Brittany's and Buddy's Wedding, Oct.23rd

Top left-Erin, Hannah, Jessie, All stepsisters' Toni's kids. Chris, Mom Ponce, Dad. Brittany, Buddy, and Ponce's brother and family.
Bottom left- Toni's Aunt Fran, Toni, Jackie, My Dad, Ken and Grandma Mary D., Toni's Grandma.
Raymond's Birthday was today-he's 29. When he turns 30 next year and 55 for me. I think that will be a getting old mark. Yuk! Well, I went to my step-niece's wedding. It was all the way over in Mesa, so I went to my Dad's and road over with them. It was a very nice wedding with a beach theme, because that's where they really wanted to get married. The amazing thing to me was all the women dressed in black. I thought I would be the only one. I borrowed this dress from my mom so I didn't have a lot of choices. Jackie, my step mom, Toni, my stepsister, and her two daughters plus some others all wore black. The reverse is true for funerals now; no one wears black-go figure. We all had a nice time and all the stress from the last months was over in about an hour. Brittany and Buddy are wonderful young people and perseverance and luck it will last a lifetime. Bye for now, Vicki

Beautiful Utah

Here we are at Bryce National Park-again! I think I could go there over and over and not be bored with its beauty. As you guessed, though, it was a bit chilly that morning. At our campground it was in the low 20's at night and our last night it was 12 degrees (burrrr...)
We did have a relaxing time on our trip, with lots of campfires and good food. Ed and I do all the cooking for our friends that own the Panguitch KOA while we are there. They are wonderful people and let us keep our 5th wheel trailer at their campground all summer for free. That way we could go there every month for a little getaway.
Our truck is finally getting broke in with 56,000 miles and our gas mileage is between 19 & 20 mpg, but still sucks with pulling our 40ft. trailer-oh well! My car broke down the other day to the tune of $600. We were driving it and it started to die. We limped home where it wouldn't start again. So called the tow truck and took it to a Subaru dealer here. The battery had a bad cell and when they took it out it started oozing everywhere. The alternator wasn't working right and over charged it. So we got those 2 things, plus the belts were horrible and my windshield washer motor died, also new wiper blades. The nice lady in charge took the cost of the wiper motor ($98) off our bill. If that's a way to get us to come back in, it worked. They even washed my car.
I've been keeping busy working 4 to 5 days a week and doing yard work and some fun fixer-upper things. We sit out on the patio almost every night and are really enjoying the cooling temperatures. Well, that's enough rambling for now. Take care everyone, Love, Vicki & Ed