Lakers or Magic

We are making guesses about the Lakers & Magic match-up over at the Cole's blog....come join in!

**Mom, (Nana) do you know that you can hover over the words "Cole's blog" and then click on that and you will be taken to the Cole blog. That is called a link

It's Somebody's birthday!!

Guess who's birthday it is today! Yes, Dawney who says she is 47 today. (You better check on that) Here are three little munchkins who kept me running fast after them. Come to think of it, I'm still trying to catch up with them!!

Here is Bart giving the Dawney a ride.


























Our family picture in 1960. I was so idealistic then. All of her clothes were going to match mine! In reality I discovered how hard it was to keep clothes on her!









Here she is, half naked.



















Here is the beautiful baby!





















When we lived in Connecticut. She wanted to be in a beauty contest!

















Buena Park Family. It seems we did everything together.



















Dawney and Julie all ready for their gymnastics recital!


















Here she is at 4 mos. How we adored her.


















The Beauty Queen at 7 yrs. old in Connecticut. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAWNEY!

















Such a sweet picture at 8 yrs.

















Easter Morning, 1961, I love this picture.


















I think she was potty trained at this age!



















Fullerton with baby Tatia and sister Julie.




















Standing in front of the log cabin in SLC.




















Three sunbathers, Highland, UT.



















What can I say . . Beautiful!



















Finally!! I'm done. I hope you enjoy it as much as I have!!

Jessa's 21st Birthday

Jessica went to Joe's Crab Shack for her birthday. (Morgan works there) They made her be a princess.

Kylie had a birthday about a week ago. I guess I boo booed. I didn't get it in the blog. I actually thought her MOM who is much more gifted in clever blogging than I am. But, one of my children just told me I am the one that does it. Sooo, sorry Kylie, but I will make up for it.



Here is beautiful baby with her Mommy. She has now just turned 10.


Kylie at the piano just a little over a year. She was very curious and wanted to do everything.



Kylie with Jenna who will be 11 come July.





Pretty girl!!





Coles and Hansens at Thanksgiving point. Julie took some very fun pictures. They all had a great time.



I just had to get this picture in. Zak is a clever boy.




We all climbed on Noahs Ark!
I love this picture! Kylie and Sophia in the back yard at 5959 Oakhill.




Here is Bumpa holding his two babies at the time. Kylie, born May 19, 1999 and Jenna, born July 21, 1998.

Kylie, we know you had a wonderful birthday. May you enjoy your year of being 10. We love you, Nana & Bumpa

Just for Nana

figured its about time to have a new boa picture. lol we went to joe's for my birthday and they made me dress up.

Happy Birthday Jessica Nicole

I love this picture. I have some men friends who love it, as well.



Sisters, Sisters, There were never such devoted Sisters!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESSICA AND HER DUCK!! She is 21, today!This pic came from her camera.

This is Jessica at 9 mos when she lived with me for awhile. This is a favorite. I loved her so.











Here she is showing her spunky personality.










Jessica with her feather boa!



More Spunk - She liked to run naked!!











Jessa at 8 yrs. in 3rd grade. She got teased a lot for having such curly hair.










She was always a good eater. Jessica, I hope you have a wonderful day!!

New Phone Number

I've had it for 19 and a half years. We'll miss it. But the phone number is going away.

I have been discussing this with my family for months, and I finally decided that we don't need the land line. I'm the only one that answers it. And I only get call from people I don't want to talk to. So, as of Friday, if you want to talk you'll need to call my cell phone. Or Mark's. Or whichever of the large, adult, kidlings that you want to talk to.

If you don't know my cell phone number (or anyone else's in the family) you had better get ahold of someone who does. Nana has mine.

Trivia

In the old show "Doug" what was the name of Doug's Dog?Bonus points if you can name one of Doug's alternate personality's

If you are not watching the NBA playoffs
START WATCHING NOW!

2 more trivia questions

Where does Superman get his powers?

Donated by Zak: What is the disease that Jack Black said the kids had in "School of Rock"?
Hint: he said it when he was trying to convince the people to let them into the battle of the bands

Baby Blessing

Teo's baby blessing will be the first Sunday in June (June 7th). Of course, we'd love to have as much family as possible to attend. Teo will be wearing Gil's christening gown that he wore as a baby. The service begins at 1:00pm in the Burbank 3rd Ward. If you're coming, I'll give you directions. Following the blessing, we will be hosting a BBQ for family and friends at our apartment beginning at 3pm. We will be serving delicious hamburgers and potato salad. We hope you can make it!

The Baby Chick... or Transistions are painful.

I got this from a friend on the 'Net. It was very appropriate for me at the time and I surely love to share whatever life lessons Heavenly Father is teaching me.

