Lynn & Dale Leishman

Caribbean Cruise on Liberty of the Seas

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San Juan, Puerto Rico was so historical. We visited one of the oldest and largest fort systems in the world. The water was so blue! There were really old cemetaries right by the fort along the beach cliffs too.

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Ron had a little mishap on his scooter in St Maarten. We met Therry, a great French guy that took us to the hospital, and then we took him to lunch at Loo Loo's! What a day!

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We hired a lady taxi driver to take us around St Thomas after we had visited Turtle Bay on St John. Here is the veiw from the top! This is the life!

Cruise with the Crazy Canadians!

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Our cruise went to St Thomas, St Maarten, San Juan & Labadee, Haiti. There were about 9 couples. It was great fun! Here are several of us hot tubbing!

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We stepped on the beach for a photo op in Key West! We also visited the "Southern most " tip of the USA, 90 miles from Cuba!

KEY WEST

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We sure had a great time in Key West, Florida with Ron & Nancy a couple days before the cruise. The drive down over all the bridges was cool, especially the seven mile bridge. March 2011

RAZOR RIDING!

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WE went riding in the mountains with Jeff and Candy. Beautiful! We crossed rivers, forded streams, plowed through snow, and even ran into Brandy and her friends too! Someone had to do it! Love that razor! Spring 2010

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The Grandkids kicking it at our house watching TV! Actually , they were all living with us then! One big noisy, happy family! 2010

MURDER MYSTERY PARTY

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We had a great time as "Nutmeg", alias for Ginger from Gilligan's Island, and Dale as a private detective and a real "ladies man!" It was Rhonda Pratt's 50th! We had fun getting into costume!

My friend Billie flew out from Utah, and we drove to Merced to help Suzette with her daughter's reception. Candace was there too. Great fun! July 2010

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THE BARROW REUNION ON THE HIGH SEAS!! OASIS STYLE!

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The day at the Bahamas, Nasau, we met Rob Jensen and he took us to a private beach, and provided lunch and a boat ride and kayaks. Michelle and Tawnia were the only ones brave enough to kayak in the ocean as it was a bit cloudy and cool. But we had fun watching them! Mom and Ruthie bared their legs from some sun, and we all had a great Caribbean day! Oh, if only it could last longer!

Sorry, but this is a bit backward as I'm not the best blogger! If you want chronological order you have to start at the bottom!

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Of course dinner was one of our favorite parts! It's all about the food! ha. We all dolled up on formal nights, and feasted with plenty of appetisers and entrees. I took pictures of everyone, but those of Matt and Michelle, and Brad, And Val and Gord didn't turn out. I sure loved spending all this time with my siblings that I don't get to see that often! thanks again Mother.

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The Sailing trip gone bad! Oops. We had such a great time in St Maartin with our kids a couple years ago when we went sailing with 12 Metres. It is retired world class sailing ships, and we were the crew. The problem was that it was quite windy, and the sea was choppy, so several of us got sea sick! Oh darn! But everyone was great sports, and made the best of it. I bet they don't get very many 84 and 90 year old ladies on there! Mom and Ruth were great sports, even though mom got sick! Sorry mom!

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Tawnia taking in some rays!!

WE had a great time on the beach and shopping in St Thomas. Michelle's friend met us and took us to two of the best beaches: Coki and Magen's Beach. We had a great fruit smoothie on the Coki Beach. The water was pretty warm. What a fun day! We also saw alot of the area while we were driving around. We walked back to the "Straw Market," getting splashed by the waves on the way, and did some local shopping.

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What a fun time with Mom and Ruthie on the front of the ship watching them experimenting with being "blown away!"

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There's our ship! The Oasis! It was huge! Dale made most of the travel arrangements, and he loves BIG!! It was such a beautiful ship and there was so much to do! It had a zip line, a wave pool, the Boardwalk, Central Park and plenty of shopping. The shows were so great! Every night we enjoyed one. We saw "Hairspray," a diving and water show, a comedian, a dance show, and the Ice show.

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The boys and the girls waiting for our taxi to take us to the ship. Do we look excited?!

CARIBBEAN ON THE OASIS!!

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My sweet mother took all of her children and their spouses on a fabulous vacation in February! What a wonderful gift to us to all be together like that! We all met in Florida, where the boys tried their hand at golf, and the girls did what girls do! WE went to a girly show and to lunch.
The evening before the cruise we went to the wharf in Fort Lauderdale to catch the water taxi , see the sights and go to dinner on the waterfront. We waited for the taxi for over an hour, but not to be undone, we had fun riding this bike around the wharf! Who knows whom it belonged too! We even talked mom into our mischieviousnss!

