Merry Christmas 2010

I have been way to lax about writing this year.  I will try to catch up after Christmas and Brooke's wedding.  Hope all of you have a fabulous Holiday Season!

A Country in Turmoil!

Today Nathan and I decided we need to wirte our elected officials.  As this blog is to serve as a journal of a type for us I wanted to post our letters to our officials.  Please take the time to do the same.  The more that Nathan and I study history the more we learn not only about the past but what may lie ahead of us.  We are concerned not only for us but for all the generations to come.  We need to look forward and give the gift of opportunity to those that come on after us.  Not enslave them with our own personal entitlements.

I have included a few photos that Nathan took while at the 9/12 Rally in Washington DC this last September.  He felt it was one of the most important things he has ever done.  Become a part of history.  Participate in the process.  Do not sit idly by and then wonder what happened!

Here are our Letters to our Reprsentatives

Dear Senator Feinstein,


I am writing you today as a voter and constituent of the State of California and a citizen of the United States of America. This country is sitting today at a crossroads. The decisions that you as our representative are making as my and all people of the State of California’s representative are of grave concern to me, my children, my grandchildren and those to come in the future.

This country was founded on basic freedoms. Freedoms’ that you as our Senator are sworn to uphold. The current debate on Health Care in this nation and the Health Care Bill that is currently in debate goes against everything that this country was founded upon and goes against the current will of the people.

No one currently in this country is denied necessary healthcare whether or not they can pay for it. If you feel it so necessary to work on the system, why not fix the systems already in place? Medicaid and Medicare are both in shambles. Why should I or anyone else for that matter believe that this or any government run plan can run efficiently?

Senator, I am a quiet homemaker, mother and grandmother. I have been a quiet content voter who has up until recently felt that the system worked and our representatives were honorable, honest, hardworking individuals. I believed they were committed to the welfare of the people they were entrusted to represent. Unfortunately as of now my feelings have been violated as I have watched this current debate.

I plan on making my position known to any and all I come in contact with. If this Health Care Bill passes I will make my voice heard. I will use my efforts to volunteer and ambitiously campaign for those committed to uphold the rights of the people and against those who have denied the rights of the people in favor of their own personal agenda.

I am urging you and all of my Representatives in this country to not pass this Health Care Bill. I urge you to remember whom you represent. What you are sworn to do. Please uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America.

Sincerely,

Debra A. Nemrow

Dear Senator Feinstein,


I am a hardworking man with a family and typically do not have time to write letters to my Senators and Congressman. However, I feel that the health care debate that is going on right now in congress is of such great importance that I have to let my voice be known.



Simply put this "Great Free Country of America" was and is founded upon personal freedoms. Healthcare is not part of the "Bill of Rights" setup by the founders of this great nation. Heath care is available to all people who live in America and no person is denied healthcare when they need it even if they do not have a way to pay for it. This country was not founded upon entitlements, but entitlements are going to be what destroys this country. We cannot let the greatest health care system in the world be taken over by bureaucrats because that will certainly increase the cost of healthcare over time and the quality of heathcare will definitely go down. Please stop government from trying to take over one sixth of the U.S. economy. Government will destroy health care and I do want my children and grand children burdened with the debt that will be created by this huge government entitlement program. I will do everything in my power to stop this bill from passing and if it does I will make sure that those responsible will know how I feel when I place my ballot at the voting booth.



Please listen to the people!!



Nathan D. Nemrow

A Concerned Citizen of the United States of America

Valentines Day 2010

This year Valentines Day was on a Sunday.  I tried to make it special and made plans to make a nice dinner for Nathan and I and Travis and Katie.  Blair and Shanna were having a get-a-way with friends for the weekend. 

Earlier in the week I made handmade Heart shaped soaps for my Visiting Teaching sisters and made some for Shanna and Katie too.   They were all shades of pink and were scented like roses. They are really fun to make and turned out so cute!  I was pretty proud of myself!

For the first time I made homemade truffles for dessert and they came out really tasety!  A Martha Stewart recipe of course! I could use some fine tuning in the dipping in chocolate afterwards but they were delicious if I do say so myself!  We had a nice time with Travis and Katie and then Nathan and I were off to a YM/YW fireside.  Here I continued my decorating desires and set up a fun Candy Display for the Fireside!

3rd Annual Utah Family Get Away!

The first week of February has been an annual Cabin Vacation with all of our children and grandchildren.  This year was the third year in a row that we have been able to have this fabulous fun with each and everyone of us spending quality time together.  I have to admit it is one of my very favorite things we do all year and something I really look forward to.

As the economy has continued to be very difficult it has been a great challenge to our family also.  Business has been not so great and it was for the first time in many , many years that doing something like this was a great sacrifice for all involved.  We are doing our best to keep the family business going in more than difficult circumstances.  We pray daily and hope that what the Lord has in store for us will keep us going. 

Needless to say this was a great time for all and we are more than grateful for the Family time for sharing and loving one another.  We are so grateful to Ashlee and Jake for getting us this fabulous cabin each year.  It belongs to Jake's best friend and his family.  Thanks Ashlee and Jake!!!!!

For part of Christmas this year I made all the Grandkids fun colored hats for the trip!  I tried to get them done for the adults too but it did not happen.  I'll keep trying! Here are some pic's of the grandkids in their hats! Garrett and Bristol seem to somehow have missed the photo shoot!

While our children went out to play in the snow for the afternoon on snowmobiles and tubes and sleds. GiGi (Me) and Grandpa (Nathan) and I watched all seven grandkids! It was party time and GiGi had a fun Valentines Celebration planned. While Garrett and Spencer napped the Girls had Girl time and Grandpa kept baby Bristol occupied. You can see we had a great time! Pedicures, storytime, Valentine making,

"Fancy Nancy" of Course!

And a Special Valentines Cake!

We played many games of Yahtzee!

Some Winners!

Some Loosers!

Dance time

and Food!!!!  
Corn Dogs made a photo opp too!

There was a JAZZ Game, Sledding, Extreme Tubing, Cars Stuck in the snow, Night Snowmobiling, Jacuzzi time and much much more!

Needless to say it was some much needed R&R for all of us!

I look forward to many more Family Adventures!