Keeping up with the Jones

The last month in review!

2010-05-23T22:39:00.000-07:00

Andrew drove up to Ontario, Or. from Provo with his friend Cliff to see Ned play. It's 1/2 way for both of us. Ned was sick that day but played and then spent 5 hours in the john on the 5 hour bus trip back to Yakima. Poor kid! Thank you Andrew for coming up! It was a short trip but worth every minute!

Mother's Day brought me these wonderful chocolate covered strawberries from Tommy and Rachel. Funny thing is the wrong card came with them. They were for Edna Evans from Tacoma. She probably got my card! Notice there is one gone. I couldn't resist before I took the picture. I had a wonderful Mother's Day. Thank you for your cards and calls and wonderful gifts everyone!!! I love you all very much!!!!! Seth graduated form U. of Idaho. Peter and Addie were able to go with us. It was a fun day and we are very proud of Seth. On to grad school!

Those of us who were able to be there celebrated Ella's (#3) and Erin's birthday at Red Robin

Parker Field in Yakima. Very artsy picture! Last home game.

So since the end of February Daddy and I have mad approximately 24 trips to watch Ned play baseball and 2 trips over to Moscow for Seth's graduation from the U. of Idaho and Ivan's blessing. That's 52 times over and back over the infamous Snoqualmie Pass! Once you get over the pass the rest of the trip is a piece of cake. But never knowing what the weather is going to be like is awful! This last trip to Pasco yesterday was great thou. It was a beautiful day when we went to watch Ned play his last game for Yakima. ( The scenery is beautiful too going east). The game wasn't so great but being able to support him and cheer him on at every game was worth every trip we made. Thank you Ned!!!!

Catching up!

2010-04-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

So two weeks ago our oldest grandchild, Mackenzie, was baptized. Oh goodness, already? The years are going by too, too quickly. It was a wonderful day and we were grateful to be there. She is a dear, sweet girl and we are very happy for her. We missed those of you who weren't able to make it. Next baptism, Aidan, in June. Here are some pictures. Also Mackenzie and Sydney's bouncy birthday. We were at the bouncy house. Everybody's favorite place!

Ned

2010-04-05T23:25:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of Ned at school! As you can see, he's studying really hard! How many baseball players does it take to chalk home plate?

His tower of pop cans!

Great Weekend

2010-03-16T18:03:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went over to Moscow to bless Ivan Seth Jones! He is a beautiful addition to our family and we are so blessed to have him. He looks just like Weston and Koper when they were babies. And his hair is wonderful! So soft and beautiful. It was like wheat blowing in the wind. Thank you Seth and Lacey for a very nice day! Seth gave his son a beautiful blessing. (I know I have used the words beautiful and wonderful alot) Martha and Kent put on a really good luncheon for all of us! Thank you! We missed you Sam , Kate, Clark, Meredith, Andrew and Ned.
Ivan with his cousins Michaela and Mackenzie!

So, Stephanie comes over to us all and tells us that she has caught Aidan sneaking food off the table to take on the trip home. It turns out it's mushrooms he is taking. How many children do you know eat mushrooms let alone sneaking them. I love it and we all laughed! i had to get a picture.

Here we all are. All the kids are looking at the camera and with normal expressions! Yahoo!!!!

Seth and Lacey and beautiful Ivan!

Beautiful Ivan!!!! Born February 13, 2010

Newest Projects

2010-02-22T16:58:00.000-08:00

So, last week was my birthday and I had a very nice day! I received some very funny cards and these lovely roses from my sweetie. And everyone called! Thank you everyone!

Our biggest news is that Seth and Lacey had their third son on the 13th. His name is Ivan Seth. That's number 15 for Dale and me. That's 8 grandsons and 7 granddaughters. We are blessed beyond measure.

In the last week and a half I have completed these 4 projects. Another rag quilt. This is for Ivan. I personally love the color combination. If anybody is afraid of making rag quilts these are so easy to do and go fast. You can do it!

This is my new tote. I have been looking for a purse because I ruined my last one. I found this pattern on www.modabakeshop.com and just loved it so here is my result. I found the fabric at Pacific Fabrics. It's moda fabric. I love it. But if you decide to make one use 2 layers of warm and natural. It will make it a little stiffer.