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This is when we were back in Rome. We are in front of the Trevi Fountain, enjoying the shade and the after taste of our gelato!

Taryn, Beckham and I went on to Venice after Florence. Brendon had to go back to work. Of course someone, Bren and Dale, have to work to support our traveling habits! Right! Anyway, we are posing on one of the many little bridges across all the waterways in Venice. It was a cute little city. We stayed in a lovely hotel right by St Marcus's Square. and visited the cathedral, and wandered through the streets shopping. The fact that there are no cars in Venice made it even more quaint.

Rialto Bridge...one of the more famous bridges in Venice, taken as we arrived there and took the "slow boat" to our hotel.

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Vlorence was lovely! Tall buildings and everyone speaking Italian. Imagine that! View from the top of the Duomo Bell tower. And above is the Pointe Vechio bridge. This bridge was purposefully not bombed by the ally's during WWII. We had a great time shopping along thie bridge, and buying paintings.

ITALY was GREAT!

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The Monday after the wedding reception, in August, Taryn and Beckham and I headed to Rome, Italy! Wow! Brendon was in Rome on an internship and we joined him. Here I am looking lovely in front of the Colussem, and then enjoying gelato, which was at least a daily occurance!

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Tiffany, Dale and I before Cody and Katelyn's reception in Gridley.

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I was able to be in Palo Alto for the birth and that was so neat. What a darling baby!

WHAT A SUMMER! 2009!

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It was quite an eventful summer! It began in May when Blair came home from his mission. Blair and I are pictured above. (: It continued with baby Beckham being born July 22nd, then Cody's wedding in Oregon on August 15th at the Medford Temple. Then there was the reception in Gridley the next weekend in our yard! That's Grandma Betty Barrow with the proud mama, Taryn, and Beckham.....I'm not so good at blogging yet so my text is at the bottom of the pictures! Cody and his bride, Katelyn, are in the carriage for their surprise ride.

A New Grandson!

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Beckham Walker Merkley was weighed in at 8 pounds 8 ounces, on July 22nd in Palo Alto, California. His proud parents are Taryn and
Brendon! Grandma and Grandpa were both there to welcome him here! It was quite a long process. as Taryn's water broke at 1 am on
July 21st, and Beckham had to be taken C section on July 22nd at 3 am! We LOVE YOU!!!

Gracie Leishman

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Had to blog this darling picture of Gracie, our youngest grandaughter at Christmas!

Camping in Nevada

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During Spring break in March we went camping with about 40 people at Rawhide Hot Springs, which is about an hour and a half off the main road near Fallon, Nevada. It is truly secluded....no one around for miles. We circled our trailers and had a great old time! Jay set up a tent shower with hot water, and Bruce arranged all of the food and cooking (we took turns helping). Russ even set up a kitchen sink! So we were pretty high class for roughing it! this is most of the bikers when we went on our ride of the Narrows.

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This is the "Narrows." I heard about how pretty this ride was two years ago, but couldn't go because it is too hard of a ride. This year I was able to ride with my friend, Candy, in her new "Razor." That's me in the lime green helmet! We look like Martians!

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Dale and Lynn looking like real riders! Dale is....I'm just a faker! Just give me a four wheeler and I will tackle the baby hills!

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This isn't even my bike, but I couldn't resist the matching colors! Ha ha.

In February we went on a cruise tp Belize, Costa Maya & Cozumel with many of Dale's friends that he grew up with in Canada. It was wonderful!

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Snowmobiling during Christmas vacation! It was great. Taryn couldn't go because the doctor advised against it, so we missed her.

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Snowmobiling at Christmas

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While everyone was home, except Blair still on the mission, we had a couple days of fun sledding. The weather was great! The hot beans and hot chocolate filled the tummy, and the family filled the heart!

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It was wonderful having most of our kids home for Christmas! We were just missing Blair, because he is still on his mision in Mexico. Brendon takes fantastic pictures with his camera.
Thanks, Bren...

