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Bernie joined us at Lake 5

Bernie was able to get right in there and have fun with her new knee. It is great to see her so mobile!!!

Lake 5 vacation

Wedding Pictures

Here is a link to our wedding pictures. The password is 6-27-09. http://klphotobiz.zenfolio.com/p848522479

My knee is just awesome. It has been 2 weeks since I had a complete knee replacement on July 1st and the doctor released me totally on July 9th. He told me if I could walk around on that damaged knee, i definetly could walk on a new one. PTL. God has been go giving and has taken care of my finances and I am on a sweet vacation. Love Bernie

Yellowstone

We went to Yellowstone after the wedding we saw all of the usual animals plus a grizzly, black bear, and a very odd moose in a blue shirt.

Hi from Wyoming!

Just sharing some pics of our little Justin!! Hope everyone has a good week!!

Aaron's getting a summer do!

Aaron let his 3rd graders shave his head for meeting their reading goals. Just thought I would share the pics!!

Happy Birthday Bernadette Rose Moon

AND MANY MORE! MAY THIS BE A GREAT DAY FOR YOU!

LOVE GB

Bissonnette Family History

I am interested in our ancestors. I am in contact with an Arthur Bissonnette In Cornwall, Ontario who is Gramoon's first cousin. He is 81 years old and seems totally "with it". He has the family traced back to the 1600's. I hope to make a printed copy of all that he hand-wrote to me. Also I am going to go to Ontario in the fall . He said he could show me where my grandfather grew up. I am not sure if it is the house or just the town. If you are interested in getting copies of the information let me know.

Arthur has one living sister, Eva. His brother Alcide died in February.

Big Yukon Ice

We have managed to avoid a flood.This is Jon standing in front of a chunk that piled up on the shore. Remimber Jon is 6 ft 3.

We readied our house and  belongings as much as we could getting things up high..we even tied our shed off to a couple of trees.  Am happy  the flood never came.

Gloria

to the new mommies

I think there were 3 new babies within the last year.  Reese, Justin and Ashtyn, so to their mothers a very special  Happy Mothers Day.   As Gramoon said" Every new  grandchild  is better and better." 

And to all Moon Family Mothers have a good day!!

Gloria

in memory of Rod

We all remember 22 years ago on May 9th and what we were doing.   Ken you were on your way to CA to stay with Gramoon.  I was visiting  with Bertha Wheeler when my EMT radio went off for a possible code black at Rod Moon's I remember hoping it was actually a car wreck and whoever called the ambulance said Rod Moon's place for  the location. Actually Laura  VanDenBos had gone to see why he had not shown up for work.  

 I am sorry he was in the frame of mind he was...but by Golly HE DID NOT DRINK!

We still think of him.

Does anyway see  Colton? What is he doing?

Hi Y'all. Just got my appointment to have my right knee replaced on July 1st. He will have to open it all the way up and decide if I need a partial or full knee. Please pray it is a partial. Bernie

The Twins

Here are some pictures that Emma had taken of the boys. My mom loves the one of Coleman Crying!!! They are so cute and so different.

Happy Spring

In my 30 plus years at the courthouse today is the first time we acutally had a snow day. It is pretty much impossible to go anywhere without a 4 wheel drive. I stood on the deck just to give you an idea of how deep the snow is. It is supposed to stop sometime tomorrow but there is rain forcasted for the weekend. That might prove to be a real mess.

What a smirk!

Good photography gramma Jeanne! Justin is almost 3 months old and I can't believe it. Jeanne left yesterday to head back home after two weeks of being here with Justin. We all miss her, but now gramma Barb is here to visit and take care of him until Aaron is off work for the summer. Hope everyone is well!!

Rodney Robert Moon was born

AKA Roddy Bob was born on this day in 1956. I remember getting the letter at the convent ( in Colorado Springs)saying I had a new baby brother! There was no technology back then for instant notification and people did not make long distance calls . The good old USPS was the way to communicate. That whole year I never talked to my family on telephone.

