ERIC AND KYLE ON THE DRIVE FROM SEATTLE TO ATLANTA WORKING.........GREAT PHOTO AND GREAT MEN

DICKS TOOL SHED WITH THE DOOR..MOVING RIGHT ALONG

ROSIE AND OUR TREE THAT WILL ONE DAY SHADE THE PATIO, THIS WAS A WEEK AGO, TODAY IT IS TO MY NOSE........GROW---GROW

DICK AND HIS SHED PRIOR TO THE DOOR

HERE WE ARE IN JULY ALREADY, AND JUST CELEBRATED THE 4 TH OF JULY

THIS IS AN INTERESTING MONTH, A DEAR AND WONDERFUL FRIEND, TERRY SMITH DIED LAST WEEK.......A VERY DEAR LONG TIME FRIEND SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

AND BRANS AND HER BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ARE MOVING THIS WEEK TO TN....... AND THEY HAVE A LOVELY HOME WAITING ON THEN, AND JOSH IS DOING FANTASTIC IN SCHOOL. HE IS DRIVING BACK WITH THEIR STUFF, AND BRANS AND THE KIDS WITH RASHAUNA FLY OUT ON THE 7 TH. IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL THERE, AND WILL BE SO GREAT FOR JOSH AND ALL IS FAMILY BEING SO CLOSE...... A GREAT BLESSING FOR ALL OF THEM. INFACT RASHAUNA IS THINKING ABOUT MOVING OUT LATER WITH THEM....... KNOW THAT WILL BE SPECIAL FOR ALL.

DICK HAS BEEN WORKING HARD ON HIS TOOL SHED AND IT IS REALLY COMMING ALONG, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. WILL ADD SOME PHOTOS.

THANKS BRANS FOR THE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS..

BIG BOY TAVEN........................................BEAUTIFUL MONICA

LOVELY LESHELLE AND BRITTON...FANTASTIC

I AM AGAIN BORROWING PHOTO'S FROM MY FANTASTIC GRAND CHILDREN.............HOPE NONE OF YOU MIND..............BUT THAT IS HOW I GET MY UP DATES...............I LOVE YOU EACH SO VERY VERY MUCH.

BEAUTIFUL MONICA IS GROWING UP..........AND MY WONDERFUL DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN ED DUANE.."BUTCH"

OUR BEAUTIFUL MONICA WITH HER BOYFRIEND , BRANDON FRY, BRANS, KYLE, KANIESHA AND HOER COUSINS............CAROLYN SAYS THE STAIRCASE IS THE KIDS FAVORITE MEETING PLACE TO CHAT...........HOW SPECIAL THAT IS AND WHAT MEMORIES THEY ARE MAKING WITH WORDS AND LOVE AND CLOSENESS.

HOW EXCITEING THIS MONTH HAS BEEN, AS I HAD THE BEAUTIFUL OPPERTUNITY TO SPEND SEVERAL DAYS AND ALL NIGHT'S TALKING TO MY GREAT AND WONDERFUL COUSIN "BUTCH".....ED TO MOST, BUT BUTCH WAS THE NICK NAME FROM OUR CHILDHOOD........ WHAT A TREASURE HE IS TO ME ........IT WAS ALMOST LIKE HAVING MY BROTHER JACKIE WITH ME.......THEY ARE A LOT ALIKE..

TIME FOR THE FAIR AGAIN THIS YEAR AND I ENTERED SEVERAL PAINTINGS....... I AM SURE LAST YEAR AND ALL THE RIBBONS PLACES AND SELLING WAS BEGINNERS LUCK, BUT DICK AND I HAD FUN TAKING THEM DOWN AND LEAVING THEM FOR THE WORLD OF YUMA TO SEE....THE FIAR IS THE 31 TO I THINK THE 5 TH........NO MATTER WHAT IT IS A GOOD AND ENJOYABLE OPPERTUNITY

HAPPY SPRING TTO ALL OF YOU ..WE SURE DO LOVE YOU EACH.

