Recent Random Stuff: Part I

A day in the life of Noah.


First he plays some guitar.





Plays, I mean, works in the kitchen

Then some more guitar. That about sums it up!

Of course he writes some great music, eats a lot of food and gets the mail.
One very busy guy!

Oh yes, and I love him!!!!!!



















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"No, you can't have
the phone. I'm
expecting a call."




"I'm going to wait just... a little longer"



"I'm.........still.....waitin..Zzzzzz"



















Now these are some "REAL" hot dogs! It's been averaging
91 during the day in the house. That's with the swamp cooler on high.


I guess she had been waiting for a while. You can see some food in one of the food bowls, but that one is Krickets. She wont eat out of Krickets bowl. Weird dog!


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Here's Cubby with her amazing K'Nex creation. A gun that folds up and really shoots. She's pretty amazing!

Bad guys, BEWARE!!

More Fun and Pictures

This may not look like fun, but on our way out of UT, we stopped by the cemetery and Steve and the kids said hi to Steve's dad and Grandpa George.
I stayed in the van and kept the dogs out of the way.
It was Memorial Day and it was packed. So many beautiful flowers and lots of family and friends paying their respects.






While at Grandmas, Zuzu made sure she was playing "Queen" to the other dogs. Kricket, just had fun trying to figure out what the others were up to.


While having a fun time visiting with Ty and Cami, Ty took Noah and Cubby for a ride on the scooter.
It looked like fun and it was a nice day for a ride.

I wish you could all see how Cubby is growing. I don't have someone else in the picture to add perspective, but she keeps growing out of her clothes!

Tori had fun congratulating some of her fellow graduates.












We had a great trip.
I just wish I had taken the time to take
more pictures. Sorry Cami!

Tori's Graduation

On Friday, May 22nd, Tori graduated from
Liahona Prep. Academy.
The ceremony was held at the Provo Tabernacle and it was very nice.
We are so proud of Tori. It wasn't easy moving just days before starting her senior year.
She had fun getting involved with the local high school for the first semester, but nothing beats Liahona.
So, by doing the distance program, she was able to graduate with her class.
We all loaded up the van and headed for Utah. We had great weather for our trip and we all had a great time.
In this first picture, Tori is walking in.










Here she is, after the ceremony, with a very proud father.


















Our beautiful girls! Cami and Ty were there too, but because they had invited everyone to go to their house for dessert and fun afterwards, they left as soon as it was over, or Cami would have been in the picture too.
From left to right:
Cubby, Tori and Jenn.













Here is her graduation picture. The thing that makes this young lady even more beautiful than she is in this picture, is that she is beautiful on the inside too. With a 3.8 GPA, she is smart too!

Not sure how it came together that way, but all of our children have had an amazing combo of looks and brains.




We had a lot of fun on our trip, and I will blog about some of that soon. I just wanted you all to have a chance to join me in congratulating our Tori!
Steve, the kids and I are very proud of her. We look forward to seeing what amazing things she goes on to do. The sky is the limit with this young lady, as is with the siblings that have graduated before her.

Cubby's Last Concert of the School Year

Well, here we are. Winding up another school year.

Here she is, just after the concert. If you can't guess, the look on her face is saying, "ugh mom! enough with the pictures". Hee Hee!









The 7th and 8th grade orchestras improved a lot over this year. We were very impressed.




Here Cubby is with her orchestra teacher, Mr. Carmichal.
She was going for a....look. It's she cute!

Noah Turns 19 !

Though this is being posted a bit late, we wish Noah a Happy Birthday!
It was a fun birthday for us all.
Noah is easy to please and always picks yummy stuff for his dinner and dessert.
He wanted pizza and layer bar cookies.

In the first picture, Noah is holding his birthday presents.
He was able to add the final season of
Star Trek Next Generation to his collection.
He received a silly present of a web shooter, from Cubby, to add to his Spider-man collection.
Add a mini MP3 player and some candy and he's a happy 19 year old.


In this other picture, Noah is displaying his "Duty To God" award that he received a few weeks ago.
This award is a special one through our church and is worked on over a 6 year period of time.
It is a neat medallion and we're very proud of Noah for earning it.
Good job Noah!!!

Wow, Two in One Day!

It's been 16 years now since Steve started writing his letters.

For anyone who doesn't know, Steve started writing letters of appreciation, admiration and thanks 16 years ago.

In this picture, Steve is holding one of the three-ring binders he uses to put copies of the letters he writes and any responses he gets. Though he doesn't write letters to get responses, and one of the "rules" of writing his letters is to never ask for anything, he does get some neat ones.

Steve has two binders for each year. It may be hard to have the shelf space for them all, but they are fun to look through. He writes to all sorts of people. Anyone from Nobel Prize winners, to authors, actors, journalist, national leaders (of all nations), old teachers and leaders, family and friends etc.

We all like being acknowledged for the good things we do and to be appreciated for our talents. I am personally very proud of my husband who is one of the few I know of that actually do this. :)

Another Proud Parent Moment!

I know you have all been waiting, and I'm sorry it has taken so long to get this post up, but here it is.

Our blossoming artist, Cubby, had her "anime" drawing from art class chosen to be displayed at the district wide school art show at the mall.

Here she is, with her work of art at the art fair.

Cubby has her sites set on becoming a cartoonist. She is off to a great start. She has a fun style and is refining it all the time.

We're real proud of our little artist. She is in good company as you know, being the latest in a line of talented artists in our family!

It could just be us, be Steve and I couldn't help but think that Cubby's was the best in the display for her school.