Wow, He's getting Older!

Nathan James Savage has had a pretty exciting week! He became a new dad and turned 34 years old. I tend to be a day late and a dollar short...so Happy Birthday Nate (it was Saturday the 28th).
This picture was taken on Sofia's blessing day and Mikey was thrilled that Nate wanted him to sit on his lap. Of course Nate got a big kick out of it. He came in to this world a very busy baby and he still wears all of us out.
Some stuff about my Nate:
1) He is a Physical Therapist
2) Has a wonderful wife named Hillary that puts up with him
3) Has been doing Triathlons for about the last year or so.
4) Loves dill pickles, green olives and crunched up potato chips on top.
5) Is the proud papa of Logan, Natalie and baby James.
6) Likes to play Guitar Hero with the best of em.
7) Reads scriptures to his kids every night.
8) Seinfeld is one of his favorite shows
9) Played football and baseball in high school
And....Looks really guilty in the picture below. I don't know why but I am sure that him and Chuck were up to something, they always are!
I am very proud of you and love you very much.
Your MA....

Jumpin for Joy!!

He is here and he is wonderful. Sweet Baby James made his debut on Saturday June 21st at 7:47 p.m. He weighs in at 7 lbs 14 oz and 20 inches long.

His big brother and sister love holding him and listening to the "baby noises" he makes. Mom is doing great and very glad to be home. Grandma is extremely proud of this new addition to our clan. James Kirk Savage welcome home!

Happy and Sad

My new grandbaby is coming on Saturday June 21st. I just got off the phone with Hillary and the doctor said he is big enough and ready, he just doesn't know it so they are going to help him along. I am going to go stay with them to take care of Logan and Natalie, what fun! This will give me eleven beautiful grandchildren. I am looking forward to meeting this new little guy and snuggle him to smell that "New Baby" smell. I can hardly wait to post pictures!

On a sad note, I just found out that a daughter of one of my "Bunco" friends has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and is at Huntsman being treated. Unfortunately I understand what she is going through and I just felt the need to post the poem that I read and reread when my boys were going through this. I hope in my lifetime there is a cure and that no one has to go through any more pain and heartache.

What Cancer Cannot Do
Cancer is so limited...
It cannot cripple Love
It cannot shatter Hope
It cannot corrode Faith
It cannot destroy Peace
It cannot kill Friendship
It cannot suppress Memories
It cannot silence Courage
It cannot invade the Soul
It cannot steal eternal Life
It cannot conquer the Spirit

Author Unknown

Road Trip!

Jolene and I headed off for St. George and a "Beach Boy concert.
The weather was cool and so was the concert. All those surfin tunes brought back great memories. Of course there were a whole bunch of old people in the audience, I wonder where they came from, why they would like the same kind of music that I do?

After staying in St. George we headed south to Mesquite and heard about a Nevada state park called "Valley of Fire". Really neat petroglyphs that you could walk up to, they were everywhere.

When we got on the freeway to start home there was none other than Willie Nelson trying to hitch a ride. We really got a kick out of the truck that passed us and there was "Willie" riding in the back.

Great day! St. George has an In-N-Out Burger, life doesn't get any better. We ended the trip on a high note!