Josh's Birthday!!

Sorry for the delay in getting these pictures up. It's been a tad nuts around here.

September 11th was also Josh's birthday. He's SO oooooooooooooooolllllllllllldddddd!!! He's that decrepit old age of 23 years old. And nothing says Happy Birthday like your very own gun cleaning kit.

Love how Tabitha is peeking over the back of the couch! Some things never change.

Your own box of Chocolate MINT pudding.

If you know Josh, you KNOW his passion for anything mint!

Amber gets the "brownie points" for the most creative gift. Four, count them 4 boxes of brownie mix.


And the start of Josh's very own droid Army!!


The birthday BROWNIE!!! With a side of gummy-worm dirt.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSH!!!!

Why does it seem that we forget?

Where were you
when this happened?

The ages of our kids at the time:
Robert - 16
Tabitha - 13
Amber - 9
David - 4

Rob had just left for the gym and both Robert and I were barely awake as he needed to get up and ready for seminary (Bible study). Within 10 minutes of Rob leaving he returns. Somehow I knew something was terribly wrong when he walked into the door. I sat up in bed and said "What's wrong?" It all unfolded. Immediately I called Grandma Vicki to make sure both Shaun and Connie (her son and daughter-in-law) were safe. They both are flight attendants for American Airlines. They were safe as I woke them up with the news. I next called my friend Kim, whose hubby was getting on a flight that morning. He was safe as well and returning home as we all know further air traffic was canceled immediately.

We just can't forget!!! We can't forget the innocent lives lost. And those that worked in the twin towers that had something "happen" to them that made them late for work that day. We can't forget our heroes that day.

And the heroes that keep our country safe! Thank you!!!

Amber's Presentaion

Last week Amber's seminary (Bible study) teacher asked her to prepare a musical number with someone else for tonight's kick-off meeting. This other person wasn't going to be around this weekend so it was all up to Amber to figure out something to do. Sing, play the piano, play her bassoon? What to do? Then she came up with this idea. Use pictures of the Savior to one of her favorite songs, Come Thou Fount. It turned out amazing!!! Wonderful job Amber. We are SO proud of you!!!

Back to School

Weird that we are on the tail end of our kids going to school. At one point in time we had

• A Senior (Grade 12)
• A Freshman (Grade 9)
• A 5th grader
• A Kindergartner

All going to school the same year!

This is from our (the parents) school book. This book stays with Mom and Dad. It has all their first day of school pictures as well as their senior pictures. It's funny how they complain about me taking these pics on the first day of school and now, they LOVE this book.

Now? This is all we have.


A Senior


and a 7th grader!

When did that happen?

We All Need One of These!

Especially if we have daughters!



Yeah, I know it's a late post! So now I'm off to bed!

Favorite Concerts

So ever since I posted about Foreigner being in our top 5 favorite concerts of all time, I've had people ask me "So what are your other favorites?"

Some of them I don't have video of or pictures. But here you go.. I'm giving you 6!

#6 The Nylons

#5 Lionel Hampton

We saw him at Disneyland and danced to his music at the Carnation Plaza.

#4 Dave Brubeck

When Robert was a young teenager, we took him to see him. WONDERFUL!!

#3 Foreigner

#2 Pat Benatar

We've seen her twice in concert and it's NEVER a disappointment!

#1 Bon Jovi

BEST birthday present EVER!! Well, except for the time that Rob took be to see the Nutcracker performed by the Joffery Ballet. That was heavenly and another birthday I will never forget.

What are your top 5 concerts?