Christmas Lights

Today we all got together ( Nic, Kelli, Emily, Holli, Michael, Thomas, Cheri and Me ) and put the Christmas lights on the house. We haven't had lights up for at least 2 years and I've forgotten how beautiful the house looks with Christmas lights. Next the tree. Cheri doesn't want to put it up for a couple of weeks but I think next weekend. Emily took pictures she was so excited. Christmas will be here before we know it!

A New Addition To Our Family

Well, Cheri and I have another granddaughter. Tom and Stephanie were blessed to adopt a new baby. Her name is Krista Braydee Colligan and she is really cute and has lots of dark hair. She was born 6 weeks early and on my birthday, November 6, 2008. She weighed 4lbs 5 ounces and was 17 3/4 inches long. She is doing fine and growing every day. We are so proud!

A Trip That Didn't Happen

I've been on vacation all week because of UEA .We had planned a trip to Cleveland Ohio to visit Cheri's sister Jenean because she has been really sick. She has had gallstones and one went down into her pancreas. She spent 7 weeks in the hospital and now is home but with IV's and drain tubes still in. Cheri's mother has been there since the end of August to take care of her. We fly stand-by since I work for the airlines. Yesterday we listed for the morning flight to Cleveland but because everyone else had a long weekend, the flight was full and we didn't get on. All of the other flights through Atlanta and Cincinnati were also full so we decided to just stay home. We called Holli and went up to Logan to pick her up from school and bring her home. She was planning to come home with a friend anyway but was able to come home much earlier. Now we are all home together for four fun filled days. We were very disappointed that we couldn't go anywhere on an airplane to visit Cheri's family, but we will have fun just staying put. Flying stand-by you have to be really flexible but this is the first trip we have had to cancel.

The Colligan Family

About Our Family

This is my first experience blogging. I thought that since my kids have a blog spot, it would be fun to try blogging for a couple of old people. I work for Delta Air Lines and have worked for them 21 years as a customer service agent on the ramp. Cheri works for the Jordan School District as a home and hospital teacher. She has worked for them for about 8 years. Holli is 18 years old and has just started college at Utah State in Logan and is majoring in music with a pre-med program. So Cheri and I have sent our last kid off to college. We are kind of empty nesters now except our oldest child Kelli and her husband Nic and daughter (our cute little Granddaughter) Emily live in our basement while Nic is finishing up his masters of accounting at BYU. Kelli is an elementary school teacher but is taking time off to stay home with Emily. She teaches piano lessons and teaches home and hospital students to make money for their little family. Nic is doing an internship for the State of Utah as an auditor and just got an offer to work full time once he graduates in December. We are all excited for that. Kelli is expecting another baby in January (a little boy), this was great news. We are so excited. Our second daughter is Mecqae (mc kay). She is a middle school band teacher at South Jordan Middle School. She lives in Sandy with a couple of roommates in a basement apartment. She is hardly ever home because she is always traveling or busy with her friends. Next is our son Thomas and his wife Stephanie. They just moved down from Logan to a new condo in Magna. Tom works for Tanner LC as an accountant and soon will be taking his CPA test since he just got his masters of accounting degree. Stephanie is an elementary school teacher at Copper Hills Elementary as a second grade teacher. We just received great news that they will be adopting a baby in December. (a little girl). Then there is Holli who is attending Utah State University. Cheri and I are sooooo proud of our family! We are truly blessed.