Britt and Brett were here for a few days before flying to Kona for their little getaway to warmer weather. Monoply seemed to be the game of the week. Britt and Brett seemed to be rather vicious in their plotting and scheming, but in the end it was Logan who won.
Money Money Money - Only if it were real. Ahhhhh.
" One more space....Yup, your on my property....That'll be $350."
It was a beautiful day, with a beautiful bride and dashing groom. Bryan promised her 55 years together, I think she is holding him to that promise. 
Eric and Jill have had a couple of weeks of whirlwind decisions. Eric received a job offer in Crawford Texas, then later that same day received a second offer in Bryan Texas, which was the better of the two offers. Jill immediately started seaching for employment in Bryan, they began packing and last Saturday, after helping us set up a Moving Sale, Eric headed to Texas and we began to wheel and deal and make as much money as we could. After it was all said and done, they took with them about $1,200. Eric flew back on Friday to help pack up the remainder of their belongings, put aside what wouldn't fit and visited with friends for the last time. 
A week apart, oh how will they bear it?
Packed to the roof top and beyond.
Saturday Morning
There they go, cat and all.
Jill's just hoping for a good job after having to live with her in-laws for the past four months.
Tyler,looking over the area in the Cherry Picker
Chase has had a long day.
Freedom to Run.
What is that? String?
Following my big brotherTyler, Chase and I headed off to the Zoo on Wednesday. We found most of the animals asleep, even the penguins. All Tyler wanted to see was the penguins, when we arrive the exhibit was closed so we meandered around, road the little train and still didn't see much. When the Penguin exhibit opened, the penguins were not much into entertaining. We sat in the exhibit for some time waiting for the penguins to swim. They never did.
Tyler wanted to wait five - ten more minutes for the penguins to swim.
Engagement Picture
This is the photo I had while he was on his Mission.
At Sea World in San Diego - Celebrating our 10th Wedding Anniversary
Vacationed To:
Lake Tahoe - Honeymoon, Snowed in - Jealous?
Bear Lake
Lake Powell
Santa Cruz Beach - Kids first airplane ride
Rosarito, Mexico which included a trip to Sea World - Yes we took the kids.
Disneyland
San Clemente with the Kids, Janna and Shellie and Tom
St. George, Utah
Lake Tahoe - Family Reunion
Camping trips - Sun Valley, Manzanita Lake, In the Redwoods
Hawaii - Twice
Australia - Gold Coast - Sunshine Coast - Brisbane
Pennsylvania - Manhattan, New York
Upstate New York - Palmyra - Niagra Falls
Mazatlan, Mexico
Playa Del Carmen, Mexico - Twice
Monterey Bay
Mendocino
St. Louis - Arkansas - Nauvoo, Ill
Nauvoo, Ill - Again
Redwoods lots of times to see Mom and Dad
Patricks Point - More than Once
Road Trip to - Yosemite - Lost Wages - Grand Canyon - Lake Powell - Sun Valley, Idaho
Austin, Texas
4H Camp outside of Sun Valley Idaho - Many Times
Durango, Colorado
Houston, Texas
Yellowstone, Montana
Lake Shasta, California - Houseboat
Caribbean Cruise - Jamica - Grand Caymans - Cozumel - Key West
And we thought all these years it was only Eric who had the funny faces
Memorable Experiences - Some Good Some Bad
- Babies, did they come all at once? Or was it one at a time? It's all ablur.
- Ryan coming into the house when he was 3 or 4 and telling me April was lost - She had fallen into the culvert next to the house and was pulled into it by the spring run off, Luckily her coat snagged and I only had to crawl in six feet or so and pull her out. Many calls to the Mayors office after that.
- House flooding due to having the city put a grate over the culvert that sucked in my little girl. What great neighbors we had who came over and emptied out our basement.
- Celebrating our 10th Wedding Anniversary with the kids in Mexico. We loaded up our Subaru Wagon with the kids, all the luggage on top. You would think after missing our exit to Rosarito once we'd get it right. But we missed it three time each time ending up in the heart of Tijuana, we stuck out like a sore thumb, at each stop little kids would run up and wash the windows, then hold out their hands for a donation.
- Coming home from Elko to find a note from the kids, "We have gone on an adventure, don't worry we've dressed warm"
- The Cattle Drive Ryan went on and the large number of cars that stopped to take pictures of this old fashioned cattle drive.
- The open spaces of Nevada, the freedom of the four wheeler, a dog and no trees, so that I could stand on the back porch, find the dust trails and know where you were.
-Receving a phone call from April that Eric had burnt his hand, and oh yea, and the kitchen is on fire. Making trips to the Shriners Burn Clinic in Sacramento every week for two months.
Family picture just before Ryan left for Australia
- House being struck by Lightning and watching the fire trucks go around in circles trying to find our house. Eric and Robby being afraid to get out of the car after the Lightning struck.
- Coming home from Lake Powell and finding our home that was under construction was blown off its foundation.
- Britt and Eric hiding from the Jehovah Witnesses, by holding a blanket up and scooting across the room in front of the sliding glass doors. I'm sure they couldn't tell that anyone was home.
