Guess Who's Over the Hill??????

Yes. It's true. Tiffany has made the Grand Exit of her Twenties....and entered the world of "middle-age" (or at least we can tell her that's where she is!!).
We celebrated in several different ways: Josiah took her to breakfast (alone) today. I took her to lunch (alone). The boys took her to play "lazar tag" this afternoon; then she came home and took a nap.
Tonight we brought out carrot cake and ice cream....and watched the American men's swim team win the Gold! What a fun day!!!
Here is the family....with Thirty-Year-Old parents!!!
L to R below:
Josiah, Presley (4), Ethan (11), Kellen (8), Tiff (well, you know), Laz (8 mos.) and Tarin (7).

A Sneak Preview of Fall!!!

After 19+ days of over 90 degree weather, we finally had a preview of fall....and here is Laz sporting his new snow hat!
Yes, the heat was...well, HOT. But in Denver it cools off at night so it is fairly tolerable.
I'm looking forward to cooler days though~

Anniversary Trip

A Return to Pike's Peak....

Thirty-seven years after our Honeymoon trip to Pike's Peak, we decided to visit the "fourteen-er" once again! (for all you southerners, a "fourteen-er" is a mountain 14,000 feet tall. Many people take pride in climbing 14-ers...but I've yet to master that skill!) So, here we are...and I'm sure we still as young as we did at 20 and 26 years of age! We had a nice trip~

More Summer Adventures

At the Castle.....with our Knight in Shining Armor, "Bob"

L to R: Tarin, Tiffany, Kellen, Ethan & Laz, Maggie, Brenna, Presley,
John & Finley, and Noelle

Summer 2008

We kicked off the summer with a visit from my
parents, Nathan, Courtney & Hannah (already asleep!).

There she is!
Isn't she the most precious little girl in the world??

It's now our family tradition to drive over to
Daniel's Park and take pictures at sunset.
Neat, huh??

Oh my goodness, is Laz not the cutest thing in the
whole wide world???

A Texas Reunion

A walk down memory lane.....
Here is the house we built in Lufkin back in the 80's!

Chandler & I decided to make a quick trip to Texas recently....for several reasons. I have been contemplating opening a booth in a local antique mall and wanted to go raid my mom's garage for "goodies" (which we did!).....plus, we wanted to go to Lufkin and visit with Lavan and Wanda since her recent cancer diagnosis. As an added treat, we were able to stay a while at mom and dad's and visit with them too.....something that Chandler has been wanting to do for a while now.
Here are a few photos I took while at Wanda's. She was beginning to feel a little better since her radiation treatments...and should slowly regain her strength. The weather was wonderful....we got to "play" on the farm (Chandler rode the tractor and mowed two fields!), and I got to cook all kinds of goodies to freeze for them to eat later.....and we had a wonderful TEXAS Bar-B-Que dinner with their daughter Amy and her family!

We took Kellen with us and he was in 'heaven' driving all over the farm in the golf cart...with his new friend, Natalie (Amy's daughter). They were instant buddies and had a great time together.

sad news. . . .

On my recent trip to Texas we had

dinner at Red Lobster....(me), Dad, Mom, Wanda, Lavan

Sunday, April 6th, 2008.
it's been a really hard day.
my friend, Wanda...(from texas)....called today to tell me that she was diagnosed with cancer last night. She will undergo radiation for a couple of weeks and then they will decide what the next step should be.
Please pray for all of them: Husband, Lavan, 3 daughters: Anna, Amy, Aran; lots of grandkids.
Her mother is still alive and lives next door to them also.