Lookin' good tennis friends. We probably have more fun than is legal, but we will continue with our good times as long as we can.

Pictured above are Paul Chase, Richard White, Janet Tuttle & Don Carlsen, and our very own Ron Ingoldsby. We are at Ogden High School on this day, and we have the best group of people to play tennis with twice a week every week all summer long. We can fill up three tennis courts with people rotating in quite often.

Family fun with

Charisse, Caity,

and Brady & Taylor.

More family fun with the Ranger.

Emma often is tired at our fun fests.

Caity accepting her flowers after dance performance.

OUR DAUGHTERS AND GRANDAUGHTERS CARRY ON TRADITIONS.

The women in my life are outstanding.

Great food, games, and traditions are carried out regularly, because the girls know how important these events are. THANKS TO OUR GIRLS!

Women in our family

create a lot of memories and good times.

THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE MEN IN MY LIFE.

MIKE MCKAY IS MELANIES HUSBAND, MIKE WILSON IS LORI'S HUSBAND, MY DAD IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MEN EVER, AND DARIN IS CHARISSE'S HUSBAND. THEY ARE ALL GREAT DADS, AND I'M GLAD THEY'RE PART
OF OUR FAMILY. I LOVE MY SONS IN LAWS.

I WANT TO SHOW SOME PICTURES OF FAMILY.

FROM TOP TO BOTTOM ARE JEFF (one of my favorite brothers and men), LORI (one of our three daughters), LEXI (grandaughter), AND CAITY (2nd oldest grandaughter).

THIS IS BRITTNEY OUR OLDEST GRANDAUGHTER.

Charisse is so good at having fun with the kids.

SUMMER 2009

SUMMER INVITES ALL KINDS OF FUN FOR ME, AND I LOVE BEING IN THE SUN.

AT BEAR LAKE OUR

FAMILY HAD A GREAT TIME.

TAYLOR IS 16 NOW, AND DENNIS IS LOOKING AS HANDSOME AS EVER.

MY TENNIS FRIENDS ARE THE BEST, AND I HAVE A FABULOUS TIME WITH THEM. MIKE AND SHARI ARE PLAYING ABOVE AND TO THE RIGHT.


I LOVE GOING ON THE BOAT AT

BEAR LAKE.

MIKE KISSES MEL

AS HE LEAVES FOR

WORK.

WE ALWAYS HAVE A FAULKNER "FAMILY

FUN FEST" ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

pictured directly right are Melanie, Lori, Britt, Cait, and some mens legs.

We had a fabulous time at Bear Lake. We had about every toy to play and play and play.

Yesterday was real fun, as me and some of my good friends went to lunch, and after Jo and I went shopping for Jo's bra. This might not seem like an event to most women, but this was an event, because Jo finally decided to start wearing one of "those things."

Lexi, our youngest grandchild, in the above picture is adorable, but she wants to be in charge, and she is the youngest of three girls. You can imagine how well her bossyness goes over in the family. Lexi belongs to Charisse our third daughter.

This is Melanie our oldest daughter with her son Cameron. Melanie is a great mom and she is very good to us. She is smart, talented, and creative, and she uses her skills to help other people.

Cameron is sooooo cute and very smart and funny.

Graduation would probably still be pending if it wasn't for Brad. He helped me every week last summer to finish my class work. THANKS BRAD!

I finally graduated from WSU after 22 years of study and attendance. Gerontology was my major with a minor in health promotion.

Brad is a good friend, a professor and physics dept. chair at Weber State, and our yoga restore teacher at Yoga Jo's.

Eric is still single and currently living at home with us. He works at America First CU and attending Weber State University. He is very goal oriented, and I have no doubts that he will succeed at anything he wants to succeed at. Eric is our favorite and only son, and he is the youngest of our four kids.

My life is centered mostly around my family, and I love being with my family. Dennis (my husband) and I have our kids raised, and this is how we want it. We wouldn't go back in time, because as much fun as kids are, it's a lot of work and sacrifice that we don't want to do over. We enjoy watching our own kids raise their kids, and find humor in activities that we use to find anguish in. I thinks thats because we can see that our grandkids are good kids just doing things to gain some independence. We get to love the grandkids without having to disipline much, and that makes for a great time.

It was announced at yoga today that I actually blog, so here it is. I know I haven't gotten along very well with my computer in the past, but I have been working on this relationship, and things have improved between us.

It felt so good to be in yoga class today and do poses and pretend that I am not the trouble-maker. Brad is an excellent instructor and helps to make class a great experience.

After yoga I recieved a wonderful massage from Jo, as well as some good conversation.

This afternoon I went to my doctor and received some trigger point injections. OUCH...these injections hurt tonight. I finally dared to look at the length of the needle he uses, and I guess it to be about 4 inches inches long. I understand that trigger points can be a chronic condition, and so far this pain has been with me quite chronically for over a year. I asked him what causes trigger points, and he just said getting older...yeah.

It would be fun if I could get a follower or two on my blog, so go ahead and follow me just to humor me. Love ya all...especially my family, lunch friends, yoga buddies, and tennis friends.

MMMMMMMM, CALIFORNIA......BEAUTIFUL.

What do you call a seagull that lives by the bay? A baygull...

Eric thinks he's back in Maryland gathering his flock to teach.

Say now, slip on over here and let me sip your drink.

Dennis is trying to get a kiss from the camel. I hope he doesn't expect me to kiss him very soon after that.

I waited for someone to assist me here, but no one did, so I went on my way.

WILD ANIMAL PARK was my favorite place we visited on our trip to San Diego. Dennis, Eric, and I finally went on a vacation and had a fabulous time. If I lived near The Wild Animal Kingdom...I think I would volunteer there. The animals are allowed to have a great deal more space, and this creates more activity and playfulness among the animals. I loved being in nature and watching the various animals in a habitat more like their own.

I loved the beautiful flowers of many colors at Sea World. I had a great time watching the different species that inhabit the oceans. The dolphins and the whales were fun to watch. My favorite show at Sea World was the dogs and cats show. I had no idea that you could train cats to do the things the cats were doing in the show. This show was truely funny.

The sky, foliage, flowers, and the animals were colorful and attractive. We had a fantastic time.

Everything is beautiful at Sea World, even in December.