KYLE AT B.Y.U........HARD AT WORK...INTERNATIONAL STUIES ?????.........

WHAT A GREAT PHOTO OF KYLE TAKEN RECENTLY AT UTAH........HE IS KING OF THE JUNGLE.........AND TO THINK THE LION THOUGHT HE WAS.

WHAT A JOY HEARING FROM KYLE AND THE LOVE HE HAS FOR BYU AND HIS FHE MEMBERS....... AND HE IS DOING SO GREAT AT STUDIES AS WELL AS WORK AND LIFE.

KYLE YOU HAVE BEEN A JOY SINCE THE MOMENT YOU ENTERED THIS LIFE. HOW GREAT TO BE KYLE. YOU ARE SO VERY LOVED.

SEE IT ALL..................................

BE SURE AND WATCH FOR ""OLDER POST ""SO YOU CAN COMPLETE ONE PAGE AND THEN GO TO OLDER POST, CLICK AND CONTINUE ON BACK TO THE BEGINNING LAST SUMMER....... AS ALL ARE FUN AND HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM

EVERY DAY IS A GIFT FROM GOD......ENJOY IT.

BELOW..5 FT. WHIMSICAL AFRICAN PAINTING

LITTLE OF ..ART EXHIBIT DICKS TOOL SHED

ALMOST MID MARCH, CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THE TIME GOES SO FAST. I BELIEVE I MUST SAY THAT EVERY MONTH. BUT HOW TRUE IT IS.

IT WAS SUCH A JOY TO TAKE PART IN THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MY ART EXHIBIT. MET SO MANY GREAT PEOPLE AND SHARING PART OF MYSELF THROUGH MY ART WAS WONDERFUL.

DICK IS BUSY WORKING ON THE TOOL SHED........AND DOING A GREAT JOB, I AM SO PROUD OF HIM AND IT IS ADDING TO THE PATIO AREA.

NEXT WEEK MY DEAR SWEET DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN "BUTCH" ED DUANE WILL COME ND VISIT.......WILL GET LOTS OF PICTURES AND POST A FEW........ CAN'T WAIT TO GIVE HIM A BIG HUG. AND TALK AND JUST ENJOY ONE ANOTHER .

AND A HAPPY MARCH TO ONE AND ALL........

BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS BY BRANDILY..... A TRUE ARTIST WITH THE CAMERA........TO LEFT, TARALEIGH AND TAVEN, THEN MARIAH.

BELOW IS GRAMPS SHED , AND MY 5 FT. AFRICAN WHIMSICAL PAINTING.

HERE IN YUMA THE WEATHER IS IN THE 80'S, ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND FANTASTIC IN EVERY WAY........ WE LOVE IT.

DICK IS TEACHING AS WELL AS BUILDING HIS TOOL SHED, SO WHEN IT IS COMPLETE , WE CAN MOVE HIS STUFF FROM THE GARAGE, AND PUT THE GUEST ROOM BACK IN ORDER AND GRADUALLY TURN THE GARAGE INTO MY ART STUDIO..... WOW... THE LARGER AREA WILL BE AMAZING FOR ME TO HAVE...... AND WITH THE BIG WATER COOLER ROB GAVE US, I SHOULD STAY NICE AND COOL ALL SUMMER.........AND ERIC IS GETTING USED DOORS AND WINDOWS AND ANY THING ELSE HE CAN SALVAGE FOR IT........FROM JOBS HE IS DOING IN L.A. AND IN SAN DIEGO........... WE ARE SO EXCITED.............MAY TAKE SOME TIME TILL ALL IS COMPLETE , BUT WHAT FUN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

AND WOW, AM I EVER ENJOYING THE FANTASTIC PRINTER AND COMPUTER FROM DAN AND UNCLE AB.....................AND JUST IN TIME AS MY OLD COMPUTER KICKED THE BUCKEY COMPLETELY, UNLESS SOME MIRACLE TAKES PLACE........................

