Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Margaret and I would like to wish everyone a blessed Thanksgiving Day.  

Thanksgiving Day Praise!

I want to take time to thank God for everything that He hasdone for me, because without His love, mercy, and grace, I would have no hope, joyor peace in this world.

Thank you Lord for dying on the cross for me.

Thank you Lord for my wife, Margaret, threewonderful boys, and lots of grandkids.

Thank you Lord for providing for my family even when thingswere tough.

Thank you Lord for giving me and my family a loving churchhome.

Thank you Lord for allowing me to go out and witness in Yourname.

Thank you Lord for this Christian Blog and the friendship ofother Christian Bloggers.

When I think of how much God has done for me it just humblesme that even though I am a sinner He will never leave me nor forsaken me.  It is my prayer this Thanksgiving Day thateveryone that reads this post will experience the love, mercy and grace ofGod... for without Him we are nothing. God bless each and every one of you and your families.  

Veteran's Day

Kirkpatrick, Nathan England, SPC England, SGT Cannaday, PFC Pope, Zane Pope and SPC Hughes.

Let us all remember that our freedom comes with a price. Let us honor our military men, women and our veterans that have fought for our freedom that we all cherish today in the United States of America. Let us pray for the families and friends of the military men and women who have given all that they could give in defense for our freedom.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

A Golden CoupleHalf a century ago, they say,

A wonderful marriage began that day.

Two beautiful people joined as one,

And worked together to make living fun.

We celebrate now those fifty years;

We raise our glass and give three cheers:

To partners in life in both work and play,

It’s our pleasure to share your golden day.

Happy 50th Anniversary!

By Karl Fuchs

Being a Christian is like being a Pumpkin!

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Happy Birthday Margaret!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear Margaret.

Happy Birthday to you.

Love Always, Lloyd

We stayed for two days at Seven Feather's RV Resort then we celebrated Margaret's 62nd Birthday with the family.

Happy Birthday Tina

Happy Birthday to you. This Picture was taken 27 years ago, now you are 35.  Where did the years go?  I hope you have a good day.  Love Dad.

Happy 7th Anniversary

Happy 7th anniversary to my wonderful wife. The years steadily go by, but my love for you grows in leaps and bounds daily. I love you Baby!!!

Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Today our Family Blog has been up and running for three years.  Our membership has decreased, however those that do come onto the family blog seem to enjoy all of the photographs and family updates.  Google has been making several changes to blogger in the past several months so if anyone is having difficulties in posting or commenting please let me know.  

Margaret and I are keeping busy in our retirement years.  Lots of volunteer work with the church and Hospice.  But the good thing about volunteer work is that if you don't like what you are doing... all you have to do is quit and it doesn't effect your paycheck.  We are having lots of fun with our grand kids and we try to get out and travel as much as possible.  

Starting today, lets see how many of you can make at least one post a month on the family blog to let everyone know how you are doing.  Lets make this 4th year of blogging a little bet more active with lots of updates and lots of family pictures.  

God's blessings to each and everyone of you.

Wildlife Safari with Mahkyia

Sammy's Birthday Party!

All our family and friends met at Chuck E. Cheese in Eugene yesterday evening to celebrate Sammy's 4th Birthday.  Sammy and Jack had lots of fun and it was such a blessing to watch all the kids enjoying themselves.  

Happy Birthday Herbietta!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear Herbietta.

Happy Birthday to you.

How does it feel to be older then me?  May our Lord bless this day for you.  You and Rusty have fun traveling around in your 5-Wheel.  Love Always, Lloyd & Margaret

Fern's Birthday Party!

What a great time everyone had at Paige's house in Medford this evening.  There was about 50 or so of Fern's friends and family celebrating her 80th birthday.  Lots of laughs and lots of good food.  Everyone had a really good time.  

Linda, Fern, Margaret, Paige

Everyone was singing Happy Birthday to Fern while Paige held the birthday cake.

Opal, Fern, Herbietta, EvieLou, Margaret

Slideshow of Fern's Birthday Party

Happy Birthday Fern!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear Fern.

Happy Birthday to you.

