Grandma's Birthday

                 

Do people still read this?? Haha, I am so good at starting blogs and then never posting on them. I think my life goal is to start as many as possible and then abandon them after a few months. Really though, I thought I would take a moment to celebrate our Grandma Wright. She had her birthday a couple of days ago and I don't think we take enough time to really appreciate how she blesses our family.

First of all, if she weren't here, NONE of us would be. Well I guess those of you that married into the joint, would still be around, but you wouldn't be as happy as you are now. So thank her for that! Second of all, she is a family gal through and through. What an amazing legacy to her and grandpa that our family is so close. I look at my mom and her sisters and brothers and marvel at how close they have remained over the years. I LOVE going to coffee with them all when I am in town because I admire the fact that after all these years on earth, they can still ENJOY sitting together and chatting multiple times a week. And because of their parents, they have this ability to care and love for their families. Grandma has always been there for all of us and because of her, our family still thrives happily every day.

She has taught her children the value of hard work and in turn, they have taught us the same. What a blessing that is. Truly. Grandma is not and has never been a big talker. She is not the loud boisterous type that most of her posterity is. But she has always been there, a staple in our family and without her influence, none of us would be the same. I appreciate her love and kindness and constant support that she has shown through out my life and I only hope to return the favor to her someday. What an amazing woman she is and we should all let her know how much we love her. Imagine how she would thrive from a small visit or phone call from each of us once or twice a month. She has given us so much, it is the least we can do, to celebrate her.

Happy Birthday Grandma!

We all love and adore you!

Family Book

Hello family! Man I am terrible at posting on this blog, but I love going back and reading all of your posts. Thank  you all for participating! I am writing to get your input on an idea I had a few weeks ago. I have all of a sudden become interested in learning more about our family's history and it got me thinking. We should make a book of our current family. I think it would be a great thing to give grandma and for us all to have for our children's children ya know?

Well here is my plan, let me know if you agree! I will bring my trusty camera to our Christmas party. I will take one big group picture of the whole Wright gang and then I will get individual family pics as quickly as possible. I don't want this to be an annoyance to anyone and I am not a photographer so it will just be a quick one click picture to show who is in the family. I realize not everyone will be able to be to the party so if you have anyone that can't make it, you can just email me the picture of them you would like in the book and I will include it. Also I will need names and birthdays of everyone in each family and who they've married and when etc. Pretty much whatever you would like to include in your family's section of the book.

I just think we have an amazing family and I want to preserve our own history! I will make this book into a hard copy and we will get one for Grandma, and a copy for each sibling, Gayleen, Shirley, Jackie, Hoke, Cindy, Kenny, and Mike. If anyone else wants a copy after that I will figure it out at that point. I just thought it would be awesome to have and be able to look at. And nowadays it is pretty simple to put one of these books together so why not take advantage of the technology.

Let me know what everyone thinks and please spread the word! If this sounds like something we want to do, I am up to the task!

Hope you all have an awesome Halloween!

Love you all,

Maggie

Hey Everyone!! I thought I would just put a few pictures up for everyone to see. We are busy this time of year finishing up school.  We love you guys!!

Jeez. . .

I have got to start paying attention and not hit the enter button before I finish the post!
I just wanted to wish everyone a belated Happy Easter. . We had Jami & family, Riley & family and Maggie & family here for Easter and was able to Skype with Melissa and her family so we had a great Easter at the Braeggers. If any of you had a chance to read my blog on the Braegger Family Blog you seen that we had a rare visit from the Easter Bunny himself at our Braegger Family Easter breakfast. I noticed the Bunny ears as he hopped by the shop windows and by the time we all got outside he was hopping (more like galluping) down the fence line with his easter basket leaving colored eggs and candy for the little kids to find. I thought that Mike, Duane and Maggie were going to pee their pants they were laughing so hard. He kind of resembled Riley a little bit but who knows what Riley wold look like in a big Pink Bunny Suit. It was great!
We went up to Mom's to put her bagger on the back of the lawnmower so we spent a little bit of time visiting with her too. It was a great day. . .
Mike and Gayleen. . Hope that you guys had a great anniversary! You are awesome and we can't wait to see you in a couple of weeks (Loved the picture that you posted on facebook)
Lacey. . I heard rumor that you maybe found a house in Salt Lake. I am so excited for you. It is always fun to buy your first house. . .
Kenny . . . Looking forward to seeing you the end of June. I wish you could stay and go camping with us up to Alpine in July. . (See what you can do!)
Mike Wright. . How is the eye doing? I heard about your cute friend Stephanie and look forward to meeting her sometime!
Shirley told me the Nielsen family have a new addition (a cute little 3 lb puppy that is the cutest little thing ever. Woo-Hoo Emery I am so excited for you!
Cindy said that Cami & her family are coming to visit this summer so we will have to have a cookout and all get together when they come.

Riley and Jessica have started the new house in Mantua so if anyone is driving through they need to drive by and look at the progress being made. I think it is on Meadow Lane. If you drive past the churchhouse in Mantua (like you are going to the fish hatchery) you go to the last paved road (I think it is Meadow Lane) and head back to the north. It is the only new house being built on that road on the right side. The last I heard they were just getting ready to pour the cement floors and then the framing is going to start next week.

I had better get dinner fixed but wanted to post on the blog while I was thinking about it.
I love you all and am so glad that I have the family that I do. . .
Jackie

Happy Easter Eeveryone. . .

Hi all.  We had the best week last week.  Shirley came back with me on Sunday and stayed until the next Sunday.  While she was here, we gave her a tour of all the places we go when we take our walks with Missy.  On Wednesday we went to Fremont Street in Las Vegas to see all the interesting people who hang out there and so that Shirley could see the Fremont experience laser show.  Had a great time!!  Rudy came down on Thursday.  He left Brigham about 4:00 a.m and was here in time for us all to go to breakfast!!  Little Mike and his friend, Stephanie, came on Saturday.  We were all pretty good and didn't spend a lot of time in the casinos.  Just enough to spend a little money and feel like we were in Mesquite.  We mostly visited and caught up on what each other has been doing.  I know I have said it before, but we love to have people come and visit and we would like to invite any of you at any time. 

Hope everyone is well!!  Love you all.    

Good Job!!

Waa-Hoo Kimmy!!  You did it right!!!