christmas or whatever

to my loving family,

i would like take a minute and share some holiday blah blah blah. first, i am sorry we won't be able to come up this year. we will be up jan 8th through jan 11th for grampa's party.

i have read my older sister's post (on her blog) about christmas news letters. i too hate these passionately, but, i couldn't agree less with the idea that we were nothing to brag about.
the following is a draft of what i think our parents news letter could have been every year:

to all of our friends and family,

we survived another year. we do not wish to waste your time promoting our kid's minor achievements and/or failures .their self esteem is sufficient that we find it unnecessary and stupid. if you care ,or if you forgot what they look like, here is a picture of our kids.

xoxo

the bradford's


now our beloved mother would never write something like that but, if she would i'd like to think it would look something like that.

now the fun stuff. as my wife has been stressing out trying to get a christmas together for our kids, i got to thinking about christmas and my memories of christmas, more specifically our family before we all grew up and became parents. i also thought about some of the fun we as siblings had (christmas or otherwise). i realized that i could barely remember any specific gift i was given by santa or mom and dad or really anybody else. what i could remember were the little things that no one would put in a christmas letter (except this one i guess). i couldn't tell you a thing i got for christmas when i was 5. i do remember that mom was working at montgomery ward at that time (presumably to get christmas money) and that if i went with dad to pick mom up, she would have some malted milk balls to share with me on the ride home. i looked forward to that. or we would go to the fox valley mall to see the over the top christmas decorations. i also remember we had a guy in our ward in chicago who put on a huge display at his home and we would go to see it each year ( i also think i remember that guy was a drummer, i don't remember his name though). i don't recall a single gift.

when we moved to utah, i remember that the first christmas we spent here, was the last time we had a real christmas tree (i think). i remember me, jenn and matt practicing our reactions for what we might find on christmas morning. i think that was also the year mark went to the mtc...... again, i don't remember a single thing i got that year. then we grew a little. jenn and i were pre-teens and melissa and matt were teenagers and i think mark was still living at home. mom sat all (or most) of us down and read a story called the best christmas pagent ever. well, the story is very funny and i've read it to my kids, but the story is incidental...... we had many candles burning and the christmas tree was lit and beautiful and my darling younger sister just went to go sit down and caught her hair in one of the candles setting it ablaze. i promptly smacked her up side the head to put the fire out, she thought i had just whacked her out of plain meaness. i don't remember a thing i got that year.

anyway, the point of all of this is, as we scramble to get whatever for whoever just remember, take that extra time, spend it with your kid, your mom, your friend, give memories not just stuff!

i don't mean to go all soft on everybody. i guess i just miss my family.

i love you all

joel

crucial, clutch, cargo, road gig

thats right folks. my band will begin our journey to total world domination on dec 13 in the year of our lord 2008! the gig will be at the prestigious washington county rec center. only the best of the best of the st george area get to play there. we will be playing a collection of tiny tim covers ( i rock the ukalaili) . no but really, we are playing songs from the 70's through our current decade. it has come togther quite well. i took about 3 years off from playing music. it's good to be back in the saddle. i will try to record our set and post it on you tube or something.

xoxo
j bizzle

Zoey's Magic Pooping Trick

Okay, to preface this, I know that every parent thinks that their child is the smartest and most amazing person ever born. However, in my case, I am afraid it is true. My Zoey has already figured out how to out-smart her parents (which is probably not really that difficult, but she's only 2.5 months old). Anyhoo, this magic trick she routinely performs begins in this way..
1. She makes a real to-do about showing us that she is "grunting one out."
2. She starts to fuss and cry and squawk so much that we really know she is uncomfortable.
3. We rush to her aid, quickly tearing off, what must be the most uncomfortable and horrible mess ever, based on the amount of fuss she is making.
4. Once the diaper has been removed, we notice, much to our chagrin, that she has only pooped a tiny bit and has saved the best for last. She smiles at us coyly as she unleashes the poop fury all over, at first, the bedspread. Soon we wised up to her ploy and used the fabulous changing mat, so graciously given to us by Aunt Michelle.

Now that we are on to her, we undo the diaper, but leave it on, thus tricking Zoey into thinking that we are changing her, but the diaper barrier remains intact, almost always catching the mess. Almost always, being operative there.

This kid is no dummy. Now that we have figured out her poop trick, she has invented the pee trick, quite similar to the poop trick, just with pee. Luckily, she is a girl and cannot aim and shoot like little boys (Josh, I'm talking to you. You peed on me many a time).