I've been making dresses for the girls (sorry boys). This one is Addison's. More to come!

I got this idea from Stephanie. It's just a piece of fabric (warm and natural in the middle) attached with velcro. It's great for all those loose sewing pins. I love it and it was so easy to do.

So there you have it. Now on to baby blankets for friends grandchildren and more dresses.

Have a good week!

Love!

A work in progress!

2010-02-10T21:19:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I just looked at my post and it never comes out the way the preview shows it, so I WILL learn how to do it all right along the way! Please be patient with me. Have a good rest of the week! Love! Happy valentine's Day to everyone. Love you all dearly!

Super Bowl Sunday

2010-02-10T20:42:00.000-08:00

Well, most of the guys watched the game!

Ethan at 4 years old!

Rachel at 23 and feeling much better!

Dog before he was eaten! Dog after! Poor little puppy!

Dressing up with your cousin is so much fun!

So, this was a big weekend! Peter and Stephanie had us all over to watch the big game. We had a great time. Lots of food and lots of football. Well, lots of football for the guys. The kids had a great time playing and we girls played games. I'm thankful that my daughters-in-law are patient with me when it comes to playing the games. They are much better than I.

We celebrated Addison's birthday. She turned 4 on the 8th. Ethan turned 4 on January 26th. Everybody is growing up too fast.

I'm still on my sewing quest. I have finished 2 more dresses for the girls and will start another rag quilt tomorrow (pictures on next post) after I get back from my water walking class. Yes, I started a water walking class at the Issaquah pool. But, their idea of walking and my idea of walking are not the same. This is an all out aerobics class with a little walking. But I'm not as sore as I thought I'd be. Thank goodness.

Rag Quilt

2010-02-01T22:49:00.000-08:00

Ok, so while Stephanie and Peter are getting organized, I'm playing and sewing alot. Maybe too much. But I don't care because it's been a long time since I have had enough time to actually sit down and sew. One of my projects was this rag quilt. I saw it on this blog, http://www.amazingmae.blogspot.com/ . I can't believe how many crafty blogs there are out there! Amazing!!!

Anyway, it's a little different than the rag quilts I usually make in squares. This didn't take as long. I made it for a girl in our wad who is having a baby boy in June. I gave it to her on Sunday and she loves it. So, as I continue my sewing quest, I'll try to post my creations.

Love to all!

Continued

2010-01-26T22:52:00.000-08:00

I don't know what I just did but I need to finsh this entry. Anyway, I may change the shade to another lamp and make a black and white shade for he silver lamp. What do you think?
That's all!

My lamp shade

2010-01-26T22:38:00.000-08:00

So today while I was watching Tyler, Ethan (Happy 4th B-day Ethan), Ella and Brynlee for Timmy and Erin, I decided to doll up my boring white lampshade. I had seen on someone's blog that they had covered theirs with fabric and put ribbon on the bottom with cute buttons and so i copied the idea. Turned out just fine. I don't know if it goes with the silver lamp. I may put it on another lamp and

Llast week's project

2010-01-25T21:19:00.000-08:00

For a long while now I have been wanting to cover the dining room chairs. You see they belong to a friend and I don't want the fabric on them to get ruined. I finally found this cute polka dot fabric at Joann's. Perfect! The yellow ribbon is some we used at Tommy and Rachel's wedding. I love the way they turned out. Hoorah for me!

The Potato Shooter

2010-01-24T20:26:00.000-08:00

Ok, so last summer we had a little get together and Peter brought his potato shooter for the "kids" to play with. I thought it was one of those little things, but to our surprise it wasn't little at all! It was more like a potato canon. Here a re the videos of the day! The first one is when Seth and Peter put a rotten potato in it and it rained potato. (The video is sideways because I didn't realize I had the video part of the camera on). We all had potato on our skin, in our hair etc. I loved watching the boys and the grandkids having so much fun. As you can hear, they all had fun!!! Enjoy the tapes. I love them!

So there you have it! My Sunday night blog entry! So far so good. Two weeks in a row. Pretty good! I'm proud of myself. Really proud!

