HAPPY BIRTHDAY! We have three family birthdays this month, Joyce Watson, Kim Mitchell and Jefferson Thomas Weeks-Young! Yeah, the others won't give their age but JT will be 2 on the same day as Kim's birthday September 23rd! A big birthday wish to them all.... Eat lots of cake for me!

More sad news, my aunt Dorthea Bivins went to be with the Heavenly Father a few days ago. I missed seeing her at the family reunion and I am shocked and saddened by the news. She was a wonderful wife, and a loving mother to a group of beautiful children and grandchildren. As a Christian wife and mother she is what I aspire to be, a true Proverbs woman. She and my Uncle James Bivins were married for 45 years, she will truly be missed by all who were Blessed to know her. We cannot prevent death but we can celebrate the lives we were given. Do not wait to start living until it is time to go home. Get to know a family member you do not, reconnect before the time is gone.
Cheri

I just got back from vacation with my faamily. We visited my husbands family in Mammoth, CA. We fished, and fished, and fished some more. Their were bears folks, real ones. They were within 100 feet of my children. What was I thinking? Well, I guess it is no worse than choosing to spend a n entire week with family! LOL But seriously, my kids got to hang out with the only cousins they have on my husbands side that are their age. They had a fantastic time, even if they did drag me to the lake and make me fish, secretly I enjoyed it.

Children should have memories like those, I know my oldest will never forget lazer tag with her cousins! Or running through the sprinklers on the way to the zoo!