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My own grandchildren are very dear to me.  Cassandra Lea is going to Eastern Arizona to school she has a boyfriend named Harry Wood he is from Thatcher.  I am very pleased with Cassie she seems to know where she is going.  May she always remember to do what is right and keep her life in order.

Tamara Lynn is out of High School and is having a hard time deciding what she wants to do with her life, the last time I heard she was going to school with Cassie.  I think this is the best decision she has made so far even though I know Tammy does not like school.

Kris Delaine will be a Sophomore this year.  She is a quiet, nice and pretty girl also she does well in school and should do great in life.

Tara Rachael will be in the 8th grade and she will be all right cause she does not know a stranger and she is bubbly and full of fun.

Heather Jo is in 4th grade is quiet, pretty and smart.  She will do good in life, everyone seems to like her.

Heidi Jill starts kindergarten and is Roger's baby and she is cute as she can be.  She is friendly and happy and does about what she wants to do.

Cristina Marie is a freshie and is a cute, talented and smart girl.  If she chooses the right friends she will go far in life.

Sara Rae is in 3rd grade and a born chatter-box knows everything about everybody.  She is cute, kind and smart.

Richard Edward Loye is cute, chubby and tries real hard to talk but is hard to understand.  He will go far as he is pretty diplomatic.

Daniel Martin Louis is a real cutie and he is going to be a big boy if Loyelin can fill up his height.  He is good natured and knows how to wrestle all ready as Richard is teaching him.

Jacob - good looking, smart, tender-hearted.  He takes care of his sisters and tries hard to be a good boy.

Lindsey is a pretty little girl.  She talks non-stop and she is friendly and does not forget people.  She always makes people feel important especially grandparents.

Amber - a cute little sweet, cuddly baby.

Candon Paul is in 2nd grade and is a dependable little boy, handsome and smart, likes to play ball and takes good care of his sisters.

Rikki Rachelle is in 1st grade and is a cute little quiet girl who has her own burdens to bear but does it quietly.  Everyone's heart goes out to her.

Amanda Jo is just what Rikki needs as she speaks right up about everything not only for herself but for Rikki too.  She is pretty, sweet and important.

Tiffany Lynn is everyone's sweetheart and she knows it and basks in this love, she is a real live doll.

I have no idea what happened on April 13, but here it is August 21.  My dear sister Judy's birthday, she must be about 47 years old.  She has had so many problems, my heart just aches for her.  She has moved back to Mesa, I sure hope things start looking up for her and her family.

We have problems in our own family.  This summer little Rikki had an operation for a malignant brain tumor that had started growing  she was in the operating room 8 1/2 hrs.  The doctor said they got 99% of the tumor and then they planted 14 radiation seeds hoping to kill what was left of the tumor.  She seems to be doing fine except that the muscles on the right side of her face does not work and when she talks her  mouth is pulled to one side.  We all hope and pray she will get better.  This year she will be in kindergarten.

Cassandra has spent all summer in California staying with Jim and Shanna Nally.  But now she is at Eastern Arizona Jr. College in Thatcher where she will attend school this winter.  Tammy will be a Senior.  Kris a Freshman, Tara will be in the 7th grade (1st year Jr. High)  Heather will be in the 3rd grade.  Heidi will stay with Liza while Cathy works.  Candon will be in 1st grade, Sara the 2nd grade and Jason and Cristina will be 8th graders.  Mandy, Tiffany and Richard, and Lindsey will all be home while Jacob (I think) starts to kindergarten.

Loyelin is expecting our 16th grandchild right away.  We really need a new baby, as Tiffany is about 1 1/2 years old.  She is cute as a bugs ear, but we need a little new baby.

We are up on the mountain by Hannigan's Meadow where Loye and the boys are doing some work for Dean Sellars.  He has quite a project going, and it has provided us with a lot of work this summer.  I have only been up here about 4 weeks but I have really enjoyed it.  It's so pretty and green and COOL!

Katie has been here quite a bit while Charlie has been working his backhoe.  But I have been doing the cooking so I don't have much time for visiting this week I am cooking for about 16 men.  It is quite a hassle in a camper where we don't have running water.  But most of them seem to enjoy the food.  The guys here that I cook for are Loye, Roger, Jared, Jardine and Jason Willis, Candon Williams is here, Andy Savage, Stewart Hensley, Gene Sidell, Kim Lund, Kay Smith, Chris, Bud and Arthur Isaacs, and Roy Madison (Anna Lou's son-in-law who married Juliann.)  Kent and George Hall are here with their sons Ryan and Brad.  Lane Plumb with his sons Jesse and Billy, there are 2 guys from Mesa, 2 guys from Alpine and a man named Joe from Prescott.  When our ward went to Prescott to play softball in the boys Jr. tournament they all stayed at Joe's home and he isn't even L.D.S.  But our boys all stayed in his home along with Merlin and Sherry Hancock and Tom Wing and his son.  They expressed appreciation to Joe's wife for being such a gracious hostess.  The boys won 4th place.

