HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!
Remeber to be Thankful!

Pictures from Surprise Party

If you want to read all about the party and see great pictures, check out Angie's blog at speerchuckers.blogspot.com Angie did a GREAT job planning our family get-together.
Right now Warren and I are in South Jordan visiting our kids and for Thanksgiving. We came to Utah on Friday and stayed with Theresa's family that night and Saturday night. Theresa and I had fun doing some shopping (Robert's). I got to meet Meagan's RM, Steve, but Trey never showed up, so we missed seeing him. After church and dinner at Theresa's Sunday, we visited Natalie and the family in Saratoga Springs and then came to Melanie's here in South Jordan. We did most of the Thanksgiving shopping yesterday. We will be going to Natalie's tonight for yummy lettuce raps. Wednesday and Thursday nights we will be staying at Kevin's and Ashley's, but, most of us will be back at Melanie's for Thanksgiving dinner. On Friday morning we are going to Logan where we will have lunch with my dad a sisters. On Saturday the plan is to have another Thanksgiving dinner at my sister Briga's house. I guess I'll gain my usual five pounds that I usually gain when I come to Utah. It's a hazard that I am willing to deal with. ;0)
Hope you all have a really great Thanksgiving! Love you all, Trix (Mom)

ABSOLUTELY THE BEST

Warren and I had the ABSOLUTELY BEST SURPRISE EVER! Alisyn and Eric came down Saturday afternoon and about 4:30 they said they were taking us out to dinner for our combined birthdays and 45th anniversary. We were told we were going to Bucca de Beppo, which is a family style Italian restaurant that our kids just love. It was wonderful for them to be taking us out, BUT . . . . . when we got there we were introduced to the cooks, the waiters, the bar keepers and politely shown the direction to the restrooms as if we were celebrities! Well, as we came around the corner there was a huge table set and ALL 9 of our kids were there (five of them from Utah) and several of the spouses. WHAT AN AWESOME SURPRISE! OUR KIDS ARE JUST GREAT! I know that for several of them it was a big sacrifice to make the trip. Ron and Justin even came back from their deer hunting expedition for the evening. I will post pictures as soon as my kids send me some. For sure as we walked up to the table there were lots of flashes from cameras going off. Warren and I were even given HUGE pieces of red velvet cake for dessert. It was all YUMMY! Thanks so much to all my kids and especially to Angie, who I think had a very big hand in planning the whole thing.

Enrichment Blues

Don't let the 'busy' troll get you! I found this troll in the woods while camping.


O.K. I am a total idiot for taking on this calling again. I've been involved with Enrichment (Homemaking) at least five times and you'd think I'd learn:( I'm telling you all, go with your gut feelings and stick to it! You know best what works for you. I went into this with the deal that we would collect money by a cut-off date and absolutely not go around collecting overdue money or calling and calling and begging for money with the result of getting stressed over late orders of materials and being out HUNDREDS of dollars because people didn't pay on time. My leader doesn't have the heart to stick with deadlines, so we are enableing people to keep using us this way. I'm sick of it. You'd think these women were being asked to give up one of their children. Don't they realize it takes money to buy supplies? Also, why couldn't we call it Super Saturday? It doesn't change what we are doing!

Alright, enough of that! I had to vent. Please forgive me and pray that I'll have more patience AND MORE MONEY. :)

Love all your blogs. Keep on keeping me updated!

bathing beauties

This is just to prove I wasn't always so out of shape! I'm the one standing on the wall of the 'swimming pool'. Don't laugh, just smile!

Ingold and Schmid photos

New Post - Old Photos

My Grandma and Grandpa Schmid at Glacier National Park

Trix, Esther, Grandpa Schmid and Eva in our Swiss dirndls for a festival.

Bathing beauties, Trix, Monica and Briga in the home 'swimming hole'.

Every year my mother made us all Easter dresses. This is about 1959. From the back are Esther, Mom and Dad, Trix, and in the front are Briga, Eva and Monica.

These are the new emigrant 'cowgirls'. This was the year we moved to Logan and bought the old house on 674 East 700 North. The girls are, from the left, Eva, Esther, Briga, Mother and Trix.

I will always treasure the memories and the photos! Check them out!