Zoey is really good at letting her wants, needs, and wishes known. She is already keeping me moving, and she isn't even moving yet. I can't wait till she rolls over. Oh boy, what have I gotten myself into?

Love you all,

Jenn

Attention Family

Being a new mom, I have realized that I am going to start getting Sharpie-worthy gifts for Zoey soon, as I know I have given many to all of you in the past. As such, I think it appropriate that we institute The Sharpie Award. The Sharpie Award will be given each year at the Farflungfamily Christmas Extravaganza to the family member that has given the messiest, most annoying, or in general most havoc-causing gift throughout the year. We will accept nominations during the month of December, then we will vote and whomever receives the most votes will win this soon-to-be-coveted award. This is intended to be fun and is not meant to hurt anyone's feelings or cause any animosity. I will design and manufacture the actual trophy and will manage the nominations and voting. Please comment on this and let me know what you think.

Love you all,

Jenn

Hannah is funny

Yesterday (Sunday) I was helping Hannah get ready for church. I was helping her get her tights on which I despise. I had just pulled them up around her waist and she said to me "Mom, you got them in my nuts." I just about hit the floor laughing. I then said to her "Hannah, you don't have nuts." She then said to me "Well then you got them in......." She said nothing. I'm not sure if she was thinking about what she does have or what she doesn't have but I thought it was one of the funniest things I have ever heard the child utter.

Our Blog

Hey all Loved Ones Near and Far,
Just wanted to let you know that Mark and I have followed suit and created ourselves a blog spot as well. It's markmichelleandgirls.blogspot.com. Hope all is well with everyone and hope to see you all very soon. Love love kiss kiss

ahhhhhhhhh yeah ummmmmmmmm

so i tried to see everybody. i really really tried.
we'll hopefully fair a little better if we come up for the holidays.

jb

Hey family - look at my own personal blog

Hey Far Flungites - Just letting you know that I now have my very own blog. It's kinda silly, but, check it out mikemelissawood.blogspot.com . Joel-Love the picture on the scooter. Now we need video. How are you by the way? Just checking. Just an update on us...Melissa is going crazy (again) getting reading for Thrilling Thursday (formerly known as Super Saturday), also going crazy trying to keep my chauffering schedule on track. Mike is now working mostly in Cali and Portland during the week. He is usually home on weekends, so Melissa is going crazy trying to keep the woodlets under control. Josh is playing football again this year, and it is probably his last year, so come see a game!! They are pretty fun, just ask Dad. He loves them. Can you imagine the commentary from him? "Now, if I were the coach...." . Carley is dancing again and chewing a lot of gum and listening to her iPod alot and texting Josh's 16 year old friends on her phone and generally just being the cute Carley that we love. Erin is playing soccer and dancing and learning violin and helping me cook dinner almost every night. She is such a cutie and probably the shortest 10 year old I have ever seen. The girls in her primary class literally tower over her. Lizzy is Lizzy. She is learning violin (so good for the ears), dancing (she likes hip-hop the best) and just being herself. Kinda bossy and kinda sweet. That's how she rolls. Autumn is 3 going on 25. She rules the roost. When did I lose control? She did say one funny thing the other day. SO, Lizzy was being herself (the bossy self), and Autumn decided to do something about it. So she got her magic wand, and stood on the ottoman in the living room and said "Lizzy, I am casting a spell on you to be nice!" And she waved her wand, at that was that. Why couldn't it be that easy? "Josh, I am casting a spell on you to stop having hormones - POOF" "Carley-I am casting a spell on you to stop smacking your gum and listening to the ipod 24/7 - POOF" "Erin, I am casting a spell on you to wear deodorant on a daily basis - POOF" "Lizzy, I am casting a spell on you to learn the violin post haste - POOF" and finally "Autumn, I am casting a spell on you to stop ordering everyone in this family around with your smirky little smile and your puppy dogs eyes - POOF" If it were only that easy. Life would be good. I hope you all are doing well. We need to get together very soon. I hate that we are all so far away. However, the distance makes me appreciate you all so much more. LOVE YOU!!!

Welcome Zoey

As you all know, Zoey made her debut on Monday August 25, 2008 at 12:17 pm. She weighed 8 lbs and 7 ozs and was 21.5 inches long. She has tons of dark hair and great big eyes. She also has ginormous feet, just like grandpa. She is a really good baby, she doesn't cry very much, she just hangs out with me. She is seriously the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. Thank you all so much for all of your love, support, prayers, advice, and friendship.

