Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!!

Millie and I just wanted to wish everyone a Very Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!!, love ya all lots!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving

I just wanted to wish all those who follow my blog a happy Thanksgiving and a great family week. I won't be able to post like I have before because my computer is down and I am using my Mom's once in a while and don't want to take up too much time there. Anyway have a good one and I will begin posting again soon, I hope.
Chris and Millie

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!!!!!

October 8, 1939, in Ft. Wayne Indiana a beautiful little girl was born to two very happy parents. If you think the weather is bad now, Grandma said that it was warm the day she went into the hospital to have mom and it was snowing when she left the hospital with mom. Of course they had longer stays in the hospitals back then. She grew up to be a very classy looking woman and has always been. She not only has the look, she has style, personality, and the attitude.

more to come...

And here it is:

I wanted to add that she has been my biggest supporter, the best example of a Christlike person, and my greatest friend. I love her sooo much and wish I could do so much more for her, to give back to her all that she has given to me. I really hope that she feels all the love that everyone has for her on this her special day. I also hope it will be a start of a great year for her.

Millie has few things to say also: grrrrr, arrrffffff, translation: I really love my grandma and I am sending all kinds of kisses.......

I love you Mom, always!!!!!

Chris and Millie

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

I know it is has been a while since I have posted, sorry if I let anyone down. This is a special day for my Mom and LeRoy, and I wanted to honor them with a post on my blog. They were married in Sidney, Ohio at President Chrisman's home, by President McDonald 16 years ago, that doesn't seem right does it, that its been that long already.

On September 4 1993 Charlet and LeRoy Elliott were married, here are some wedding photo's...

very serious and much younger looking...

Here they are today, even more beautiful....

I am very grateful to have them in my life. I have learned a lot from them both, and I love them both a lot. I want to tell them both thankyou for everything, and I love you, I hope you had a great anniversary!!!!

Millie also says grrrrr, she loves you both soooo much, you have no idea how much it means to me to see the interaction between you two and her...she loves you tooo!!!!

Happy Birthday to Millie

Millie was born 4 years ago today to Fluffy and Ramsey. She had a rough start, you see from her picture she has a deformed right front leg and she couldn't get to the mother's teets, and when she was helped to them she couldn't get any milk from them. After a week of trying this method and seeing that she gained no weight, I offered to take her home and feed her from puppy formula. I just really wanted to do something for this family and for Millie. She gained 3oz in one week and really thrived from then on. There is much more to the story, and if you would like to hear anymore of it I'll be happy to tell you, it is just too long a story to post. What I can tell you is that she chose me and has been a blessing in my life, she saved me and is still saving me everyday. I love her soooo much, and I am thankful for her.

For her special day she got to go to her favorite places, where she got to recieve her favorite treats. Care to guess what her favorite treat is? Being petted of course. She had so much love shown her today. I wish that would be all it would take to have a good birthday, just being held and loved. How simple life is for Millie, and how nice too!

Here she is with two of her favorite people when she was 5mths old....

I forgot how tiny she was.

Here she is when she was just one year old....

2006

2007....2 years old

2008...3 years old

2009... 4 years old

How do we honor Memorial Day?

I wanted to observe Memorial Day properly. Last year I posted a list of those within my family that have served in the armed forces. None of them lost their lives, but they gave up a significant amount of their time to serve their country. Something I find very amazing and am very grateful for their service and sacrifices. First I would like to post a few things on how we can honor this day appropriately...
Ways To Observe Memorial Day
Memorial Day reminds us of our duties towards the wounded soldiers and the bereaved families, orphans and widows of the dead soldiers. We should honor the dead by adorning their sacred remains with flowers and garlands and show our gratitude towards them in the following ways:
Adorning the graves of the soldiers with flags or flowers.
Visiting cemeteries and memorials.
Furling the American Flag at half-mast until noon.
Furling the 'POW/MIA Flag'.
Keep silence for a minute at 3 p.m., 'National Moment of Remembrance' and listen to Taps being played.
Take a pledge to aid the disabled veterans, widows, widowers and orphans of the dead and keep it.
You may support the efforts to restore the traditional day of observance of Memorial Day back to May 30th.
Offering thanks to the veterans and appreciating the ultimate sacrifices of the soldiers to the bereaved families personally may help too.

One of the ways I will observe the day is to post this. Here is a poem to help us on this day as well:

Freedom is not free

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.
A young Service man saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.

I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.

I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"
When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.

I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

LCDR Kelly Strong, USCG - Copyright 1981


I hope you all have a wonderful and peaceful Memorial Day....


Not to make light of this occasion but Millie wanted to show her support also, by wearing a patriotic bow in her hair.

Happy Mother's Day

Mom with the Grandkid's and great grandkid's...

Mom and best friend Pat

I wanted to dedicate a post to my Mom for a day that is all about mothers. I saw a video put out by our church and thought it expressed a lot of the words I would use to describe my Mom. I tried to add the video to my blog and never could get it added, so I am putting the link here so that you can follow it. Enjoy the video...http://www.youtube.com/mormonmessages

I hope my Mom has a good day and knows how much I love her. Thankyou Mom for all you do for me and have done. I love you lots and lots....always and forever!!!!

Just a note of correction, if you can see the dates on the pictures, they are wrong, when I had taken them back in 2007 I had failed to reenter the correct date on my camera.

Here's looking at you!!!

You know when you feel like someone is watching you, well last night I was reading in bed and turned to look at Millie and this is what I saw. Pretty intense huh, also I must say she has the prettiest eyes. Be careful you never know when someone is watching!