So, everyone have a wonderful week. Love you all.

P.S. I went to the Dr. on Wednesday because my left shoulder has been hurting for while. I found out I have arthritis and tendinitis in my shoulder. Oh really. Matches the arthritis in my knees, hands, pretty much my whole body! I was afraid I was having a heart attack for three weeks. Also, Daddy told me today that for the last few days he has been able to up up the stairs without holding onto the rails. Little miracles! Yahoo!

i'm back! again!

2010-01-17T22:05:00.001-08:00

ok, i just got off the phone with seth and lacey and they encouraged me to start up my blog again. so here goes. it won't be much tonight. but a little something. it's been a year since my last post and alot has happened. daddy is all better, tommy and rachel were married in may. everyone was home for the wedding and we had a good time.

we had a great christmas. missed having sam and seth and their families with us but maybe next year. was busy with 5 weddings during december and i'm not sure i'll do that again during the holidays. my consolation is that all the brides were very pleased with the results as was i.

here are a few pictures to show you what has been happening. they are all random. i know this sentence should be at the top but when i get help from one of my daughters-in-law (hint, hint) to show me how to do a blog the right way then all will be good!

see you next week, i hope! love

2009-07-25T17:03:00.001-07:00

Gone So Long

2008-12-25T22:52:00.000-08:00

Today. Almost all better.

First time at physical therapy. I told him NOT to wear the sweatshirt.

He was sweating when he was done!

Stepping outside to get some fresh air! It's like his "first day of school" picture!

Home from Dale's first trip to the Dr. a week after surgery. It took Peter, Al Wirrick and

Spencer Hall ans myself to get him there. Thanks guys!

Up and walking slowly 6 days after surgery.

Good to be home!

Going home in the back of the van! Only way we could get him home.

Day before surgery, Sleepy boy!

I'm back! It's been over 2 months but I have a good excuse. Dale, my beloved, has been recovering from tearing (on both knees at the same time) the tendons from his knee caps. To make a very long story short, he was making his last delivery of the morning to Wholefoods on Oct. 11th and his legs went out from under him. He was taken to U. of Wa. Med Center and after spending 10 hours in the emergency room they finally admitted him. It wasn't until Monday that they figured out what had happened. At first they thought he had rhabdomyolysis. it's a breakdown of the muscle fibers and the fibers are released into the bloodstream and it affects the kidneys. Well after doing lots and lots of tests and finally calling in an orthopedic Dr., they decided what had happened. This is after Dale had told them from the start in the emergency room he felt a tearing on both legs. He had to wait till that Wed. to have surgery because there wasn't an operating room. After opening up both knees they discovered that the tendons hadn't ripped completely and were able to weave them back together and sew them back together. He came home the next day and it has been a long road back to health. Two weeks after surgery he developed blood clots in both legs and in his lungs and was taken by ambulance to Overlake on Nov. 7th. He was there for 5 days. The first night was very rough but each day he improved. Having straight legged braces on his legs and not being able to move enough contributed to the clots. He will take cumadin for at least 6 to 12 months and is now only goin every 2 weeks to check his blood.

Anyway, he is now doing Physical Therapy on a limited bases and his braces are at 30 degrees now so he can move and doing alot on his own now. He has started back to work, going a few hours a day. He doesn't see the Dr. again till Jan. 16th and then we will see how much longer the braces stay on.

When something like this happens your life is put on hold and you spend your days getting better and just taking each day one at a time. We are so grateful to Heavenly Father and a Savior who loves us and has seen us thru every day. Good friends and family too. Our sons and their wives have helped tremendously. We are grateful for the 3 separate blessings the boys administered to Dale during this time. Thru all of this we have laughed alot with a few tears sprinkled in between. Where would we do without the laughter?

We have had a wonderful Christmas. Seth, Lacey, Weston and Koper came from Moscow. Andrew and Ned came home from school. Peter and Steph and their children and Timmy and Erin and their children all came over for Christmas Eve. Dale's mother was able to make it too. So we were a big, loud and fun group. I wouldn't have it any other way!!! We went sledding on the hill around the corner from the house. We have sooooooooooo much snow!!!!!! We had lots of food and a present frenzy!!!!!

