the big 4-0 Happy Birthday DeAnn!!!

We are celebrating DeAnn's 4oth birthday at 6:30 pm tonight at Murray Park. Bring your own picnic dinner. Cake and ice cream provided. Playground for the kiddies. Hope you can come. Call janet with any questions. Even if you can't come, or get this late, let's try to send Ditto 40 birthday wishes! Post here, on Facebook, text her, e-mail, CALL and/or best of all show up to give her a hug and tell her she doesn't look a day older than 29! Wish her Happy 40 in as many ways as you can. love you sis!

GIRLS WEEKEND 2009

Hello Everybody,

Here is some basic information about our girls weekend, so you can get it on your calendars. Things are going to be a bit different this year, so take note:

I was able to reserve Bub's family cabin for October 9-10. It is located a couple of miles up Parley's canyon in a little private canyon. (It's called Mt. Aire canyon if you want to google it) There is a gate at the bottom of the canyon that I will have to unlock to let people in. I will be at the gate at 6:00 pm and again at 8:00pm to open it for everyone. If neither of those times will work for you, let me know and we can arrange something. But if it's at all possible - please try to make one of those times work for you. I'd rather spend the night enjoying your company than driving up and down the canyon to open the gate.

Because it is a family cabin, we have to clean up after ourselves. (dang it, Karyn! You've spoiled us all these years!) including laundering sheets and towels. I don't suppose any of us want to spend the time to do a batch of laundry before we leave, so you might want to bring your sleeping bags/blankets and a towel for the morning.

There are 7 double (queen size) beds, one crib, three couches and floor space for sleeping. I think one of the couches might fold out, but I'm not sure. We will probably divy out the actual beds by age/physical condition, so you may want to bring cots, foam matresses etc. just in case.

Also, there is no cell phone service there. It is rumored that there is one spot you can stand in to get service, but I've never been able to find it. If you need to use your cell phone there, you'll have to drive down the canyon a ways. Possibly to the gate.

There is only one small 12 inch TV there. So - we need someone to either bring something. (hee hee. I'd like to see any of us haul a tv along!) or we'll need someone to plan some games/activities, unless you'd rather just 'hang out'

It probably doesn't sound like much compared to what we've had in the past, but it's a nice comfortable and clean place. One of our favorite things about it is that it is so quiet and peaceful there. There is a stream outside that runs through the front yard. If you crack open the windows you can listen to the babbling brook all night. talk about relaxing!!! There's also a screened in porch that is a wonderful place to just sit. One of the couches is there if someone wants to sleep on it. All the bedrooms are higher up, and looking out the windows makes you feel like you are living in the tree tops. I hope you'll all love it as much as we do. I'll post more details as time gets closer, and we'll figure out food and stuff.

Hope to see you all there!

Sooz

September Birthdays

Hey, does anyone know Diane Hammons Meeks? I got a funny email from her today and I have no idea who she is. I would be tempted to think that it was randomly sent to my email as a mistake, but since it's from a Meeks, I have to wonder. Does anyone know who she is? She also sent the same email to Joey Meeks and Lorie Jeena Meeks. Any clues?

August Birthdays!

Our ancestor in the Friend Magazine

I was looking through the August 2009 Friend Magazine and there's a cute little story about an Irish girl named Mary Jane McCleave on page 36. That name is very familiar to me, she's the 3rd wife of Priddy Meeks. They are my 4th great grandparents. I have a copy of his journal and based on the information from the magazine article and the journal, I'm pretty sure the article called Ribbons for Shoes is about her. I asked my dad about the dates and stuff and he agreed. What an amazing thing, to see an article about an ancestor in a magazine- totally random. Check it out if you can, it's a sweet little story. The art work is nice too, they gave her dark hair, which I love! You can find it at friend.lds.org. Hope you enjoy it too!