Have a wonderful and blessed 80th Birthday big sister.
Love Always, Lloyd & Margaret

In Remembrance of the 911 Heroes and Victims

I sat down and watched the above trailer that is a documentation of interviews, photographs and video of that day on September 11th, 2001, that will forever be etched in the minds of all who witnessed or saw this nightmare unfold while watching the morning news.

After ten years, I still tear up just thinking of all those souls that perished in one of the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. If you have the time I encourage you to set back and watch how all of the events unfolded on that day in history.

Jack's First Day of Kindergarten

Our little guy looks so grown up as he heads for his first day of kindergarten. 

Visit from Louise

Margaret and I had a really nice visit with Louise yesterday afternoon. We all sat down and enjoyed barbecued hamburgers, potato salad, baked beans and fresh corn on the cob. Louise is enjoying her retirement just as much as we are.

Happy Birthday EvieLou!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear EvieLou.

Happy Birthday to you.

Today you turn one year older then me.  This is your special day so I want you to enjoy everyone waiting on you hand-and-foot.  Love Always, Lloyd & Margaret

Happy Birthday Trey!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear Trey.

Happy Birthday to you. 

Love Always, Mom and Dad

Bill, Amy and the boys joined us tonight to celebrate Trey'sbirthday.  As you can see, Trey got a magic wand to make himself younger,a "Over the Hill Whistle" to carry around in case he falls downand can't get up, and a "I'm 40" baseball cap.  The cake and icecream was served in black color plates and everyone had black color napkins. Lots of fun and laughs.  

Old Family Pictures

Mom, Dad, Lloyd Jr., EvieLou, and Herbietta (1948)

Mom, Dad, Fern, Dick, Herbietta and Opal (1946)

Our Family Retreat 2011

What a great time everyone had on our family retreat at the Crow's Nest in Newport.  We just got back a few hours ago.  I will post some of the pictures later for all to enjoy.  The weather couldn't have been any better.  Warm and sunny all three days.
  

Back:  Kat, Tara, Sam, Amy, Bill, Jack

Front:  Trey, Lynnzee, Margaret, Lloyd

Here is a photo slide show of our family retreat. 

Somewhere over the Rainbow

I just have to share this with everyone. I love the way IZ sings this song.

Family Blog

What a beautiful day it is here in Roseburg.  Margaret and I are so blessed by the Lord to be able to take off tomorrow to Newport for our yearly family retreat. It is such a blessing to be able to spend three days with our family just hanging out and enjoying each others company.

I haven't seen to much activity on the family blog for quite some time now.  I realize that with facebook and other media blogging takes a backseat.  Our family blog has been up and running now for three years and it has lots of photographs and posts that are nice to go back and look at every now and then.

The whole idea of the family blog was to keep communications open and share what was happening in our families with words and pictures.  I would really like to see more updated posts from everyone, but I do realize that sometimes life gets a little busy.

I have decided to take a survey from family blog members to find out if there is enough support to continue the family blog.  Please take time to cast your vote in the survey box on the right. 

Fun at the County Fair!

Margaret and I had a fun day at the Douglas County fair today. We spent the day with Bill, Amy and the boys just hanging out looking at all of the animals and exhibits. We then had lots of fun watching Jack and Sammy riding all of the carnival rides. What a blessing it was just to be able to enjoy the day with Bill, Amy and our grand kids.

 

Cannaday Family Reunion 2011

What a great day it was for a family reunion. The weather was nice and the food delicious. It was such a blessing to see all of the relatives and everyone had a great time.

The Beauty of Diamond Lake!

We arrived yesterday afternoon at Diamond Lake RV Park. The weather is great and the Lake is beautiful. Margaret and I are planning on taking a tour of Crater Lake today. We will be taking along a picnic lunch and spend the whole day just hanging out together and enjoying God's creation. It is hard to believe that our month vacation is almost up. Tomorrow morning we head back home to Roseburg. It has been a great trip and we have seen lots of country side in our 2500 mile journey around Washington and Oregon. It will be nice to get back home and see our family...miss them all.

Happy Anniversary to my Honey Bun!

Today Margaret and I will have been married for forty-two years. I am so blessed by God that we will be able to celebrate this day together. Sometimes it seems like time goes by so fast, but it really doesn't matter when you are with someone that you love.

