2010 a brief overview

What a year we started out getting our house finally on Jan 4 after 2 1/2 months of mickey mouse crap. After 2 wks off for Christmas trying to close the deal the day school started back in we got our keys YEA!!!. This started painting, tile, carpet and moving what fun. Josh helped me do a LOT of the work putting up fans and lights and the painting and handyman stuff. Ron was pretty helpless waiting for his surgery and in a lot of pain.
Feb Ron having rotator cuff surgery on his R shoulder. Thomas turned 9 then off to OR to go to court with Alyssa winning temp custody of Sage. They were back together and she was working for an Alzheimers long term care facility in Grants Pass.
March Ron was still doing therapy and looking for wk. Jen also looking for work. Rather a quiet month for the West household.
April we went back to OR for divorce court for Alyssa giving her full custody of Sage. The day we got back Jen went to work for a PT office as a receptionist, Ron got her the interview with his therapist office and she started having therapy on her knee. I had Parotidectomy surgery removal of a golf ball size tumor on side of my jaw. I was off work 2 wks.
May just surviving.
June Sage turned 5 and Josh had a birthday. Lori and the kids moved in with us since Josh moved back to Forks for work as he was only working a few days a week some of the time. I went to girls camp. What fun it was. I also started working for Global Transportation making trips to the Grand Canyon.
July started out with Ronnie going to Scout Camp and having to be life flighted home due to Pulmonary Displasia what a scare for all of us but he seems to be fine, Ron and Icelebrated 38 years of marriage and Jessica had a birthday.
August I worked a LOT for the tour company driving to the Grand Canyon and doing Hoover Dam Tours and school starting bus driving again. Thomas started 4th grade and Sage Kindergarten. Happy Birthday Maddison 3, Ronnie, and me. Ron finally got disability so he is now retired with his benign tremors, back, knees, feet, and HARD of hearing. He has had lots of procedures on his back and hopes to get his bunions on his feet fixed soon.
Sept started with a surprise birthday for Ron's 60th . Ronnie,Jessica,& Zachary came from Ut. Alyssa and Sage came from OR. Lori, Thomas, and Maddison, and Jen were still living with us. My bro had a heart attack so dad came in with that as a guise, A Inez and U Dale, Peggy and Kyle came in from CA. and Tom our best man came from CA. and our dear friends Brian and Barbara from Sun City. Ron's brother Wil had some health problems so he couldn't come and Larry started a new job, and Mary had a camping trip planned. This is the last time for some time we will have all of our kids & grandkids in one place for a while I am afraid so it was really special. We put grass in our court yard to make it more homey. Ron got a 2006 Honda Shadow Spirit.(acts like a kid with a new toy.) We went to Hawaii on a surprise Fast trip. Ron has been promising me for 38 yrs. It was AWESOME we packed 2 wks worth of fun into 5 days. We stayed with one of his cousins, Brad and Lauren, and Austin and Brandon they were so much fun and drove us everywhere and made us feel really special . We got to go to the Polynesian Cultural Center with Sean and Lurline and the Temple was closed for remodeling. We also got to see his cousin Tracy Lauren and I hiked to the top of Diamond Head, we went on an outrigger canoe now when we watch Hawaii 5 O I tell Jen we saw that and she gets jealous. Save your pennies we are headed to Hawaii for her 30th birthday some come join us in 2 years.
Oct brought Halloween and the opening of the Hoover Dam bypass we tried to go walk on it but had car trouble and missed out. Alyssa had her birthday she is now a 1/4 of a century. My baby is getting old. The kids on my bus have made that clear "Wow they are old" was their comment when I told them how old my kids are.
Nov Jen and Lori both had birthdays too. We went to CA for Thanksgiving with Ron's brothers and sister and Eric his nephew. It was a nice reunion the first in several years. We stayed at Ted's Pond House with all his African and wild animals Thomas was in 7th heaven. Ron left the day after we got home to go to OR to move Alyssa and Sage to Vegas with us so she can go to school for Dental Assistant.