I remember being excited to have another brother!! I guess Mom and Dad always seemed happy to have another child so we all did too. I sure loved being a big sister to all of the little ones!!!

Life sure hands out some tough times so Thank God for all of the good ones!

Easter weekend in Conrad

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All Smiles

Here are just a few pictures of Justin today before we took a big nap. We had a snow day, which was really nice. I've been waiting for this to happen because I had heard rumor of us getting a day off once in a while because of 'blizzard conditions'. Hope all is well with everyone!!

In Memory of Dad

Dad died on Easter Sunday , April 17, 1960. Many of you younger ones probably do not have much of a memory of that day. We were at Mass at the Blegian Colony Church. Because it was so full we never knew dad never even came in. When we went out he was sitting on the ground beside the car. leaning on the tire. As I recall either Roger or Mom drove home and Dad sat on the couch and toppled over to the right. Roger tried to massage his chest. It was before anything was known about CPR. I remember kids crying. We called the ambulance. I took you little kids over to Loret's place. Chris and John were on their way for Easter Dinner and called from Shelby or Conrad to see where " the party was for dinner" I had to tell her. Grampa and Gramma Moon came up immediately.
That next week is sort of a blank. Poor mom had to hold the family together and she must have been devastated but had to remain strong for us. On the way out of Church I had Kenny and Yvonne on either side of me so I could support them but I started to cry and mom had to come comfort me. She truly was an incredible woman and mother.

Roger and I went with her to the funeral home. I remember Eddie Wyse trying to sell us a bigger coffin" because Herb was a big man and would look better in that" I was astounded. I don't remember if we opted for the bigger one or not.

They were good parents for which I am thankful.

Jenna is in PHX

Jenna was invited to play on the Alaska Lady Hoops team to compete in tournaments around the country. ( She may only go to this one)She is in Phoenix this week-end and is going to get to visit with Kathleen and Brian and kids. She and the teams left Ak last night. I was so worried as she ( who is only 14) had to fly to Anchorage by herself and wait there for 6 hours for her flight out to PHX. She had to leave on a different airline than she arrived on so it was an issue of getting to the right airlines. Once there at 11PM she met up with the other members of her team. Jon called her at that time and said he felt like he could go to sleep. I have to admit I almost called her at 11:30 to make sure she was OK but I told myself it was not my job and I knew Jon would be taking care of things.

Anyway ,she has talked to Kathleen and will meet with her tomorrow.Kathleen and Brian will try to get to as many of her games as they can. ( There will be 4 games. )There are 160 teams , I think,from across the couuntry and college recruiters are there) She will have some free time so will have dinner at their house tomorrow night.

The web site for the AK lady hoops is.http://www.akladyhoops.com/ It has some info about the team, as well as a little bio for her. By the way she is not 5'11" I think she is more like 5' 8"..

She seems too young for such an adventure. The other team members are almost all from the Anchorage area. She said she is the only one from the "Vil" and was shy about meeting city girls.

GB

Welcome baby Ashtyn

Here is a picture of the newest Moon baby, Ashtyn Moon. I think she looks just like her daddy when he was a new born.

Remembering Gramoon

In loving memory of Gramoon
Aug. 11, 1920 - April 11, 2006

First smiles caught on camera!

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VALLEY FEVER

NEGATIVE ON THE TEST. THIS IS GREAT NEWS.

A LITTLE OF THIS AND THAT...

WATCHING HIS FIRST CUBBIES GAME OF THE SEASON...AND FIRST CUBBIES GAME EVER!

MY PARENTS DOG MIKEY LOVES JUSTIN!

FAMILY PICTURE! NOT SO GOOD OF JUSTIN.

Oceano, CA

Our quads and RV took us out again this weekend. This time to Pismo State Beach. We got stuck a couple of times in the deep sand. My fault of course the first time as I insisted upon driving us down the beach. We finally made it though and had a great time. We had to be towed out of our parking spot as we were stuck again. Only this time it took two four wheel drive vehicles to pull us out. We must have been a sight a truck hooked to a truck hooked to an RV pulling a trailer. YIKES. I don't think anyone got a picture of it. The picture is of Kylar and a friend of our's son. If you know Kathy Jasper from Superior the little one is her Grandson.