- Logan's fear when he was awaiting to be called as Bishop.
- Watching Ryan jump over a 10 foot chain link fence to cheer on April taking first in the Regional Cross Country Meet.
- Receiving a phone call while in Rexburg from Britt - She was in an ambulance and her car had been broadsided. I asked her if she was alright, she said "Yes" my next nuerotic thought - "Then get out of the ambulance". The EMT's wouldn't release her until an adult came and got her. Thank you Malcolms for coming to the rescue, otherwise she would have had a long wait.
- Road trip in the motorhome, traveling from Yosemite to Las Vegas, The Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, we rented a boat, skiied, jumped off of cliffs and enjoyed the beauty of Lake Powell. We finished up in Sun Valley, kids and Logan were able to go white water rafting down the Snake River. What a blast!
Our Road trip
- Found our Vacation Spot, Playa Del Carmen. If you lose us, don't try to find us, we'll be enjoying the carribean and soaking up the sun.
- Best of all - Seeing all four of our Children marry in the temple, the absolute best spouses, more than we could have wished for.
Cars we have owned that were Wrecked -
Mazda RX7
Subaru Wagon
Toyota Camry
Honda Civic
Chevy S10
Chevy Pick-Up
Second Chevy Pick-Up
Chevy Tahoe
Mazda Pick-up (We didn't own this one until after it was totaled)
Dodge Caravan
Chyrsler LeBaron
Mercury Cougar
Number of cars I or Logan wrecked - One
Number of Personal Injuries of the above wrecks - Zero
Pets we have owned -
Cats - So Many - Too Many - Toni, Thanks for taking the last two - Hugs and Kisses to you
Dogs - Manny and her 13 pups
Horse and her Foul - Got tired of chasing her down, I don't think she liked California.
Finally out of Nevada
Trips to the Emergency Room -
Ryan -
Age 10 - Stitches walking thru Shellie's Windex clean sliding glass door
Age 11 - Stitches flying off the four wheeler in Nevada
Age 15 - Broken ankle playing basketball
Age 15 - Stitches backing into rebar
Age 16 - Broken arm rebounding of the mini tramp in Heber City, Utah
Age 17 - Broken leg playing "Flag" football on New Years Day
April -
Age 1 1/2 - Stitches on her lip, three layers deep
Age 2 - Stitches on her chin - Christmas Day Lost her front tooth also
Age 2 - Stitches she broke them open on New Years Day
Age 5 - Stitches jumping lines in Kindergarten
Age 9 - Stiches being thrown into the barb wire fence tubing with the four wheeler in Nevada
Age 9 - Butterflied her cut from falling off the swing - Thought maybe we had been to the ER too many times.
Brittany -
Age 10 - Stitches on the back of her head diving into the pool.
Since Britt was not as clumsy as the rest of the family, Brett is paying for it now...
Eric -
Age 1 - Stitches in the forehead at Lake Tahoe
Age 7 - Concusion falling backwards out of the barn loft door in Nevada
Age 14 - 3rd degree burns on his hand
Logan -
Broken Collar Bone - Stitches falling of a three story roof in Park City in the winter, right after we were engaged.
Many hand injuries working
Absess Tooth - Manhattan NewYork. Wow was this a fun vacation.
Shauna -
Do Babies Count? Four
Dizzy Spell right after church in Bountiful, Utah - Learn I had Menieres - How fun is this.
Menieres Spell in Huntington Beach, Believe it or not, I drove and Mom was my peripheral vision.
Menieres Spell - Redding California, more than I can remember.
Stitches by my eye, taking a misstep and falling, Redding
Appendicitis four months later, Redding California
After looking at my expression on my face, do you think I could handle any more kids? Ryan isn't even five yet.
Real Estate Purchased -
House 6 months after we were married - but it was in Kearns
House - Sugarhouse, wish we had kept that one now.
Vacant lot - West Bountiful - Built our first home here.
Vacant Lot - Bridgewater Court SLC
Investment House -Bountiful
Vacant Lot with Pool - Centerville, Built our second home.
Vacant lot - Spring Creek Nevada, can you believe we seriously were considering building here.
Two more Vacant Lots - Spring Creek Nevada, Logan was into owning ANY real estate, even Sage Brush.
Vacant Lot - Osino Nevada, 2 1/2 Acres of sage brush, paid $800 at 10 AM - Sold for $1,200 at 11 AM.
Vacant Lot - Cottonwood
After Five years - Finally a House - Amigo Way
House we converted into our Office
Burnt House on 1 acre adjoining the Office
Cinderblock Paradise - Orangevale
Investment Duplex #1 - Citrus Heights Gotta Keep this one.
Investment House #2 - North Highlands
Investment House #3 - North Highlands
Investment House #4 - North Highlands
Number of Real Estate Contracts read in Full - Zero
Number of Times we had to bail the kids out of jail - Zero!!
Number of Time kids came home drunk or stoned - Zero!!
Number of Times we had to track the kids down - One - She claimed to have fallin asleep?
Money in the Bank - $zero
It's been worth every Penny
He loves doing this work. Here are photos of the day...
