going to post others, but I didn't see them. You do look "intense" in this picture. I sure hope that you buckle down to your school work in your math and chemistry class so that you will be allowed to continue to play volleyball. I know how much you love it!

It is really raining here today - just one of those "dreary" looking days. Hard to get moving when it is so dark outside.

Please remember to send me your memories and/or comments about Grandpa on the farm for his birthday. I need to get them to Aunt Reta ASAP.

Love you all
Grammy

School Days

Im going  to talk about school my teacher,s name is miss,pierce. My principal,s name is yale I love school.Now im  going to tell you my friend name,s

1. Brie

2. Araceli

3. Fernanda

4. Onofre

5. Braden

and that s the end of my story.

I love you all.

Ellee Jo

It's a new week and life continues to be good. Lynn was sick earlier in the week. Thursday he complained of his stomach hurting, but was rubbing his chest, so Marie took him to the hospital. I met them there. They ran tons of tests and determined it really was his stomach/intestines and not his heart. We were very grateful to be able to take him home that night. He spent Friday with Mom and I. We knew he was sick when an appliance service man came to work on our fridge, washer, and dishwasher. Lynn just opened one eye and promptly went right back to sleep. Usually he'd be right in the middle of everything trying to help. He came again on Saturday to watch the game, go to eat with us and local Hogan family members, and spent the night. He enjoyed going to church with me today. He's going back home this afternoon and is doing great.

I'v thought a lot about Grandma Renner and Grandpa Hogan this month, as it is their birthday month. Grandpa was the master of teasing and yet very wise. He was pretty wild as a young man, but changed his life in order to marry Grandma Hogan. From that time forth he devoted his life to his family, Heavenly Father, and serving others. When he passed away, the line to his viewing extended out the door and around the building outside. He was loved by young, old, and all races.

Grandma Renner was a joy. I have her first set of scriptures (not the set she had when she died). Looking through it the other day, I realized she LOVED the scriptures. The pages are worn from marking and reading. She wrote comments in many places. My set of scriptures still look new after 10 years. i'm afraid of making a mistake, tearing it or something. After looking through Grandma's, I realized scriptures are like a workbook and I need to study like one and not keep them as museum piece. Which brings me to a thought I heard this week:

Prayer invites the Spirit, but the scriptures hold the answers we need.

It is also Grandpa Israelsen's birthday this month. He too is a great tease, but has such a tender heart. I was in awe of the number of people who came to the student ward open house in his honor. He has literally blessed the lives of thousands of people. What an honor it is to be his grandchild.


I'm grateful for all of my Grandparents, Hogan, Renner, Israelsen, and Gilgen. They were great examples of faith and service. I pray I can live my life as well as they did, because I know if I do, I can be reunited with them.

Love ya, Aunt Kathy

Jaelyn's Intensity

Okayy so we lost this game but we played SO

good. I was really intense as you can see. Lol.

It was great. Im gonna add more photos on

here so this is all for now. Love you all!!

-Jaelyn-

Grandpa's Birthday

Most of you know that it is Dad’s (Grandpa on the Farms) birthday on Saturday Sept 27^th.  He didn’t want a lot of fanfare but the following has been suggested:  “Reta has suggested that we give Dad "89+ reasons that we love him."  Inasmuch as he has at least that many direct descendants, encourage each of your family members to write at least one reason you love him.  Reta will prepare the gift for Grandpa from these individual submissions.  She did not say, but I would think it would be nice if names (of those writing) were attached.”

There isn’t a lot of time to get this in, so would you please do this ASAP.  You can email me all your families responses and I will see that Reta gets them.  Thanks so much for your help on this issue.

 

Love Mom / Grandma

Grammy's Weekly Letter

Sep 15, 2008

Dear Family

            This week LaDean (Grammy's sister) gets to celebrate her birthday all by herself!  How about that!  She has always been spoiled though – and we love to spoil her.  Hope you have a great day LaDean.  The sisters lunch has been moved to Sept 25^th to honor her birthday since she filled her week up this week. 