We have missed Sam, Kate, Clark and Meredith who are in kind of warm Louisiana. Tommy went to Utah to be with his fiance, Rachel. Yes he asked her last week to marry him. They are looking at a May wedding.

So here are a few pictures from the last few months and Christmas.

Love to all and Merry Christmas and Happy New year!!!!

Ned Off to School Part 2

2008-09-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

So, last Saturday Daddy, Tommy and I took Ned over to Yakima. Rainy day. Yuk! Ned and I left about 1/2 hour before them because Daddy had to make deliveries. We go there at about 11:30. it was raining in Yakima. I asked the woman checking everyone in about the rain and she said it hadn't rained there in months. great, it rained on move in day! YUK! Any way we got things into the room and then it was time to take Ned over to the baseball barbecue the coach was having for all the players. Ned walked thru the gate and I turned and balled like a baby. As Daddy and Tommy sat in the truck and watched me. I got myself under control in about 2 minutes and all was good. It was like taking all the boys to kindergarten on the first day all over again. Thought I was done with that. After we all ate at Arby's and I ran a gallon of milk back to Ned I was off to Moscow to see Seth, Lacey and the kids.

Let me tell you there is a whole lot of nothing out there in central Washington. I literally was the only person on my side of the road for 2 hours! I made it to Moscow in 3 hours. Not bad! I spent 5 days with Seth, Lacey and the boys and we had a great time. I went to work with Seth for about 2 hours one day. He taught me all about draft horses. Let me tell you they are big beasts. I sewed some things (baby blankets, tooth fairy pillows, diaper burp cloths) Lacey is taking over to Now and Then where she sells her vinyl products. They cleaned the carpets, we went down to Lewiston to go to the Home Depot. We were able to get gas at Safeway for only $3.29 a gallon. Can you believe getting excited about $3.29 gas? It was just fun to hang out with Seth, Lacey and the boys.

I went back thru Yakima on my way home and spent 3 hours with Ned. He is fine and adjusting. Baseball was very hard the first day and he was very tired but it's getting better and easier. He likes his classes too. He has been able to get rides to church and last night our Bishop who is from Yakima and was there over the weekend, had him over for dinner at his father's home. So he is being well taken care of which i am very grateful for.

I got home at midnight on Thursday and will catch up some day!

This picture goes with the back end of Ned making his bed. Another exciting moment!

A view of Ned's room. Exciting!

Happy boys?

Goofballs!!!

The dark cinder block hall to his room.

Ned in front of his dorm.

The road to Moscow. I took alot more oictures of the country side

but didn't think you would want to them ALL!

Me quivering next to Justin. LOOK at his eye!

Seth & Justin. This horse is HUGE!!!!

We believe this is Weston.

One of Weston's finer moments!

Just hangin' out!

Koper and the toy box.

The road back to Yakima .

Off to School

2008-09-29T11:04:00.001-07:00

Making his bed. Nice backside!

Ned eating his last bowl of cereal at home or in the car for awhile. We are about to take off.

The grand Tour of Yakima Valley C. C.

2008-09-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

Last Wednesday Ned & I went over to Yakima for his orientation. This is Y.V.C.C. in a nutshell. You can stand at the clock tower and see the whole school. All the buildings are new except the gym.

The first picture is "the" classroom building then the park next to the school, then the gym, the library, the clock tower. I was standing in front of the bookstore taking the picture of the tower. The dorm is behind the bookstore across the street. All pretty compact. So there you have it. Your baby brother is all set and ready to go. Unbelievable that all of our sons are graduated and making lives for themselves. Daddy and I are very proud of all of you. And that includes wives and grandchildren. Love you all. Mom

Uncle Tommy

2008-09-08T01:11:00.000-07:00

I was talking to Seth tonight and he requested that I put some pictures of Tommy on the blog. So here you go Weston. Here's your Uncle Tommy.

