another coach reeder

check out HJnews.com.... for today (Friday)... another Reeder coach article in the sports section!

Bear Claw Canyon

Just wanted to inform everyone that Papa's plan to turn Canyon into a mountain man WORKED!! Yes, no more pirates...however, I must admit, mountain men are clearly pirates that live in the mountains. Seriously, though, we have now watched "Jeremiah Johnson" about 22 times.
Canyon only plays Mountain Man outside and when asked if Alice could play with him...he responded, "of course, she can be the crazy lady," in reference to the crazy lady on JJ. We also kept the Livermore librarians on their toes as they attempted to find all books in the children's lit section on mountain men (a formidable task as we had to first figure out who some great mountain men are, does Daniel Boone count?).
Canyon is now looking for a rifle and a bear coat to complete his costume…we have a leathery shirt and hat, also…he wants to know when he can expect facial hair.

Anyway…we had a fabulous time with Nana and Papa and Nana’s cookies are now legend in Livermore. We went to the aquarium and they watched Lily at swim team (mom cried the whole time because she couldn’t get over how little Lily looks trying to swim across the whole pool). Alice was in heaven and Jane had a great time to, I think.
We can’t wait to see everyone…Marty, Bonnie, Angie…it’s your turn to come to California. We wouldn’t mind seeing Isaac and Elise too. The Livermore farmer’s market is calling your name…kettlecorn and all.

Oh yeah, Canyon prefers to be called Bear Claw Canyon…or simply, Johnson.

... the last invited entry

Papa and I just got back from Girls' Camp and Papa entertained the girls the entire time with stories! He is now an official member of Young Women... voted in last night. What are we doing now? Well, Papa is mowing the lawn, and I'm pretending to clean the garage...
love you all... nana

I've been invited!

It is an exciting day. I'm now a blogger. I wish I knew what blog meant. Could you use it in a sentence like this? "It was blogging cats and dogs." Or this? "What the blog is she doing here." Or how about this? "You'd better get your blogging car out of way." Anyway, I'm sure in time I'll learn how it all works. By the way, we sure had a great week last week. We got to see all the grandchildren. On Monday it was Angie. Monday night thru Thursday night we were with the Prusso kids. Friday noon thru Sunday afternoon it was the Scotts in St. George. Whirlwind is the word that comes to mind. I wish we had more time but then on the other hand old people can wear out their welcome. If I was savvy enough, I would add pictures but that will have to wait for my tutorial which I'm sure will come later. Do you realize how trepiditious it is to have your writing perused by English majors. Oh well, I can't let that hinder my effort. Later...

Not to Steal from Little Ikey

Christian's site just had an article written in the Wall Street Journal. Pretty exciting stuff. If you're interested, you should check it out. Here's the link, but it's only good for today...so hurry and check it out: http://solution.allthingsd.com . Can you believe that this guy has a successful website? Seems unlikely, but it's true.

Little Ikey

Mom's probably showed this to everyone. But here's our special little guy in the newspaper. Feel free to write a comment at the end. I'll bet Isaac would love it if the whole family wrote something.
http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2007/06/20/sports/sports02.txt

The star of The Paper Dragon...our Clayre-bee

Well, Clayre did an amazing job preforming in "The Paper Dragon". She was so cute. Her dancing was fantastic. Here are a few pictures. Isn't her costume great?

Ode to Seven

I think I was born wanting a dog. But Mom and Dad always had one excuse or another: Camp Hunt or Jones. It wasn't until Emily got married that they agreed to get one (or what turned out to be two). Maybe they were feeling a pre-empty nest syndrome, but anyway we got seven and dandy. I still remember how furry they were when we first got them. I think even Dad thought they were cute. We've had some good times with them, I think. We've taken them on some crazy hikes and ski trips. They may have limped for three days after, but they always loved it. And remember, Isaac, when we took them on "training runs"? We'd take them in the civic and let them out on the backroad of 2nd east and then drive 25 miles per hour while they ran as fast as they could behind. Sort of mean, I guess. But they loved it. Anyway, Seven. I know you weren't everyone's favorite the way Dandy is, but you were a good dog, and you were always my favorite.