We will be heading out this morning on a sightseeing tour of Antelope, Clarno, Fossil, and the John Day Fossil Beds. After that I am going to take my sweetheart out to dinner in Madras. We visited the Crooked River Gorge yesterday. Just looking down over the edge (over 300 feet) made me a little woozy.

We will be heading out to Bend tomorrow morning where we will be visiting with Bonnie and Roy. Hopefully we will be able to see all the other relatives in Bend, but I think Martha and Jim are out of town on a camp trip with the kids.

After we leave Bend, we will be camping at the Diamond Lake RV Park until Friday morning, then we will be heading home. This has been a really great month to travel and we enjoyed a lot of sights in Washington and Oregon.

Back In Oregon!!!

Me and Margaret making our way back to Oregon on a speeder

We got into Metolius yesterday afternoon where we will be staying at the Mt. View RV Park for the next three days.  Metolius is a little town near Madras where we plan on sighting later on this afternoon.  I have updated our photo album, but still haven't had a chance to fill in the captions for each picture.  All I can say is that we are having fun just hanging out with each other and visiting areas where we haven't been before. 

We plan on making it to Bend by Wednesday and stay there a few days before heading home.  We have traveled over 1900 miles so far.  Even though we have really enjoyed traveling around Washington and parts of Oregon, we are beginning to miss our family and look forward on seeing them next week. 

Happy Birthday Dad

Hope your having a great time and a Happy Birthday

Love Trey

On The Road Again!

We had a really nice relaxing time here in Leavenworth, but now it's time to move on. The above picture is us taking a rest while walking through all the little shops and displays in the downtown area. What a beautiful place just too walk around and there are so many things to see. We also visited the Cashmere Museum and the Pioneer Village. I got all the pictures uploaded into our album for all to enjoy but it will take sometime to get all the captions filled in.

We will be heading out for Toppenish this morning where we will be staying for four days at the Yakima Nation RV Park. There are several sights in the Yakima and Toppenish area we want to see. I hope everyone is do well and we plan on seeing everyone at the family reunion.

Relaxing in Leavenworth!

We arrived yesterday afternoon at Icicle River RV Resort in Leavenworth. Nice little RV park with all the comforts of home (full-hookups). Margaret and I plan on sightseeing tomorrow. There seems to be a lot to see so we will be staying here at least until Monday. The weather is cloudy and there is a forecast of showers today and on Sunday, but otherwise all is well. I have updated the pictures in our photo album and will fill in the captions when I get a chance.

This has been a really nice and relaxing trip so far and we have seen lots of sights.  In the above picture we just finished eating lunch at Sheris, which is a small outside restaurant in Winthrop.

Having Fun in Seattle!

What a great week this has been here in the Seattle area. The weather has been wonderful and we have been enjoying the sights. So far we have visited the Woodland Park Zoo, the Science Fiction Museum, The Pacific Science Center and the Space Needle. Even though I enjoyed the museum and science center, I think my favorite was the Space Needle. Margaret and I celebrated an early 42nd Anniversary dinner at the revolving restaurant on top of the Space Needle. What a beautiful view of the Seattle area.

Today we will be visiting the Seattle Aquarium and taking a Seattle harbor tour on a small cruise boat. I have updated our photographs but haven't had time to get all of them labeled. Tomorrow morning we head out over the Northern Cascade Mountains.

Good Morning From Everett!

Margaret and I pulled into Everett, Washington at about 7pm last night. It took over an hour just to get through the Seattle/Tacoma traffic. We will be staying at the Lakeside RV Park for five days. There are so many sights to see around here so we might stay if need be. I have updated the photo album but haven't had time to ID each picture yet. So far our trip has really been great and we are having lots of fun. It was such a blessing to visit with Kay and Doug. And the trip up to Mt. Saint Helens was great. Mt. St. Helens looks a lot like Mt. Hood except it doesn't have the peek....

Good Morning to all!!!

Margaret and I pulled into Salem at around 5:30pm Saturday where we are staying at the Phoenix RV Park. After setting up camp we decided to drive over to Spirit Mountain Casino where we enjoyed a late lunch and donated to the Indian tribe...but we had a lot of fun and it was very relaxing.

Yesterday we spent a relaxing day attending the Frost/Coutu family reunion at Champoeg Park. The food was wonderful and it was really nice to see everyone there. Angie and Bill did a great job in setting up the picnic tables with all sorts of good things to eat.