Jenn

Except that

The other day, Hannah was being quite naughty. I sent her to her room, which she just hates. After a very short time (maybe 2-3 seconds) she came out and was yelling "I'll do anything you say Mom. I'll do anything you say!!" I said to her "Go back into your room." Her response was quick. "Except that." She is way too smart.

No Baby Yet

Just thought I would give you an update. No baby happening today. The doc said that he wouldn't let me go much past my due date, which is next Thursday the 14th, so it will be soon. Keep me in your prayers. Love you all!

Idiots

It is truly amazing how many idiots you run into on a daily basis. Some of you may be thinking that I am one of them, but the idiots I have run into today have been exceptional. I was buying something at a STORE, where a SALES CLERK was ringing my purchase. He scanned my items into the REGISTER, and hit TOTAL. The total was $15.51. I gave him $20.51, which would yield a $5 bill in change. He typed into the register the amount that I had given him and the change due amount popped up on the little screen, as well as printed on the receipt. He then spent at least two minutes trying to figure out what my change was. He checked the screen, then the receipt, the the screen again. He sat there and thought about it again, and then asked me if I wanted $5 in change? Hmm, let me think about it. No, maybe I'll just give you a tip, moron. It seems to me that someone working at a store, whose sole responsibility is to ring up items, collect money, and count change, would be able to figure out something as simple as this. His name was Ambroz. Dinkwad!

On my next misadventure of lunchtime, I went to get a sandwich at a little shop by my work. Their sole responsibilty at the sandwich shop is making SANDWICHES, correct? Well, the kid that decided he could help me was truly an idiot. He asked me what I wanted. I told him I wanted a Roast Beef and Provolone Chiabatta with lettuce only. Is that hard? NO! He got a chiabatta roll out of the designated drawer and looked at it for a while. He didn't know how to cut it. DOI! So next he started to gather the meager ingredients for my non-complicated sandwich. He was about to start assembling my food, when one of his coworkers gently reminded him that he needed to toast the bread. He smacked his greasy forehead with his gloved hand that is supposed to be handling my food and said "Oh Yeah!" So he put the bread on the little grill and closed the lid. Then he stood there like a bump on a log while it toasted. I am pretty sure that I learned how a toaster worked when I was 4 years old, meaning that I know that when something is finished toasting, its pretty hot. This kid apparently did not learn that lesson. He grabbed the bread off the toaster with his bare hands and threw it onto the counter, then blew on his hands because he burned them. So not only did I have the grease from his forehead to contend with, I also had his germs from his mouth about to touch my food too. He finally started to assemble my sandwich, but had to stop to ask someone else which one of the cheeses was provolone. He put together the rest of my sandwich and sloppily wrapped it in wax paper. I took it from him paid for it and left before I got any more pissed. You may be thinking, maybe he was new. No, I have been in there before and have seen him so I know it wasn't his first day. IDIOT!

The last thing that I had to mention in my pissy, too-pregnant, hot and uncomfortable rant, is how hilarious it is that the people that I work with always forget how to work the security door. In order to get in the door, you have to scan your badge, then type in your four-digit security code. I learned that on my first day, and have never had any complications with it since. There are people that have been working here for decades that still can't figure out the door. Its amazing how many people try to walk in the door without scanning their badge at all. The number of people who forget to enter their security code is staggering. People leave their badges at home all the time, they mistype their code, they do all sorts of stupid things with that door. And guess who is the one that has to let them in the door when they are idiots? Yep, you guessed it, its me.

Okay, now I must apologize. I am sorry that I am so ornery. I don't mean to be, its just that I am so sick of being the size of a whale, hot, uncomfortable, sleepy, and made fun of, that I get snippy, snooty, snotty. Never doubt that I love you all and I know that none of you are idiots. We lucked out in that department in our family.

Baby Update

No news. Nothing is moving. Uh-huh, zilch. Nothing. Dad told me to get up on top of the kitchen table and jump off and land flat-footed. Isnt' that sweet?

