Better late than never...

Ok so Christmas has been over for 2 months now and we are all thankful for that but I hadn't gotten a chance to post any of the pictures yet. The ones where the kids all have their L7 hoodies on is really cool. It was a good night and I am glad that everyone was there... well almost everyone.
Thank you Sue and Mom for posting some recent news. Tammy... where are you? I thought you would be all over this blog thing. I know we are all busy though. Who am I to talk right?
My world has been busy.. I'm sure you all know about Weston breaking his arm. He is really happy to have a soft cast on now. At least he can take it off to get in the shower. Those hard casts are so stinky and nasty!
We are in our 7th week of basketball which means just one more to go. (Well actually Braxton has 2 because they cancelled one of his games). Mom has been my Thursday night date for Garrett's games. Dennis doesnt get home until Friday and I don't want to go and sit by Jim and his hoochie mama by myself. After the games we usually go get a dessert or recently I have been buying one ahead of time and then we come back to my house and have dessert and tea! Thank you Mom for coming and hanging out with us.
I have been busy the last couple days printing off all of my pictures for the last year and a half. I havent worked on my scrapbook since July 2007 so I thought I would catch it up over the next couple weeks. I had no idea that I had so many pictures and things going on though. I had the brilliant idea to print them all at home on my new photosmart printer that Dennis got me for my birthday. Its a great idea if you were caught up and didnt keep it running 24/7. I have gone through 2 print cartridges and about 250 pieces of 4x6 photo paper and I still only made it to Sept 2008. Add all that up and I have spent about $100.00 so far on cartriges and paper and it's going to cost me another $50 to go buy more. I'm so smart... I should have just sent them all online to Walmart and paid half the cost. Sometimes... I wonder about myself.

Frankco Bowlers???

Hello all, I finally figured out how to create a slideshow but couldn't get it to post so Jodie had to help. Anyway I had some pictures of my work bowling night so I figured I'd share them with you all. Now are we bowlers or a bunch of nuts well you can decide that for yourself but whatever we are we always have alot of fun. The guys I work with are always good entertainment.
Love Ya
Suzy

Mom's Words of Wisdom!!!

I found a book today---actually was going to give it to Dirk for his birthday----and have read some very inspiring thoughts in it. So my lucky family you are going to see some of them. It is about why America is struggling and how we need to recapture what America once stood for. This writer thinks we should look to the Cowboy and their way of life for our answers.
The Code of the West
1. Live each day with courage
2. Take pride in your work
3. Always finish what you start
4. Do what has to be done
5. Be tough but fair
6. When you make a promise, keep it
7. Ride for the brand
8. Talk less and say more
9. Remember that some things aren't for sale
10. Know where to draw the line

Seven Core Values we can all share

1. COURAGE
2. OPTIMISM
3. SELF-RELIANCE
4. AUTHENTICITY
5. HONOR
6. DUTY
7. HEART

A couple of the quotes that I like----"A man who doesn't stand for something will fall for anything" "Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts"
"If you're lookin for a helpin hand, try the one on the end of you own damn arm" "Never cut what you can untie" "Always tighten your own cinch" "The rich man is not the one who has the most...but the one who needs the least" "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation" and finally "Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity, properity is what is doing us in."

This was pretty interesting and so true---Identity used to come from your family, your community and you expressed your personal values in word and deed. Now it seems to come mainly from what you own and what lifestyle you flaunt. It used to be that if you were smart, hard-working and kept your nose clean you'd earn enough for you and your family to live a comfortable life. But today, that's not enough. The lesson we teach now is you better get rich or you're screwed.

The little things are all that really count.....we all need to take heed and make sure we are not the greedy, tech-savvy, get rich people who have no time for what really matters. In the end it is not how you're buried but how you are remembered!

Chevaun "The Quilt Maker"

We made this quilt for Roseanne one week-end. It was a girls only-all-night deal with a little fun, some work and a few drinks! Chevaun made one for Macie and it turned out so cute that Roseanne decided we needed to make her one. She picked out some pretty neat material and as you can see it turned out AWESOME!!!

MACIE MOO!!!!!!

Here is that CRAZY baby! She is growing fast now and quite the little personality. The cheesy smile was for me when I was trying to take her picture.

Yes I'm Still Here!

Okay mother I figured I better post something on here so you know I'm still alive. Everything is going ok Steven got his drivers license scary thought I know but yes he is now officially legal to drive. Hell I hope that doesn't mean I'm gettting old. Work has been going pretty good, I have also been on a bowling league with my work and it has actually been alot of fun. I have some pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas I am going to post with this sorry I didn't get them on here sooner. Other than that all is well in the world of Sue. Well since I am sitting at work posting this I am gonna make this short and sweet and I will post some bowling photo's etc on here soon also.

Love to All

Sue

HAPPY NEW YEAR

I am wondering why no one enjoys this as much as I do. It is great to see the pictures and get a recap of what is going on. The Vegas story is great and Mom did have a good time. I paid dearly for it though. I am getting old!!! What's new that I know about----Steven got his driver's license so everyone be very careful out on the roads-----Macie is a real ham----we all think she is funny and so does she! She laughs at herself and makes us laugh harder at her----crazy baby! Max has had a skin infection so all we do here is doctor the damn dog!!! This has already been going on for three weeks and he is not better yet. Jacque broke her ankle back in December so she has been laid up. Eva and Ada passed away a month apart and she was unable to attend either funeral. Mom is now the only one left. She had a bit of a hard time with it all. Trina, Colton, Jodie, Dennis and I went to Green River and over to Ada's funeral in Grand Junction. The weather is cold, Obama is president, and the economy sucks but other than that we are all well. HELLO 2009___here we are!!!!!