Gratitude

I am thankful that we had a safe, happy & normal childhood which allowed us to grow up into productive (arguably over-productive) adults. That we can agree to disagree. That I have the most fun with my family who makes me laugh til I cry and cry til I laugh. That we are blessed to have our parents still with us and that the generations continue and choose to stay connected whether we are near or far. That the next generation's commitment to family resonates loud & clear.

Happy Thanksgiving & love you all-

Leslie

Thanksgiving Blessings

Okay--quick list from me....things I am thankful for....parents who have instilled the importance of faith and unquestionable love for family and instilling values that can be passed on to the next generation.......having that special "Walton's" brand family who gather together whenever opportunity presents itself to laugh and play, cry and fuss, and remember.....knowing that there's a whole "team" behind us in whatever we do. Happy Thanksgiving everybody!!!!!

Thank You

With Thanksgiving approaching and not everyone able to be together I think it would be neat if we could share one or two things we are grateful for like we have done in the past at Thanksgiving dinner-I'll start!
I am grateful for a family who supports me no matter what-even when I know my decisions may seem crazy
I am grateful for memories that can never be replaced
Love you all-may you have a blessed and thankful Thanksgiving!!
Sue

My List

Long time no post. Been busy around here. Things are going well here at work I suppose. No big changes, guess that's a good thing. Zoo is good to. We got our new animals in this past week. Hope you can keep a secret 'cause I sure can't they are just TOOO CUTTTTEEE. They are Red Panda's and I can't wait until their 30 quarantene is over so I can work with them. Bad news is one of our sloths died and 2 of our penguins might be worsing in health. Oh, yeah and I almost got attack by a sea lion. Nothing to worry about Pupper thought if she scared me that I would give her fish, which of course I don't ever have. She's going through a rough spot and acting like a misbehaving little kid. Hannah, I should know soon what we need to do to get you a spot on Zoo Crew if you are still interested... You can check out blankparkzoo.org to see what's going on. Let's see Sassy is good too. A little perturbed at me for being gone last week. On to my Christmas wish list. I too would love to have old memories written down as I seem to have Aunt Susan's memory. Old pics with memories would be good. I would love a weekend of handyman help around the house this summer as there's much I want to do, but not much I want to try by myself. I'm always up for books and a gift card from Amazon.com is perfect as that's where I purchase them from. Also, I just got a Wii and would love to have a charging/cooling station for it. Jeans from Old Navy, The Sweetheart Size 10. In Shirts I where Large. Just remembered, I also got an iPod so a gift card for songs is good too. There is a clock and a wall decoration thing from Target that Mom has the info on as well. Anyway, I should probably get back to work. Love you all and Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving!

Christmas Memories

Thought it might be fun to share some
of our old Christmas pictures. ( I am
hoping I have this scanning stuff
figured out!)

Christmas List

Hey everyone! Greetings from St. Louis! Things are busy as usual, though my biggest issue, my car, is finally resolving itself. I had jury duty Monday. I actually wanted to sit on the jury, but it was a long trial, and I don't get paid for j-duty, so I had to cause a little ruckus in the courtroom so that I didn't get picked. Not to stir political fire, but here's a recent picture of me:
This was at the Obama rally in STL in October, me and 100,000 of my closest friends. It was craziness!

OK, down to the real business, haha. As far as Christmas wishes go, my biggest vices are music, books, and movies, and I'm quite open to all. If you really need more specifics:
Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix DVD (which, tragically I have not bought myself yet)
Flight of the Chonchords Season 1 DVD (it's an HBO show)
CD's: Devotchka-A Mad and Faithful Telling, We Are Scientists-With Love and Squalor, and the Legally Blond Broadway Soundtrack (for the record, the bands in the first two are Devotchka and We Are Scientists, then it's the name of the album :) )
Books: there's about a million, but here's a few: Hurry Down Sunshine, The Book of Lost Things, The World Without Us, and The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century

Hope that helps. Can't wait to see everyone for thanksgiving and/or christmas! Love ya'll! :)
julie

Utah wish list

Beautiful weekend here in Utah. Between the three of us we raked and bagged 39 bags of leaves and one very scary bag of tomatoes caught between freezes on the vine. Eeewww. 

Hannah's Holiday Wish List includes: 

DVDs: Princess Mononoke, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, Castle in the Sky

Soundtracks from any of the three movies listed above

Headphones--Apple iBuds or Skullcandy earpods

Barnes and Noble gift cards

Itunes giftcards

Anything Harry Potter

Anything Lord of theRings

David's wish list:

A pepper grinder--like over your salad in fancy restaurants, but smaller

Your favorite two recipes 

Your favorite book

Old family photos

A compact kitchen first aid kit for all the times I cut myself cooking (thought of by Carolyn)

Carolyn's wish list:

Old family stories written out or recorded

Ditto on old family photos

A book or info downloaded from the Internet on how to grow and cook with hot chili peppers

Good smelling stuff to spray on sheets (for the cabin)

Good smelling shower gels

Walking/hiking stuff--ie, water bottle

Thanks. We hope everyone has a lovely November and a not-too-stressful lead up to the holidays.