Zander James Bachler Arrived!

He was very anxious to get here and couldn't wait any longer - so he arrived about five weeks early - a real early "birth day" present. He arrived last night around 9:00 PM, weighed 5 pounds, 6 ounches and 18.5 inches long. We are taking care of Maty - or she is taking care of us - for a few days. We get to go to the American Fork Hospital tonight and be introduced to Zander. Lyssa is doing very good - a little concerned - but that's all part of being "Mom". Michael is being a super Dad. Zander might get moved to the Utah Valley Hospital if his CO2 level doesn't improve. Tom - you and Zander have something in common!

Marti and Maty

We babysat Maty overnight and had a great time. She loves to walk around talking on her imaginary telephone. When I say to her, "Maty, it's time to hang up your phone" she just holds out both of her arms, shrugs her shoulders and pretends she has no idea what I'm talking about - she doesn't have a telephone. Then she turns around and continues to talk on her phone and you just know she is saying, "That Grandma, she is so silly." Maty helped Marti clean the guinny pigs' cage, give them a bath, and watch over them while they played in the grass. Marti continues to look for a teaching job - she has applied for over 20 jobs, interviewed about five times, and has yet to be offered a position. She will definately make a fantastic teacher, if only given the chance. She will get a teaching position and then those that wouldn't give her a chance will by on the losing side.

Family Fun, Fun, Fun!

We had a great time on the 20th. We celebrated birthdays and Father's Day! The kids played on the water slide - compliments of Tom and Julie! We played Pictionary Man - that was fun! We had a BBQ and great food. I guess you can tell you got the first piece of cake - Maty sure enjoyed it!


Bill, Marti, Richard, J, Brookie, Michael, Maty and I traveled to Logan on Friday - just for the day. We took "Grandma's Big Car". The boys (except for Mason) went to see "Up" and the girls (plus Mason) went to Chili's for lunch and did a little shopping. Brookie had a grand time pushing Maty in the stroller!

Frisco, Colorado

We had a great time in Frisco. The scenery was unbeatable and so was the company. It was great to get out to a "retreat" and do some reflecting on our life. Bill and I have decided that we have a fantastic life, perfect children and more perfect (if that's possible) grand children. We are blessed with the best friends and relatives a person could have. We visited a museum that had relocated some of the original homes built circa early 1900s. We are really blessed even in our "slow" economy. We really learned to appreciate, not only our modern conveniences, but our heritage. Here are a few pictures we took - enjoy.






Here we are in the original church in Frisco - that's Bill as guest preacher and me playing the piano for the congregation - the "house" was packed.

This is Bill in the first school house.

You can't beat the scenery.

What a great "house" to visit!

This one is for you, Levi!

Evergreen and Price

We made the annual visit on the Memorial Day weekend to visit J.R. and my parents. We first stopped and visited J.R. and took a few pictures and reminisced about him - how my heart aches to see him again. Be happy for me when you visit me laying beside him and put flowers on our headstones. We then traveled to Price where I had planned on decorating more than just my parent's graves (my friend, Vera Jean, and another friend's parents) but due to the down pouring of rain we put that off until our next visit in June. Marti and Richard joined Bill and I - it was very nice to have them with us. The significance of the snowballs - my father planted that bush in my back yard in memory of my mother.

My How Time Flies!

Bill and I went to a seder service (passover meal) again this year - this is our third year of doing this. Every year I learn more and more. Did you know that the "Last Supper" was a seder? Did you realize that many New Testament events occurred during Passover? Did you know that many important events in Church history takes place during Passover? If you have the opportunity to attend a Passover - do so!
We now have two elementary school teachers in the family - Michael and Marti graduated on May 1 from UVU. We are so proud of them. Michael has a job teaching 4th grade next school year at a new elementary school is Alpine School District. Marti is interviewing and hoping for employment in Alpine or Nebo School Districts.
We traveled to Arizona to see our 13th grandchild - Lucas Craig Bachler. He is, of course, perfect!
My birthday came and went - don't worry - I'll have another one next year just for you! Thank you to all of my "kids" that called. Mother's Day, also, came and went - again, thank you to all of you that I talked with.
Bill and I will be traveling to Frisco, Colorado next month - we will be there a week. We are really looking forward to the trip.
School will be out in a few weeks so we will be doing some traveling to visit with family. Look out -we may be showing up on your doorstep - announced - of course.

A Thoughtful Moment

Why is it that when things go wrong we ask God "why" and when things go right we don't ask "why"? Why when we "sin and come short of the glory of God" that we blame others or the organized religion we are a part of or maybe another member of that same religion? Why do we take for "scripture" the writings of other people about their organized religion and don't trust ourselves to go directly to the source - the "God" of that religion? Do we not know deep down that it isn't the people that are the "true religion" it is the "God" that is? I believe we find what is comfortable and we stop and play in the stagnant pool until the odor becomes sweet not remembering how the "living water" tasted.

Valentine's Day

The day started with a trip to a monthly quilting class with six great friends - five of us rode together and had a great "giggling" time - the sixth person met us there and joined in the fun. They have two types of drawings at our class - one if you're "sharing" something and one for just attending. Betty won the drawing for "sharing" and Peggy won the being there drawing. We watched our demo for the next block and then we did what we really do best - shopped. Then it was back home and the Bachler's festivities began. Levi and Karen had arrived Thursday evening, Michael and Lyssa were then when I arrived from my class, shortly thereafter Tom and Julie arrived - of course, Richard and Marti were already there. I made a call to Kristi since they were unable to join us - we missed them a lot! It was conversation time, celebrating birthdays and Valentine's Day with the ever popular Pink Cookies, then it was eating Levi's favorite meal - we all know what that is! Then it was people departing and me going thru withdrawal as the grandchildren left. And, I must once again repeat - the best part is watching my children interact - laughing and enjoying each other's company. I love when Levi and Tom tease Marti and remind her she has more dates in one month than any of the rest of them had in their entire dating career. Or, when the "girls" sit around and wonder about their husband's certain "habits" and I explain that my sons take after their father and learned those habits from him. Now, if they mention something good or kind - well, you can guess where they learned that. We did get to babysit Aly - what a joy she is when Mom and Dad are not around for her to say "no" to. Grandchildren are great to have around when you can talk the parents into going to "time out".