(written in pink) This is Cristina's bracelet pen I'm writing with ad it sells like strawberries.  She got it from Avon.  (done with pink)

Here November is over and I haven't made one entry in this book all month.  And some pretty wonderful things have happened and some pretty bad.

First the good.  On top of the list-Shum was made bishop of Taylor 2nd ward.  He chose as his counselors Clyde Sherman and Floyd Fuentes they are all pretty lively people and should make a great bishopric.  Also Wade Butler was made bishop of Show Low 3rd Ward he has Leroy DeWitt and Steve Seymore as his councilors  Wade and Leroy we have known always and Steve is the son of Dean Seymore a boy we went to school with.  Show Low is blessed to have these men as leaders.

We spent Thanksgiving dinner at Judy's and Don's with the rest of my family and it was really good.  Matt Lewis is home from his mission and he said the prayer for our dinner and it was really good.

We went hunting out at Kaibab where the first night out it snowed on us about 4".  Loye, Jared, Jason, Josh and I all went from our family and camped with Charlie and Kate, Keith and his 2 boys Brian and Scott also Randy, Doug and Charlayne were all there.  We really enjoyed them all.  The first morning I didn't go out, but the rest of the time I did.  Josh got a 4 point deer and Loye got a 2 point.  It started snowing again the 3rd day out and it started getting so deep we finally had to move out we went down lower and stayed over night and the next day it kept snowing until there was about 6" and it was still coming down.  So we decided to see if we could make it to Fredonia and in 25 min we were there and there was no snow.  We spent the night in Kanab where we all had a nice luxurious showers and slept in some clean, comfortable beds.  The next day we went home but not without having car trouble this side of Page.  The U-joint went out of Jared's pickup.  Then later before we got to Winslow we had a blow-out on the camp trailer we were pulling.  But we finally made it safely on home.

Heidi had her 3rd birthday on Nov. 29.

A beautiful Sunday-Loye had high council assignment to talk in Taylor 4th Ward.  By the time we got everyone ready for church we got there in time for the sacrament.  

Frank Greer and Keith Blair was the High Councilman to talk in our ward  They both gave good talks.

Came home and fixed dinner.  We had baked chicken, dressing, string beans and slaw.

Loye, Jared, Josh and Mark all went to a priesthood meeting at the stake center where they watched and listened to a talk by Elder Boyd K. Packer.  Loye thought it was real good but I didn't hear much comments from the boys.

Mom, Roger, Cathy, Kris, Heather, Heidi, Mark, Liza and kids all came over and Rick and Loyelin got back home.  So when everyone went home it was so peaceful we all went to bed and slept.

Another windy day in northern Arizona.  I'm thankful we have it all the time and not in the form of a tornado.  There has been so much destruction in other states just this week from tornados and in California this week they had an earthquake in Coalinga in the San Joaquine Valley.  Lots of damage done.

We had a hectic day in the kitchen we made turkey and dressing, potatoes and gravy, harvard beets, rolls and pumpkin pie, it all turned out real good.  Roger and Cathy, Jared and Loyelin, Sara, Heidi, Candon, Rikki, Mom, Grandma Willis, Ann Lewis and Viva Hatch all came by to eat dinner with us.

After work we went bowling and I bowled a 119 game and a 155 and a 145 which wasn't to bad for me, but Kate had a 209 game, it sure made her day.

In the morning we are going to the valley to watch the ball game at 7:30 hope I can get done everything I need to.

After breakfast on this really beautiful day, Loye took the Datsun down to Ballard Brothers where all it needed was to have the clutch adjusted and "Teeuse" charged Loye $1.00 which was really a relief.

We got ready to go to Payson to meet with Shanna's husband Jim Nalley who is here from Ohio where they live.  Josh had a wrestling tournament in Lakeside so he went up there and won, but didn't get to go to Payson.  We couldn't find Jason so we just left him here playing with the neighbors.  Loyelin, Mark and Liza went to the valley shopping so they didn't make it either.

We were about 20 minutes late getting there but when we got to the circle K there was Jim, Dahl, Shelley, Jacob, Lindsey and Jared.  We borrowed Grandma Willis' car so just Loye and I and Mandy went in it but, Roger and Cathy had Mark and Liza's pick-up and they had Cassie, Tami, Kris, Tara, Heather, Heidi, Sara, Cristina, Rikki, and Candon.  We had prepared  picnic and had everything but the chicken so Jim went to Kentucky Fried Chicken and bought 2-21 piece barrels of chicken, when we offered to help pay he said Shanna would beat him up, cause she had told him to take us out to eat.  We went to the park and ate and visited while the kids played on the slides, swings ect.  We sure had an enjoyable time.  It would of been better if all the kids had been there.  Makes you know how the Savior feels when all of his sheep aren't with the flock.