            Before I forget to mention it – The Hogan family I guess will be in charge of Thanksgiving dinner this year since I didn’t hear any big outcry of anyone else willing to oversee it.  We weren’t able to get the Young Ward building as it was already spoken for, but I scheduled the building that is our home-ward for our dinner.  I know that some prefer a home to gather in – but we don’t have a home big enough to do it, so with the church the kids can play basketball and other games.  We will be contacting all of you with assignments.  It would be nice if you had an idea of how many of your children would be joining us. 

            Also, Kathy, Emma (cousin) and I will be sponsoring a shower for Shara (cousin).  Kathy recommended that since some will be traveling to join us for Thanksgiving, that we have the shower the next day so that you can still join us.  I have scheduled the Young Ward building for that event.  We will be notifying you of further information for time, etc.  I have the building scheduled from 12:00 to 4:00, so keep your schedule open if possible for that event.   We will be doing the “traditional” quilt at that time also.

            We had such a nice time visiting with family members yesterday as we listened to Jenny (couisn)  give an absolutely wonderful testimony at Sacrament Meeting.  Actually the entire meeting was very touching.  The young couple that spoke with her were so good, and the spirit was so strong throughout the meeting.  It was also nice to share a wonderful lunch with everyone.  I had to smile about one of Jenny’s male friends.  He came in the door and glanced into the living room seeing Dad.  He said, “Wow!  There’s brother Israelsen.  What is he doing here?  Are you related to the Israelsen’s?”  Jenny of course explained that her Mom was an Israelsen.  The young man said, “He gave me my patriarchal blessing!”  It is always a small world when you deal with the church.

            Some of you have heard my story about our bathroom cleaning product called “Pretty Potty”.  We have used it for years to clean the toilet, however, the lady that assists with our deep cleaning is from Peru and speaks very little English.  We couldn’t get her to understand how to use it properly so it got slid to the back of my undersink cabinet.  Recently, as she pulled out all the things under the sink to clean it well, she started to “chatter” in Spanish.  Upon inspecting, the chemical had eaten through the plastic container in which it had been purchased, had eaten the paint off the cabinet floor and had eaten into the wood.  The hot and cold pipes were disintegrating and the hinges were coroded.  When we called to find out how to neutralize the products effects on the counter, we were told that everything would have to be replaced as it would continue to give off the destructive fumes.  I called Ammon Dauges and he came to “fix” things.  He had to cut out the square of flooring, put in an entire new floor, replace all the pipes and hinges, etc.  I had him also look under Kathy’s sink and her’s had destroyed the drain pipe and the sink faucet feature, so that had to also be replaced.  Soooo $600+ later, we had the mess cleaned up.  I don’t think that I will be using that product any more!

            Roy and Penni have chosen to move Jae from the public school system in Tri-Cities to a Catholic private school.  She was having some major problems and through prayer and fasting, they found this small private school that they felt was an answer to their prayers.  Jae has been competing in sports almost since she was big enough to walk, but she has especially enjoyed Volleyball was to be on the varsity team this year.  The new school is very very small – I think she said around 150 students.  Anyway she is on the varsity team there, and they have been winning all their games and it looks very favorable for them to be going to State.  She is really excited to be on such a good team.  We are hoping that this scholastic move will be a very favorable one for her.  Her Bishop is also the Seminary teacher in her former school, so he is working 1-1 with her for her Seminary program.  We pray that this move will truly be an answer to all our prayers.  She is such a wonderful young woman and I love her so much!

            We finished building 4 more planter boxes this week.  That will give us a headstart in the sping instead of trying to build them then.  It was fun to have Rachel’s help one day to assist with 2 of them. 

