New Year 2008 Back In AZ

Yes, we arrived back in AZ on New Years Day. A bit warmer here during the day because the sun is shining. As you can see in the picture Ark and Saw was glad to see us back they were lonely. The got a Christmas present from Steve and Holly our son and they loved their Harley hats so of course they wanted to go on the bike right away. So here they are with the other Harley lover with their scull hats on.

The second picture is at the Red Lobster where we took Kevin for his birthday dinner. He drove down from Sun City and spent the day. As you can see in the picture it was hard to get these guys to smile maybe they were to hungrey. During the day before we went to dinner we played Spinner (a domino's game) then we played LRC (a dice game called left right center) then a couple games of the good old card game of rummy. Kevin and Jerry won all the money I just contributed we weren't playing for big money anyway just nickles and dimes.

Jerry is back into his water volley ball each day which is good after all we ate over Christmas. I am doing my early morning walk and then back to the tread mill in the afternoon if time permits. We are going to start golfing with the men and womens niner groups next week. I start bowling on Monday Jan 7 so shouldn't have trouble keeping out of trouble.

Do hope all our family and friends had a nice Christmas holiday and a Happy New Year.

Greetings from Barb and Jerry.

The New Year is Rapidly Arriving

Yes, we managed to get ready for the big day Christmas (Jesus Birthday) and all the festivities that surround that even if we were only home in Auburn for a week.

We had dinner at our house for our childrens and families and there was 12 adults and 2 1/2 children. You are probably wondering how we have a half of a child but Kim our daughter is expecting this summer. Jerry is preparing to be a grandpa and has been practicing with my granddaughters baby. No we are not getting old with great grandchildren they are just having babies younger. haha We are only as old as we feel but that depends on the day.

Wish I had some pictures to share but of course our cameras are in our home in AZ. Kinda like we experience with tools. The special tools we need are either in Auburn or Chelan when we need them in AZ and then sometimes when we are in AZ the tools we need are in Auburn or Chelan WA. I think we better do a little inventoring this summer and make sets for each place. It takes a while to get organized into retirement mode. You that haven't arrived there yet will see when you do get to that stage of your life it is not all that easy to adjust. You that are retired will understand.

Thanks to family you will be able to see some pictures. One way is when you go into our blog to see what we are up to obviously you are there now if you are reading this. There is on the right hand side under our picture called LINKS my daughters link is Scott and Teresa click on that and you can see pictures of our Lefsa making party we had and I am sure she will have pictures of Christmas posted soon.

Our next event this week is Saturday the 29th we have 3 couples coming to our house to do a little wine tasting. Our 0ne neighbor went this summer to differant wineries so have some wine from where they visited and we have some wine from the Chelan wineries so it should be a good time figuring out which ones taste best. They probably will all taste the same after a few sips haha.

Guess I have rattled on long enough it is early in the morning so just had coffee so I am wide awake and Jerry is still sleeping like a baby resting up for the daily activities.

We hope all of you had a great Christmas Day and that the year 2008 is a great one for all our family and friends.

Greetings from Barb and Jerry

Christmas Wishes

We arrived in Auburn Saturday the 15th to rain and WA winter. But it is worth it to get to see the children's and celebrate Christmas with them which is a very special time of the year.

No Ark and Saw had to stay in AZ couldn't afford plane tickets for them. They didn't seem to complain to much.

Since we arrived in Auburn we have been busy preparing for the Christmas holiday, shopping, baking, making other goodies, we had to opportunity to attend our grandaughters church Christmas program very good program.

Oh yes, Saturday we are having our annual lefsa making party with the kids.

I will make dinner Christmas day not sure how many will be here as have other family to be with also.

On Saturday December 22, we are going to have a little wine tasting get together with our neighbors at our house so that will be fun.

We have been so blessed this past year and look forward to see what all happens in 2008.

Hope this finds all our family and friends well and enjoying the Christmas season we wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Love Barb and Jerry

HELP! I Am Falling Behind.

Ok for any one that thinks I am behind schedule on reporting what is happening at our house you are right. I cannot believe it is only 20 days tell Christmas and I am further behind than when I was working. I always said when I retire I will have plenty of time to get all the things done that I couldn't when I was working. Wow that don't seem to be the case. But we spend more time with friends either golfing or having dinner and playing cards. We also have started working on the week ends so that cuts down three days a week.

NO this picture is not our yard decorated this is our neighbors. Ark and Saw had to go to the neighbors to enjoy some Christmas decorations. But we do have three red bows and some rope lighing on our three palm trees so we have a little bit of decorations in our yard. This pictures is just the neighbors front yard and the back yard is just as decorated. Vern spent a week getting everything put up. We assisted a little bit (very little) with the decorating of their cactus there is a trick to that project.

We will be flying to WA on December 15th for a little over two weeks. Hope the weather is better when we get there than it is now.

We experienced our first big rain fall here in AZ. between 4 and 5 inches in two days and windy also. You would think that in AZ they have only had 2 inches of rain all year that the water would not be standing around or running like a river but guess it slowly goes down into the ground. At least it settled some of the dust which is a blessing.

Well we golfed twice last week and I got a birdie I think Jerry was a bit surprised. He is going to start golfing with a mens league after the first of the year maybe he don't want to golf with me anymore that I am getting so good haha. If I could only get consistency in my golfing it would be much improved.

We wish all our family and friends a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Love from Barb and Jerry

Thanksgiving Week

This picture is of our back yard which we have been working on since we had a landscaper dig out some shrubs and plant this new. Then we put together the water fall and the pots on the brick posts.

Well on Monday of this week we golfed with our next door neighbors who are from Oregon and have to go back as they are not fully retired yet. We had a great game and improved our score so that is a good thing.

Besides the daily aerobics and water volley ball we do manage to work in a few more activities such as grocery shopping and laundry and etc. but the days do fly by.

Thanksgiving day we had dinner at my sisters and of course had lots of food. She loves to keep our family tradition and fix all of the food dishes that our mother always made. We all have so much to be thankful for and had a real nice day. It was our first Thanksgiving in AZ.

Hope this finds all our family and friends well. Love Barb and Jerry

Weekly Update

Well as you can see by this picture AZ finally got some rain a whole .03 tenths of a inch. Their normal rain fall for a year is 7 inches and so far they have only got 3 inches this year. We had a dark cloudy day and thunder and lighting early am but not much rain in those clouds. But Ark and Saw thought they needed a umbrella just in case.

Well last week we golfed 9 holes on monday and 18 holes on Wednesday our scores are improving and we are having fun now that from our lessons we know what we are suppose to be doing.

We added a water fall to our back yard as you can see in the picture. We have been working on getting our back yard to look more like the southern sceen more cactus and big rocks and flower pots and etc.

Hope this finds all our family and friends well and happy.

Love from Barb and Jerry

Time Flys Nov11

Here it is November 11 and still in the low 90's or high 80's Ark and Saw as you can see are cooling off in the freezer. But of course they don't want to get completely frozen but would like some cooler temps. The news says it is a record breaking October and November for hot weather. We feel sorry for our family and friends that have started to have winter already where they live.

We have been busy going golfing. I had my best game ever on Nov 8th I have marked that on the calendar. However Jerry was frustrated with his game. Oh well we will have good days and bad days. We only have one more lesson.

We went to a Hee Haw country western music jubilee put on by talented individuals her in our Sun Bird development where we live. The individuals volunteer to do this and the proceeds go for the golf course improvements. My sister Diselle and friends Bob and Corky joined us for the evening.

Don't know what all we keep busy with but the days seem to fly by.

Hope this finds all well with our family and friends. Take care.

Love Barb and Jerry