Long time no write

Wow it's been a long time since I wrote on here, although I see that I'm not the only one. So I think it's time for all of us to update everyone on whats been happening out there. I have had a wild couple of weeks at school because one of the ladies I work with had her tonsils out (she's 62) so needless to say she hasn't been there. Tammy has been helping us out a lot thank goodness. Last week when I was taking some Chicken Nuggets out of the oven I managed to give myself a 4 inch burn on my neck of all places. It looked like someone had tried to strangle me or something. The little kids were soooooo cute about it though. They were all so concerned and I got a ton of hugs to make it get better.

I have been out in the shop working on some Christmas presents. Calvin made me a new workbench so I just love being out there now. He is the SWEETEST hubby in the world and he really spoils me bad. But I love every minute of it.

We had a very quiet Halloween this year because all of the grandkids live so far away. We really miss getting to have them come over and trick or treat so we can see them in their cute little costumes. Nate did send us a picture of them on my phone so at least I got that. We just love them all sooooo much and really miss them!!! I did send them some suckers that looked like Frankenstien hands, but it's just not the same.

Well I hope everyone is having a wonderful Autumn season and I'm very excited to be reading all of the new blogs very soon. I love you all. :)

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Back to the Grindstone

Well, Tomorrow we go back to school. I'm not real sure I want to go back, but I say that every year and then when I get there it's all o.k. Tammy gets to come in for six hours for the first 2 days to help us get things going and that will be good. I just worry because I haven't heard if Sara Lee got my bread order or not; they won't return my calls. It's really weird to have school starting on a monday, Calvin and I actually went in today and hung my welcome back signs and did a little work on the computer so I would be ready for in the morning.

We had a terrific last week of summer up at Elkhorn this year. We did a lot of riding all over the mountain and there was not one day of rain the whole week, we couldn't believe that the weather was sooooooo nice. We did have a little problem with a raccoon though, the little bugger kept getting into the garbage and making a huge mess. So we made sure everything was all put away and the garbage was in the back of Toms truck and the next morning we found that it had ripped our cooler we put on the 4-wheeler and it had also gotten into Nate and Natalies back pack on their bike. Nate got a good look at him and he said he was huge. He wanted to shoot it but it just stayed right around the bikes and the motorhome so he didn't get a chance.

We all got some little treasures from Grandma Jackson's house before they tear it down and haul it off so that was good too.

Well I hope you are all ready for your summer to be over and get the kids back in school. We have our first grandchild starting Kindergarten and boy is she ever excited. Way to go Sara!!!

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A wonderful visit

We had a terrific week and a half with our cute little Idaho grandkids. I think we did a little bit of everything while they were here. We took them to the Demolition Derby one night, and then we went to church on Sunday, We pulled out the little swimming pool on Monday and they had a lot of fun in it, They also enjoyed the sand and the swingset in the back yard. We roasted marshmallows and made smores one night with Tom and Gwen and Tammy and Darin and they really loved playing basketball. Then Calvin pulled out the lawnmower and put the trailor on the back of it so they could all ride while he mowed the lawn, That was a lot of fun to watch. We beaded some necklaces and bracelets and colored lots of pictures. Then to top off the stay we made some Pinewood Derby cars; what a blast having them paint their cars. I think the kids had as much paint on them as the cars had. We really loved getting to have them stay and I have been missing them since they went home, but hopefully we will get to see them again this week when we all go camping up at Elkhorn. I know I've said it before and I still have to say it again.

"GRAND KIDS ARE THE BEST" I love every one of them sooooooooooo much!!!

It's been a whirlwind

We had a great 4th of July. Becky called and said that her and Mike wanted to come up but they weren't going to be able to so I suggested just meeting them in Fillmore and going on the piute trail for the day. So that's what we did. Tom and Gwen and Tammy and Darin all came with us and it turned out to be a really nice trip. We missed Natalie and Nate though, They had reserved the cabin that his work owns and they were up there. It sounds like they had a terrific time too. We were able to see fillmore's fireworks from the campground so That was neat too. And the kids all had a great big water fight. They were all soaked and laughing . And Nayelli and Zack got to see Bubba. :)

I need to let you all know that I did survive camp and so did Calvin. He worked harder last week at camp than he does at work I think, but he is such a sweetheart for going with me to help out. The girls all just love him to pieces and I think that makes him feel pretty good. Things went way good and I am ready to get started on next year now. They had a challange course with 7 activities that all the girls were supposed to do. After the girls were all done doing them they encouraged the leaders to give some of them a try. So of course I had to try some. I Climbed a 30foot swinging log to a cable that I had to cross holding on to a rope and then I repelled down the other side. I thought that was the scariest thing I had ever done until the girls in a group I was going with (I didn't even really know these girls) decided I should do a trust fall. Well, the trust fall involved 8 girls holding their arms out towards each other and I had to climb to a 4 ft. tall pedistal log. I had to hang my heals over the logs and twist my arms up in front of me and then I had to say "I trust you with my life" and the girls all said "We're here for you sister Jackson" and then I had to promise to keep my arms twisted up in front of me and fall straight as a board. Then the missionary told me to say "Falling" and all the girls yelled out "Fall on" and he told me to fall backwards. It took me a minute but I finally did it screaming all the way. They caught me and I thanked them all for loving me enough to not let me fall. It was pretty scarey , but It had a great meaning and I am very glad I did it.

