Conor Lorin Squires, born July 2nd, 7 lbs. 11 oz,

We have two jet skiis. They are named after Rocky Balboa's two pet turtles in ROCKY. If you don't remember, they are Cuff and Link. The jet ski here holding my four grandkids is Cuff. Link is black and yellow instead of yellow and black and has about 50 more horses. OK. Now, the grandkids from front to back are: Eli, almost 2; Gabe, 3; Ty, 4; Annie, 5. Eli thinks he is driving and will if we'd let him.Ty likes to make up names for everyone. Mom is Mommu, Dad is Daddu, Papu is Papu, I am Grammu, Gabe is Gabbo and Eli? He's Mohawk Baby.

The groom is Todd, my nephew with his bride Christianne. In the picture from left to right is Joe, the oldest, and father of 2 girls, then Von, the youngest and recent RM from Brazil, the Suzanne, my sister-in-law, Todd, Christianne, Ryan, 2nd oldest and the father of two boys, and then Brett, 3rd oldest and will be in his 3rd year as law school. We are at the Columbia River Temple in Washington.

This majestic peak is Mt. Hood

On our trip up to Portland, Orgon on June 11th, our Southwest plane passed Mt. Hood in all is sunset glory. It was breathtaking!

A Joyful Noise

Amanda and Mark are gone from our home, and they took the kids with them. Though Papu and I are happy for them and their new home they will be missed:( Amelia and Gabriel were kind enough to invite me and the kids over for the day while Amanda, Mark, and Papu moved their things over.

We had a fun time at Arctic Circle, then went to the Hill Aerospace Museum. We spent a few hours there. The kids were still going strong and Amelia and I were tired! There is a great kids

area that we spent an hour in. They had a kind gentlman that showed the kids how to fly a plane on the computer flight simulators, as well as a cockpit to sit in, which Ty was worried that it was going to take off, til we pointed out there were no wings, or engine. He laughed after we pointed that out.

They have bombs and missles on display as well, Gabrriel and Ty started calling them "baby airplanes". They had fun sitting in an ejection seat, and Eli was ready to graduate from the airforce academy in this chair and an adorabble salute!

Howdy!

This is NOT the house Mark and Amanda bought.




ActUAlly, I was here over a year ago, but love this picture! Now to bring us to CURRENT: March is here! So happy! Amanda and Mark buy a house. Addy and Matt are baking the Twinkies in the proverbial oven. Amelia and Jake celebrate anniversary#1. Rick d e e e e p into March Madness. .... and me I'm busy with the usual!

Snow Days

The weather has been cold but it doesn't stop these cute kids from being outside in the snow.

Addy, Amanda, Amelia

This was a nice dinner for Matt's sister Julia. Her wedding day was a snowy one, but it was wonderful to spend some Bigelow time together.

Trip to NYC!

We had a blast in New York. It is always fun to see the sites and go to some shows, hoever, it was hard to see all the ones that we planned because of the strike.
It is always fun to see Addy and Matt.