Words of wisdom ?? you decide

The crew onboard our whale watching adventure were so smart about the dolphins and the whales we saw. One thing they mentioned about the gray whales was you could tell approximatley how old they were by the amount or barnacles they carried on them (sometimes up to 100 lbs). This happens because they move slowly. They migrate from the feeding/ mating near Alaska in the spring to the warmer waters near Baja of California to give birth in winter. I got to thinking about the slow moving & barnacle thing and I decided that I don't want to be like the gray whales and move through life so slowly that I allow barnacles to grow on me. Do what you'd like with that new piece of wisdom :)



Barnacles or not seeing these whales in the ocean was amazing.

Grandpa Fred Pryor turns 90

On Saturday, (Dad's birthday is actually on February 12th) we had a 90th birthday party for Grandpa Pryor. We lit 90 candles on his cake (it took 4 of us about 5 minutes to get them all lit and yes we had wax on the cake) He made an excellent effort at blowing them out. We played the game "Life Stories" and really enjoyed sharing fun memories about his life. David was here (working 2 wks for Moog), Dorothy came up and Barbara & Mark, Gary & Sheryl and Keith & Kristine were all there. Mom reported they had a wonderful visit with Carolyn on Friday. So all night Dad just kept saying how proud he was of his family and how much he appreciated Mom. He teared up a few times as he told stories and we all laughed a bunch too. We'd bought him an amplifier/headphone set so he could hear better and he just kept taking it off. When we asked him why he said it was hard to hear everything. What an excllent example Dad has been of enduring to the end. He recently renewed his temple recommend and has been to the temple several times while David has been here. He needs some help so it is hard for Mom to take him by herself. David & Keith even took him to do intitiatory. He's already talking about doing a garden again this year. Congratulations Dad and thanks for being such a grand patriarch to this family!









Happy Birthday We Love You!

Remembering Mom Ward

It was one year ago on Friday, January 29, 2009 that my Mom died. It was a blessing considering her diminished mental capabilities but that doesn't diminish the fact that she is gone and has left a hole in our hearts that only she could fill. Having completed her second estate and knowing what we do about the plan of salvation we should rejoice that she finished her life here on earth and can now rest from all things physical. I went to the temple to honor her and received a sweet hug from heaven. I know Heavenly Father is aware of me and that JoAnn and Mom are there together. Enjoy these pictures and spend a minute reliving memories you have of her while she served each of us as sister, wife, mother, grandma and great grandma. What a gift of love she had for all of us.

Taken just before Dad's 80th Birthday party


At the family gathering.


Remember "The Bags"


At the cemetery


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Six grandsons - six pallbearers


Great Grandkids sending ballons to grandma in heaven





At the luncheon





Memorial Day at the cemetery was beautiful but by the time we got back to Grandpa's house for a picnic the weather was threatening so we quickly moved into the garage then almost as soon as the winds came they left and we enjoyed visiting on what was a very warm spring day.

Time with Savanna

In the 11 days we had her she spent time with all of her Pryor cousins. Here are just a few pictures I took. The last one was after I returned from the airport from giving her back to her family on their way home from their Florida vacation. I cried. There were the toys and no more Savanna.

She will not remember this precious time we had with her but we certaily will!

Christmas 2009

We went bowling Christmas Eve, visited Spencer & Melissa's family early on Christmas morning, then on to Scott & EmmaLee's then Randy & Heidi came over. What a grand time we had. We spent part of the next week in Idaho visiting my Dad then to Driggs. We brought the kids their Christmas so it was very fun to see them open their gifts. We brought Savanna back home with us while the rest of her famaily went to Florida. Randy & Heidi spent a few days with us after we returned from Idaho and it was fun to watch Tyson interact with Savanna. In the 11 days we had her she spent time with all of her cousins in each family. Sorry I wasn't better at taking pictures while she was here. We loved having her here.
I'm still trying to find a slide show maker I like. This one is a little slow or maybe I just didn't figure out how to spoeed it up. Hope you enjoy it. I Love our Family

Pryor Family Christmas Party

Grandma Pryor hosted a Family Christmas party. We all had a great time with lots of fun food and a fun program - Luke played a piano solo, Jessica sang, Jeff played his guitar and we sang, it was a very fun evening. We did a gift exchange with lots of laughs - Wonder what Jeff did with his bowlng ball? The party brought back lots of memories of the many Christmas eve parties we've had there. Thanks Mom for planning such a fun evening.

It's catch-up time

We always have fun when Wyatt & Valerie come to town



Hey kids start thinking of your next puppet theater story



Jessica lost two teeth


I celebrated my birthday in Fruiltand. Randy made me a carrott cake and Elise Helstrom decorated it with carrotts. What a fun birthday. Thanks everyone!



Abby Jo Pryor was blessed the same weekend.


We had Thanksgiving with Grandpa & Grandma Pryor. It was a simple day with only four of us but we still enjoyed ourselves.


We went to Zoo lights with Scott & his kids and Melissa, Spencer & their kids. It was cold but delightful.