Christmas pictures

Our Christmas Tree. Sherwin was experimenting with his camera when he took this picture.

















Sherwin and Jill ....December 2008














Sherwin and his son, Dale Crooks


















Hyrum Haddox...He looks like he is anticipating something special

More Christmas Pictures

Here are some more pictures taken at Mom's Christmas Eve Party. Above is Judy and Kent. We were glad that Judy came because she just had surgery and wasn't feeling very good.

Nathan and Jennifer Hansen

Jason Humpherys and Jasmine Howes

Jessica Haddox and Mom

Savannah Humpherys

Mom's Christmas Party

Christmas Eve we gathered at Mom's house for Pizza and visiting with the family. We opened the gifts that were to and from Mom that night also. Justin traveled from Logan Utah to spend Christmas with Jane and the rest of her family.
We had a snow storm with wind on Christmas Eve. Christmas Day we could not get out on the roads until after a snow plow had gone through. Sherwin took our 4 wheel drive pickup through the drifts and picked up Jessica and her family so they could spend Christmas Day with us. Since Jessica and Mike were still in the moving process, Santa had left the gifts at our house. We were glad we could get through the roads so that Emily and Hyrum could have their presents.
Mike had fun playing with Hyrum's Lego! Christmas night the roads were snowed in again so the Haddox family spent the night with us. At 6:30 AM we were awakened by some stranded motorists who were cold. We invited them in and fixed them some hot cocoa. A local farmer cleared a path with his front end loader which helped me get to work and the Haddox family get home. Later that day a snow plow cleared the road.
Jason Humpherys and his family were also moving during the holidays. They stayed with Jane on Christmas Day, and then they took off with their belongings to Boise. Above is a picture of Michelle and Mason Humpherys.
This is a cute picture of Jane and her grandson Jackson, Jennifer and Nathan's son.

Christmas Greeting 2008

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CU Christmas Party

Our Credit Union Christmas Party was held at Mountain River Ranch. We met at the Ranch and had a cup of hot cider while we waited for the wagon to take us out to the lodge. It was a beautiful night. The 3 mile trail to the lodge was lit up with Christmas lights and various Christmas sceens.

At the lodge we were served a generous dinner of either prime rib or cornish game hen. The dinner was followed by some yummy strawberry cheese cake. The entertainment for the night was a comedy and musical performance by the "Not Brothers". They kept us laughing for over an hour.

Above are pictures of some of my staff. Julian Milano, a date that Mercedes brought and Mercedes. Julian and Mercedes are Tellers.




This is My Assistant Manager, Kim Bateman, with her husband Shane.



Becky Best is another Teller. She brought Danny as her date for the night.




Finally, Sherwin and Me. Another Teller, Pat Klingenberg was also there but didn't set near us so I didn't get a picture of her. We had over 150 Credit Union employees attend. The CU gave out some wonderful door prizes but Kim was the only lucky one from our branch to get one. Some of the pictures are not too good because of the lighting and because I got my finger in them. Sorry!!

Halloween Fun

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Jack & Jo's Daughters

It was fun to see Jack & JoAnne's daughters again. Julie is 6 months younger than Jackie and 6 months older than Loretta. Above is Loretta and her husband Randy. Below is Jackie and her husband George. Both husbands have serious health problems. We appreciated the effort they made to take the long trip to Idaho. Jack's visit to Idaho would not have been possible without the help of his daughters and sons-inlaws who had to lift and carry him. JoAnne is blessed to have their help.

Jack & JoAnn's visit

It sure was good to visit with Jack & JoAnne and their family. Inspite of all their health problems, they remain in good spirits. They are truly an inspiration to me!

Judy and Jane planned a surprise birthday party for JoAnne. She was "Princess Josephina" for the day...complete with a crown no less. Here they are posing with the monkey dolls that mom made for them.

Spud Day

These are picures of our Spud Day Float. We had fun putting it together. Some of it was done in the break room at our Branch. Mercedes worked on the giant recipe cards that decorated the sides of the float. A member who works at Basic American provided the cardboard that we drew the kitchen backdrop on. We had most of it painted before we all met at my house to complete it. Sherwin built the window and frame to hold it on the flatbed trailer. Sherwin and I made a lasagna dinner and apple crisp for everyone who came to help. We tiled the floor with newsprint paper and black scrapbook paper. Pat came over the next night to help Sherwin & me put the final touches on. Thanks to all the Shelley staff - Kim, Pat, Becky (and her daughters) Julian, and Mercedes for their hard work.
The weather was nice while we were lined up waiting for the judges and the parade to start. However, once the parade begin it started pouring down rain. We all got drenched. One of our little chefs crawled under the table that was on the float for shelter. The crowds at the parade gave us encouragement to finish by cheering us on.
Our float won the first place prize in the commercial division. It was $100.00. We are going to have a Branch party at Johnny Carinos with the prize money. We gave the kids who rode on the float (Julian's neices and nephews and Becky's grandaughter) their chef hats and aprons to keep. One of our Members, Glenda, was the mom. The staff walked and handed out candy, Spud Day Key chains and, Recipe cards with a potato recipe on one side and a recipe for financial success on the other side.
After the parade, the weather cleared for a couple hours then once again it rained. Nothing dampens the Spud Day spirit. The Post Register reported that Spud Day was attended by 10,000 people. Wow...what a great community spirit.

