Monday, July 21, 2008

I knew it had to happen sometime...


Joey reported to me today in his weekly email that he had been sick. He couldn't get out of bed and had a fever over 102. He wasn't able to keep anything down - or in. He got some medicine and had interesting things tested. Apparently the fruit in his area is questionable - well if you know the answer to the question - tell the elders to not eat the fruit!!! He said he felt better today - I sure hope so.

Monday, July 14, 2008

My boy...


He said that it was raining and then stopped right before they were able to go into the water. He sounds great. He said a man attempted to rob him but he was too drunk to really do anything. What fun he is having!

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Public Service Announcement


Grace wanted me to remind everyone to head on over to Wal-Mart to get your special 3-D glasses. For one night only on July 26, the Hannah Montana concert will be broadcast on the Disney Channel. You bet your sweet niblets we have ours.
From this...

To this...



To This!!!Five weeks of NO homework! Woo hoo!

Friday, July 11, 2008

S.I.X.

Happy Birthday Gracie! I can't believe you are SIX! Gracie got to celebrate her birthday with sister Alli and got a surprise today too! She loves her gifts and thank yous to her grandmas - she went right to town on her pillow case and window light catcher - you can see the pillowcase but the light catcher is still drying - may be a little heavy on the paint!








Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Summer fun



Annual bball retreat - boys do camp - girls do fun!




You can see Alli's blog for other pictures and details, details, details.

Monday, June 30, 2008



Joey's email sounded pretty good. No shooting etc., so has to be better.!

Friday, June 27, 2008

Distance DANCE OFF!

A couple of instructions to view the dance off...click the "go" button on Katie's first and then on Gracie's. Gracie's music doesn't work but it is the same song at the same place so you get the same effect and then you can see the similarities... You may need to turn the playlist off on the bottom.

Thursday, June 26, 2008

Monday, June 23, 2008


It sounds like Joey has had more excitement his short time in Mexico than the rest of his life! First the tongue and now he reports he was shot at a couple times from 5-7 feet. He said they were all fine - but isn't that a nice email to send to your mom? He says he is getting along better in Spanish, but requested peanut butter. He was also pleased to mention that a woman said he was the tallest and most handsome Elder she had ever seen. He also finally mentioned where he really was - Zacapu, Michoachan - I will have to look that up.


Also, yet another Vasher birthday. Happy Birthday Nathan!!!! Someone told me today that it is your golden birthday as you are 23 on the 23rd! Have a great day!


Friday, June 20, 2008

BYU-Idaho Student Body President ELECT -


Nathan Vasher
Congratulations! We are proud of you!

And now back to our normal life. Matthew just completed an entire week of Cub Scout day camp. He had a great time and mastered many new skills - archery, beebee guns, leatherworking, woodworking, and from the looks of him at the end of each day - dirtrolling. Glad he had so much fun!!! Sorry no pictures of the scouter, but that camera charger is still on vacation in SoCal.

Joey reports he has already had some new experiences with food. He was served a nice rice and meat dish with pepper salsa when he bit into some very chewy meat. He ate that piece and moved on to the next and discovered it was still attached to a bone and it was tongue. He said he stopped on the way home and purchased some peanut butter and bread.

Alli had a birthday on the 18th. She is getting to be a real grownup now! She is a great daughter and mother - who could ask for anything more! We love you Alli!

Parents Roy and Pat celebrated their 55th anniversary on the 19th. That's a long time. Congratulations mom and dad!

Thursday, June 12, 2008

On the roof...
Joey reports that his companion speaks no English yet can sing "I am a Barbie girl" in English. That's good, that's Joey's favorite song.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

The Joey has landed

¡Enhorabuena! Joey ha hecho a Mexico. Él envió un breve mensaje que dice que estaba allí, estaba vivo y escribiría más próxima semana

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Irresponsible mother of six...

It's a good thing my kids are sort of self sufficient or I would lose them I am sure of it. Yep, I lost something else. I lost the charger for my camera. I spent some nice money on a nice camera for all of my family's fun events this Spring and lo and behold - no charger. It is probably on vacation with my cell phone charger at the Fairfield Inn across from Disneyland. So, no pictures until I find it or discover a long last cash pile . . . it's possible with my irresponsible past.

I got a phone call from a nice man with a very strong Spanish language accent. Being that I live in Salinas, I didn't think much of it until I heard the words Elder Vasher. My ears perked right up. He proceeded to tell me that Elder Vasher could not call me to tell me he was picking his visa up on Wednesday, but he could. So he did. He continued to tell me what a fine young man Elder Vasher is and he was at that moment installing his air conditioner unit. The man worried that Elder Vasher would hit his head on his ceiling - he had never had someone that tall in his house before. The conversation continued with Elder Vasher relaying a message that he needed more money for his luggage on the trip to Mexico - I thought to myself that the phone call I received a couple of weeks was for more money for the luggage for the trip to Mexico. I am confused or Joey is eating a lot of Whoppers. Apparently he will be on his way to Mexico on the 5th or the 6th. I could hear the excitement in Joey's voice in the background and I am so happy for him. He is such a good boy...

Monday, May 26, 2008

Last night in the MTC


Elder Vasher sent this picture to me today. I didn't realize how much I really missed him. He could always make me smile. He could also make me frown when he wanted...

Joey has an amazing sense of humor and a very sharp tongue - don't know where he gets either of those. He is going to have a great mission and share what he has with others.

For our Memorial Day festivities today, we went to see Indy. You know, Indiana Jones. I will save my opinion or review...Gracie spent alot of the movie covering her ears and closing her eyes.