Golden Wedding Anniversary

January 8, 2011
50 years ago my sister, Sherryl, began her life with Arnold. Their children invited us to share in celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Sherryl and Arnold began their life with making sacred vows in the Idaho Falls temple. It was a wonderful day and one I am glad I didn't let the threat of a snowstorm get in my way.
When we arrived at Burley we drove first of all to the home I lived in when I was really little. It was in this home I broke my baby sister's crib by pretending I was a horse and I was jumping in it. Quinn was helping me. He was older and should be blamed for it. Right?

Me, Carolyn, Mike, Quinn and Sheila standing in front of a home still being occupied. No one came out and took shots at us or anything! Can you believe 12 people lived in this home?

I had to take a picture of the yummy desserts served at the party.

Handsome hubby and brother-in-law.

Sisters Sheila and Kathie with my nephew Garth and his wife, Misty. Misty is due to deliver her first baby any day.

Carolyn and Jay, and Tim and I drove together to Burley. We had a wonderful visit with them. Thanks for braving the storms with us!

Some of my brothers and sisters and their spouses and one niece and great-great-nephew.

Sherryl and Arnold's original children with their spouses. There is a grandchild or two tucked in to boot!

Sherryl and Arnold enjoying their newest great-grandchild.
Thanks again for inviting us to the party. Have I ever told anyone I love my family? They are wonderful people. I have been so blessed in my life to have these people to support me and to show great examples. Thanks, family!

Grandchildren Bake Cookies and Rolls

For Christmas I gave Rylee and Kailie matching baking sets. They were so cute I just couldn'g resist. But, with the gift I wanted to help them use them. So, one day I went first to play cooking baking with Rylee. We made chocolate chip cookies. So, Rylee and Lana began the cookies.

They carefully measured, poured, and mixed all the ingredients.

Then you have to wait for a pan of cookies to come out of th oven.

When the cookies come out of the oven it is best to wait a minute or two for the cookies to cool. Then you can eat them. The cookies missing off the paper towel were probably in MY stomache.

Kate enjoyed grabbing a few chocolate chips that didn't make it into the cookies. The evidence is on the chin!

When Hayden gets hungry he just begins by going to the pantry and climbs until he finds what he wants. It wasn't chocolate chip cookies!

Then on to Tai and Mike's home. Kailie began by washing and drying the bowls, measuring cups, measuring spoons and such. Then we began the making of the cookies!

Look at how well the cookie dough looks!

Kenzie didn't want to make cookies. She wanted to play the wii instead. She is happy doing it though.

Isaak wanted to help. He gave us a great wink with the mixing of the dough.

Brielle enjoyed the wii, too!

Then I went home and Danika helped me make dinner rolls. It was a full day of baking...and eating. I ate pleanty. Did you know most people gain an average of 5-10 pounds during the holidays? How can that be?

Thanks for the great day, my little grandchildren.

December parties

For Christmas, 2010, Tim gave me a wonderful camera. It is a camera I could learn to use many ways. It will take me a long while to figure out all of its features. Look at the beautiful pictures it takes!
Jordan and Nikole let me play with the camera on Christmas Day by taking their picture. I will add they are a cute couple!

Tim and I gave each other too many gifts! We had a wonderful morning opening and visiting grandchildren!

Tim got a short nap in the late morning. He didn't know I would be taking his picture. Surprise!

December 11, 2010 was the date we got together for our yearly Condie Christmas party. Can you believe all this wonderful family? I am so blessed to be a member of the family. We ate, did a pinata, blanket toss, Christmas pie, talked, had a wonderful program with the children doing the nativity...It was a wonderful day.

On the 2nd Sunday in December we got together at Hilary and Bill's. Before we all went over to their home, Hilary arranged for a neighbor to come and take a family picture. This is the one I wanted to use for my Christmas letter. I just had too many camera problems and was a little handicapped when it came to getting the picture sent to Walmart to get on a Christmas card.


I know these pictures are all backwards. It has just been too long since I have blogged. I forgot how to do it.

