JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

 JANUARY BIRTHDAYS

NICOLE & DONNA

  SOUPIE, BRANDT AND GRANDMA ELLEN

 CARLEE AND HER BOYFRIEND DAKOTA

 NANA DONNA WE HAVE OWIE'S WE NEED BAND AIDS

BOTH STRONG FAMILIES

 PAPA JOHN AND THE BOYS

  BRANDT AND TAYLER

 BABY NAOMI 4 MONTHS OLD

ST.GEORGE IN JANUARY

SUNDAY, JANUARY 11th - WEDNESDAY,  JANUARY 14th

Sunday after church we packed up and headed out for St. George.

It was a last minute decision to have a break from the cold.

We are so glad that we went and enjoyed every minute of it.

 

  Jean and Vince let us stay with them.  We hung out at their home

and had a great visit with them.  We love coming to St. George and feeling right
at home with the Browns.Tuesday night we went to the temple and did
initiatory work for LaRee (Brown) Reese. It was a perfect way to end the day.

 John and Vince comparing phones and apps

I showed Vince the game Crossy Road.....OH NO!

 LOVE THESE PEOPLE

 Travis came over to pick up his dad and John to show them the truck he and

his friend have been fixing up.  Travis was headed for California to

sell the truck on Wednesday.  Jean asked him to bring over one of his demo

CD's to play for us.  His voice is so beautiful and we loved the song.

 We took the back roads home and went through Enterprise.

THE ROAD OVER TO CEDAR CITY FROM ENTERPRISE

 WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE COLD SNOW!

SAYING GOODBYE TO MAYA

JUNE 1999

COLORADO

JAY BOUGHT NATALIE A LITTLE DACHSHUND, THEY NAMED HER MAYA

NOVEMBER 1999

WHEN WE VISITED NATALIE IN COLORADO, WE FELL IN LOVE

WITH THIS LITTLE GAL

2000

NATALIE & JAY CAME FOR A VISIT WITH MAYA

COLORADO

MAYA AND COLLIN - 2002

PICTURE OF COLLIN WAS SENT OVER THE INTERNET

THE RUDELS' CAME FOR A VISIT IN DECEMBER OF 2003

WITH COLLIN AND SYDNEY.

WE ADOPTED MAYA FROM THEM AS THEY COULD NOT 

KEEP HER IN THE HOUSE WITH TWO BABIES CRAWLING AROUND

AND IT WAS TOO COLD FOR A LITTLE GIRL LIKE MAYA

TO BE OUTSIDE IN THE COLD.

DECEMBER 2003

MAYA IS OURS NOW

PAPA WAS ALWAYS HOLDING HIS BABY, SAVANNAH
WAS PRIVILEGED TO SIT ON PAPA'S LAP TOO!

MAYA WENT EVERYWHERE WITH US WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER

THESE ARE ONLY A COUPLE OF PLACES:

GOBLIN VALLEY

TOPAZ MOUNTAIN

(two different pictures, one with Donna & Maya and the other with John and Maya)

 

 

LOOKS LIKE THIS ROCK FORMATION WAS MADE WITH MAYA IN MIND

TOPAZ MOUNTAIN

Maya loved wondering around the yard she would also go exploring in
the neighbors yards but would always come home when we called her
she loved chasing the quail and anything else that got in her way
She was a great watch dog we always knew when someone was
coming to the door even before they reached the porch.

YOU COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON MAYA CUDDLING WITH JOHN

 JANUARY 6th 2014

It is a sad day in the Strong household.  Our little dog, Maya went to Heaven today.
She almost made it to 16 years...that's 108 years old if she was a human.
We miss her already!  Love you My My.