Koko Crater Hike

Elba and I were crazy enough to try this hike which was the most challenging of my life!

At the top!

This is the view down the train tracks from the top (over 1000 tracks and quite steep)!

Laci Melissa Cornell

Announcing the birth of our first granddaughter, Laci Melissa Cornell to Jesse, Julie and Dawson Cornell.

7 lbs 4.7 oz – 19” long – January 24 around 5:30 AM in Honolulu, Hawaii

More to Follow……

Christmas Season 2011

I got a new cell phone that supposedly takes great pictures, I unfortunately haven’t figured it out well yet. So, most of my pictures that I took didn’t turn out well. This blog installment will be mostly words. :(

The Christmas season has been quite busy here at En Gedi Hospitality House.  We had a full house for Thanksgiving. We  sent out an announcement via facebook and got so many RSVPs that I was fearful we would get too full. We stopped inviting people and discouraged some from inviting others. That was terrible. I would like to have a bigger house, Ed is content with the size as it is. Lots of folks who came out said that being at our house was the next best thing to being with their own families far away.

Christmas eve we got to be with my side of the family in Payette, Idaho.  I always treasure that time with such dear people.

Christmas day, we had about 25 here for dinner. It was an extremely busy day it being a Sunday. Those who attended seemed to enjoy it as we did our traditional Twelve Days of Christmas with motions, team Pictionary, and white elephant gift exchange.

We went to Roseburg after that and spent 6 days with friends and family there.

It was nice to spend time with my brother Jerry, his wife Denise and my mom. We also got to spend lots of time with the Buris.  Of course, the highlight was getting together with Greg.

Dawson continues to improve. I get to leave next week to visit him and the rest of his family. His baby sister is due to arrive soon. This is a Skype picture of him pretending  Julie’s headband is sunglasses.