The Women in Black are Here - Are You Scared Yet?

Drum Roll~~~~~~~~TA-DA The Women in Black are here. Yes, hold on and don't be afraid. They will protect and defend at all costs. Are you scared yet? For the average Thomas family member, this could be very frightening.

It has been said that "Where Gracie is, there is a party". With this in mind, the Women in Black were called in to provide protection. They watch, they listen, they wait and anticipate any conspiracy to soil the fun. They will succeed and they'll have a great time doing it. We praise The Women in Black. Do NOT be afraid.

We saluate Gracie Thomas, who will soon be returning to her undercover, nundane life as a BYU student in Provo, Utah. We are saddened to see her go and we wish her well.
The Women in Black will not be seen again until she returns to her post.

A Very Special Day

Today is a very special day. Yes, it's the last day of summer vacation since I go back to work at the school tomorrow. Although this summer I've worked at the pharmacy about 32 hours a week, it's still been summer vacation and tomorrow morning at 6:30 you'll find me on the road to Rigby again.

BUT, that is not why today is a VERY SPECIAL DAY. Today is Dan and my's 34th wedding anniversary. 34 years ago today, Dan drove to Pocatello long before 6:30 AM and picked me up from my Granma Rohde's house. Then we headed for the Idaho Falls Temple. What an amazing full day!! First time in a Temple of the Lord. First time as a wife and the beginning of all of this~
I thought I'd like to share a few of my thoughts about Dan L Thomas~
He's very handsome.
He's very tall.
He's very righteous.
He's a very good father.
He's a very good companion.
I know I've ALWAYS known him.
I know I LOVE HIM.
I know I'll ALWAYS LOVE HIM!!

He even laughed at one of my jokes today!!!

He surprised me on Friday with a bouquet of red roses and a card. The roses even have eucalyptus in them. See.

I'm going to treat him to dinner at Sizzler's the first chance we get to go.

Tessha fixed dinner for us and Gracie took pictures of us. Elizabeth and James left us a bowl of apples and a wonderful Apple Pie Candle which is burning right now and making our house smell marvelous.

I can't tell you all the wonderful things we've done through the years but I'll share some fun pictures and you can remember the memories yourselves.












I LOVE DAN~!

Summer with Grandkids is a Party

One of my favorite things is to have little ones come to visit!! And that's just what we got last week. Bless their mother's hearts for dealing with us all. What fabulous women and mothers. I was entralled with their kindness, gentleness and over all mothering skills. What a blessing they are to us and to their families. Thank you so much for coming and sharing your fun with us. One of my next favorite things is to get flowers from those that I love. That's exactly what I got one night when returning home from work. My sweet grandchildren made a bouquet and put it on our table just for me. Aren't I blessed?!
We had some practice time for the water park.
Dalynn made raspberry jam when they children were asleep. We ate peas and strawberries from the garden. We opened surprises, put puzzles together and read new books. We planted flowers. We showed off our skateboarding skills and we slept on Granma's bed. We jumped on the tramp and swung in the swing. We played games outside at night by candlelight. Held soft, new, sweet baby Jace Harmon Nelson. And we took home a bag of apricots from Granpa and Granma's apricot tree. THANKS FOR COMING ~ THANKS FOR THE FUN ~ TILL NEXT TIME ~ WE LOVE YOU!!

This One's For You, Bud!

Remember when we used to call Seth, Bud? I do! Just check this one out and it's pretty obvious we should call him, Elder Thomas. Doesn't he look happy? Doesn't he look good? This is his Mission President and Sister Webb whom he worked with at the office. They have since gone home, but Seth was able to get a final picture with them before they left. It is so good to see his smiling face in the mail today. I had to take his picture to work and show him off and then I knew you'd all want to see it, too.
Yeah, Elder Thomas!! You're looking GREAT!~