HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!!!! LOVE THE GUTES

Merry Christmas from the Gutes!

Verna's Christmas

Christmas was a madhouse as usual....we are getting to be a pretty LARGE group. Verna, Brenda, Stephanie, Amy & all thier children.

Vern & all her girls!

I know you are all dying to meet Amy's new boyfriend....he really is a pretty decent guy!

We have been playing this silly dice game for a few years now...Kevin (Brenda's husband) and Tom (Steph's husband) are really thrilled...when it's over. :-)

Verna & Jerid (Rob's son).


Courtney (Steph's) and Dakota (Amy's)

And here is my little princess....NaLane Nicole....she sure has made Christmas fun again.....

Matt's favorite present was his Brad Paisley CD - which included tickets to the Brad Paisley concert at the end of the month.

Well -hope everyone had a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Hopefully we will all see each other this summer, but for now I am loving the blog! Brenda

Gary and Traci with Shelby and Caitlyn Dec 25 2008

Christmas at Tim's 2008. Roland and his 4 boys

Rolands 4 generation picture with Randy, Laura and son Cole

Merry Christmas!!

Stay safe and warm this holiday season,

Love Brian, Kayla, AnLi & Carli

DECEMBER 19th

Happy Birthday to our son-in-law Greg Schmidt. Hope you have a good day!!!
Love Frank & Vi

I know my mom already put this down in the family chatter (because I am sure that is all she can do), but thought I would make it bigger so no one missed it.

Drew Lake (Verna's daughter Stephanie's son - did you follow that Josh?) leaves for deployment on December 19th. I think we should all get a card out to him in the next few days (by Saturday at the latest) telling him how proud we all are of him for serving his country!!! The more he gets the more he will know how much we love him and miss him already!

Address is:
PFC DREW LAKE
MOBILIZATION DEPLOYMENT BDE
3368 HET CO
COL WEST BROOK
FT BLISS TX 79916

For future contact with Drew, his email is drewleelake@yahoo.com - but this time let's make him feel special with cards.

Steph could probably also use a few loving & kind words to get her through her first holiday without one of her kids Her email is steph@allbeelaw.com

Love you All!!
Brenda

Nekoda & I

This is my granddaughter, Nekoda, daughter of Bethany. She just turned five in Oct. We were at a 80th (really) birthday party for Kelly's Dad on Sat. Bottom picture is Bethany's head Nekoda holding our new (my Step) grand daughter Charlie she's almost 4 monthes and Samantha , 7yrs.(step) granddaughter . Got one more 5yrs. (step) grandson . I'll post later

Betty BD: Ok I will now let you all know that Betty is only 79 not 80 (I thought it was funny!). She claims she is 23 but we all know that's a lie! Cheri wants you all to know that she is now the favorite daughter because of this.

Bambi is safe

Well our pet Bambi is safe again (at least for awhile longer). Kelly caught a cat roaming around.

Kal 2 year BD with Dad (Mark)

Sorry but I am

just practicing. (I did it Vi!)

Betty is OLD!

Betty is 80 today! She is now officially OLD! Thank you Verna for reminding us to remind the old lady to check her drivers license. Guess what Bets is doing on her BD? You are right. Gambling of course!

HAPPY BIRHTDAY BETTY

Have a good one

Samuel John Van Genderen- Born 11/24@ 8:07 pm 7lbs and 14 oz and 20.5" long.

Proud Parents- Travis and Melissa Van Genderen and proud grandfather- Randy Heuton.

Cindy's Grandkids

Left to Right: Elise (7-Matt's) Michael (5-Mark's) Kal (2-Mark's) Marah (4-Mark's) Claire (3-Matt's)

This is Cindy. I am trying to figure this thing out. I am going to try and send a picture next :)

Happy Thanksgiving from the two Queens and their Princesses

Jeannie'sgranddaughters

This is Lily, age 3.5

This is Azella Holmes. Age 5.

Turkey Recipe

Here is a turkey recipe that also includes the use of popcorn as a stuffing -- imagine that.
When I found this recipe, I thought it was perfect for people who just are not sure how to tell when poultry is thoroughly cooked, but not dried out.
Give this a try.
8 - 15 lb. turkey
1 cup melted butter
1 cup stuffing (Pepperidge Farm is Good.)
1 cup uncooked popcorn (ORVILLE REDENBACHER'S LOW FAT)
Salt/pepper to taste

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brush turkey well with melted butter, salt and pepper. Fill cavity with stuffing and popcorn. Place in baking pan with the neck end toward the back of the oven. Listen for the popping sounds. When the turkey's ass blows the oven door open and the bird flies across the room, it's done.

And you thought I didn't cook...

JUST A REGULAR RETIREMENT DAY

I HAVE NO PICTURES. I'M JUST WAITING TO SEE SOME. I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A GOOD DAY.

Welcome

Vi and Verna have come up with a great idea! We all used to be able to keep up with one another by seeing each other at Grandma's once or twice a year. Since Grandma's passing, there are no big family gatherings and we might just hear that someone is pregnant or getting married if it makes its way through the grapevine. This will be a place for everyone to post pictures or blog about things going on in their lives - someone hitting a home run, getting married, a birthday, redoing their house, sleeping through the night, whatever it may be, so that at least remotely we can keep up with each other. Post as often or as little as you like, but we'd like to see everyone join the fun!

The Family Chatter section is the easiest way to pop a little note. Where it says "anonymous" just type in your name, then on the next line type what you'd like. There's no deleting it once it's posted, so be careful! :)

To post to the blog you just need to e-mail me with your e-mail account and I will "invite" you. Once you are a team member, you just sign into the blog and go to "Post". To add pictures you will see a little strip of film in the nav bar. You click on that and can upload your picture. If you have Picasa (which is free off the web) you can just click on "Blog It" and it will allow you to upload four pictures and add your commentary.

** Update ** I need you to e-mail me at kaylagute@yahoo.com with your e-mail address so I can "invite" you to the blog to be able to post. We will have "team members" so that not every Joe Schmoo can post to the blog. Sorry about the confusion. You DO NOT need a gmail account now.

I'd like to get a list of everyone's birthdays and e-mails, if you have one. One the sidebar I'll create a calendar with everyone's birthdays and a link to their e-mail. If you think of anything else you'd like to see on the blog, let me know and I can add it, or feel free to add it yourself.

Let's keep Grandma's spirit of family alive!! Welcome to Heuton Happenings!!!