Grams Read has still got it! Bowls a 222!

My mom still bowls every week in her league.
Last week she bowled a 222 a t 86 years old!

A Carlsbad Marathon Getaway!

Well, if you've read Mandy's blog, you'll see that she beat me to this post along with taking all the good pictures that I was going to use! Anyway, this last weekend we had a girls getaway...kind of. Mandy and Chelsea got to show off there running skills in their marathon races while I got to show my marathon driving skills by doing all of it, including being the shuttle bus for the runners! I have to admit...my job was easier...just put it in drive and go! They both did fantastic, Mandy in the marathon and Chelsea in the 1/2 marathon. Wow! What a great accomplishment!




Partying on the beach the day before the race!




Mandy showing off her "guns" while I'm trying to find mine!




What cute daughters! I got there approval for this place
as our retirement home...Dana Point...yeah baby!!!

Chelsea after the 1/2 marathon...all smiles!

Mandy after the marathon...how can she look that good?!?!

They sure don't look like they've just finished running!

I wish I looked that good after a run!

Proud MOM!

Post Christmas at the Cabin

The last few years we've been at the cabin in Pinetop for Christmas but this year we went up a couple days after. It worked out well because they had a huge snowfall before we got up there. It was sunny the entire time we were there and with the new fallen snow it was beautiful. It was the most snow that I had ever seen up there, especially the drive up. I'm glad that Jim was driving. Chelsea drove behind with some friends and Jimmy and his friend rode with us. We had a very nice time. Everytime we're there, we wonder why we don't go up more often and enjoy it.

Jim Had to Dig His Way to the Front Door!

Chelsea tried the snowboard this time!

The kids on there way to the slopes!

Learning to Blog

Ok...so now that I've learned a little more about setting up blogs, I realized that I've done it wrong. But for now, I'm just leaving it the way it is. I figure I can change it when I have hours and hours of spare time (which probably means never). I'm just putting up our highlights of 2008 and then maybe in 2009, I'll blog like a normal blogger! You'll just need to scroll down to see our 2008 highlights.

My daughter Mandy was my inspiration for starting a family blog. I love to look at her family blog and see what is happening. It's surprising that I live only a mile away and still get that excited! I hope that some of our family members will enjoy what is happening in the Hoy family.