tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350374372012-02-15T23:01:44.595-08:00Sample SummariesSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.comBlogger381100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-74776160934685623682011-10-10T13:20:00.000-07:002011-10-10T13:27:22.161-07:00Wow...it has been FOREVER since I updated this! How embarrassing! So much has happened...I don't know where I even left off or where to begin! Basically lots of good things have happened...like a new grandson Blake Joseph was born this year (March 11) to Joey and Hanna. He is absolutely adorable! Paige, their daughter will turn 4 in November.She started pre-school this year at Woodside, the same Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-40403758329393961272009-04-14T22:56:00.000-07:002009-04-14T23:02:11.165-07:00THE SAMPLE FAMILY...at Mel Sr's Birthday dinner at Babettas. We were all very grateful to be together as a family. Last December Mels dad had a heart attack and gave us all a huge scare and now here we all are celebrating his birthday! We all feel very fortunate to have each other and we all know how very special family is!♥Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-74619379188072223322009-04-14T21:54:00.000-07:002009-04-14T23:02:58.374-07:00The Bowling FamilyAfter our morning Easter brunch we went to my brother and sister-in-laws house later that afternoon. Tosha and CJ had a wonderful dinner with ham and all the fixins. It was delicious! We had a egg hunt for Chloe, Jesse and Paige. They had so much fun! Then we had an egg derby race...very fun! Loved having all the family together...still missed mom not being there but we all feltSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-87040333936510345162009-04-14T21:40:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:54:37.020-07:00Our Easter morning started off with a fabulous brunch at our son and daughter-in-law's house. Hanna made a awesome breakfast and then we hunted for eggs. Paige had her own egg hunt and then the big kids (us adults) had our own egg hunt. (I think I won!)Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-81775831874610740972009-04-14T19:50:00.000-07:002009-04-14T21:40:14.829-07:00Our granddaughter, Chloe, had her 7th Birthday party at Flips for Kids and she had a Hannah Montana theme. She had a great time and lots of friends and family came. I made her a Hannah Montana guitar cake and it was so much funSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-59211582714806471282009-03-12T21:57:00.000-07:002009-03-12T22:38:39.239-07:00So just a few new pictures. Paige is walking now! Chloe just received an Academic Award at school! So I am a very proud Nana needless to say! Bret is receiving an award next week for his 4.0 grade point average...so I'm very proud of him also! He is graduating in June and is enrolled in College of the Redwoods. FIRST one to go to college (besides his mother of course...haha)! I'm planning a trip Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-4840547595790593752009-01-02T13:58:00.000-08:002009-01-02T14:35:27.560-08:00This is just a quick blog with some photos from Christmas. We had a wonderful Christmas and we were very fortunate to even have a Christmas. We had a scare about 3 weeks before Christmas when Mels Dad had a heart attack. Luckily (thanks to some very Heroic people) he made it and after Open Heart surgery, made it home in time for us all to be very thankful we could all be together. We all felt so Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-45297140922235537762008-12-01T08:45:00.000-08:002008-12-01T14:10:20.447-08:00So we decorated our tree and the boys made some FANTASTIC fudge! It really was awesome fudge! Paige and Chloe were really into decorating the tree. Well, Paige was really into getting into all the totes! They had their matching little outfits on that Nana got for them and of course they were as cute as ever! I love having being a grandma...it's the greatest thing ever invented!!Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-62375706915037826502008-12-01T08:33:00.000-08:002008-12-01T08:45:30.231-08:00SO...November was huge milestone again in the Sample family. Paige had her first Birthday and it was on Thanksgiving day! She was so adorable and loved getting all her presents! She got her first quad (in true Sample fashion) and of course took off across the living room floor like a genius child! We were all so proud! She also ate her first Thanksgiving meal like a trooper.Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-59046443866528583062008-11-12T23:01:00.000-08:002008-11-12T23:06:49.444-08:00I had Paige stay the night last weekend and she was so much fun! She is growing up so fast! She will be a year old in two weeks. I can't believe how time flies. She is such a precious baby. She is always smiling and happy! I just loved having her and playing with her. Being a grandma is the best thing ever invented!! Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-22903234888769074562008-11-12T22:50:00.000-08:002008-11-12T22:58:28.480-08:00Last Weekend my friends mother was given a 90th Birthday Tea Party. She is from England and is VERY English! All the ladies attending were to wear hats and gloves. Chloe went with me and she had so much fun. All the ladies (most of them old enough to get the senior discount) thought Chloe was absolutely adorable. We went to the discovery shop and found her long white gloves and a hat. She wore a Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-27418580171809354172008-11-03T21:38:00.000-08:002008-11-03T21:39:06.905-08:00Make a Smilebox scrapbookSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-52710745073562569872008-11-03T12:28:00.000-08:002008-11-03T13:51:15.014-08:00October has been a very busy month. Mel and I went to Los Angeles with his sister and her husband and we went to a taping of the Dr. Phil show. That was fun but the show was on a depressing subject, suicide. So that was kind of a bummer but it was still a fun experience. We had a great time with Teresa and Wes. We walked around Hollywood on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.Then I went to Seattle with Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-68204002889681819172008-10-05T22:07:00.000-07:002008-10-05T22:18:34.930-07:00So we just went to the Apple Harvest Festival in Fortuna yesterday. It was on the verge of raining the whole time but held out. We went for a hayride through Clendenens Apple Orchard and tasted a variety of apples and apple cider. Then we went downtown Fortuna and checked out the booths and food. Joey, Hanna, Paige, Chloe, Kyle and myself all went and had a good time.Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-69780822594380636202008-09-24T18:31:00.000-07:002008-09-24T19:19:34.612-07:00Just thought I would add some pictures of our trip to Skagway, Alaska we took this summer. Mel and my Dad and I went and we had a great time. We were able to go on a Helicopter ride to the Meade Glacier and walk around on the glacier. That was pretty awesome! The scenery was incredible! We also went on a train ride up a mountain called White Pass that was built during the Gold Rush. It was so Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-18384280850325650542008-09-24T07:43:00.000-07:002008-09-24T07:52:52.133-07:00So I came across this blog reading a friends blog and I just had to share this story with my friends. These two blogs I have added (the links are at the top of my blog and I've added them below) are two sisters. One is names Stephanie (nie nie as everyone refers to her by) and Courtney (c jane) . Stephanie and her husband were in a small airplane crash about a month ago and are currently Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-91611622066067895272008-09-17T18:49:00.000-07:002008-09-17T19:00:03.582-07:00Here are some of Bret's Senior Pictures by http://bluemoondigitalphoto.blogspot.com/. Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-47190985864309523642008-09-13T21:08:00.000-07:002008-09-13T21:29:35.003-07:00The Sample FamilyChloes first day of First GradeJoey and Hanna and PaigeHanna and Me and PaigeMy two beautiful Granddaughters...Chloe and PaigeNana with her granddaughters!Nana and Papa with the girlsSweet Paige!I have been horrible at keeping up on this blog! Not a lot has happened the last few months but the grandkids have gotten bigger and so I wanted to update this with some new pics.Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-75868631929919675242008-04-17T15:48:00.001-07:002008-04-17T15:56:31.446-07:00I have not been very good at keeping up on the blog....so much for my once a month postings. I just had a wonderful birthday yesterday, with a facial, pedicure, and sushi for lunch and tonight we are going to Tapenyaki....yummmmm. I can't wait. Paige is now 4 1/2 months old and is cute as ever. Chloe just had her 6th birthday party at Round Table and it was a huge success. Lots of people came andSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-17132455047534150472007-12-29T02:54:00.000-08:002007-12-29T03:07:22.796-08:00 Uncle Bret holding Paige New Parents: Hanna and Joey Four Generations: Great-great Grandma Julia, Great Grandma Judy, and Grandma Sherrie (Nana) with baby Paige. Courtney, Chad, Kyle and Paige. My beautiful Granddaughters, Chloe and Paige. Me and My Hubby!Me and My Daddy!Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-55734424213515624002007-12-29T02:44:00.000-08:002007-12-29T03:08:25.464-08:00 Our trip to Utah in October to go to General Conference. I never thought I would be there with two of my boys!! It was AWESOME!Kyle and Bret....Bret was on his cell phone of course....always.......but not during conference! Bret and Kyle inside the conference center....new scriptures in hand!Beside the temple by the reflection pond......Here we are....Mel, Sherrie, Kyle, and Bret...don't they Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-65445989417855331862007-12-11T16:05:00.000-08:002007-12-29T03:09:47.674-08:00Dear Mom,I miss your voiceI miss your handsI miss being able to call youI miss your phone callsI miss you coming by to see meI miss not seeing youI miss you at the holidaysI miss you every dayI miss your friendshipI miss having your adviceI miss you momI miss my friendI miss youLove SherrieSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-50176398814265895922007-12-07T00:19:00.000-08:002007-12-29T03:10:13.655-08:00Well I'm sure most of you know by now we have a new granddaughter, Paige Loraine Sample.She was born 3 1/2 weeks early on 11-27-07. She weighed 6 lbs. 14. oz and is absolutely beautiful. Momma and baby are doing great now that she is out of mommies tummy. She was making momma pretty sick there towards the end. But they are both doing great now. I am so proud of Joey and Hanna. They are going to Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-71608904936087145962007-07-24T21:16:00.000-07:002007-12-29T03:11:03.641-08:00I haven't kept up my monthly blog. Lots has happened since my last blog. I finally have one son (Joey) married and got a bonus of a wonderful daughter-in-law (Hanna) in the process. I'm so lucky! The wedding was beautiful and so was the Bride.I also have the wonderful news of a new grandchild on the way. Joey and Hanna are expecting their first child December 20, 2007. I can't wait to find out Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-12243084558068917602007-05-13T00:05:00.000-07:002007-12-29T03:11:27.460-08:00Can't sleep...have to be to work at 4:30 a.m. (in 4 hours). It's my first Mothers Day without my Mom and I just don't know how I'm going to make it through the day. I miss her so much and I wish I didn't have to go through this day. I hope everyone who does have their mother tells her how much they appreciate her and how much they love her. I hope Mom knows how much I love her and how much I missSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-32958328324848575792007-04-17T00:46:00.000-07:002007-12-29T03:11:56.945-08:00Well my birthday is over. I had a pretty good birthday but I REALLY missed my mom! It was my first birthday without her and it was also exactly 6 months since mom passed away. It's still so hard to even write those words "passed away". I can't believe she's been gone for 6 months. I really enjoyed going to lunch today with Keyera and later to lunch again with the Trumble girls but I couldn't helpSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-59758978359076333702007-04-09T21:57:00.000-07:002007-12-29T03:12:26.160-08:00Just wanted to fill everyone in on why I haven't been writing anyone lately. Too tired or too busy...sorry, I know it's a lame excuse but it's true. Ever since I started this new job it's been crazy. Like right now I should definately be in bed but I wanted to write at least 10 people messages that have written me and I decided I just couldn't do it right now so this is a shout out to everyone! ISample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-41432345548118944652007-03-31T10:26:00.000-07:002007-12-29T03:12:52.617-08:00So I just finished my two weeks in Seattle training and testing and I passed!! Woo Hoo!! What a stressful two weeks! I'm pretty excited though because I got 100% on both tests! I was just hoping to pass but I was pretty excited with acing them both! Now I'm official and I can get free flights!! Can't wait to go to Mexico, Hawaii, and everywhere!Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-41082067754155796692007-03-07T23:00:00.000-08:002007-12-29T03:12:40.380-08:00Started a new job this week for Horizon Air. Pretty exciting minus the 3:30 a.m. alarm! Last week I was in Portland for a week of training and now I have to do two weeks of on the job training and then I leave on the 18th for Seattle for two more weeks of training. From what I hear, the two weeks in Seattle is pretty brutal! You have to pass all the tests with an 85% or higher and if you don't...Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-71738574261567787822007-02-16T23:20:00.000-08:002007-02-16T23:57:58.436-08:00Well, I've decided to try and keep this blog updated at least once a month. I have a blog on myspace that I have kept for a few months now. I am going to post the blogs from my other blog so everyone can know what's been going on in my life for the last few months without having to write about it all over again. Then as I post a blog on myspace I will copy it to this one so I will have it on bothSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-80168978323046894392007-02-15T22:54:00.000-08:002007-02-16T23:53:21.857-08:00Wow, it's already February. 2007 is flying by. So many things already have happened...our Anniversary, my mothers birthday (the first one without her), Valentines Day, Joey & Mel's birthdays, Bret transferred to McKinleyville High, I had the opportunity to start a new career with the airlines, passed the first test and start training in Portland on Feb.26. Very exciting and VERY life changing. I Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-43544527742295022992007-01-24T18:01:00.000-08:002007-02-17T00:07:25.363-08:0026 years ago today...Mel and I were married. Today we celebrate hanging in there for 26 wonderful and sometimes not so wonderful years. That's what marriage is all about...through good times and bad and we have had our share of both. It's all those things that have made our marriage stronger and it's all those things that have brought where we are today. I hope we can be an example to our Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-62043865738359212982007-01-18T22:31:00.000-08:002007-02-17T00:08:18.813-08:00Well, I am just sitting here thinking about how life goes on. We can't stop it and we can't go back and no matter what....life just keeps happening around us. Sometimes for the good and sometimes for the ugly. I really am not sure if I like that or not but that's the problem...it doesn't matter... because I can't change it and life still goes on.This week I started a quilting class to finish a Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-35607835362820048622007-01-08T01:16:00.000-08:002007-12-29T13:57:49.293-08:00Thank goodness 2006 is over. The year started off good and a lot of good things happened in 2006 but it ended with the worst possible outcome. Most people who know me, know that my Mom passed away in October. That has been by far the worst pain I have ever experienced in my lifetime. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and miss her more than I ever imagined. I don't think anyone could Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-40528223417953263182006-12-13T01:36:00.000-08:002007-02-17T00:40:04.962-08:00Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas!Hoping we can all remember the true meaning of this special holiday.We all get so caught up in the presents and the hustle and bustlethat we forget why we celebrate.We forget that we're celebrating the birth of our Savior.The presents represent the gifts that He has given to us.We should let our gifts to others represent the same thing.We should give gifts of Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-27626134179144033492006-12-10T01:12:00.000-08:002007-02-17T00:43:36.566-08:00So here I am awake and another sleepless night. I have been having way too many of these lately. I just have too much going on in my head and I can't lay down and listen to it all. I can't share with ANYONE all that is going on right now. I don't know if I can even comprehend myself all that is going on. I feel so overwhelmed with emotions that I can't even begin to let them show. I think if I Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-8937528350299568652006-12-07T22:28:00.000-08:002006-12-07T22:34:08.134-08:00I have so much to be thankful for.I have a wonderful, loving husband, Mel, who has loved me unconditionally for over 25 years. He has been with me through good times & bad, poor & poorer, sickness & health, and will share eternity with me. How much more thankful could I be than that?I have four sons, Chad, Kyle, Joe, & Bret, who I am thankful for also. They also love me unconditionally. They haveSample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35037437.post-49490283810577704982006-11-13T13:53:00.000-08:002007-02-17T00:46:51.942-08:00I'm feeling very blue today. Feeling like I can literally feel my heart breaking. It physically hurts in my chest because of the losses I feel right now. I don't know if I can take anymore loss. It feels very empty and doesn't feel like the void can ever be filled. I guess some things in life just can't work out like we pray they would. It's "God's will" be done not "my will" be done. That's Sample Summarieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01770724065086557648noreply@blogger.com0