Ahh...revenge is sweet

A couple of nights ago I was outside talking to my next door neighbor. As we all know there is no lack of mosquitoes in our neck of the woods, they are abundant and that night was no exception. As we were talking, the mosquitoes hung around and I thought to myself "We ought to go inside but I never get bitten. What's the hurry?" After seeing my neighbor keep swatting them away, we decided to call it a night. The next day, I looked at my legs and from the knees down, all I saw were red dots. I had Mark count them and guess how many??? I have 29 bites on my left leg and 25 on my right leg. These don't include the few that I have on my arms. Yeah, they never bite me. I would love revenge, I thought. I drink about a gallon of Diet Coke a day. I thought there is my revenge. As they were feasting on my blood, they received caffeine. They were hyped up for awhile and coming down from the high, they fell to the ground exhausted and died. Ahh...revenge is sweet.

People Need to Mind Their Own Business

I went to pick John up from work yesterday. He works at a do-gooder call center and everyone that works there is all concerned about the environment. I was sitting in the car waiting for John for maybe two minutes when this alternative looking girl comes up to my window. She asks me how long I am going to be letting my car idle because the greenhouse gases omitted from my car are very harmful to the environment. She apparently failed to notice my enormous pregnant belly. Well, I looked at her sweetly and smiled, then said "Look honey, I am nine months pregnant and it is over 90 degrees outside. I am going to sit inside my air-conditioned car while I wait for my boyfriend, rather than risk my health and the health of my unborn child by getting heatstroke. So why don't you go back to your gastronomical coward vegan lunch contained in that non-biodegradable plastic bowl and mind your own Bleeping business." I felt much better after that.

A Golden Girl Passes

Loved ones, join me in my grief as I mourn the passing of my favorite Golden Girl, Estelle Getty.

No Baby Yet

I am counting d0wn the days till we have a new baby.So far, nothing. Doctor says, not even close. Perhaps we should start a pool. The actual due date is August 14, but I am hoping and praying I don't go that long. I am jsut about through with this pregnancy thing. Those of you that have done it more than one, are crazy. I am sure she will be worth it when she gets here, but I am hating life right now. I'll keep you all posted.

Is it wrong to want to sell the kids??

The other day I needed to get ice for a Young Women activity. So I stopped at Walmart. First mistake. I had all three girls. Second mistake. I didn't need a cart but Kayla insisted. Third mistake. Hannah wanted to get in the basket with Kayla. Fourth mistake. I wanted to look around for a moment. Fifth mistake. (Does anyone see a pattern?) As we all know every stinkin Walmart has a McDonalds and every kid wants McDonalds and my girls are no exception. Kayla and Hannah started fighting. First mistake on their part. I told them if they didn't stop fighting they were getting NOTHING. Well, they didn't. Second mistake-once again on their part. In frustration, I headed for the check out. With nothing in the cart and still needing the ice, the girls asked why we were standing in line. I told them that I was going to sell them to Walmart. Sixth mistake. Kayla and Hannah started to cry and Hannah asked, "If they won't take us, can we still get McDonalds?" Smart girl.

Finally an Invite

Hello family. Okay, so Mark finally extended me an invitation to share in the blog. I have been waiting a great deal of time. I feel so special. So if you wish, you may read my profile and share in my happiness. Take care family.

update on the wood family

Hey fam! Hope all is well with everyone. Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be out of town from the 16th to the 26th of July. Jen-don't have your baby!! If you need to get ahold of me for any reason, call Mike's cell phone 652-3368 He will have to check it once in awhile. You had a fab fourth of July. We spent some time at the Wood Cabin and in Park City. We went down the Alpine Slide and the Mountain Coaster. They are both an absolute hoot. Mark-we will have to take the girls one time to do that. They would love it! Anyway, don't have much else to say. Just wanted to get in touch. Love you all! Melissa

so you think you can dance?

i think the one female judge on so you think you can dance should be throw screaming from a helicopter. she sucks. who's with me!

dr. johnny fever

We're Back

We have returned . We got home on Saturday morning at about 12:30. The return flight was similar to the flight to Orlando. We had a great time and enjoyed everything about the trip. Well maybe not the humidity. We went to Cocoa Beach and played in the surf, and spent every other day at Disney World. It turns out that Kayla is quite the daredevil. She went on every ride including the ones good old dad wouldn't do (Tower of Terror). Hannah loved Big Thunder Mountain Railway and Splash Mountain. Emily was happy to be there and loved all the rides as well, but she loved the Haunted Mansion. One bummer; Pirates of the Caribbean was closed. That's twice in the last two years that we found it closed. We also found ourselves in the middle of "Gay Day" (not that there's anything wrong with that) at the Magic Kingdom on Saturday. What a nice thing to subject our children to. Anyway, were back and we had a great time. Love you all,

The Big Kahuna

I need input.

