Makings of a quiet Weekend and perhaps week!

So Friday afternoon, Rachel calls to report that she tested positive for the Swine Flu! It is highly contagious and unable to come to our annual Jackson Family Halloween Soup Party Saturday night! Both of us were very sad, but what do you do? :( Friday night, one of my doctors from work called me to report that she just came back from her doctor's office and also tested positive for the Swine Flu. What does that mean? I am highly contagious and need to be "quaranted" for the weekend. Bruce came home from work sick with stomach problems and persistant cough! Hope he doesn't have the Swine Flu! So, I ask again, what does that mean? I had to cancel the Jackson Family Halloween Soup Party! What a bummer! Rachel was actually excited - now she can come! We will still have it, just postponed!

Anyway, this is makings of a quiet weekend and I can just imagine it may also be a quiet week at work! Keeping my fingers crossed I don't get it. Today, feeling great (Bruce is still sleeping)! Gonna get some fun projects done! Will post them! Yes!!!

General Conference Weekend!

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Top picture: Jacob, Andy and Amie

2nd picture: Amie, Angela, Spencer, Matt, my mom, David, and Jacob

3rd picture: Travis and Rachel! Loved having them here this weekend! Good luck to both of you on all your tests and school projects! Last picture: My Dad, me and Andrea making waffles and scones! Lots of fun!
I loved General Conference and all the talks! I also loved hearing the annoucement of 5 new temples! How exciting! Can't wait until they announce a temple in Jacksonville (lol).

Rachel and Travis came down around noon Saturday. We had a lot of fun spending the afternoon with them! Then at 4 pm, we met over at Lisa's house to make watch bracelets! The guys met at our house for pizza and then on to General Priesthood Meeting. We went to Spaghetti Factory for dinner (the girls) and then we all met up our house at 8 p.m. for pie and ice cream! It was a lot of fun! I was really missing Robby this weekend! I think because it has been six months and Robby left the Wednesday after General Conference. We had fun talking and reminscing.

Sunday at noon my family met at our home for our Traditional General Conference Breakfast. This year we made scones, waffles, omlets, and french toast while we listened (or tried to listen) to the afternoon session of General Conference!

Hope all of you had a fun weekend despite the cold and yucky weather! Not liking that it is fall! Can't wait for Spring! (lol)

Labor Day Hike

Diane and Bruce at Wall Lake - we made it!!!!!

Danny climbing up to jump off a cliff

Behind Bruce is Danny's feet as he dove off the cliff (Sorry my camera is slow). I think it was a a one meter platform! And he did it twice!!!!

Danny after his dive into the Lake!

The meadows on the way to Wall Lake - Bruce in the background

Trial Lake

Travis & Rachel @ Wall Lake

Sean, Diane, Danny in back of Diane, Bruce, Rachel & Travis @ Wall Lake with Winston

Diane hiking to Wall Lake

Bruce at Wall Lake - beautiful place!

So almost every Labor Day, with whoever wants to come with us, we drive to Trial Lake and the hike up to Wall Lake (it takes me about an hour to hike). It is a very beautiful hike with a lot of beautiful scenry. Once we get there we relax for a while and then head on back. This year the guys had wished they brought their fishing poles. Danny dived off one of the cliffs and into 40 degree water, if it was that warm! He did it twice - once for Sean, Rachel and Travis and then when got there! Crazy, huh? But he is and that's why we love him!!! Once we hiked down, we drove to Kamas, to Dick's Drive Inn, for hamburgers and shake. It was a very fun day and a very fun ending to a VERY FUN weekend!

Goodbye Susan (she flew out on Tuesday), Goodbye Sean (he left to go back to Boise), Goodbye Wall Lake, Goodbye Cabin, Goodbye fun weekend and Goodbye SuMmEr!! Did I miss anything or anyone? :) (not liking to say goodbye at all)

Swiss Days

(L to R) Todd, Megan, Brittany, Dave, Emily, Lisa, Chase, Sean (Brittany's boyfriend) and Bruce. I am taking the picture. Somewhere is Chloe but I can't see where)

Susan, Danny, Grandpa Jackson, Rachel and Travis

Danny Fishing

Travis fishing

Hey..guys...where are the golfing pictures?!?

