Welcome!

 

Welcome to Granny Annie’s Tidbits!

I have long wanted to create a place where I could share important and not-so-important things with my grandchildren. So, this is it! Granny Annie’s Tidbits. You can find it online by going to anniestidbits.blogspot.com. I hope you enjoy our time together. It will be more fun if you help me. I will suggest some things you can do to participate in my blog at the end of each post. You can join in whenever you want.

Just to get started, here are some things about me that you might or might not know.

I am:

·         A child in a family – My parents are Merritt Crayton Long and Phyllis Mae Erickson. My siblings are Jim, Diana, Jo, Grace, and Kirke.

·         A wife – I am married to Larry Ray Thomas and have been for a long time (it will be 50 years soon!)

·         A mother – Our children were my life for so many years, and then they left home. ☹ We moved to Idaho and some have moved closer to us; I would like them all to live next door or just down the street. They are Eric, Brad, Robyn, Brian, Lisa, and Jake.

·         A mother-in-law – We have one son-in-law, Joel Miner; and four daughters-in-law, Michelle Scarborough, Sarah Noyes, Toni Jessica Stills, and Carisa Will, who passed away April 9, 2019 from breast cancer. We love our additions by marriage!!

·         A grandmother – Pops and I now have 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Being a grandma is the best part of life ever. You get to enjoy them, love them, watch them grow and progress, and you don’t have to worry about the responsibilities that go with parenting. Their names are Devin, Ethan, and Lauren; Madilyn and David; Taycee, Myla, and Jesse Junior; Elizabeth, Henry, Lydia, Porter, and Calvin; and Liadan. Our great-grandson is Elliot. It doesn’t matter which grandchildren go with which parents; they are all wonderful, exceptional, beautiful/handsome, and the greatest grandchildren in the world!

·         A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – I was baptized and confirmed a member of the Church on July 7^th, 1973. I had been searching for God since I was a young child and went to church occasionally with friends. Pops was a returned missionary and shared with me the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It felt like “coming home” and I’ve never regretted my decision to be baptized. The Church is the fabric of my being. Our family has been sealed in the Logan Temple, so we are an eternal family. I have had great opportunities and experiences as a member.

·         A person who likes the outdoors – I love to hike, ride a bike, drive anywhere but especially in the mountains. I like to go huckleberry picking, exploring, mountain climbing (not the serious kind). I’ve always wanted to see the Redwoods in California. I am not very fond of being on the water although a vacation on a houseboat sounds lovely.

·         A person who likes to read - My favorite books are about real people and real things, but I also like to read a variety of other books. I have read everything from the Bible and Book of Mormon to a book about the flu pandemic of 1918, mysteries, romance novels (not my favorite) and classics like A Tale of Two Cities. I’ve read cookbooks and sci-fi, but I haven’t yet read any fantasy books unless the Hunger Games Trilogy is considered fantasy. I belong to a book club which is made up of friends who also love to read. And they love to talk. And they are smart. It is great getting together with them. Our kids think we are nerds.

·         A person who loves family history – I continuously have this nagging feeling that I should be sharing family history with my grandchildren, so this site may become just that: a place to share family information, including photos, stories, obituaries, maps, recipes and ideas about what to do with it all so it will be fun and not boring….

·         A person who has plans and goals - My bucket-list includes a long train trip, but I’ve crossed off parachuting. I’m too scared to do that now. I plan to walk, bike, hike 2021 miles this year and scan 2021 pieces of family history.

·         A person who likes to meet new people – I am not shy, although as a child I was a bit reticent. I love to learn about people and their lives; where they live, what they know, where they’ve been…I ask a lot of questions to find out about them.

·         A person who loves to learn – I love to learn about anything and everything. I love computers because they are so full of information and learning opportunities. I wish I would have continued my college education at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

·         A person who loves to serve – one of my favorite quotes is from George Eliot, “What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for one another?”

·         A person who loves the Lord, Jesus Christ and would love nothing more than to be known as one of his disciples.

 

Now you know a little more about me. If you have any questions, please text, email, or call me and I will answer your questions soon. I would like to know more about you, too. If you want to, you can make an “I AM” list and send it to me. Grandparents always love to hear from their grandchildren. And then I can share some things about you with your cousins. Okay?

See you next week! Granny Annie.