I need some ideas to get my boss back for playing a joke on me. It was so mean. I have been working on sending purchase orders for some machined parts for our exoskeleton project. My boss Rick is very particular about calling vendors after I have faxed orders to them to make sure that they got them. So I have called this one guy about 10 times because I have sent him several orders at different times. Anyway, I guess this guy and my boss are in cahoots because they got me. The vendor left me a voicemail after I had sent him an order that said that I need to let Rick know that the order was not what was agreed upon. I told Rick about the message and Rick asked me to call the vendor back and explain to him "Working on the Exo project is a privilage and he needs to do what we ask of him." Well, I called the guy and asked him what the problem was and told him in the nicest way possible what my boss had said. The guy was quiet for a minute and then said "you can tell Rick that I am going to take the part that I was working on out of the machine and throw it in the garbage and he can get his parts from somewhere else." I started to sweat really hard. I called Rick up and told him what the vendor said and Rick said okay whatever. I got really upset because I was worried that I had done something wrong and I started to cry. Rick called me back a few minutes later and told me to call the vendor back and tell him that if he throws the part away that he is in breach of a government contract and blah blah blah. I told Rick that I didn't feel comfortable in saying that or with any of this and I asked if he would take over. I started to cry on the phone and then he finally told me that he was pulling my leg. Isn't that so mean? I am really embarrassed now that I started to cry. I knew in the back of my head that he was joking but I didn't want to mess up so I just did what he asked of me. Now I want revenge. Give me some ideas.

slc..... don't miss it anymore.....miss my peeps though

we were up there this last weekend. i no longer miss that place. it was cold and crappy. will you all please sell your homes and move down here? we can live like the mexicans, you'll all fit at my place. we could make that sacrifice. all joking aside you should all come see me like 8 or 9 times a year. i hate to say it but i don't think we are going to come up as much as we have been. unless i can fill the tahoe with gods own methane.

have fun, don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.


chubby in sg

I blog, therefore, I am

Finally, I have figured out the blog thing. I feel so fulfilled.

I am about 31 weeks along now. This child is going to be the first 5 foot nothin Rockette. Everything is going great.

I started working at Raytheon Sarcos a couple weeks ago. I am now proud to say that when someone asks me what I do, I can say "I'm in robots."

I hope you turkeys are having fun at Disney World.

Love you all,

Jenni

I Forgot

Hannah finally got to the bathroom after holding it for more than an hour. What a trooper.

We FINALLY made it

Well, we made it to Florida, FINALLY. We spent about 12 hours on the plane/in the airport. We we're originally supposed to leave at 10:30 a.m. so we arrived at the airport at about 8:15. When we got there we found that the flight was delayed until 10:55. This put our connection in Albuquerque in jeopardy, but the airline said they would hold the flight. A while later we noticed that the board said 11:50. At that point, they called us all to the desk and told us we needed to be rerouted. They put us on a flight through St. Louis which did not require a change of planes, which was good, but it would put us in Orlando at 7:25 p.m. instead of 6:10 as originally scheduled. At least we would still get there on Friday. When we got to St. Louis the flight attendant asked that everyone going on to Orlando stay on the plane so they could get a head count. Then after everyone got off the plane that was not going on, they announced that the next flight crew had not arrived yet and would be an hour late. so we could go get something to eat or whatever, but we needed to be back in 20 minutes. We got something to eat and were dutifully back in 20 minutes. They boarded the other passengers and we proceeded to wait 30-45 minutes for the next flight crew. The finally arrived and they shut the doors and we pushed back from the gate and were off, sort of. About this time Hannah said she needed to go potty, and when she says that she means it. The problem is that during taxi and climb out they don't let you get out of your seat (more on that in a minute). We started to taxi and went a ways, but them stopped. We sat on the taxiway for about 25 minutes (Hannah still needing to go). We moved about 400 yards and stopped again for about 25 minutes (see above). At that point that captain came on the intercom and said that we were being delayed because of weather, but that ATC had rerouted us around the weather and we were cleared for take-off. We FINALLY got here at about 8:30 p.m. So, to make a long story short, we are here!!!

they're out!

gracie's surgery went well. she's in good spirits and would love to talk to any cousins, aunts or uncles that will call. hope everybody is good.

