Tim's Graduation

We were so happy to have been able to go to California and attend Timothy's Graduation from Art Center, in Pasadena California.

There was a presentation on a big screen that showed pictures of all the graduates.
This is one of Timothy's best picture
Here he is with last minute adjustment of the car he made to run during his "presentation".

Laura's parents were there too.


The "Leaner" actually ran for a few minutes and caused quite a stir.
His presentation went well and there were quite a few questions after.

His actual graduation. Just like you were there.
This picture is out of order, but we arrived early.


Pictures on the lawn afterwards.
Timothy's "studio" all the art work and hard work. Congratulations to you! and Happy 32 birthday

That's Not Where We Are Going!

Kansas City

You're traditional and like to move at your own pace. Who needs all that hustle and bustle when you've got friends, family, and neighbors you've known for years? A small town, like Kansas City, is the right fit for you. You don't mind getting your hands dirty, and you'll probably have to if you work in a small town. And, your traditional values, love of football, and home-grown philosophy will feel right at home in Kansas City.

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Ketchup!

When Tyler, Charlotte and the kids came for Easter we did some fun things. We went down to Waterside in downtown Norfolk and saw many Naval related things, including this statue honoring sailors.

We took a ride around the harbor on this tour boat The Victory Rover. It was a bit chilly after a while.


Next stop was Nauticus. Some of the exhibits were fun,
some just scary.....
Some just darn cute!




Ahoy Matee!!
One big Bullet hole!

Is this to keep the boy in or the sharks out??
Anchors away, it all in all was a fun day.
Norfolk's Botanical gardens was the next day and it was only slightly warmer, but it was just beautiful anyway.

Virginia Beach in March is quite cold. But a brave girl can build a sand castle quickly anyway. You can tell by her face and hands how cold it was that day, and very windy, but the beach is the beach......
Now what is wrong with this picture? The boy is playing with the IPhone and the dad is coloring with crayons?? That is a happy face on Ollie if you couldn't tell. We have more pictures if someone wants to see more....... so glad you came.

Miracles!!

When Jaim and Jody got married on our trip to Las Vegas to see the BYU vs UNLV game... we took a bunch of pictures. Then I thought that my sandisk with them on it became corrupted and all of the pictures were gone. Yesterday as I tried to take pictures to post here for the Thanksgiving Holiday my camera said it was full. I have tried to download them before to no avail but this time I decided to delete after download and that seemed to be the trick. All these photos just kept pouring out of the camera and it was so great! I love it when things seem to "heal" themselves. So here are the pictures that I had been so upset that got away! Congratulations Jaim and Jody! All our best wishes go out to you

"You know you are in Virginia when you have Easter Egg hunt on the Beach"

Tyler, Charlotte and the children came for Spring Break. Ollie found everyone's Easter basket but his the night they arrived, that's because his was hiding in the pantry which he found the Saturday morning before Easter, which is our tradition. We always thought it was too hard to have Easter Baskets and then get ready for church. Micah, Stephanie and Max came down too!


















Then some friends from church came for and Easter Egg hunt on the beach. The title quote came from one of the ladies, who told her mom in Idaho they were going to have an egg hunt with us.
The older children hid plastic eggs and the smaller children found them, with some help.































Micah flew his kite.

















Then we decorated eggs after the hunt.







Aunt Stephanie helped


















































How can a face like this scream on a plane for 4 hours???

















We are grateful that you came, we just loved it!

On The "Road" Again!

Here we go again!
People in the neighborhood are perplexed that no one seems to stay in this house very long, of course the last residents husband died is why she sold it.... we have happier prospects than that one. Its a wonderful house and we have really enjoyed it.
Tyler and Charlotte and family are coming for Easter and we are just thrilled. Hoping the weather will be wonderful and that there are plenty of boats. We are going to just have "so much fun", and "that is something to be happy about"!

Good Times!!

Rob called one night with information that he had tickets from Chelsie for us. He couldn't go but thought my mom might like to. She had plans to travel to Colorado and it seems that a woman in her eighties can't travel two weeks in a row??
Even though she REALLLY wanted to...
I didn't think I would go either, Stephanie mentioned she had a free ticket to fly.... the rest is a memory of one FABULOUS weekend.

We thought until 1:00 pm of the night of the show (Monday)that we only had 2 tickets, that is until we called Christopher Hightower and asked if he had any tips for us since they had just been there. "You do know that Chelsie has 4 tickets in total for you guys and 4 for Tuesday night also..." We needed to be in our seats by 4:00 pm we called Laura. She and Tim were miracle workers somehow they got their children taken care of and came looking fabulous. Here they are getting their wrist bands. As we went in, they took our phones and cameras and we didn't get them back until we had to go outside. They wouldn't let us back in to take pictures, so we took pictures at the back doors as the dancers went to their trailers.







We didn't really know who this guy was??











The last of the evening we wished Stephanie a very happy birthday at the Cheesecake Factory! We went there with Kathy, Laurie's sister, her daughter and son-in-law and Chelsie's Grand dad, Bro Pullen from Las Vegas. It was good to see them again.
It was a great weekend and it has taken several days to recover from the cheering and the booing at the show and the 7 plus hours of flying. FYI the seats right in front of the exit row do not recline! Not good on a long flight.
HOtWire is wonderful and there are other carriers besides SouthWest who knew though Continental does have movies, but they charge $15.00 per bag each way.