            Family members have been submitting the missionary letters to me and I print them all up for Dad to enjoy.  Some of you have requested a copy of them also.  I am going to add  my sibling names to a mailing list for the missionary letters each week.  If others of you want to read them also, please let me know.  If the sibling group are not interested in reading all the letters, let me know and I will  remove you from the mailing list.  Better close for now.  Love you all so much.

            Carol and Kathy

So cool

Hey! I hope everyone's doing ok. I just had to share this really cool experience our family just had. Our Stake is doing a "Special Invitation Sunday" open house Sacrament Meeting on September 21st. Pass along invitation cards were made and each family in our ward was challenged to take some to pass on to friends, family, and neighbors. I called the full-time missionaries a week ago and asked if they had any left. They assured us that they did and asked how many we needed. I told them I needed between 15 and 20 so we could get them out to every house in our neighborhood, after which there was dead silence. When I asked if that was too many, they assured me that it would be fine...they were just in shock because no one else had asked for so many! When they came about 15 minutes later, they gave us the cards and left us with a promise that if we would be prayerful and follow through, Heavenly Father would bless our family with courage and the ability to reach our goal. Tonight for Family Home Evening, Charles, Heather, Eric, Rachel and I had a prayer and then divided up and covered the whole neighborhood. Some of us were very nervous and even hesitant, but we pulled together and got it done. There were a couple of negative reactions, but all in all it was a very positive, uplifting, great experience. A few people even expressed some interest. We came back home with 4 cards, 2 of which will go to people that Charles works with, 1 to Mark's girlfriend, Claudia, and the last to a cashier at the grocery store that Karla has become friends with. What a wonderful thing it's been to share...as a family...something we are so privileged to have to share.

Just Us

There isn't anything really new to report. We built four new garden boxes. They are spaced so I can reach them from the wheelchair on three sides. That is really great for me and much easier on Grammie's back.

I woke up a couple weeks ago and immediately realized my leg wasn't hurting. It lasted for three wonderful days. During that time I had big dreams of returning to teaching. Reality returned when it started itching like crazy, followed by deeper and more intense pain. I still don't have the constant raw road rash pain, which is nice. Usually my mornings are pretty good, but I'm climbing the walls by bed time. The only thing I can figure is whatever is causing this has moved from the nerves to the muscle. I'm starting pool therapy today. Maybe that will help with the stability.

We went to listen to Jenny Maples misson talk yesterday and had a delightful family dinner afterwards.

Gabe (Uncle Lionel's boy) found a floor (3ft x 4ft) puzzle he really liked at the hospital gift shop. I took him over on Friday to buy it. They had one put together and covered by plexiglass. When I picked up the boxed puzzle, he got really frustrated because he wanted the "big" one on the floor. I tried to explain to him that when we put all of the pieces together, it would be just like the big one. He wasn't convinced and complained all of the way back to Grammies house. Unfortunately his mom was waiting for us and he had to leave before we could get it put together. He didn't care because he wanted the "big" one anyway.

Aunt Emma starts classes next week. I'm going to do pre-school with Gabe during her class time. He's really excited for me to be his teacher, but can't figure out how we can have school at Grandma's. It should be at a school building. "That's why they name it pre-SCHOOL!" He's a lot of fun.

Lynn is doing good. He was here for the BYU football game last Saturday. Between Tyler (Marie's husband), Grammy, and Lynn I thought the roof was going to come off. They are pretty animated. Tyler and Marie, Hancocks, Dyers and I are going to the USU-BYU game. Grammy decided she didn't want to watch the game at home alone. So she is going too. It should be fun. For some reason, I think we'll be sitting on the BYU side (Yep even Hancocks and Dyers are BYU fans).

Due to house and car repairs, Grammy and I are pinching pennies right now, so we probably won't be joining you this time in Boise. However we would like to another time. We hope you really do make it to State - Jae. We look forward to FHE with Jeanne and Chad. We really hope Tonia and Doug will join us too. We miss all of you and love you dearly.

