March 30 2011 . Yes it has taken me this long to get back to my blog. My life of Joy has not been as Joyful as it could be.. but we have it a lot better than most. Actually a lot has gone on since my last post, Tim got married to a wonderful woman Named Ginny Lewis Now Garner January 8th in the Redland Temple in California we were blessed to be able Tim and Brandie. It has been a long time since we have been in the temple at the same time. I think the last time was when Jerry and I were sealed for time and all eternity with the kids in 1990. It was pretty special . The only flaw was my daughter and I are still estranged. this has been a sore spot for quite a few years, and I must admit, I was a bit apprehensive as to how it would go with us being in the temple, but I felt it went fairly well. It really wasn't about us, it was about Tim and Ginny.. As it should have been.. Now we have a new addition to the family, a beautiful new daughter in law, who we are so proud to have, and she makes my son very happy. And although they say if mama ain't happy no body's not happy. This is not always the case, I have always been happy when my children are happy, and Ginny makes tim very happy, I feel they are a great match..

We are going though a new change, Jerry retired in December of 2011, this has been a trip. As most of yo, u know Jerry worked for the BOP and with them you have to retire when you reach the age of 57, so ready or not, you have to retire. SO we had prepared, and knew we would have to tighten our belt but didn't know we would have to live off of 1/4 of what we were use to for 3 to 6 months, luckly we had a bit of savings, and poor Jerry had to go to work a bit earlier than we had planned, and it looks like we may be moving to Baton Rouge after all. So wish us luck.. more to come..