Sunday, December 19, 2010

Sometimes, it seems like dad's birthday comes
at such a crazy time it's hard to get a party in.
Well...who wants to forget to have a party for this guy?
NO MATTER HOW CRAZY THE WEEK?
Happy Birthday Dad!
(the cake says Topo...it's a nickname, cuz we love him)

Gotta get him some smelly stuff...so he always smells NICE!
And we ALWAYS have our traditional
Mint Chocolate Chip IceCream Cake!
WITHOUT FAIL!

Friday, November 12, 2010

CALLED TO SERVE

Tyler literally checked the mail everyday
for about a week! FINALLY...
the mail he was waiting for arrived.

I've never seen a happier face...ever.
He paced in the street, just holding it in his hands.
Then he started running in the street!
then, he came back to the box and set it up on top and just stared at it.
Tyler took it home and took it up to his bedroom. Alone.
He opened his call. I could hear him from downstairs.
All I could hear was "That's Nuts!" He sounded excited!!
I wasn't going to find out where he was going for another 2 hours.
Now I was nuts!
Then after Chris got home from work, we gathered as a
family and Tyler read his call to us. We were so excited for him.
He then planned to read it again for his grandparents, friends, and relatives later that evening, and let everyone take their best guess at where he might be going...no one got it right!
Couldn't be more proud of my boy!!
Hugs from proud grandpa and grandma!
Sisters who love Tyler very much!
MEXICO, CULIACAN MISSION
reporting March 9, 2011

Tyler's friend, Will, opened his call the same night. At our house.
Tyler's friends who came to hear where he was going!

Sunday, October 31, 2010

A Morphy Halloween

Both Courtney and Dillon decided to wear MORPH SUITS
this year for Halloween, along with a bunch of their friends,
so we ordered some up online and boy did they have a fun year!
CUTE costumes! Love 'em!!
Courtney and Dillon
Tanner, Nicole, Max, Courtney, Rachel, Robbie
Dan, Tanner, Max, Max and Dillon

Tyler and his goofy crew.
and just for fun...BUDDY the ELF!
(gotta love adults who love finding the perfect halloween costume)

Saturday, October 30, 2010

FALL BREAK...Whew! WHO CAN'T USE A BREAK?

For Fall Break we took off on a ROAD TRIP to good ole' Cali.for.n.i.a.
Another fun trip with some good friends...again!!
Having tooooo much fun : )
and no cars broke down this time, although with Chris in the lead on the Highway...it was a bit sketchy trying to follow at times. So I've been told!!
So, we started out with a BLAST of a day at
SIX FLAGS!
just had to stop by and see some FURRY friends
on our way in!
Good Friends...having Good Times!
Rides galore! Craziest ride of the day?
THE DIVE DEVIL!
Height of the Arch: 173 ft
Height of the Tower: 152 ft.
Free Fall Distance 50 ft.
G-force: 2.2
Even the girls were DIVE DEVILS!!!
Crazy girls!
Then we got in an AWESOME day at
SANTA MONICA PIER!
What a fun place!!
Out to dinner to The Claim Jumper!
Desserts all around!
moving out...sure that hotel was happy to see us go!

Courtney got to go on to MEXICO with Barney's after. Woo Hoo for her!
Courtney, Lauren, and Lexi
Pretty girls!

goofing around on the beach!