Joneel's jottings

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Pump It Up in December, 2011

took Sam and Grace to Pump it Up in Chino

Grace and Sam going down the slide

They had a great time, and used a LOT of energy

Jarom was a sport, just watching mostly

There were a couple of toys for him to play with

Sam and Grace playing with the air guns

this is the BIG slide.

We had a great time.

Friday, February 10, 2012

November in Utah. Babies and Thanksgiving

          When I was in Utah during November, waiting on the arrival of little Abraham,
           I went to my sister in law's baby shower, along with all of my nieces and daughter
         and Granddaughter Macy. This is all of my parent's grandkids, minus 3 of mine.
        Tyler, Melissa and Julie. = (          In case you can't tell, this is the goofy shot.

                             Back Row L-R Alaine, Angie, Ashley, Shannon and Aubrey
                             Front Row L-R Michelle, Danielle, Amber holding Macy, Jessica
                                holding little Reane

Me, Denise, Angie, Cristina, Mom (Reane)

Michelle due 11-18-2011

Angie due 11-15-2011

Macy---- being her cute self

Michelle, 8 1/2 months pregnant, and Macykins

Grandma having fun with Macy

     Little Abraham was born on the Day that I was hoping for. 11-11-11 !!!! How
     cool is that? Maybe only if you love numbers like I do. Michelle had a 3 hour
     labor, all natural. I was pretty amazed at how cool and composed she stayed. We
both wanted her to go into labor that day, so we pushed on the pressure points, walked
the mall, etc. etc. And it happened!!!!   Thank you Thank you little Abraham for
making your appearance on this special day.

on his ride home from the hospital

Sweet Macy

Trying to have her stay still for a picture.

she loves her boots

Grandma and Macy

My Mom got a great grandson on 11-11-11 and a granddaughter 3 days later

My brother Mark and wife Angie's girl (my niece Alexandra) and my
sweet little grandson Abraham

front row l-r --Ashley holding Abraham, Julie holding Alexandra, Mom
back row l-r--Michelle, Joneel and Mark

Thanksgiving at my sister in law's house in Pleasant Grove. Fun family times with
wonderful people. Mel's family was well represented there. Just missing one sister.

My sister in Law Vicky and her 2 sons and some family

The Men, they watched football, and the woman
poured over the sale adds. Ha!

It was sure hard to leave this precious little guy

Halloween with The Corona Lunds And Grandkid costumes

                                    For Halloween, Mel and I went to hang out with our Grandkids
              in Corona. It's a lot more fun being with little ones who are excited about it
               all. Sam was a spider, and his Mom did an awesome job of making his
             costume. Grace was a fairy. One of the cutest things is when Sam would
            get a piece of candy and come down and say "I am so lucky" He couldn't
            believe he could say "trick or treat" and strangers would give him candy. it
            was pretty darn sweet.....no pun intended    = )

Gracie the fairy

The photo op

Little Jarom was a skeleton

At the end of the night, they were exhausted. They decided to
sit out on the porch to hand out candy.

Little Everett was a cowboy

Sterling was Captain Hook, and Stella was Rapunzel

Macy was a Witch for Halloween

My second trip to Carpinteria camping with the Campbells Aug.29- Sept. 2, 2011

I LOVE going to Carpinteria, so getting the opportunity to go camping with
Lorna and 2 of her daughters was a no brainer for me. So, Julie and I packed
up our camping gear one more time and headed for the beach. The first day
we pitched tents and that was about it. We went to Santa Barbara one day.
The fun REALLY began once Lindsey arrived. She was our fire Master and
crate destroyer. ha ha. The pictures of me are so un flattering that I just can't
post them. I'm not usually that vain, but believe me, this is an exception. ha ha
Julie on the other hand, couldn't look more beautiful.

Lindsey (fire master) and Julie bonding at the beach.

The beautiful younger generation
Lindsey, Julie and Courtney

Lorna enjoying the fire. She and i both got a fire started
once. We really were so happy for Lindsey to take over.

Me enjoying the warmth of the fire.

I love this picture I got of the moon and the trees
looking from the campsite towards the ocean

Lorna and Julie getting warm.

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Taking Julie to Rexburg, and my trek across the United States

First stop, Alpine, Ut. Got to spend a day with macy before
taking off for Rexburg, Idaho.

Marissa definitely was squished on the trip to Idaho! Julie was
so happy having one of her BF's going up with her!

Julie's bed on the left, Marissa's straight ahead. This pic
was taken in the doorway. SMALL room for sure.

                                        Meeting up with friends at BYU-I on the first day there.
                                   Marissa, Brandon, Julie and ? And the room mates Fall
                                    semester. L-R Jessica, Marissa, ? Julie, ? Christine

                 I took off for South Carolina with my friend the day after I got there. It was
             too quick for me, but hey, it was my ride to my daughter Melissa's house. These
             photo's were taken in Yellowstone. It was my fastest trip through the park. = )

Buffalo

I think this was in Wyoming, but it could be South Dakota

This was our "Brad Pitt" of the trip. Karen and I were
Thelma and Louise!

Hey there "Louise/Karen"

Thelma taking over!

South Dakota.

We stayed with Karen's Sister and Law Mindy and family.
This is Roz and Bailey

Mindy and hubby Baylor

Thelma/Joneel and Louise/Karen

Iowa

Mississippi River sign

Illinois

Mississippi river

Another Illinois sign. We stayed with Karen's
Mother in Law in Illinois.

                                               One morning we woke up early, and the moon hadn't
                                            gone all the way down, when we then saw the sun coming
                                              up.