http://www.luannhopkins.com Sun, 25 Apr 2010 21:52:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_256" align="aligncenter" width="393" caption="My Wonderful Dad"][/caption] Thom and I went to Yuma, AZ last weekend to join family in celebrating my Dad's 80th birthday.  We went a couple of days ahead of time so we could help with the decorating and logistics of the celebration day.  Lisa was staying in ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2010/04/dads-80th-birthday-celebration/ I haven't posted in awhile.  Seems time always gets away from me.  This post will cover both Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays so that I can feel somewhat up to date. Thom and I celebrated Thanksgiving with Lisa and my folks at Lisa's home (that's me and Lisa in the photo above).  ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2010/01/wonderful-holidays/ The bad news?  My camera memory card was indeed very bad and the photos of Bryce/Zion and the Grand Canyon are forever lost.  I'm still waiting to get copies of pics my sister took.  Very disappointing as I was certain I had gotten some awesome shots (probably wishful thinking there ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/10/just-a-random-update/ I am so disappointed.  I set aside special time today to update my blog.  I was intending to upload my photos from my recent vacation with my sister to Zion, Bryce, and the North Rim Grand Canyon to my Flickr site.  Then I was going to update my blog about ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/09/im-bummed/   [caption id="attachment_196" align="aligncenter" width="525" caption="Two Beautiful Dolls"][/caption] One of our granddaughters, Katey, celebrated her 3rd birthday on July 31st.  Thom and I, her Grandpa Les, Mom Joy, Dad Dave, brother Davey, and Great Aunt Linda were all at our house for the happy occasion.  Linda painted Katey a beautiful painting of ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/08/katey-hopkins-is-3-years-old/   Recently, my sister acted on a promise she made herself long ago.  She vowed she would skydive before she turned 50.  On July 10, 2009, she kept her promise. Thom, Lisa, and I drove down to Perris, CA, for her skydive.  The closer we got to Perris, the more nervous I ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/07/lisas-magnificent-skydive/ Thom and I went on vacation for two weeks the last week of May through the first week of June.  We had a most awesome time.  Truly one of our best vacations ever.  Everything just went so smoothly, it was almost unreal. On our way up to Oregon, we stopped in ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/06/vacation-bliss/ The beautiful lady in the photo is Betty Jean Hopkins, my sweet mother-in-law.  She passed away from Alzheimers on June 4, 2009.   I cannot begin to tell you how much I will miss her.  Even as the Alzheimers progressed and took away her ability to talk and walk; more often ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/06/in-memory-of-betty-jean-hopkins/ [caption id="attachment_116" align="aligncenter" width="525" caption="Me and Thom Waiting to Board the Jet Boat"][/caption]   We took a jet boat ride from Laughlin, NV, to Lake Havasu, AZ.  It was a two-hour boat ride down to Lake Havasu, two-hours to visit/tour, then two hours back to Laughlin.  It was a cold, windy day ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/04/jet-boat-ride-to-lake-havasu/ Thom and I went to see a Moody Blues concert recently.  I have to admit that I was a bit leery.  Having seen a photo of them, they looked more like the moody greys, and can you really rock out like you used to at age 18 when you are ... http://www.luannhopkins.com/2009/04/moody-blues/