Dec came in with Alyssa adnd Sage getting home with dad. Lori and the kids moving to WA with Josh, sad day. They left the 17 the last day of school before Christmas break. They left in a horrible storm and had snow all the way to Medford, OR. Lori was terrified to drive in the snow but is quite an expert now much to her dismay. It started snowing as they left Vegas. It took them 5 hrs from Reno to Susanville. It rained most of the rest of the way to Forks once they got to Medford. Sage went to OR with her dad on the 20th. So us old folks had a quiet Christmas without any of our grandkids. We had some dear friends over so it wasn't so boring. Ron,Alyssa, and I left the next day for Salt Lake Cityto spend Sun and Mon with Ronnie and Jesica and Zachary who turned 2 the 16th where does the time go. We had a blast he is so cute and talks like a little man so proper. We left there on Tues am as Ronnie left for work. Had an uneventful ride to Winnimucca then we turned N to OR that is when all ---- broke lose. It started snowing we started chaining up and having battery or altenator trouble in the dark of the night,we finally got to Lakeview at 10:30 and got a room and ran to Safeway the only thing in town open because they roll up the sidewalks at 9 to get something to eat, we bought cup a soup and cold hot dogs and bread, then no coffee pot or microwave in the rm only a fridge ( like we needed that). Got up put suitcases in trunk and somebody walked by & told us we had a flat tire. Drug out suitcases out and put on doughnut spare. Went to Les Schwab to get the nail out of our tire. They told the battery was ok. Back to the motel to get our stuff and now it's 9:30 instsead of 7:45 (WE were ahead of time for a change) they had made sure our chains were on right so we went the next 250 or so miles in a winter wonderland and snowy rough roads at 25-50 miles an hour. We had to be in Grants Pass by 3 we made it at 3:24. The next morning we had to be in court at 8:30 and spent the rest of the day yoyoing in and out of the court room to have spent a lot of $ and nothing changed. Alyssa still has custody then the fun began. Brandon would not let us get Sage back even though the judge said everything stayed the same. We had to go the lawyer and she had the judge stay late and we got a writ of assistance to get Sage back. So we had to go to the Police in 2 cities very stressed out and finally his mom brought her to us with no coat or anything but what she had on. The police gave her a giggling bear so that made her a bit less apprehensive. We went to Panda Express and home to A Polly's house to bed. New Year's Eve we went back to town to get the oil changed and go to Auto Zone to get the computer hooked up on the car to see why we had an engine light on but the computer would not read it. Sage & I went to WalMart and were ready to leave town when the battery light came back on so we went back to WalMart to get it checked out and spent the next 2 hours calling every auto parts store in tow looking for an altenator for Alyssa's car. Then left town and decided to try the one that did not have the right emmission stuff on it and they sold us all the stuff for the altenator and put the computer on and got us the spark plugs to get rid of the engine light. Then we headed for Cave Junction for the New Year's Eve Party at the church that started at 6. We got to Hayes Hill and the snow started flying it was almost white out and so we had to roll the windows down and wiggle around trying to see the road. I finally had to stop and wipe off windshield and brand new wiper blades and finally was able to see it took about twice as long to get home as it should have, Got to the church and everyone else was gone but us so they were almost done cleaning up so we went to the house and greeted the New Year with A Polly & us. New Year's Day we went to my dad's house so he and Ron could change the altenator which was a pain they had to call a guy from church to help and jack the engine up and finally they won. We left town headed to CA about 6:15 & had to stop at Auto Zone and Brandon's to get some of Sage's stuff. We stopped in Red Bluff to spend the night it started snowing on top of Shasta and turned to rain when we got down and rained all night and all the way to Bakersfield where they had closed the Grapevine into LA so all the traffic is now going with us to Victorville and guess what it is snowing again. This has been the trip of SNOW. it's beautiful but a pain to travel in. Should be home by 7 work at 5:30 in the am. Sage back to school and Thomas starts school in Forks tomorrow.
Now for the best news we could have gotten through all this crazy trip. Ronnie started texting me about a trip to Texas & dragged me throgh craziness but to sum it up all we are allowed to know is we are about to have a new grandbaby boy or girl who knows her last due date came and went last Mon and the next is Thursday so we are excited and being kept in suspense until the birth, love those grandkids really miss Thomas and Maddison. Was awesome to see Zachary and we can't wait to see our newest baby. We have our Sage living with us so that helps.
So much for 2010 welcome 2011. Love to all of you and the best to each of our beautiful family and friends. We love you and wish to see you at some time this year.