High School Reunion

Time sure goes by fast. I went up to Salt Lake to attend my (20-25-30-35-40)school reunion. The best part was the lunch we had with a few friends before. There were 6 girlfriends that were in my ward and we have been friends ever since. I havent seen some of them since high school so it was so nice to get together. In the picture from the left to right is Ann and Melinda McCoun, me, Shelley Davis, Sharon Ward, and Sue Garn. These were all maiden names. We missed Laurie Nelson and Sue Center. We passed around pictures and got caught up on all our lives. It was the best. The reunion was great also. Everyone seemed happy and doing well in life. East High was a great school and I have a lot of fond memories, I hope I make it to my next one!!!!

Family Vacation

We had a great vacation in Hawaii. We stayed at a beautiful home and our front yard was the beach.

We started off with a little scare, our plane had to turn around and make an emergency landing because of the landing gear. As we were landing we could see all the emergency vehicles driving behind, in front, and beside us. We all deplaned safetly and the airline put us up in the "Greek Isles" hotel. We got to our room at 1:00 a.m. and had to wake up at 4:30 a.m. to catch the new plane at 7:00 a.m., they then told us it wasn't leaving till 11:00 a.m. We were all tired but did finally did fly into Honolulu.

These are the emergency vehicles

The babies were so good and were so ready to do all they could in Hawaii

We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center

Where the men went crazy........dancing

Hunting.....

We almost lost Carrie and Steven, we couldn't find them anywhere...

then we had a great meal.

My little brother, Steve went with us, so he, Carrie, Loren, Danny and I all went scuba diving. Our first two dives were about 35 feet and we saw all kinds of sea life, we swam inches away from a huge sea turtle and saw a stringray. Our last two dives we were able to go 92 feet deep to a shipwreck. It was beautiful and amazing.

This is us ready to go.

This is Danny and I, kneeling on the bottom of the ocean. We had a great time.

We enjoyed going to the Temple, It is in a beautiful setting, with gorgeous grounds and as you look out from the front you see the ocean.

We had shaved ice at the famous Matsumotos shop

We went to Pearl Harbor...

We went to the Dole Plantation...

We went to the waterfalls...

and in Chinatown we saw all kinds of new and interesting things.

We played at the beach quite a lot and Steve had a great experience of swimming with the dolphins. A bunch of them came and swam around him, he could hear their chatter under water and they put on quite a show for us on the beach. They flipped out of the water, did turns and seemed to be having a great time.

We were so glad the babies could come. They get cuter everyday. I can't even say how much we love them. They smile, laugh and provide hours of entertainment. Beka and Danny are the best parents, and we are glad they brought them along.

This is how we all felt at the end of the trip, we tried to see and do as much as we could. We had a great time, Hawaii is beautiful and all the people were very nice. We were so happy to be able to spend the time with our family. We are blessed with such wonderful children, spouses and grandbabies

Swimming at Grandmas house

With the temperature being about 110 everyday here in Arizona its nice to have a pool to cool off in. Danny and Landon like swimming and as you can see "Like Father like Son" thats how they feel about the hot weather. Then its always nice to do a little tanning after the swim. Braden is thinking hard about something and Landon is checking his tan. We are all going to Hawaii and these dudes are going to be babe magnets, they sure have all of us wrapped around there fat little fingers. Its amazing how you can love such litle ones, that dont walk, talk, or play. They just let you love them as much as you want.

Our Grandbabies

Here they are ! Are they the cutest????? These little boys are Beka and Dannys twins. Everytime we see them we can't get enough of them. Even when they cry we just look at them and say "Oh that is so cute" They keep us smiling. Here they are at the house and sitting in there seats, one top got broken but they don't care, well maybe Bradon does a little, he is just discovering that Landon has the one with the top. They are starting to make all kinds of noises and soon will be talking. That will be fun, its the walking that might be a little more challenging.

Our Boarders

Look at these faces. Could you turn them away, neither could we. The beautiful boxer is Traci. She belongs to Carrie, who has married and moved to a house with a yard not quite big enough. The larger more sophisticated looking dog is Cody, he belongs to Bobbi, who married Mike and they have moved to a condo, with a porch not quite big enough. They love each other and play well together. We are glad to have them as part of our family. They are great guard dogs and let us know if anyone is walking in front of the house, or the side or over the back fence. We dont know what we would do with out them.

Proud Grandpa

Heres Grandpa holding Landon and Braden when they came over the other night for babysitting! It was a fun night. Landon was just not one for taking pictures at this moment!