Aunt Kathy

we are so happy to be togeter

hi this is the edwards wadding

chad,tonia,doug, jl

my sisters and us

we are happy to be togeter forever

tonia

Sweet Revenge!!!

Today was basically AMAZING sweet revenge. IDK if any of you know what

happened to my aunt Jolene. She was coaching in Burbank (JV) for 12 yrs

and the varsity coach quit (the TCP coach just started teaching PE in Burbank)

and the TCP head coach started asking Jolene questions about the Burbank

volleyball program (everyone thought he would apply for the C team coaching

position at Burbank when the JV coach [Jolene] started coaching Varsity 

and my uncle JJ [the C team coach] started coaching JV). Little did we know

Jolene was being set-up by him and the Burbank athletic director. So Jolene

applied for the Varsity coaching position thinking she was the only one.

Meanwhile Bob Kharrett (carrot) applied as well. He got the job and Jolene

went to TCP and applied for the Varsity coaching position and JJ applied 

for the JV position and they got it. So we were invited to the "Burbank Invite"

(it has been known as the Coyote Invite for the last 25 yrs til RETARD Bob

decided to change it). So he set us up to play Royal who he thought would kill

us and then we ended winning that game (obviously) and Burbank lost their

first two and were out. So we got first and they didnt place. LO FREAKING L!!!

It was AMAZING!! When we won FIRST PLACE against Granger the parents

were like "why are they acting like they just won state?" Then one of the ladies

from Burbank (all the Burbank players were told to not talk to us and cheer

against and none of them listened. They all cheered FOR us.) turned around to

them and explained what happened to Jolene and how it was just a sweet

victory. Sorry if no one understood. Thats my best explanation!!! Love you all!

I MISS YOU JEANNE and CHAD-YO!!!!

-Jaelyn Kae-

Go Jags!!

Jaelyn @ volleyball

Jae cheering on her team!

The Champs!!!!!!!!

The Tri-Cities Prep girls volleyball team played in a tournament today and beat out 3 other teams including  Touchet Washington who are 3rd ranked in state.  Last year TCP lost most of their games.  This year there is a new coach (Jaelyn's Aunt Jolene) and they are on fire.  They are predicted to go to state this year for the first time ever.  We are very proud of all of them and wish them the best.

GO JAGS!!!! 

We are so excited to hear from you Chad and Jeanne.  We are glad to hear that you are happy and healthy.  Glad also to hear that you survived all of the people you had staying at your house.  WOW you are teaching the five year olds???  What a hoot I would like to see that.  I bet you two are wonderful with those kiddos.  Things here are pretty much the same.  Jaelyn has settled into her new school.  Because she moved high schools and played varsity volleyball, she is not allowed to play varsity volleyball at the new school until she appealed the Washington Interscholastic Athletic Association.  A week ago last Wednesday we drove two hours (a story in itself) to the hearing to prove that she changed schools due to a hardship and not for athletic reasons.  We plead her case and the board approved her appeal and she is now playing varsity Volleyball at Prep.  They are doing a bang up job and will likely go to state this year.  We will keep you posted.  Ellee Jo is loving the second grade.  She loves her new friends, her teacher and recess of course.  Penni and I keep going to work, nothing exciting there.  We are looking forward to our weekend in Boise.  Three rooms have been reserved for two nights at the Holidome for Friday through Sunday, October 10^th, 11^th and 12^th.  One for Tonia and Doug, Chad and Jeanne, and us.  Anyone else wanting to join us, please come and play.  We are going to be swimming, playing games, eating good food and just hanging out.  It is all indoors under a big dome.  The swimming pool sports a giant 25 foot wall where on Saturday night they project a family movie to watch while we are in the pool.  They call it an indoor “drive-in”.  On Saturday we will be visiting 2 or 3 camping/cabin resorts in the Boise area where we will hold our first annual family reunion next summer.  On Sunday we will go to church together and then head home.  You will need to call 208-343-4900 to reserve your own room.  Jeanne and Chad, ask Tonia to blog and tell us how she is feeling.  What about Doug?  Is he working, hanging out, or lounging by the pool eating bon bons all day?  Doug and Tonia are you out there???  Love all of you!!!!  Let hear from you a bit more often huh??  LOL

