Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

Memories:  These vintage pictures surfaced this month.  I just love looking at old pictures remembering how things were - especially when the pictures are of loved ones who are no longer with us.  I love seeing Grandpa and Grandma surrounded by family.  They loved being with family!  This made me smile. Top:  Tasha, Grandpa Olsen, Grandma Olsen, Abby (?) Shandra, Natalie, Mickel, LaurieJo Bottom: Stephanie, Jan, Casey, Grandpa, Doug, Grandma, David, Ben, Justin Dennis, Barbara, Kim, Jody, Alicia Kalel Birthday:  Covid is still a constant threat, and I'm still working from home.  However, we did feel safe in having a family-only party for Kalel's birthday.  There is a new place here in town called Half  Axed.  We left Little Miss with Joey because we felt it would be just a little too dangerous for her and went to try our hand at axe-throwing. We had a marvelous time!  So much so that Kim has decided that he wants to build our ...

Sister's Retreat We started the month off in grand fashion, with a Sister's Retreat!  This time we went to Wolf Creek.  I am so glad that we started the tradition of our sister's retreats, it has been so good for us to stay connected and appreciate each other.  Our personalities are so much the same, but yet we have many, many differences, I feel that it is vitally important to foster our family relationships.  Julie was not able to join us this time as she had an assignment in Hawaii.  She was able to take her family, so we forgave her for missing our weekend. The weekend once again was filled with lots of goodies, games, and laughter.  For some reason when I am with these ladies I can't seem to stop laughing, often so hard that I start to cry!  Once again Rox was in charge of the craft.  I loved it!  It was a Halloween wall hanging that we colored and then hand-stitched the outlines.  It was really cute.  We took Rox out for ...

San Diego (Flight #1) What is more fun than a GIRL'S TRIP?  Cyn, April, Tammy, and I decided that we needed a get-a-way to sunny San Diego - Bonus!  I got to visit with Tasha and fam.  April needed one more day to work, so Cyn, Tammy, and I headed out early Tuesday morning.  Of course, we were running a little late, and then we hit traffic almost all of the way there.  We were so nervous that we were going to miss the flight that we almost ran into the airport.  Luckily we made it on time, but waiting in line at security was tortuous.  Finally, we got to the front and then we were notified that we actually had TSA precheck tickets so we could have skipped the line! Oh bother!  I thought I had checked before we got in line, but I missed the little notice on our boarding passes, probably because I was so stressed about getting there on time. We flew Southwest and felt very fortunate to get seats all together because the flight was very ful...