GREAT JAZZ GAME TONIGHT

I know it was just the Washington Wizards BUT the final score was Utah 129 to 83. Great three point shooting among other great physical scores. UNBELIEVABLE!!

FAMILY SAVE YOUR MONEY FOR THE REUNION. WE NEED TO RECIEVE YOUR PAYMENT HERE NO LATER THAN MAY 26TH, SO WE CAN COMBINED IN ONE CHECK AND SEND IT ONTO DOWNATA.

LOVE TO ALL AND GOODNIGHT

Hey, Amy blogged me....SHE IS ALIVE AND WELL.

Family Reunion June 6-7-8 at Downata Hot Springs

Ranch House (for up to 12 guests): Two Bedrooms with queen size bed. One Large Bedroom with 3 full size beds. One Queen Sofa Sleeper in front room. Small game and play room downstairs with Fooze Ball table. (no sleeping in basement). Outside includes a gas grill, 3 picnic tables, fire pit and private volleyball. Other entities include satellite TV., phone, TV., VCR, DVD, iron, dishes and more. Our goal is to make sure you enjoy your stay here at Downata. Bring your own pool towels. Swimming is not included in rental rate. Extra guest fee charged for more than 12 guests. We cannot allow more than 3 extra guests. Tents may be pitched on the lawn but the tent fee is charged. We only put enough house supplies for twelve guests. Please bring extra if you have extra guests tenting on the lawn. Ranch House rental includes up to 3 vehicles only.

Hey Family...THIS WILL BE SOOO FUN

To our India Family...please come...We will eat, swim, soak, play volleyball, and part of Saturday clean up Hunt's family plot. On Sunday we will have Grave rubbings for the kids, have a devotional where pioneer stories will be read....and much, much, more.

We're asking each family to contribute $200 for Ranch House fees. Bring extra money for swimming, food, etc.

Green House is Waiting for my gardening hands

The pots are empty...dirt and filler is near by....flowers need to be bought.....the sun is gleaming into the green house windows.....the warmth is so inviting....the radio is near...the digging and planting tools are ready....IT IS TIME TO GO DO THE SPRING RITUAL...I CAN'T WAIT!!!!

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE

May we all remember the true meaning of Easter!!


And to my family...PLEASE make my day...blog me, tag me, or just let me know that I am wanted, needed, or loved. That would be sooooo nice!

DAUGHTER-IN-LAWS BE AWARE

Hey Daughter-in-laws.....If you were to ask your husband's what favorite cookie did your mother bake for you as young children????? .....I bet they would all say...Cherry Macaroons!

Well, today I looked in my very old receipe file and found it. Here it is: (If you want to make your husbands very happy make these cookies for him)

Cherry Macaroons:

1 1/3 cup shortening
1 1/2 sugar
1 t. salt
1 1/2 t. Almond extract
2 unbeaten eggs
3 1/2 cups sifted flour
2 t. baking powder
1 cup of cut cherries
2 t. baking soda
1 1/2 cups coconut

Cream shortening, gradually add sugar, almond extract and eggs, and beat together.
Sift together flour & other dry ingredients. Add to shortening mixture and mix well.
Add cherries and coconut. Dough should be somewhat stiff.
Place cookes on ungreased cookie sheet (tin foil).
Bake at 375 degrees until light brown for 10 mins.


AND DAVID DO I HAVE A SURPRIZE FOR YOU ON EASTER!!!!

Jazz got Whipped

Wow, How bad was last night's Jazz game with the Lakers? They whipped our behinds and on our home court! So sad! If we had of won we would have broke our Home Courts wins EVER! I hope we can beat them if we meet them in the playoffs. It was horrible! That's one game I would like to forget!

IS ANYONE OUT THERE??????

Hello Everyone,

I am currently writing another book with Susan Madsen. Hopefully the title will be IMPACT-The Power and Influence of Mother's on our lives. We are interviewing alot of people. Some day down the road I think we have left the door open to do a sequil titled IMPACT II-The Power and Influence of Father's on our lives.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone is reading my blog....hello out there...anyone listening....Maybe this old grandmother just doesn't have anything worthwhile to say....

But, I'll keep trying.

Shawn and family in India will be in the states this summer for four to six weeks. They plan on getting together with us. We're still looking to have a family reunion on the first weekend of June unless we change it for Shawn and family.

Hello Everyone, I'm feeling a little bit better today. I thought I would tell you about myself.

I am married with four sons. My first three sons are married. I have 12 grandchildren with one more on the way. My fourth is autistic and lives in a group home. I graduated from Utah State University with a B.F.A. Degree in Art Education. I love people, nature, hiking, chasing sunsets, and eating popcorn while watching the Utah Jass. My freinds caracterize me as a hopeless idealist, impulsive, spontaneous, dramatic, and forever "depthy".

I teach classes in creative writing and was a popular speaker throughout Utah at League of Utah Writers' workshops and chapter meetings, as well as church events. I've been characterized as a writer who returns to her roots, bringing the reader along to share in the tender relationships of her past. I've been told that my portraits are a study in human relationships and the goodness of shared experiences.

I was a member and journalist and member of the League of Utah Writers for eleven years. I was state president of the league in 1989. During my years as a member of this group I won 28 awards and for two consecutive years was the recipient of the Pegasus Award for outstanding achievement in writing. I also won awards in music composing and poetry.

From my dust jacket from one of my books: "Because of Ruth's studies with noted poet Veneta Nielsen, her writing takes on a poetic flavor-a feeling of cadence and visual clarity."

This entry is just one of my talents. I'm not braging, just letting you see some things about me. The deeper things and more important things are less public and more heart filled -like family, grandchildren, friends, and religious beliefs.

My husband is a retired steel worker from Nucor Steel. He's really enjoying his retirement....but more about him later.

I have two published books:

Portraits from an Unfinished Woman and
Hard Won Wisdom - for a richer life from the greatest generation

Both books can be purchased on Amazon.com. Or, Hard Won Wisdom can be purchased at any Deseret Book Store...TRY THEM -YOU MIGHT LIKE THEM-YOU'LL BE GLAD YOU DID!!!

Hello Everyone, This is my very first Blog. Who would have ever guessed that this 62-year-old grandmother would have her own blog. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm Now what to write??? Thanks to my daughter-in-law I am ON and ready to GO!!! She will show me the in's and out's, Photos etc. as we go along.

I have a cold today so this first entry is a test and only a test. That reminds me of something I read:

THIS LIFE IS A TEST,
IT IS ONLY A TEST,
had it been an actual life,
you would have received
further instructions on
where to go and what to do!

Pretty thought provoking hey?...think about it.

Later....I'm a sick lady today....