So we had a lot of fun at Swiss Days! I first drove up Thursday night so that I could meet everyone and be down to the area by 7:00 a.m. Friday morning. Susan and I, Lisa, Deanne and Marsha (my new best friend), all had a blast shopping! It got crowded a lot sooner than I remembered! Susan and I had fun hanging out and running into Jan Davis and group and then Aimee and Shellee! Haven't seen Aimee and Shellee in a long time and it was fun seeing them and visiting really fast cuz we needed to get our shopping done. Sorry Ceceila and Mitzi (I was to meet stay at the scone place and meet Mitzi, but then I left- I had to keep shopping! ) that we didn't see each other!

Susan and I left around noon and we all met up again Friday night to spend the weekend shopping, fishing and golfing for the guys and a barbeque with everyone on Sunday! I heard Rachel say Sunday night, "I don't want to see this weekend to end." I felt the same way. Scott Jackson, Bruce's nephew, came up too as well as Danny, Sean, Dave and Lisa and family and husbands and boyfriend and Chloe. It truly was one of the best Swiss Days!

I had a lot of fun shopping with Rachel on Saturday too. We got up and down for breakfast at Swiss Days right around 7 am - I know Grandpa Jackson couldn't believe it either that I was up and ready to go. In fact, Saturday, I was up before him~!!!!! We found a lot of fun things for Rachel and I to decorate our homes! Can't wait for our remodeling to get done so that I can hang some of the things I bought!

Sunday, we went to Sacrament Meeting with Lisa, Brittany and Sean (Brittany's boyfriend) and then met everyone up at the cabin in the afternoon for our annual barbeque! Chloe, Megan's daughter, decided I would be the one to get her these acorns hanging from the tree she couldn't reach! I ask, "Why me?" But I couldn't resist cuz she always said my name really cute and added "Please." How can ya resist!

Thanks, family, for a very fun Swiss Days Weekend! Gotta love it...

Chris Derrick George and Susan Jackson Buffington

Okay, so the first day I started working at Primary Children's Behavioral Health, I met Chris. She looked awfully familiar, but we didn't seem to connect where we knew each other. I asked where she went to high school, Highland, but she graduated before me. Finally, I asked where she grew up! DOWN the street from me! Chris looks exactly like her mother that we all loved and adored. I think Chris' mom was everyone's Grandma in the ward! Then I tell her that I married Bruce Jackson from the ward! And...come to find out Susan and Chris were friends in high school and then thru their single years (Chris helped with Susan's wedding) and Chris, don't be mad at me, but it is cute... Chris had a crush on James (Bruce's brother) in high school! Isn't that a riot??

Finally this year we all got together and had dinner. What a small world! It was so much fun. Chris, since, has moved up and works at IMC and so we only get together thru emails! Thank goodness for emails and blogs! Anyway...again it was fun. I miss Chris, especially in the early mornings - Chris started work at 6:30 a.m. and I at 7 a.m. and so we would have a little bit of time before the rest of the gang came in or patients to visit and catch up!

Rachel Travis (see how sick he looks) and Sean w/Winston

Grandpa Jackson, me, Bruce, and Bruce's sister, Susan!

Susan invited us up to the cabin for a barbeque (we provided the corn - Susan did the rest). It was a lot of fun spending time together and visiting. The guys went golfing and after golf (as you can see in the picture) Travis got sick and then was deathly sick the whole next week! He did, however, play an excellent game of golf, according to the guys! Rachel and I made watch bracelets and Susan cut up fruit and we all had a fun time talking and going down "memory lane."

It was so much fun getting together at the cabin! We live so close and yet don't get to get up to the cabin that often. Thank goodness Susan comes to town and wants to go to the cabin! Thanks, Susan for a fun afternoon, food, and evening!

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Beads, Beads, and more Beads...

So about 3 weeks ago, Bruce and I, Rachel and Travis, met Susan, Sean and Grandpa Jackson at the cabin for an afternoon of golf and dinner. While the guys were golfing, Rachel and I made these watch bracelets! I made the first black and silver earlier, Rachel made the silver and clear as well as a green and brown, which I didn't get a picture of. I also made a watch bracelet for Susan. Susan chose the beads and Rachel and I put it together. No picture either - darn!!! The other black one, I made for Lisa, my sister-in-law, for her b-day and Amanda, from the ward made matching earrings. I also made the brown one on the end, but don't know if I really like it. Thanks goodness the price is right that I can take it apart and start all over.

When the guys got back from golfing, we had a barbeque and enjoyed the evening (well Travis didn't cuz he got sick and was deathly sick the whole next week!) Can't wait until our ward's "Wumbles Night" Ceceila put together! WOOT WOOT