IT WAS SUCH AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN YUMA.............TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN AFRICAN ART EXHIBIT AND BE THE ONLY ARTEST INVITED WAS A REAL JOY..........HOPE THAT I AM ABLE TO SHARE MY ART AGAIN FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL OCCASION.

THE WEATHER IS RATHER BAD IN THE SOUTH AND EAST COAST, BUT NO COMPLAINTS HERE IN YUMA..

2009......BETTER LATE THAN NEVER----HAPPY VALENTINES DAY

JOSH, BRANS, MARIAH AND ROBBIE..........DICK, ROBERT, ROSIE AND CHRISTINA

CHRISTMAS CAME AND WENT SO FAST AND THEN FEBRUARY, AND FINALLY I AM BACK ON OUR BLOG, AND WILL SAY HAPPY VALENTINES DAY........ONLY 4 DAYS AWAY.

WAS WONDERFUL CELEBRATING ROBERTS 45 TH BIRTHDAY HERE AT THE HOUSE,ON FEB. 4 TH........EVERY YEAR IS SO SPECIAL AND GOOD ........

JUST GOT WORD TODAY THAT MY ART WILL BE USED ON, FEB. 22......ON THE PROGRAMS, POSTERS, AND NEWS FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.......AND I WILL HAVE 14 OR MORE ART DISPLAYS AND GREETING CARDS,AS WELL AS A DISPLAY OF MATTED UNFRAMED ART FOR SALE.........................THIS IS EXCITING.......AND A REAL HONOR.....I BELIEVE THAT DICK IS MORE EXCITED THAN I AM.... HE IS MY GREATEST BACKER. AND HOW I APPRECIATE HIM.

WE HAVE HAD THE MOST RAIN IN YUMA THAT I RECALL SINCE MOVING HERE OVER 10 YEARS AGO...... IT WILL BE A BEAUTIFUL SPRING WITH SO MANY WILD FLOWERS.

WE SURE HAD A GREAT VISIT FROM THE WONDERFUL DAVIDSON'S...................SO MUCH FUN WATCHING TWO OF OUR SWEET GREAT GRAND CHILDREN AND TO HAVE THE HONOR OF CELEBRATING BRANDILYN'S BIRTHDAY TOGETHER. AND OF COURSE THE GREAT NEWS OF JOSH AND HIS RETURN TO COLLEGE. ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT WE SURE DO MISS THEM...... WISH ALL THE FAMILY LIVED CLOSE BY.....................BUT THAT IS LIFE......EVERYONE MUST FIND THEIR OWN NITCH AND PLACE IN LIFE.... BUT THE HEART STAYS CLOSE EVEN WHEN THE BODY IS FAR APART.

I AM SO GREATLY ENJOYING THE COMPUTER AND THE PRINTER THAN UNCLE AB AND COUSIN DAN GAVE ME FOR MY ART BUSINESS........................WHAT A WONDERFUL AND THOUGHTFUL THING FOR THEM TO DO.........NOTHING LIKE A GREAT FAMILY.

DICK HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME GOING TO SEE THEM IN PORTLAND.... AGAIN TIME JUST TO SHORT.

ERIC CALLED TODAY AND SAID HE HAS SOME DOORS AND WINDOWS FOR US TO USE IN THE ART STUDIO WHEN WE GET TO CHANGE THE GARAGE TO THE ART STUDIO AND GALLERY.........................HE TOOK THEM OUT OF A PROJECT HE IS DOING............WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE EVERYTHING WE CAN FREE OR REAL CHEAP TO INCLOSE THE TOP OF THE GAZIBO INTO DICKS STORAGE AND TOOL ROOM, AND FOR THE GARAGE FOR THE STUDIO.... THEN WE GET THE GUEST ROOM BACK.... THAT WILL BE SO NICE.

SUSIE IS DOING WELL AND I AM SO THANKFUL SHE HAS MOST OF THE USE OF HER RIGHT SIDE BACK FOLLOWING HER STROKE, IT IS STILL WEAK, BUT SHE IS ABLE TO DO MOST THINGS....... WHAT A BLESSING.

