There Is Life At the End of the Rainbow...WARNING...LOTS OF PICTURES!

I can't remember the last time I wrote a post, seems like forever...but there were several times that I did sit down, in front of my computer, my hands ready to start typing...when...instant fatigue would hit...BAM!  I am going to try to catch up as much as possible. First, to recap, Dani has been living at a proctor-foster home for the past 5 months. She is not in State's custody, we are still her parents.  It was mainly so that we as her parents could have a break, get more education under our belts because of her new diagnosis (FASD) and prepare for her to come home.  As a matter of fact, she is coming home November 23rd, the day before Thanksgiving!!!

Our Dani-Girl!  Took her to 31 Flavors for a special treat!

Grandpa and Kamryn playing "Angry Birds" on Grandpa's phone! Who do you think is enjoying it more?

Ashley and Manuel right after I picked them up from the airport!

Ready for that ride!  Let's Go!

Life though has kept us pretty busy, with the classes, family therapy sessions, taking Dani to her appointments.  Other than that,  Mike and I have lead pretty boring life's.  But we have managed to have plenty of alone time, we've taken a few ATV rides, not as many as we would have liked this year (thank you Mother Nature).  We have just been exhausted.  We did manage to get a couple of  camping trips in and...that's about it.  One hard event happened a week ago...I was laid-off work, after close to four years.  The economy is hitting so hard to so many companies, mine was one of them.  But I am looking for something that I will be home for Dani more.  Keep us in your prayers.

One highlight of the season was the visit we had from my daughter Ashley and her boyfriend Manuel.  They were here for a week and we enjoyed every minute they were with us.  We were able to carve out a day to show them some beautiful Utah mountains, went to Park City, of course the tour of Salt Lake.  But as always, their trip seemed so short.  Oh yea, after our ATV ride, we stopped into one of the dairy's Mike picks up milk from, the farmer was the one who gave us permission to ride on his property, we stopped to thank him but also got a lesson on milking the cows!

One of the most beautiful paths we had been on this year!

Me and my eternal honey...oh yea and Grizzly!

This was at one of the dairy farms that Mike picks up from.  This gentleman was very kind to allow us to ride in his mountains!

And while Ashley and Manuel were here, we had a big family breakfast at one of our favorite "eatery's", The Stagecoach.  After breakfast, all us girls with our self-designed witch's hats took the Frontrunner then Traks down to Gardner Village to roam around with all the witch's.  We had a great day, my granddaughters and daughter Danielle had their faces painted, nails painted...let's just say we were all tired by the end of the day.  The guys?  Mike, Manuel and Jason (they also had little Kamryn) went out to Corrine to do some manly stuff...shooting.  Go figure!

We had a big BBQ with pumpkin carving in the backyard!

Just getting ready to leave for our date with the "Witch's"

Kamryn wasn't sure what was going on...

Danielle had a dragon painted on her face...it looked great!

Kaitlyn and Kyla...too cute!

On the Sunday before Ashley and Manuel went home, we spent the day down in Salt Lake.  We were able to take a wonderful tour of the Conference Center, learned a lot, and spent a while over at Temple Square.

Ashley and Manuel on top of the Conference Center!

Ashley and ...mom!

My iphone takes pretty good pictures!

Next thing I knew it was time for them to go back home to California...bummer!  They made it home safely and life returned to normal.  Now Mike and I are getting ready for Dani to come home. We are excited about the transition though.  We know there will be lots of bumpy roads ahead but we're ready for them. Mike and I consider ourselves extremely blessed to have the family that we do and that includes our extended family members.  I just wish we could get together more so I could have a better opportunity to get to know everyone, especially my niece Emily and nephews Jake and Chris along with Dacia...can't wait to meet your sweet baby girl and to see Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Randy beam!

Love to you all!