Judy's Surgery

Judy will probably kill me for putting this picture in my blog. This was taken 2 days after she had surgery on some skin cancer. She is actually very lucky. The skin cancer was very close to her eye. The Doctor did the surgery in the hospital and it took 4 hours! Judy had to have some reconstructive surgery by her eyebrow. The doctor also had to re-route her tear duct which will now drain in her nose.

We are happy that the doctor said he was able to get all the cancer out. Judy will probably be back to her normal self in a few days. Kent said that she is telling everyone that he beat her up.

Fun in Seattle

We visited this sculpture which is located under a freeway in Seattle. It is huge. The troll reminded me of the story "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" Under the troll's hand that is behind our heads is an actual Volkswagon Bug that has been incased in cement. The picture below is Erin, James (Erin's boyfriend) and Sherwin's daughter Jeanette.

It is fun to go to Pikes Market Place in Seattle. The food and flowers are displayed so pretty. We met up with Jeanette's daughter Erin in Seattle. Jeanette bought a new couch for her living room and passed her old couch down to Erin. We rented a uhaul and did all the grunt work saving lots of money.

Jeanette showed us the sailing club where she took sailing lessons and the rowing club where she also took lessons.

















This picture was taken off of Jeanette's back yard deck. She has a splendid view of Bellingham Bay and the ocean. We watched the crabbers do their work from her deck.

Canada

One Day we decided to chance going to Canada. It was risky because we didn't have passports. In fact Sherwin did not have a birth certificate. He had sent in an application to get one but it had not arrived. When we got to Canadian customs, we explained why we didn't have the proper paperwork and we were immediately welcomed into Canada. We were very surprised. When It was time to come back to the USA it wasn't so easy. We got a lecture and a warning.
The top picture was taken at an aquarium in Vancouver that we visited. These white whales put on shows during the day.

The totum poles were also in Vancouver.

Coeur D'Alene

This is the cruise boat that we took out on Lake Coeur D' Alene. It was a perfect day for the cruise. The lake is the 2nd largest natural lake in Idaho. There are some beautiful homes and boats all around the lake. The only way to some of the homes is by boat. A boat delivers their mail and they have a school boat to pick the kids up for school. The lake never freezes except around the shore line.

We had an interesting chat with some of the people who sat at the same table with us. Two were from Seattle and two were from Glendale Arizona. I was wishing it was Joe and Jake instead of them.
This is a picture of the floating golf green. I wonder how expensive it would be for a round of golf at that course. A round includes a boat ride out to the course, and a full meal and tour. I imagine you would also see people like Tiger Woods.

Wildlife at Yellowstone Park

Driving through Yellowstone Park, we came to a meadow that had a herd of at least 100 buffalo. They were fun to watch. Two of them started butting heads and I thought for a minute that we were going to witness a fight.

This is another photo that I took in Yellowstone Park. The elk stood there and posed for all the photographers. I wish we could have been lucky enough to see a bear too.

Family Reunion

Like I said earlier we have enjoyed our grandchildren this month. Not to slight their parents, we enjoyed them too. We had a great time at the Rock Family Reunion. James and Ethan took some great photos that I have sent to everyone. We had a great time with Jason's family and Jane after the reunion. Everyone enjoyed getting to know Tessie a little better.

Jessica cut some rhubarb from Mom's yard and made us a yummy strawberrie/ rhubarb pie. The recipe is in the cook book. It is great! Julie made us some lettuce roll ups with tofu which were very good too. It was very nice having family here. There was a noticable void without Jacob and Joseph though. Next year I am definately planning another family reunion for just our family and hopefully we will ALL be able to be there. It was also not long enough to do all the visiting with everyone.

Emily and Hyrum enjoyed their visit to the zoo. Emily was most impressed with the Zebra and kept saying "zebra" over and over. Hyrum liked the otters. It was the first time I was able to get to know Emily's personality. She is definately a girly girl. She is learning to talk and it is so cute!


Hyrum loved playing with the clay and running outside in
the yard.

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