Oh a happy note also. Kylar went back to the doctor today. She firmly believes that the blisters on his legs is a result of a run in with either Poison Oak or Poison Ivy. She thinks he just had a worse reaction than most people do. That is a blessing. They are still waiting for the Valley Fever Test to come back but is not as concerned at this point.

Eric and I will be in Helena from Thursday through Saturday. Flying out Sunday morning. We hope we get to see some of you.

Have a blessed Easter!!! Happy Birthday Rick!!!

Kara

Happy Birthday to Rick!

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday Ricky Ticky Licky
Happy Birthday to you.

Love Gloria

Cory to be Activated

We just got the news this week that Cory is being activated again. It sounds like he won't go until August and not sure yet where he will be going. We will keep you posted as we get the details.

Please keep Cory & Christina and families in your prayers as they prepare for this difficult time. Cory we are proud of you and because of you and millions of others we have our freedom and for that we are thankful.

Eric's Son

Eric's son Kylar has a rash on his body and they are not sure what it is. We will know on Friday if it is a bad case of strep or not. They are also testing him for Valley Fever. The doctor seems to think that it is that rather than strep. We will know about the Valley Fever next week since it takes a week to get the test results back. Please pray that it isn't Valley Fever!

Jason Michael Moon - It's Official

Dustin went to court this morning to sign adoption papers. Jason is a special little boy and we are blessed that he is part of our family.

She's here!!!

Ashyton Moon has officially arrived March 31st, 2009!!! A beautiful, healthy girl with black hair and blue eyes weighing in at 8 lbs, 8 ounces and measuring 20 inches in length. Congrats Brandon, Michelle and Big Brother Hayden!

Big brother in waiting..

Here is a picture of Hayden waiting patiently for his baby sister, Ashyton, to arrive into the world. It sounds like it could happen very soon! I am sure everyone is getting very anxious down in Vegas..I know that we can't wait to see her! Stay tuned for more updates...

Well, it continues to be freezing cold here with horrible wind. I feel like I can't get warm, no matter how hard I try. I worry about Justin being too cold, so we put his favorite hat on him. Ok, so he's never worn it-but it's more fun to say it's his favorite.

Mount Redoubt

Sarah is in Anchorage for the Science Fair where she took a blue ribbon...and is stuck there due to volcanic ash. The airport was closed because ash is dangerous to fly into. They think they will be able to fly tomorrow.
The mother of the other girl who went is chaperoning them.

Jenna's height

To Auntie Bee.

Jenna is a good 5 ft 8 inches and weighs 150 pounds so she is no pushover on the court. She will compete in a cross country ski meet in Fairbanks next week-end. She hates it but has stuck it out this year. She said no more.

The twins and a friend

Jeanne, here is a couple pics of the twins and Sarah's friend. Actually Evan has a crush on Bethany so all 3 had a good time . He tried to act grown-up.

I took the above pictures at the motel Anchorage when we were at the tournament. The kids all had Galena Hawks clothing on.

Evan and Sarah with a friend, Bethany

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Hi family! Nothing new to report except for the fact that it is freezing cold here in Cheyenne! It is snowing and it is a complete blizzard out there! The Wyoming wind is really something...and it drives Aaron and I nuts! We're just trying to stay warm and enjoying being cozy inside by the fire. Hope it is nicer where you are!

Bedtime Photo-op

Well, know me..I am always looking for new photo opportunities, so when I got the boppy out-I knew Justin would enjoy it and I could get a picture. He likes to pull himself up on it and look around (as you can see).

State B Ball

Just got home from State in Anchorage.

Photos are in Reverse order so bottom up

Jenna after practice wearing her Bunny Boots. She is not into fashion.