Worn out puppy

Millie and I got to enjoy a great cookout with the Coleman's. Well Millie really got to have fun, the kids ran with her, petted her and she really loved it. When we got home she was so exhausted and fell down asleep by the chair by the front door then a little bit later she moved to her little bed and conked out even more so. Here are a couple of pictures to demonstrate it:

Happy Easter

I haven't figured out what to put here yet, I just wanted to get the St. Patty's day stuff off. So while we're all waiting with bated breath, hahaha.... I'll put a few pictures in...until then...

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Just thought I'd wish every one a Happy St. Patty's Day,
I thought I'd share this blessing I found on the internet,
and I do wish you what it says....

Enjoy the beginning of spring and may the luck of the Irish be with you!!!!!

Sunshine on my shoulders....

Makes me happy...

I love John Denver's music, so did my family and I feel like this song is pretty pertinent to this day...

Just wanted to share how happy I was that it was sunshiney today....and to share this song with you, though I can't sing it, and one of these days I'll figure out how to put the music to the song here for you to hear and enjoy...

so y0u can read it a a poem.....enjoy and I hope you got to enjoy the sunshine and it's warmth today!

Sunshine On My Shoulders...John Denver

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a day that I could give you

Id give to you a day just like today

If I had a song that I could sing for you

Id sing a song to make you feel this way

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

Sunshine almost always makes me high

If I had a tale that I could tell you

Id tell a tale sure to make you smile

If I had a wish that I could wish for you

Id make a wish for sunshine all the while

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy

Sunshine in my eyes can make me cry

Sunshine on the water looks so lovely

Sunshine almost always makes me high

Sunshine almost all the time makes me high

Sunshine almost always...

Words by john denver, music by john denver, dick kniss and mike taylor

Train Rides

I thought I'd answer the question about the train ride in a post. It took me a little while to remember it and I only remember bits and pieces, it happening sooo long ago you know. Well it was sometime after 1974, I was a teenager then for those of you who might have just been born, he he he. We lived in Troy Ohio at the time, boarded the train from Lima Ohio and went to Chicago. I remember riding the El train, (elevated train), taking pictures of the Sears Tower from the floor, we also went up in it. I remember we also went outside of tall building and learning that one of my brothers was afraid of heights. I don't know how long we stayed in Chicago, but the one night we stayed I do remember we ordered pizza and they delivered it with anchovies on it. We don't like them of course. I think we also went to a museum, not sure though which one. I can't seem to remember anymore of the trip, but this was a nice way to jog my memory and it was nice to remember.




Sears Tower








Anchovy Pizza: Ummm Yummy! Not!

Bucketlist Tag

Bold the items you have done:
sorry on here it is hard to see the bold type, so I added italic's to my list:

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a Praying Mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Been to the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
20. Slept on a train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Ran a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Cooked over a open fire
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Tied a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a Bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Visited Italy

It seems I have only done 33% of the things on this list, where did this list come from? I did notice that there wasn't a question asking about owning a pet? Ummm Anyway I as usual don't have anyone to reach out to...so my list stops here...

Snow Day

We got 15 inches of snow today...that was enough. I wanted to take Millie's picture on the patio by the snow and boy did she want to climb in it. When she did she couldn't move and looked up at to help her out. They have shoveled us out and we are going to take a walk, she really is loving the snow. I wish I could say the same. It is pretty and that is all I can say about it. I hope everyone else had as much fun in the snow as we did today.

Church At Last...

Today was great, we were finally able to go to Church. Because of the weather the last two Sunday's church was cancelled, and might have been this Sunday because of a water pipe bursting and causing a major amount of damage in the building. Thankfully things were cleaned up enough so that we could go back to church today. The biggest problem for most was the smell, the kids in primary kept holding their noses, it was rather comical. I enjoyed getting to be with my primary class and I really enjoyed sacrament meeting. I was so grateful to be at church today and the I could really feel the spirit. It was also good to see everyone. Today was a good day...

Midnight run

Good evening or Good morning depending on how you look at it...

First I would like to say sorry for not posting for soooo long. I actually didn't think I had anything interesting to post. But as I have been looking around the blogging world I have seen several different things that one could talk about and maybe even discuss if others wanted to add to the discussion. So I will try to begin again to be a better blogger.

Well the first topic as you might well guess is a midnight walk with Millie. About three hours ago Millie went to the door and buried her face in the space between the door and the door frame. So I thought we would just step out and get some fresh air. She ran out to the street, thankfully no one is out at this time and started to just sprint from one end of the parking area to the other and then did a few hops in the snow. She always surprises me with her bursts of energy. We were only out for 10 minutes I think, but it was worth it just to see her having fun.

I have to tell you that she inspires me sometimes. She lives in the moment, and she holds no grudges, she loves everyone no matter what they look like or what they may say or do. I have often wished I was more like her. I bring this up because something my mom gave me, it was in the paper and listed things that we could learn from our pets, in particular our dogs. It was written by my favorite dog whisperer, Cesear Milan. I will say there is one other important thing that Millie does that I need to learn from. She has no fear. She does seem to know she has limitations, she never has tried to jump off anything. But she always figures out a way to move forward.

I am little long winded sorry, but I wanted to share with you what I have learned from my most faithful and loyal friend. I have decided to not just try but to live in the moment and move forward with my life. Come what may. Well hopefully it won't take me as long to post again...and hopefully I'll have some interesting things to share with you.

Till we meet again....goodnight!!!!