Christmas at the Leishman Home 2009

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Thanksgiving at Matt & Michelle's House

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One of our favorite get-aways is to my brother's house in Haley, Idaho. So that's where you would find us this past Thanksgiving! We had so much fun just being with all their family, hearing their great stories, roasting hot dogs around the fire, and riding horses. I love that little Tenney and Hunter. I had the scare of my life when my horse almost crow-hopped me right off! Especially after hearing all about how that's just what happened to Tenney and Matt!

Girl's Trip to Cabo San Lucas

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I feel spoiled! Traveling with my mother and daughter and daughter in law was so fun!

Poor Tiffany was just beginning her first semester in college, so she'll have to go on the

next outing. ): We had a beautiful sunset sail around Cabo. The "arch" and "Lover's Beach"

are amazing!

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Mexican Paradise!

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At the end of September I snuck down to Mexico, (0n Dale's suggestion) to enjoy a week at my brother Brad's time share in Cabo. My mother, Taryn, and Trina (my daughter in law) and I spent a wonderful leisurely week basking in sun and reading to our heart's content!

30th Anniversary!!

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Dale surprised me with a quick trip up into the mountains by Sierra City to stay at the High Country Inn Bed & Breakfast! I had kept asking him if he had time to get away, and he always said, "oh, we'll see." And all the time he had this planned! What a romantic husband I have! Anyways, it was beautiful and relaxing and fun! Here's to 30 more great years!!

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Sight-seeing included the Sears Tower, an afternoon at Navy Pier, and shopping along the Magnificent Mile! We also took in Chicago Pizza at Giordanni's. Yum! It was a great time with great friends. I was so glad that my friend, Julie Rothe, was able to go, and it was fun to get to know Cindy ( Mimi's aunt) and Cheryl.

CHICAGO Dance Team Trip

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July 28th-31st we took our Lynn's Dance Arts dance team to Chicago to compete in a National Dance competition. We had a great time perfoming and sight seeing! As I visit each of these new cities I am always pleasantly surprised about how clean and beautiful they are! It was such fun acting like a silly teenager sometimes! The girls actually found out that I can be "so funny!"

Here is our team...of course Tiffany is on the team!!

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We loved Amish country. We just drove around, looked at quilting shops, and enjoyed a delicious homemade pretzel. Well, actually two!!

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Farmer John, ( the owner of the Bed & Breakfast) took us on a hayride, and then we were able to pet his cute little goats!

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In February I was chosen by one of the dance costume companies that I buy from to be on their Advisory Board. They flew me out to York, Pennsylvania for four days and picked our brains about costumes. It was a neat experience. I decided to make a fun trip out of it, so I also flew Tiffany out, and after all of my meetings Taryn drove up to get us from DC and we went to Hershey, PA. We also went to a darling Bed and Breakfast in Amish country. It was the best breakfast ever!! Amish country was so cute!

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The view of some of the beach line while we were floating by on the outrigger.

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At the end of January Dale and Lynn went on a two week dream vacation to Borokay....a tiny island in the Philippines. We went with Coopers, one of Dale's past missionary companions, and some friends of theirs, Eileen, JP, Bruce and Suzanee. We all got along wonderfully and had such a great, relaxing time. Mostly we just basked in the sun and aqua water, and took boat trips to other close islands.

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Coconut milk anyone?

Yippe Kiyaaa!! Lynn riding the caribou on Malay Island!!

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We took a boat ride to the island of Malay, and Lynn was talked into riding on the farmer's caribou!! Swim suit and all! I'm an old farmer ready to plow the field!!

Elder Leishman

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Here are some semi-recent photos of Blair on his mission in Monterey, Mexico.

Welcome Baby Gracie

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Grandma enjoying her granddaughters
Rylee and Cole playing around

Trina delivered Gracie McKee Leishman on November 8, 2007 at 7:31 am. She weighed in at 9 pounds 1 ounce and was 19 1/2 inches long. She's got the chubbiest little cheeks we've ever seen!

GHS Homecoming

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Tiffany was nominated as a Homecoming Queen candidate for the senior class. Taryn deluded me into thinking that we could easily whip up a dress similar to the zebra one she found online and loved. Well, we did whip up a dress...and it actually turned out great...even though it took more time than I thought (isn't everything in life like that?!). Tiffany looked beautiful and it was tons of fun. I got to drive her in the 'vette, and her dad opened the door for her, and her escort was Bradley Wakefield.
Tiffany had tons of fun because the other candidates were all her close girl friends.

Debut

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My daughter started this blog for me...I hope I am tech savvy enough to keep it updated. Here goes nothing...