jb

grace id just like old man......poor thing

grace will be having her tonsils out on may 21st. she snores like a buzzsaw. i took her to the ear nose and throat doc. afterwards i tried to explain how it would all work. i told her about ice cream and popsicles and i told her her daddy would be right there with her and the i tried to explain how surgery works........... the five year old brain is an amazing thing. i explained to her that she would have the same doctor i had. i told her that he would come talk to her and then they would give her something to make her sleep. they would do the sugery while she was asleep and that when she woke up she wouldn't remember a thing......... she sat for a second thinking, then said " but i want to remember you guys and what 10 + 1o is. kids are amazing, i enjoy being a father so much more than i thought i would.


pray for gracie on the 21st

love ya'll
joel baby

p.s. you're all my bff's

We're Back

We have returned safely from Seattle. It was fun. We took several cool pictures at the Mukelteo Ferry. If I can figure out how to download them from Michelle's phone I'll post them. Seattle was beautiful, but rainy (I know, not in Seattle). It has been suggested that we plan a grown-ups only trip. I would suggest Las Vegas or San Diego. Thoughts?

Greetings from Seattle

Well, here I sit in my hotel in sunny Seattle watching it rain cats and dogs. I do like it here, but it's much better when it's sunny. I came up for work and will be here all week. I highly recommend the hotel I'm in. It's the Silver Cloud Inn-Bellevue Eastgate. The view from my room is rather nice. Out the one window is the Seattle Temple. In fact, I see it from the in room Jacuzzi. Michelle will be joining me on Wednesday for a mini vacation until Friday. Well, just a quick note to say hi.

Love you all,

The Big Kahuna

i need a twin and a cowboy hat

i just bought a scooter! we have been a one vehicle family for quite some time now, which i have absolutely hated. so for some reason we ended up at the scooter dealer yesterday and steph and i fooled around in there parking lot, playing with the four wheelers and rhinos and stuff. we ended up sitting on the scooters as the sales person approached us. he gave us the usual salesman garbage and asked if we like to take a test drive. steph immediately said yes. after 5 seconds worth of instructions from the salesman she takes off! she slowly winds through the various obstacles on the lot, through all of the other vehicles and is almost back to us when........... you guessed it, she wrecks and lays the bike down. so we promptly asked the salesman for a credit app. which he responded with "damn straight i'm getting you a credit app". 10 minutes later i was on the open road, wind in my hair, bugs in my teeth...... free. only one problem, i am 320 lbs. i'm sure you've all seen the picture in the Guinness book of world records with the 2 great big fat twins on the little tine motorcycles with the cowboy hats on. i was one of them, sans twin, sans cowboy hat.

on the bright side, it gets 97 mpg and the payment is very low. now all i have to do is figure out how to transport a big gulp on it and i'll have it made!

hope all is well
love you all

joel baby

p.s. i never capitalize

SPring has Sprung (sort of)

Well, from time to time we have seen bursts of spring. My Bradford pears are on the verge of erupting with beautiful white blossoms. The parks are full of children flying kites and playing soccer. We also had 2 -3 inches of snow last week. Welcome to Utah.

This week our children, Emily 9, Kayla 7, and Hannah 4, started swimming lessons in anticipation of our planned trip to Orlando, FL. It was encouraging to see all three jump right in the water with no noticeable fear. Hannah was particularly amusing (as she often is). She seem to have a great deal of natural ability, much like her great-grandfather.

Michelle continues to work with the Young Women as Mia-Maid adviser, and loves it. She has a knack for working with those girls. I am still busy working with the Bishopric.

Our basement is progressing at glacial speed, but it is progressing. Hopefully we will have a dedication party by the end of summer. We'll keep you posted.

Please feel free to post your own experiences and comments

We love you!

Hello to all

Greetings to all the members of the vast Bradford/Wood families. This blog has been created in order for us to easily share family information, photos, news etc. I have anointed myself as the administrator of this blog and will be responsible for settings, content, blog appearance, etc. Please feel free to post anything you wish, but remember that young eyes may view the blog. If you have suggestions regarding content or appearance please let me know. One last thing, in order to facilitate easy viewing I have made the contents viewable to all, please be careful about the information you post. This may need to be restricted to members only at some point in order to post to the blog yo will need to set up an account at blogspot or Google.

I hope this blog becomes a useful tool to keep our family together and informed.

Mark aka The Big Kahuna