We're still alive!!!

we have just recovered from all the our family being at our house. we have just been working and sleeping and trying to get out of debt. we are hoping to be going through the temple soon we just need to work on a few things. We also have received a calling teaching the ctr 5 class its been a challange but we are getting the hang of it. We will keep you up dated on the temple well thats all for now we will try to get better at this blogging thing sorry it has been so long we will try to do better we love and miss all of you cant wait to see you we hope your week is going great
Love Chad and Jeanne

Grammy's Weekly Letter

Sep 8, 2008

Dear Family

            Our birthday wishes this week go to Haley Tischner today and Marlene Israelsen on Friday.  Happy Birthday to both of you.  We hope that you have something special to make your days wonderful. 

            We have been so happy with the grow boxes that we put in last year, that we are make some more to go in our back yard.  We figured that if we could make them now, they would be ready to plant early in the spring instead of so late like we did this year.  The watermellon that we planted is only as big as an orange so they won’t provide any fruit this year, but all the other things that we planted have produced wonderfully.  We are really enjoying our grape tomatoes.  The other large tomatoes have not done as well, but we hope that the weather will hold off long enough for us to get some of them also.

            I was surprised to learn that Uncle Bernard (Grammy's little brother) has had such an unfilled need and desire to learn to play the piano.  I really feel bad that he was so deprived in his youth, and wonder if there is some way that we can remedy that need even though he is old and probably challanged in his learning abilities at this time in his life.  We certainly extend to you our sorrow at your lack of fulfillment Bernard.

            Dad (Grandpa "on the farm") had a bad tooth again this last week that kept him awake at night.  He was able to get in to see Johnny (Grammy's cousin who is a dentist) the next day, and apparently he had a lot of infection in the tooth and John did a root canal and put him on an antibiotic.  Dad feels like he is running out of options with his teeth, but John doesn’t want to pull them.  He has been so good to perform these services for Dad for a donation of eggs each time. 

            Dad has ask that I put the following in the letter regarding his upcoming birthday.  “I do not need anything.  Tell everyone to put their money toward the support of their missionaries and families and to just give me a call to wish me Happy Birthday.  I don’t need more ‘stuff’ around my house.”

            We enjoyed quilting at KayDawn’s (Grammy's little sister)  again this past week.  We were able to tie 3 quilts and then each took one to bind.  We love just getting together and would remind any of the family that would like to join that we meet the first and third Wednesday’s of each month.  I was grateful to have KayDawn come over and help me put the kingsized quilt I am doing for Kris (Roy's niece) on my frames.  Kathy always has so much fun playing with Katie (KayDawn's baby)  while we are quilting, and so we were excited last night when KayDawn and Tracy (The Husband)  called and asked if we could watch her for a few minutes while Tracy had to run into work.  We were so excited to have her here.  She is such a delightful little girl and SO sharp.  Everyone needs to be careful around her as she picks up things so quickly and remembers them!  Kathy said, “Her teachers better teaching things right the first time, because she will learn it and remember it that way!”

The weather has been rather cold at nights lately, but the days have been wonderful.  I would prefer if the days were in the 70’s rather than back up to the 80’s, but we also need the warmth in the day to ripen our produce.

            It sounds like we are going to have a rather heated several months on the campaign trail since the conventions are over!  I will be so glad when the elections are over and we can settle down to something other than the bad-mouthing that goes on during these campaigns.  If everyone would talk about what and how they intend on making changes rather than putting down the other party, it would surely be a more pleasant world to live in!

            We love you all and pray that you have a wonderful week.

            Love Grammy and Kathy