tyler's 1st day of school

well this week is tyler's first week of his junior year, but it's the pre-start of the school year... b-b-q, beach day, assemblies... etc

next week is the official start of the school year... he doesn't even know his schedule yet!!

la temple 8/23/09

as you know, i sit in the temple parking lot for about an hour and a half while kennedy is in her acting class. here are some pics i took with different camera settings while sitting in the car {that's why there's only the left, right and forward views} =p

Make a Smilebox slideshow

bucky's birthday video

my grandma turned 75 a few years ago and here's the video that was played at her party....

restaurant outing - richie's diner

had a great lunch today with these great women....

precious sydney

two years ago yesterday little mario was born and his twin sister was born two years ago today... just before her 1 month birthday she went to home to our heavenly father and to her big brother... until we meet again precious sydney danielle...

Little Angels
When God calls little children to dwell with Him above,
We mortals sometime question the wisdom of His love.
For no heartache compares with
the death of one small child
Who does so much to make our world,
seem wonderful and mild.
Perhaps God tires of calling the aged to His fold,
So He picks a rosebud before it can grow old.
God knows how much we need them,
and so He takes but a few,
To make the land of Heaven more beautiful to view.
Believing this is difficult still somehow we must try.
The saddest word mankind knows
Will always be "Goodbye."
So when a little child departs, we who are left behind,
Must realize God loves children,
Angels are hard to find.

with a sad heart

"You will have the joy, the pleasure and satisfaction of nurturing this child, after its resurrection, until it reaches the full stature of its spirit." -Joseph Smith

until we meet again my sweet little nephew

kennedy's performance night

here's the commercial that kennedy wrote and performed in front of invited guests at the playground performance night. enjoy!!

brazilian bbq

went with the girls to celebrate tana's birthday... {this was happiness before the check:p)

enrichment activity 8/12/09

for this month's enrichment activity, we did a tie lap-quilt for president monson. his birthday is next week. we had a lot of fun and also collected canned items for a needy family in our ward in president monson's name.

1st day of school

 

with kennedy so excited to start school, all i got was the back of her head as she rushed to class.  i guess the "look at me and smile" days are gone at 5th grade :(

universal studios 8/8/09

kennedy loves the old black and white Creature from the Black Lagoon, so when she saw that universal studios made a musical out of the movie it's been all she talks about. so saturday we went and during the first show they had to do one scene 4 times because of tech difficulties. they cancelled the next 3 shows and finally at the 6:30pm showing they were able to perform!! whoo-hoo!!! we had perfect seats and it was pretty cool. it was no comparison to spider-man rocks, but it was cool. kennedy loved it and she was no longer grumpy-fiddles.

restaurant outing - olive garden

went to dinner with the lovely ladies from church tonight and had a really great time!! they are very funny and very talented! nancy made us "sweet rewards" banks because they are doing a lunch and dinner outing each month, so we need somewhere to put our spare change to feed the need!!


{no, i didn't give myself a bowl-cut ;-p}

family tradition

we've been going to the ringling bros and barnum & bailey circus since 1993. every year we've gone to anaheim, and this year it was in ontartio...whoo-hoo!!! 10 min drive home!!
{have i mentioned i love my camera}
ENJOY THE SLIDESHOW!!