LAST NIGHT WAS A SPECIAL NIGHT AS I HEARD FROM MY DOUBLE FIRST COUSIN BUTCH..JAMES DUANE..... IT HAS BEEN A LONG TIME AND WHAT A JOY, HOPE WE NEVER EVER LOOSE CONTACT AGAIN.... HIS DAD AND MY MOM WERE SISTER AND BROTHER AND HIS MOM AND MY DAD BROTHER AND SISTER.................FUN HUH ? BUT THEN 3 MEMBERS OF MY MOM'S FAMILY MARIED 3 MEMBERS OF MY DAD'S FAMILY, SO LOTS OF DOUBLE FIRST COUSINS.......BUT BUTCH IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

2008... CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF CHRIST

"IT IS NOT WHAT IS UNDER THE TREE......BUT WHAT IS IN OUR HEARTS."

WE SHOULD ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT NOT JUST THIS SPECIAL DAY WE CALL CHRISTMAS IS TO CELEBRATE OUR LORD, BUT EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.......FOR EVERY DAY IS HIS, AND HIS GIFT TO US.......OUR GIFT TO HIM IS TO PUT HIM FIRST IN OUR LIVES AND TO LOVE UNCONDITIONALLY.

AND ALL OUR FAMILY , WITH ALL THE LOVE WE SHARE OVER THE MANY YEARS BELONG TO HIM....... FOR THEY ARE OURS TO LOVE, TO RAISE, TO SHARE WHILE WE ARE ON THE EARTH..........AND OUR WISH AND HOPE AND DESIRE, AND PRAYER IS TO BE TOGETHER WITH HIM FOR ALL ETERNITY.............WE ARE GOD'S CREATION.........HOW WONDERUL LIFE AND TIME IS...FROM THE BEGINNING OF CREATION TO THE RESURRECTION OF ALL MEN AND GOING FACE TO FACE WITH OUR CREATOR........ THIS LIFE IS SHORT, LIFE IS SACRED, AND ETERNITY IS OUR GOAL................................TO BE WITH OUR FAMILY AND WITH GOD AND CHRIST FOREVER. CHRISTMAS IS FAR MORE THAN SPECIAL.........................IT IS ONE OF THE BEST PARTS OF LIFE AND ETERNITY.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ONE AND ALL...OUR FAMILIES....OUR FRIENDS.

THE FANTASTIC DAVIDSON FAMILY

THE BEAUTY OF OUR GRAND-

DAUGHTER BRANDILYN AND HER FAMILY..........HUSBAND JOSH, AND MARIAH AND ROBBIE..........WHAT A JOY THEY BRING TO OUR LIVES. JUST WISH ALL THE KIDS, GRAND CHILDREN, AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN LIVED CLOSER TO US..................................SO WE COULD WATCH THEM GROW IN PERSON............BUT WE SO APPRECIATE THEIR LETTERS, CALLS, BLOGS AND PICTURES.....................................THEY ARE SUCH BLESSINGS AND JOY IN OUR LIVES.

ALL SO BEAUTIFUL AND DIFFERENT AND SPECIAL IN EVERY WAY.

NEW NOVEMBER PHOTOS OF GREAT GRAND SON TAVEN AND HIS MOM AND DAD, TRENT AND TARALEIGH DUFFEY

BEAUTIFUL ELLE AND SIENNA HAWKEY, OUR YOUNGEST GRAND CHILDREN...TAKEN 11-14-08

RECEIVED THIS ON THE 14 TH FROM THERESE...........WHAT A WONDERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF TWO SWEET SISTERS.

