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..