Whoops 2 of Jenna with a family friend's baby after winning second game

Jenna comforting Nikki after she (Nikki, a Junior) played a poor game and felt bad.

Jenna, a member of the State All-tourney team with Grampa and Gramma. She immediately removed the medal before she walked back to be seated with her team. She is a humble kid. There were 10 all-staters but she was the only Freshman

Hi everyone! We are looking forward to our trip back to Montana in just a few weeks. Maybe by then we will be getting a few more smiles out of the little guy. He smiles every once in a while when I coo at him excessively-but nothing consistent. Hope all is well and if you haven't lately, or at all...get to bloggin'!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!! YOU ARE THE GREATEST! LOVE ZACH AND COLE

Santa Barbara

Thanks for the directions Shaye!!!

This weekend we went to Santa Barbara. The guys rode motorcycles and another girl and I drove the car. We had a great time. There were some executives from IKEA in town for a training. They wanted to explore the coast so they rented Harleys and then some people from here went along. Eric borrowed our friend Jonas' bike.

Two of the pics are from the Santa Barbara Mission. The hump in the ocean is actually a whale. We watched it for a very long time. They were trying to get it to go back out to the ocean, but he was wanting to be in the bay.

The last two are from a town called Solvang. It is a Danish town. Everything downtown is modeled after Danish buildings.

I hope everyone is well!

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Uploading multiple photos

Hi there Kara! ok-all you have to do after you post a picture is just click on the 'add image' button again and it will continue to upload as many photos as you want. If you are wondering how I upload pictures that 'stack'-I go to www.goodwidgets.com-then I go to make a widget now-I scroll down to stack (or you can try whatever one you want)-I go to 'get free'- and then I go to upload your own on the right hand side. It will give you a code when you are done that you can copy and paste to your 'new post' on the blog. They should show up when you 'view blog' after you are done. Just play around with it and let me know if you are still having trouble :)

-Shaye

Posting Pictures

Shaye,
How are you able to post more than one picture at a time. I am thinking that you are using an outside source to put them in and then putting them into the blog. HELP!

Thanks!!

The Wedding

The wedding is June 27!

Snow in Ak

Springtime in Alaska

And it is 30 below. That was yesterdeay and today it is only -21. We have tons of snow. I will try to download a picture or two.

The school has chartered a pkane to go to the Girls State Tournament in Anchorage and sold the extra seats to fans. That would include us.:-) We leave Wednesday morning and I think Galena plays their first game at about 1 the next afternoon. We think they may be broadcast on a Wedsite. I will let you all know.
The Berring Strait School district has a TV class that has done it in the past. At least the audio should be available online.

I sure enjoy seeing the pictures posted on this Blog. We don't get to see the family often enough. Aaron and Dustin you are both good "daddys". Kara when is the wedding?

Gloria

Relaxing with my boys!

Well I lied about the picture.. Here is one from Michael's Birthday

Posting to Post

Well I have been getting grief from my mother for never writing anything on a blog so here is a writing.... I am not going to post a picture right now because I don't have any good ones as of late and if I took one on my web cam a lot of you might ask who the homeless guy is... I am definitely not looking my best today...

My kids are keeping me on my toes and being all kinds of fun/challenging/annoying/wonderful. All the things that kids are. Our favorite thing to do together is to go to the Stage Stop Inn Hotel in Choteau and use their indoor Pool. Mom got Michael a new life jacket for his birthday and we picked Jason up one too.

Otherwise like I am sure some of you know I am in the midst of ending my married life right now and all the fun that goes with that, but there are surely other fish in the sea. I am doing a lot better than I was at first and now actually kind of enjoy the time by myself. I have been able to redirect a lot of energy that I was expending to make someone else happy towards making myself happy. So for now things are alright and I am sure I will come across Miss Right some day...

Ok, Mom I posted something now get off my back!!!

Lol..

Happy Birthday Jeanne

Happy Birthday Jeanne! We hope you have a wonderful day today. We love you very much!!