ANOTHER GREAT BLESSING IN OUR LIVES.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

PICTURES ABOVE...BEAUTIFUL EVENINGS IN YUMA

ROBBIE, TAVEN AND MARIAH.GREAT GRAND CHILDREN...BEAUTIFUL

THE STORE THAT HAS 32 OF MY PIECES OF ART, OLD TOWN YUMA MAIN STREET

HERE WE ARE ........... NOVEMBER......... AND AGAIN THE YEAR IS GOING SO FAST IT IS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH TIME....................SO I RECON THERE IS NO REASON TO EVEN TRY, IT COMES AND IT GOES, AND LIFE CONTINUES TO BE ENNJOYED......AND THAT IS WHAT MATTERS.

HOW SPECIAL THIS MONTH OF THANKSGIVING IS, AS EVEN THOUGH EACH DAY OF THE YEAR WE ARE THANKFUL FOR OUR MANY BLESSINGS IT IS NICE TO HAVE A SPECIAL MONTH TO CELEBRATE IT........................AND TO GATHER AROUND THE TABLE WITH LOVED ONES AND ENJOY A FEAST KINDA LIKE THE PILGRIMS........................BET THEY WOULD LOVED TO HAVE HAD A MICROWAVE AND A FEW OTHER OF OUR MODERN CONVENIENCES.......................THIS YEAR WE SHALL SHARE THIS DAY WITH ROBERT AND CHRISTINA, KYLE, BRYCE , THE MISSIONARIES AND SANDI AND DAVE...............................A FUN DAY FOR ALL OF US.

AND WE WILL THINK OF THE HOER'S IN NORTHERN CALIF.........AND BREANNA IN ITALY......................SUSIE AND FAMILY IN GEORGIA, MARIAN IN FLORIDA AND ALL OUR OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS....................HOW THANKFUL WE ARE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE.

ON THE 23 RD WE WILL GO TO LAS VEGAS FOR THE BAPTISM OF LITTLE SIENNA...........AND GET LOTS OF PHOTOS OF SHE AND ELLE............AND ENJOY SEEING ERIC AND THERESE.

BEFORE WE KNOW IT CHRISTMAS WILL BE HERE AND THEN THE NEW YEAR.....................MY, MY HOW TIME FLYS, WHEN YOUR HAVING FUN.

IF YOUR CHECKING OUR BLOG................HOPE ALL YOUR MONTHS ARE AS GOOD AS OURS. WE LOVE YOU.

HAPPY OCTOBER TO ONE AND ALL ........
WHAT A JOYFUL TIME OF YEAR THIS IS.................WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE ARE SO BLESSED IN EVERY WAY.........................EVEN WITH THE WORLD FALLING APART IN SOME AREAS ALL AROUND US.......................................

DICK IS STILL SUBBING , AND I AM STILL ENJOYING ART.

ALL OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY SEEM TO BE DOING FANTASTIC AND WE ARE SO GREATFUL FOR EVERY ONE OF THEM AND SO PROUD OF EACH..............

FOR AWHILE THERE I HAD NOT ADDED TO OUR BLOG AS I COULD NOT LOCATE OUR PASS WORD, SO I AM BACK ...............................

HAPPY DAY AND GOD BLESS EACH OF YOU AND THIS WONDERFUL COUNTRY.

AUGUST 24, 2008.....WONDERFUL GRANDCHILDREN IN YUMA....

SWEET SIENNA SIENNA AND GRANDS

KYLE AND 2 GRANDS BEAUTIFUL ELLE

BREANNA AND LITTLE BROTHER BRYCE

FORGOT TO ADD THE PICTURE ON OUR 48 TH ANNIVERSARY....

HAPPY 48 TH ANNIVERSARY...............

LIFE GOES SO FAST..................ENJOY EACH MOMENT AND BE THANKFUL FOR EACH DAY AND SECOND GIVEN TO US.

LET'S GO WESTERN AND ALL THE REST................

THE PICTURE TO THE RIGHT IS NEW, I HAVE THE FIRST ONE ON DISPLAY IN OLD YUMA.

WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 48 TH ANNIVERSARY ON THE 19 TH...............LIFE IS GREAT.