We plan on heading to Newberg and visiting everyone there today. At least visit those that are home and not running around the countryside like we are.

On Tuesday morning we will be packing up and heading for La Center, Washington to visit with Kay and Doug.

I will be putting pictures of our Washington travels in a photo album that I have placed in the "Family Blog Photo Gallery" section for all to enjoy.

Happy Fathers Day!

Father's Day

Love and miss you on this Father's Day week-end.

Colorado Cannadays

Well the time has come for Christopher to leave. He has been gone since the 13th and will be in Afghanistan for a year albeit a two week return to the states, time not disclosed. So with Alayna being in Oregon, Grace and I bum around trying to fix everything that decided to break not 24 hours after his departure. This includes the sink, the dryer and the lighting in the bathroom. Before the end I will figure out how to do anything and everything around here. Although the neighbor is going to come over and show me how to do drywall in our unfinished bathroom, personally I don't want to deal with holes in walls for the duration of Chris's leave.
My sister and her boyfriend took a road trip down here to visit us, they have already returned home but it was a lovely visit. Grace took a real liking to both of them (and even has a baby crush on Ted, so much that she calls him MyTed). Now the house is quiet once again, and has been oddly so. While my house is clean and peaceful I feel as if it is too much. Grace seems to be taking to it well enough. We spend a lot of time working in the yard and riding her tricycle as our weather is always sunny and warm (unlike you poor Oregonians). The real challenge has been cooking for one, essentially. But we have cut out most meat and packaged goods and completely overhauled our variety of cupboard goods... oh will the boy be surprised when he comes home.
I am told that Chris arrived and will hopefully be hearing from him soon, if you'd like I can post on here when, and if, that happens.

Picnic with the Grandkids

While Margaret was away on her woman's retreat, I had a wonderful day at the Wildlife Safari with Trey, Bill and all of the grandkids. We started out with a picnic lunch then we looked at the animals in the walk-through park. As you can see in the above slideshow, everyone had lots of fun.

Memorial Day with the Family

What a wonderful day we had with the family. Amy and Bill came over this afternoon with the boys and we had a really delicious barbeque lunch that Trey cooked. Italian sausages barbequed....oh so good on hoggie buns with cooked onions. Then we relaxed outside on the back deck where we watched Jack and Sammy hunt for shells and snails. The weather was so beautiful and we all had a good visit and lots to eat.

Bingo with Fern & Opal

Margaret and I had a really good time visiting with Fern and Opal this afternoon. We had a great lunch at Seven Feathers Casino in Canyonville, and then we played bingo the rest of the afternoon. Everyone came close to having a bingo, but close is only good in horseshoes. Otherwise we had a good time just visiting and lots of laughs.

Have a Safe Memorial Day Week-End

Mother's Day

No Love like a Mother's Love

There is no love, like a mother's love,

no stronger bond on earth...

like the precious bond that comes from God,

to a mother, when she gives birth.

A mother's love is forever strong,

never changing for all time...

and when her children need her most,

a mother's love will shine.

God bless these special mothers,

God bless them every one...

for all the tears and heartache,

and for the special work they've done.

When her days on earth are over,

a mother's love lives on...

through many generations,

with God's blessings on each one.

Be thankful for our mothers,

for they love with a higher love...

from the power God has given,

and the strength from up above.

by Jill Lemming

Happy Birthday Linda!!!

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday to you.

Happy birthday dear Linda.

Happy birthday to you.

Love from your Uncle Lloyd

Easter Blessings

Sammy and Jack with their Easter baskets from Grandma & Grandpa

Margaret and I visited with  Bill and Amy Saturday night and took several pictures of the boys with their Easter baskets.  Then on Easter Sunday, after church, we had an enjoyable Easter dinner with Trey and played games.  God has given us so many blessings this year.  Thank you Lord. 

Happy Easter!

Margaret and I would like to wish all of our family and friends a Happy Resurrection Day. May our Lord continue to bless each and everyone of you.  Remember... He has Risen and He is alive.

Happy Birthday Opal!!!

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday to you.

Happy Birthday dear Opal.

Happy Birthday to you.

Love Always, Margaret & Lloyd

Hard to believe that my big sister is now a Senior Citizen.