Kyden

Baby Kyden has been in the hospital a few times. What a scare. I just have to say he is the cutest little boy I have ever kissed. I have been in Georgia with Kyden, Tasha and Zach since the 12th of March. I did get to see Tasha on her birthday something moms always like to do. I am thinking however that I just might be waring out my welcome here, and I sure do miss home.  We are still working on finding out what is going on health wise with the little guy. The kids are finally getting a few answers, but with more testing still to come and more answers needed. Kyden is growing and changing every day. I am blessed to have such a cute grandson. Even more blessed to have spent this time with him getting to know him. (sucky reason to be here but I will take it) Grandpa Kelly even got to come spend a few days with Kyden. (I sure enjoyed seeing him also) We believe we are on the up hill of this climb and that the sun will be shining on the top. I want to thank EVERYONE that has thought about us, prayed for the family, joined us in the fasting. I believe the blessing and prayers are being answered. Thank you so much, we love you all.



I just love these 2 boys!



I wonder if he has a headache?




He has just the cutest smile ever!!



This sums up our month!

We have been put into a blender it started on chop... and went through every stage before coming to a stop on puree. We are just greatful no one opened the lid to splash some of us out on the celing and walls or that no one has poured us out. : )

Now I know why I hated pictuers

 OK so this is going to be a bit hard for me, but here goes. I know why I hate my picture taken. It shows the truth. Now with 20 years passed by, I should have let people take them and then took a good hard look at what was there. I guess I was, well who know what I was thinking. I knew that I was not eating to much, for the most part I was just not eating enough, or at the right times. I also was not a fan of water, I wanted my coke. (Some times I still want one, funny thing is it really does not taste that good anymore.) So here is a bit of a time line. I guess saying things out loud makes me realize what needs to be done.
This picture in the red is from Tasha's wedding in December 2008 (YUCK sorry Tasha)

This one is from our Thanksgiving dinner at Millcreek in 2009 (YUCK YUCK)



Sorry this one is not a great picture but I think you can see some of it well enough. This one is cut from our family picture taken on Thanksgiving day 2009. In this picture I have cut my hair off. And I always thought short hair would make me look worse! Guess not. No really a few months before this picture I had changed a few things and lost a small amount of weight. BUT not enough. So in August I decided enough was enough and I have been work hard.

This last picture was taken on Christmas day 2010, I am pleased to see the progress I have made. In the family picture above I am finally not hiding behind something or someone. I still have lots of work to do this coming year! I have lost a total of 43 pounds between August and now.

This year my New Years resolution is to keep working and hope for great results! I can see the improvements in my face, and in my clothes. Sh'Kell will not go shopping with me because my pants are to baggy in the butt! (And she is right, some will just fall off if not for a belt)  I am running out of shirts to ware, they are turning into dresses. lol Today I have one of Kelly's tee shirts on!  I hope others can see some of the progress I have made. I have had great support at home from Kelly and the girls. Also I need to give my mom a great big thanks for being the one to do this with me and keep me on track. Love you all and I hope to keep this goal rolling.  This just might be the year I do it. I also need to give a HUGE thanks to two very special people in my life. Heidi and Kathleen my great friends and motivators at work. I could not have done any of this with out all your kind words and challenges! I am going to keep on trucking and save some money for a shopping trip this summer with mom. By then we will need new clothes!

Our grandson Kyden Zachary Holt
December 9th @ 1:00 am he finally came to visit.
7 pounds 1 ounce and 20.5 inches.

I am not sure what the funny smile is from. I guess it might be from lack of sleep and excitment!

Kyden is such a sweet little boy. I sure do miss him~

WOW hard to think that Kelly and I are grandparents, but what a fun time this is going to be.

Thanks Tasha and Zach for giving us such a cute little boy to love and spoil.

Grandma is feeling old like a granny.... only had 9 hours of sleep in the last 3 days!

No Trees......

Every year we have to take our fun time to clean up the mess...... And we don't even have those kind of trees in our yard. But it is nice to have the side in the shade during the summer so its all good.

Lots of leafs... Do you see any trees?

Looks so nice all done!

Nice to have that mess cleaned up.

New Year's eve fun with Kelly

Early in the morning... and we are headed to Indian Peak for a ride and for Kelly to show me some BIG deer and look for a cow elk. The fog is over St. George. I LOVE the one with only the temple showing.

This is how deep the snow was on all the roads. Riding the 4 wheeler was interesting. It would get into the snow ruts and toss us around. I had sore spots in my back for a few days from all the tossing around. It was pretty fun even with the sore stiff spots.

We have spent ALL DAY riding around looking for animals.......NO LUCK. Kelly did not bring lunch so while out in middle of NO where I got a very old hard granola bar and bottle of water. I loved the day with him. Next time I will plan better for the outing!

Finally on our way home, I caught a beautiful sunset. It was a great way to end the year.

Long time

OK... It has been forever since I posted the Raymer fun. Check back soon I will be updating this week. I have tons!!

Christmas 2009

Christmas at the Raymer's was good. One catch in the whole thing is NO PICTURES... I got a new camera but really have had no luck with making it work. SO no Christmas pictures to post :(
On a positive note things were great. We has Tasha here with us on Christmas morning. Zach was working and did not make it until WAY late Christmas night, so we got to have a small Christmas morning over again on Saturday morning with Zach. Kelly has been able to do a bit of cow elk hunting and the older kids went sleding. Bug and I stayed home and got a small game night ready to play while the whole family was home. Tasha and Zach will be leaving soon. I will be sad to see them go. I really enjoy the time we get to spend with them (not sure they feel the same at times... after all we are old people). Hope everyone had an awesome Christmas with the best new year to come.