WE CAN HARDLY BELIEVE THAT 48 YEARS HAVE PASSED SINCE THE DAY WE ALOPED............BUT THE YEARS HAVE PASSED FAR TO QUICKLY........................THIS YEAR WE JUST STAYED HOME AND TALKED, WATCHED T V, GAVE ONE ANOTHER VCARDS AND GIFTS AND WERE THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS..........AND PRAY THERE ARE MANY MORE TOGETHER IN THE FUTURE.
THE FUNNY THING IS THAT IN WATCHING A LEGAL PROGRAM ONE DAY NOT LONG AGO, IT STATED THAT IF THERE ARE INCORRECT DATES OR ETC. ON YOUR MARRIAGE LICENS AND YOU DID NOT GET THEM CHANGED, THEN YOUR MARRIAGE IS NOT LEGAL....................................OURS HAS US MARRIED 2 DAYS PRIOR TO OUR MARRIAGE, I WAS IN NEW YORK ON THAT DAY, AND DICK IN FORT WORTH..................WE LAUGHED AND WONDERED HOW TO TELL THE KIDS WE HAD NOT LEGALLY BEEN MARRIED, BUT WITH 48 YEAR, WE FIGURED WE ARE COVERED, AS THERE IS THE COMMON LAW RULE AFTER 7 YEARS AS WELL AS OUR SEALING IN THE TEMPLE; AND WE DO HAVE SNAPSHOPS OF THE WRONG DATE OCCASSION.................AND WE KNOW IT HAPPENED AND IS REAL AND THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS.......................................SO EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS THERE ARE STILL SURPRISES THAT JUST STEP OUT AND GRAB YOU......................WE HAVE ALWAYS JUST LAUGHED ABOUT THEM GETTING OUR DATE WRONG..........................AND IT IS LEGAL..........................JUST ASK US.

WE ARE ENJOYING ERIC AND HIS FAMILY BEING IN YUMA THIS WEEK END, AND THEY ARE STAYING AT ROB'S, AND WE GO AND VISIT.....................THE KIDS ARE SO LOVELY AND THEY ARE ALL HAPPY AND LOTS OF SMILES.......................WHAT MORE CAN ONE ASK FOR.

WE ARE THANKFUL FOR THE YEARS TOGETHER, FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL AND MOST FANTASTIC CHILDREN, GRAND CHILDREN, AND GREAT GRAND CHILDREN..................WE ARE TRULY BLESSED, AND WE LOVE THEM EACH SO MUCH.

HAPPY DAY DEAR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.................................

COME IN...............I HAVE SOMETHING EXCITEING FOR YOU.

FEW MORE ADDITIONS TO ADD TO OUR BLOG..............

DICK, ROSIE AND LOVELY BREANNA AT RED LOBSTER MONDAY

........DICK IS GEARING UP TO START STUDENT TEACHING AGAIN THIS YEAR, SO LETS HOPE THE DAYS AND CLASSES HE LIKES BEST ARE THERE FOR HIM................AND FOR ME I AM TRYING TO DECIDE IF I WILL TAKE A ART CLASS AT THE COLLEGE...........SO MUCH I NEED TO LEARN..............

ALSO JOINED THE FIRST OFFICIAL LADIES BOOK CLUB IN YUMA ............AND WHAT A GREAT BUNCH OF LADIES..................AND A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE AS WE CAN'T READ OR REPORT ON NOVELS. MUST BE VERY EDUCATIONAL.................KEEPS THE MIND THINKING AND DOING.

I HAVE THE OUTSIDE SIGNS TO PAINT FOR THE ART STUDIO AND THEN I AM READY.......SOLD FOUR PAINTING SAT......... HOPE WHEN THE WINTER VISITORS RETURN I WILL SELL MANY...

HAVE JOINED TWO ART CLUBS......AND THINKING OF THE GALLERY ........

AND STILL NEED TO GET BUSY ON MY AFRICAN CHILDRENS BOOK,. CHRISTINA HAS OFFERED TO HELP ME WITH IT........................WILL KEEP THE BLOG POSTED.

HAPPY DAY.......AND LOVE TO ALL.

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