We got home from girls camp on Friday and then went to Ibapah to play all night on Saturday. We lasted from about 8:15 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. It was a long night and I actually fell asleep while I was playing and Calvin said I was playing all the wrong notes. It was funny I didn't think it was possible to fall asleep while standing and playing. Every one really appreciated us coming though so it was all worth it. We slept for about 3 hours and then calvin drove us home. We did stop in Wendover for breakfast though.

I'm glad to be home now and getting things all back in order. My lawn didn't fare to good with no water for a week and the grasshoppers never let up while we were gone so I don't have any flowers or bushes left in my entire yard. I really just wanted to cry. I hope they won't completely die now. (blasted grasshoppers).

10 Days left

Well the count down to girls camp is on. I have 10 days until we leave. I think everything is actually almost ready. The stake young womens presidency and the lady over the 5th year girls are going to come to the school on Monday and we will make 250 Cinnamon rolls and tye dye our t-shirts . Calvin wasn't going to go with me this year like in the past, he has always found the time to go and help out and I was really going to miss him this year because he hadn't taken the vacation time, but we didn't have enough priesthood signed up to go so being the sweetheart that he is, he talked them in to letting him have the week off so he can come with us. That will only give us 3 Priesthood leaders. Actually I kinda feel sorry for them because thats alot of girls to have to be around for a whole week. Last year all the priesthood got together and established thier own town. It was called Manville and Calvin was the Mayor. Bro. Wall and Bro. Fivas were afraid they wouldn't have manville this year without Calvin so they have told me how greatful they are to have him coming back this year. ( I think they secretly have a lot of fun up there sitting around and drinking thier IBC Rootbeer ) Any way I will be glad to have him there.

WE HAVE GRASSHOPPERS!!!! Yuck, the whole ground moves when we walk out our door. The neighbor accross the street was on the news the other day because he couldn't even walk out his front door. It was totally covered with grasshoppers. We keep sprayiing and nothing seem to kill the little buggers. In the afternoons the west side of our house and shop are just covered with them too. The other day Tammy was over and we walked out back to the storage container, I walked in front to break a trail for her, but I kept hearing her squeal. Then all of a sudden she came running past me and her knees were about hitting her nose because she was lifting up her feet so high. She was freaking out and I got a real good laugh out of it. The grasshoppers are annoying but that day they were entertaining too. Ha Ha. I still laugh just thinking about the sight of Tammy and running past me. On the down side of it all I have lost almost all of my garden because they just devour everthing in their path and the flowers are on their way out too I'm afraid because I only have me and they are millions and they are winning the battle.

I have losts more I could write but I'm afraid I would bore you so I'll stop for today and come back later next week or something. Have a great day everybody. Love ya, :)

Wow has it been a long time or what!! I have been very busy getting done with school. They decided that for the last month of school they wouldn't send us any more food orders so it was up to us to call around to the other schools to see if they might have what we needed to get us through. Talk about stressed out! I think I just about went insane trying to get enough food to feed 450 kids breakfast and lunch every day, but I wasn't alone, we were all in the same boat, I just hope they don't decide to do that at the end of every year. Needless to say I am sooooooo glad school is out. I have been set apart now as the stake camp director so that is taking every spare second I seem to have now. (So I'm still stressed out) Any way I know now that Heavenly Father is right there to help me through every inch of the way. I had to make 4 different schedules to give to the different groups that I broke the stake up into. It took 5 trys before I finally got them all right, but they are all done and hanging on Lanyards to match the colors I gave each group. I am glad to be done with that task. I really never realized everything that goes into preparing a stake camp before, so I have really been humbled and I am soooooo lucky because I get to do this for 2 years in a row instead of one. (Ha, Ha)
We went to Cedar City and helped Becky and Mike get moved to St. George last week end. Calvin got to take the big truck down and put some of their stuff in the very back of it. It really make it look like they had a ton of stuff to move and I think when we pulled in the parking lot to unload everything people were probably thinking they would never get everything in that little place. They didn't have a place to keep the 4-wheelers and their camping stuff so they put it all on thier bike trailor and parked it at grandpas house for a while. We are all greatfull to Grandpa and Dockie for letting them do that. They are living in a very nice condo, while they are still looking for a house. They couldn't keep their dog in the condo so we brought him home with us and he has been adjusting to living with two very boring old people. I am going to go with Calvin tomorrow in the truck to St. George and we are going to take Bubba with us so he can visit with Nayeli and Zack and get some of thier loves.
Natalie and Nate came down this Friday so Natalie could practice with the band and then she came and played with us for a wedding in Magna. It was sooooo nice to have her come and play with us again, we miss her alot when she can't be there. She is a great assett to the band. We will be going to Rupert to play for thier ward in about two weeks. We are all excited to go and do that because they all really enjoy dancing and listening to us. and They always roast a pig for it too. :)
Tom and Gwen and Tammy and Darin are all doing just great. I love having them close so I can bug them alot!!! We get to go to dinner with them and just hang out and we have been trying to go to the temple all together each month so that is the best. I love being at the temple with my family. I hope every one it enjoying their summer so far. It is a great time of the year!!!!
O.K. everyone is all caught up on what is going on at our house so I am going to close for now. I love you all tons!!!! :)