The Chick Being Born

When in the midst of great change, it is helpful to remember how a chick is born. From the view of the chick, it is a terrifying struggle. Confined and curled in a dark shell, half-formed, the chick eats all its food and stretches to the contours of its shell. It begins to feel hungry and cramped. Eventually, the chick begins to starve and feels suffocated by the ever-shrinking space of its world.

Finally, its own growth begins to crack the shell, and the world as the chick knows it is coming to an end. Its sky is falling. As the chick wriggles through the cracks, it begins to eat its shell. In that moment - growing but fragile, starving and cramped, its world breaking - the chick must feel like it is dying. yet once everything it has relied on falls away, the chick is born. It doesn't die, but falls into the world.

The lesson is profound. Transformation always involves the falling away of things we have relied on, and we are left with a feeling that the world as we know it is coming to an end, because it is. Yet the chick offers us the wisdom that the way to be born while still alive is to eat our own shell. When faced with great change - in self, in relationship, in our sense of calling - we somehow must take in all that has enclosed us, nurtured us, incubated us, so when the new life is upon us, the old is within us.

I like this picture. It beautifully illustrates that what kept me safe and protected in the past is limited in its nourishment from the inside. What once nurtured life can become too confining and lead to suffocation. That doesn't mean I have to despise the shell though. Like the chick I can internalize the past and find strength from that part of my journey for the exciting road that leads ahead!

Is there such a thing as NOT being Disappointed in TV?

I have 3 shows that I watch...24, American Idol, and Lost. All three have let me down.

24 was a bad story and bad acting.

My favorite on American Idol was voted off last night. I have no interest in the final competition next week. Adam Lambert is definitely a performer, but I don't like either the music or the style of hard rock and that is what he will end up doing. I finally saw what people were saying about Tim being his lookalike. He does act and look a lot like Tim. But Tim is not boring.

Lost...lost their way after the first season and has never found its way back again. this season was completely convoluted. I saw no rhyme nor reason to any of it, and, really, if real people patterned their relationships after Jack and Kate, there is no wonder relationships are down the toilet. I think JJ Abrahms stretched himself too far these past few years. All his energy obviously went into Star Trek, which I loved.

what are your shows?

Exercising Again!

I went to my apartment gym today for the first time to do the elliptical. It has two tredmills, a stair master, an elliptical, and a body gym thing. Plus it has a tv, so I got to watch Bonnie Hunt as I worked out.

I couldn't believe how hard it was! I could barely do twenty minutes. I could hardly breathe.



Tatia - I'm half way to my goal . . . where are you?
Julie - I missed you!

MOTHERS DAY AT THE PAYNES - WILD AND CRAZY!!

Before I begin, let me just say it seems that the writing just goes where it wants to go. I don't seem to have any way of controling it. Please forgive me. I still have lots to learn about posting on this blog!!

Sophia is out on the ball court playing ball. She can certainly entertain herself and she always wears a smile. Around her, one can't help but be happy! I was so happy when Don came. He brought me one of my favorite presents - 2 dishcloths! They are wonderful. One of his patients knits them. I am always so happy when he remembers me. It was so nice to see most of my family. But we did miss CMP and Tanner and Teo. They should have been there since Gil had gone to AZ to a friend's wedding. And, of course I always want to see the Coles - however, I know how much they like to be a family unto themselves. I love you all.

After dinner, we all left Dad and Don to do the dishes and clean the kitchen. (They always do that) while the rest of us gathered round the piano to sing. Bart and Dawney were singing "Consider the Lilies" when Bart (I love his tender heart) burst out sobbing, so Dawney told him a story about a little chickie inside the eggshell. I would like to hear the rest of that story, Dawney - as you know, I was busy selecting more music to sing. This is my pinoltimet thing - to gather round and hear my children sing. They were singing songs I and chosen to be sung at my funeral!!

Here are Katie and Daniel. They are both 13 yrs. old!!

Here is Jenna. She likes to sit on her Daddy's lap and be right in the middle of things.

Here is Katy with her dad. What a fun girl. I think the whole family was happy. They had just eaten at their other Grandparents house. Now they were coming for Carne Asada! We were all so happy to see them.

Katie came with a whole new look. Plus, she is about 2 inches taller!!

Here is Jessica, playing on the ball court.

Here is Mo. A beautiful and majestic soul. Am so happy she is my granddaughter. Sorry, I didn't get the picture right.

Here is Daniel doing his bit.

Don helped all his children and others to do a professional job.

I had previously bought some beautiful "bleeding hearts" for each grandchld to plant for Nana. Here is Tatia helping to dig the holes.

Fancy toenails by Katie and Diana.