Broken camera!

How does one post on their blog without a picture? This is so strange. Did you know camera's have a hard time surviving when you drop them not once, but twice. I could baby it along for some time. I went to a program at a school and remembered to take pictures. But, alas, the camera refused to perform. The grandchildren did a fabulous job. Then I went to other programs for other grandchildren. No camera. Then there was Thanksgiving weekend! I missed taking pictures of that. I will survive, though. I will not let this get me down. I will be stronger, bigger (Thanksgiving just got over...bigger is a great word), and better!

UMA Banquet

Once a year Tim and I are invited to attend a banquet in Salt Lake City called Utah Manufacturers Banquet. We are served a wonderful meal, enjoy entertainment, conversations and at the end of the evening we are given a box full of goodies from people who manufacture things in the state. As you can see we get calculators, tape measurerers, cleaning supplies, paper supplies, treats and just other fun stuff. It is always a treat to come home and dig through the box to see what is inside. It is like an early Christmas gift. So much fun. Maybe some of the stuff should find its way into a Christmas Pie.

Tim and I finished the gift wrap center on Friday. We think it turned out well. It was fun doing it together. What do you think?

Sister's Party

Sister's Party, 2010
Sister's Party weekend began by going to the Twin Falls, Idaho LDS temple together. Only about half of us that got together could be there in time for the temple. After going to the temple,we drove to Kathie's home where we ate a great dinner of baked potatoes (potatoes grown in Kathie's garden), stroganoff, fruit salad, green salad, dinner rolls, dessert and enjoyed re-aquainting conversation. We sat up and talked for hours and then I remembered to get out my camera. By this time it was way after midnight. As you can tell by the picture of Misty (below) we were getting tired. Of course Misty is 6 month's pregnant and has every reason to be tired. We got to have 2 pregnant women with us. They were troopers to stay up and talk forever while fighting exhaustion. See, we don't look too bad for 2:00 a.m.

The next morning we made some crafts. We made something to take out with us visiting teaching in December...

Can you see the angel wings on Sheila and Arlene's shoulders? The wings are the glow you see on their shoulders.

Brooke and Danika went up with me.

The mature women in the family. Kathie, Georgia, Becky, Sherryl, Arlene, Carolyn, Dianne and Sheila. This is a picture of women of strength, integrity, wisdom, fun, and incredible love. They are women I look up to.

Kathie ad Cindy doing the other craft. A saying rubbed on to a tile. The saying is by Elder Worthlin, "Come what may, and Love It"

When I got home this afternoon I got two surprises. Tim met me at the door (granted I had a granddaughter and daughter with me) and he made me a gift wrap center! Cool! I was totally surprised! What color(s) do I paint it?

Kailie's baptism

It was a big day for Tai and Mike's family! Today Kailie was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Congratulations Kailie!

My little Kailie just before going to the church to be baptized. Such a beautiful little girl!

After Kailie came up out of the water her dad picked her up and gave her a big hug. It was a sweet moment. Lana and Rylee were quick to give Kailie a hug after the confermation.

The Parson family from our ward came to share the day with us. Tai babysat the Parson triplets many years ago and now the two girls will babysit Tai's children. Thanks for coming Rachael, Marissa and Alex! Thanks to your dad and mom, too.

Pictures of family and friends gathering to share the joyful day.

Great- grandma Jennings with Hayden doing his best to smile a goofy smile. Cute!

During dinner Kate and Danika didn't want to be bothered with the job of eating. They just wanted to play. So, of course we let them build a bond of friendship. Food came later.

Tai's high school buddy and her two daughters came to the baptism. Good friends are a treasure. Good to see you Cami!

It is always good to see Jay and Carolyn. Sorry I didn't have your fudge, Jay. (Inside joke)

Jason and his children! What a brave and good man to come without his wife, Lindsey (who was working), all by himself.

I found Mickey Mouse in his Halloween costume hiding in my garden. Can you believe he dressed up as a carrot?