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

WHAT A SUMMER! 2009!

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!

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

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

Camping in Nevada

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.

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!

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!