MAY 2011

I don't know where the time goes but I am getting old. As the saying goes the closer you get to the end of a roll of toilet paper the faster it goes! Dirk and Chevaun had a new baby girl on April 19th. She weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and her name is Kaylee. She does not have the same disease as Macie. Macie calls her "tiny baby" and wants to keep her. Brody quite the busy guy anymore...eats about everything but food for some strange reason...bars of soap, deodorant or even furniture but food is yucky. He says a few words now and for some reason can say "basketball". Whose kid learns that as a first word......Jodies! My life is crazy as always...never seems to mellow out. Mark's trailer got stolen out of my driveway a couple of weeks ago....lucky Tammy is such a good detective as they got most everything back. She did most of the work....police are usless creatures mostly. I bought another vehicle 2010 Tahoe...bright red. Geez everyone will see me coming now! Steven will graduate on June 3.....he will get a rude awakening when he has to act like an adult! I keep trying to tell him that but so far he is ignoring me.....thinks baseball and playing Call Of Duty is where it's at. I seem to be the only person writing on this FAMILY BLOG!

BLACK FAMILY NEWSFLASH

2011 has continued like the preceding years....plenty of stress and problems. I keep wondering when this all comes to an end. We finally got Mom and Dad moved into another house...all one level so they could manage better. Are they happy...no...always complaining about something! They both have health problems and can't do what they used to but refuse to admit it. I wonder if I am the same.......geez! Mom has to come up here to the doctor to get a biopsy on her thyroid...we are keeping our fingers crossed that it is nothing serious. Boyd has a cancer on his nose and has to come up to the Huntsman Cancer Center in June I think...not sure what that all means. He is also having problems with his hands...thinks they will operate on them....I hope not. His right shoulder is giving him trouble so they are going to try sending him to therapy...told him that at his age he could not handle shoulder surgery.
Grandchildren growing up fast... I find it hard to believe that Hunter is almost 14 and Colton 17. Steven will graduate this year. Where does the time go? We will have a new granddaughter on April 19th.....no name yet I am told. Family all here.......Sue as always has legal issues. Wonder if that will ever change? Dirk not working but I am sure he will find something when he is ready. He is busy remodeling his house making room for this other child. Jodie and Dennis are busy trying to keep trucks hauling water in North Dakota...sounds like a challenge right? Tammy busy taking all the calls from crazy people in SLC and there are plenty of them. Trina is being grumpy....wants to do something more than be a medical assistant.....she gets in a hurry to be and do more.....everything will come in time. Amanda... I have not heard from for quite awhile.......is she still out there somewhere? Steve still in North Dakota and you guessed it grumbling because he hates it up there. Me... I still drag my lazy but to work everyday and do my thing whatever that is!

Hoping For A Better Year

Ok so it's been awhile since my last post I just discovered today that our site was back up and running again, thanks Jodie...
Anyway 2010 was not the greatest year for me but I keep pushing on hoping things will get better, somethings gotta give sooner or later right??
Steven is doing well as usual keeping his grades up and still playing baseball and of course wrestling. I don't know that I will ever figure out the wrestling jinx in this family I swear Steven gets hurt somehow every year, so far this year he has had a broken nose, although it wasn't caused by wrestling it was during that season, then yesterday he comes in looking like someone beat the hell out of him, swollen lip, black eye, etc good lord what will it be next???? I know he's not my little boy anymore hell he's 18 now but even still he is my boy and I worry about him. I'm still having trouble figuring out how I have a kid that's all grown up there's just no way I'm that damn old??? Yep I'm in denial and intend to stay that way for as long as I can that's just the way it is... So there's is this quote or saying or rhyme not sure what it really is but a friend of mine sent it to me and I was reading it thinking how true it is so I figured I'll throw it on here just because so here goes:

"YOU GOTTA TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD; SMILE WITH THE SAD;
LOVE WHAT YOU GOT AND REMEMBER WHAT YOU HAD.
LEARN TO FORGIVE, BUT NEVER TO FORGET,
LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES, BUT NEVER REGRET,
PEOPLE CHANGE, THINGS GO WRONG
JUST REMEMBER
LIFE GOES ON!!!"

Suzy

2011 Here We Come

Christmas is over and mess is cleaned up.....The New Year is 5 days old. We survived and even though I had more problems than I would have liked it was nice. I tried to give everyone a nice Christmas......I may retire someday and not be able to afford much for my family. I hope you all had a nice holiday and got some things that you want or need. The grandkids are all getting so big it is hard to shop for them so money is becoming the choice. Not very creative I know! Christmas Eve was fun...Trina and Colby had made a DVD with pictures and things of the siblings and grandkids...it was very nice. She also made up a song about the Black's to the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas and had the kids sing/talk it. I didn't do anything for New Years...cleaned up the Christmas stuff. I hate that part of it....hard to get it all packed away....even though I don't buy anything new it never fits back like it was.....WHY??? Steve in town getting some skin cancers removed. He has to go to a plastic surgeon tomorrow so they can schedule a surgery to remove the rest of one from top of this head. I had to take him to the doctor on Christmas Eve day to get part of that taken off and checked to confirm it was cancerous. I have such an exciting life it is hard to talk about it.....go to work, come home, go to bed, go to work, come home and on week-ends go to farm, work and come home, go to work again. I am sure everyone would love to trade places with me......RIGHT! Mom and Dad's house is in Green River being set up. We will be moving them in sometime toward the end of the month. Randy has to get the porches done and frame the garage. Hopefully they will like it....with all the grumbling that is going on I wonder. Neither of them like anything or so it seems. Will be glad when that is finally over and done. Happy 2011......hoping for an awesome year....is that too much?

KEEPING YOU POSTED!!!!

Christmas is coming fast....can't believe another year has gone. It seems like just a few weeks ago we were in Torrey for Boyd's 90th birthday and it has been almost a year. I went to the farm this weekend...Hunter went with me. Chevaun, Hunter and I made some gifts in a jar to give to the neighbors and even made a couple for Trina....wondering why I have time to do this stuff!! I do not have my Christmas shopping done!!!! When we finished with our project we watched True Grit with Dirk....he waited not so patiently on us. I have a doctor appointment tomorrow with the radiation doctor---just a routine check up so hope all is still ok. I really don't need more to worry about....I seem to have my fair share of issues. Steve in Colorado moving a rig....has been shut down because of snow. Roads were a bit bad coming home today...took me awhile but by the time I got to Heber it was just raining. I am already tired of winter...longing for sun and heat!! Jodie and Brody were over Friday night...we were making blankets and using the Cricket to make some Christmas presents. Brody is quite the cutie and I enjoyed the evening. This past week was one of birthdays......Amanda's on the 13th, Colby's on the 15th and Tammy's on the 18th. December is a very busy month!!!!

THANKSGIVING 2010

We all had a great time at Dirk's old fashioned Thanksgiving. He had the kids on scavenger hunts and treasure hunts. Very cold but the kids did not seem to mind. We played pool, had a great dinner and of course watched Christmas Vacation. The girls and I went to Vernal on Friday morning shopping and had breakfast. Saturday they all went up looking for a Christmas tree. I stayed home and made soup....good thing as they were plenty cold when they returned. We did get Peanut's hair cut, the girls had a cute project...we did not all get ours done but the ones that did were really cute. All too soon it was time to return to the grind. I am proud of my family...we have such fun and make awesome memories. What more could you ask for!!!!

My hard work

Ok family.... I have worked hard to get this all up and running again so I think now it will be your turn to post something.
Here is a picture of my little peanut. Hopefully we can get his hair cut next weekend at the farm! See you all then.