Finally Getting It Together

2008-09-04T23:17:00.000-07:00

So, Daddy and I have been trying to get things in order around here. We had let the back yard go and I've been trying to put our bathroom back together for it seems two years now. We are getting there.
Daddy worked in the yard yesterday and hauled off the last of the yard waste to the dump. We are going to get new rock for under the back windows and it will be done till next spring when the weeds reappear. Yard work gets really old!
Then, in our bathroom the only thing left to do is to put the baseboard in. I would have it done but when i went to have Peter cut them for me I forgot the measurements. Thanksgiving is my deadline. Really! I put the stick down tiles down and it is such an improvement over the yukky old floor. Real tile would have been better but this will do just fine!
The last thing, but not least, is the garage. It's not done so I won't take a picture of it till we are done. Uncle Paul is coming to get the Mustang to start working on it for Daddy. Should be gone in a few weeks. We will then start on Daddy's work area and get it cleaned up. Yahoo!!!
So we carry on and go a day at a time.

Till next time, Mom

tyler's 4th!

2008-08-17T23:24:00.000-07:00

just thought i'd send a few pictures of tyler's 4th birthday party! it was at a bouncy place in fall city and the kids LOVED it!!! it was crazy! the kids ran around for an hour bouncing and having a great time! everyone was sweaty but they didn't care! i even tried it and it's one heck of a work out!

tyler and timmy were a little tired and took a break. cool picture of michaela and that's peter and timmy doing the obstacle course.

love you all, mom

tyler's 4th!

2008-08-17T23:23:00.000-07:00

yakima here he comes

2008-08-13T23:25:00.000-07:00

so, we just got back from yakima! 10 hours over and back. we left at noon, got there at 2:30 after the little boy in the car had to stop for a potty break (and i'm not talking about ned). we checked out the campus at yakima valley. that took about 5 minutes but it's a very nice campus. only takes up one HUGE city block. nice new buildings though. went over to the dorms. they are your typical dorms. nothing fancy AT ALL! right across from the school.

anyway, we met the head baseball coach at 5 and he is a really nice man. about 45. been coaching there for 5 years. thought we'd only talk to him for an hour but 2 hours later we were still there. went over everything with us and it looks like ned will go at the end of sept. he asked about church and told ned that if he can't play on a sunday (only have a few sunday pre-season games. otherwise they play double headers on weds. and sats.) just to let him know ahead of time. he seems like a real family man.

earlier in the day we were driving around and 2 elders were riding their bikes down the road so we stopped them and asked where the singles ward met so after meeting with the coach we went over to the church building and the branch pres. was coming over to the building so we met him. makes me feel better that we made that connection.

so, before we left i took a picture of ned and the field. i know, he needs a hair. has one month to have it long!

love you all, mom

see, i told you

2008-08-12T13:30:00.000-07:00

i forgot to add the picture of daddy! here it is!

also, here he is spitting his seeds. he can't stop eating his dill sunflower seeds. he is hooked on them! drives me crazy!!!!

i don't know what i'm doing

2008-08-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

ok, at the urging of my children (seth and lacey) i am going to start a blog! wish me luck because i have no idea what i am doing! but, i thought i want to keep up with everyone and let you know what daddy and i are doing and share pictures. i am suppose to be putting down the stick on floor in our bathroom but i started looking at pictures and was directed to do this. plus the thought of putting in the floor does not appeal to me right now. plus i'm watching the olympics. plus i'm lazy!

i will call erin now as she is the only one home and knows what she is doing to help me add pictures. wish me luck again!

love you all, mom

oh yeah, the pics are of the kids running on the church lawn after church last sunday. so cute. they were having such fun!

timmy and erin and baby brynlee on her blessing day.

the family on timmy and erin's porch. we are missing kate, sam, clark, meredith and andrew. makes me sad when we can't all be together on these special days!

the last picture is of daddy holding the very first fan we ever bought at bimart in eugene when we first got married. last weekend seth and lacey came to help me clean out the garage and at their urging we got rid of alot of junk. but i had to take a picture of the fan before we threw it away. the mustang is still in the garage but uncle paul is going to take it in a few weeks and restore it for daddy. when it's gone and we really go thru daddy's stuff, i will take a picture of the garage all cleaned out and organized. thanks seth for doing a great job and lacey for helping me in the house.