A great day!

Nate, Liesel and baby Kendyl

Kendyl's Blessing Day

Kendyl's blessing day

P.s. I see now the skirt was a bad choice

Trip to Idaho...via Salt Lake City

On Friday we started another great adventure to Rexburg Idaho. We flew from Oakland to SLC...interesting flight. Kyle's first time flying and he did just fine. He had a nice person sit next to him to help him cope...ask about her sometime.

This is my #1 grandbaby! Katie is so big now and so cute! She loved to swim, eat jelly beans, and just spread her sweetness! Isn't she cute?

Grandma Julie with sweet baby Kendyl. She is the best baby ever. She smiles and coos and eats and sleeps. Maybe once in a while we changed her diaper.

Matt and Gracie in the pool in Rexburg...freezing Rexburg.

What I did on my summer vacation...OR

I just (an hour ago) returned from a week in Arizona. I went to spend some time with my mom and dad after my mom had surgery for breast cancer. The reason I went was serious, but the good times we had were any thing but. I am proud of my mom for her bravery and faith. She has done so great and I know she will continue to do so. (Anything to get a new dress - jk mom). I saw great love and devotion from my dad...and also amazing love and support from my wonderful family. I was able to spend some time with my handsome brothers...I would have liked to have been able to spend more. I got to have a good talk with my wonderful sis in law Vicki on our ride to the airport. I hijacked my nieces houses and got them to help me make a baby quilt. We had a great time, the quilt is cute and my fingers are sore. I am such a homemaking wimp. Thank you all for a wonderful week...yes it would have been better if it weren't under these circumstances, but these make us stronger and realize what a wonderful family we have. I love you all!





Counter surfing...

My handsome brothers - Gary and Wayne.

Me and Grace on our flight.

My dad showing some mechanical thingy to brothers.

I would do anything to make my mom smile! Happy St. Patty's day! I think my mom's sunglasses are still bigger than my shamrock glasses...and she is being serious! I actually made green pancakes, and my dad ate them!

Finished product!

All the girls who worked on this...some more than others...um hum. Tracie's Easton (4) took this picture..you can see me telling him, press it again and hold it down. He did great.Me, Traci, Tobi, Mom and Vicki. Thanks again! P.S. I am ready to go to El or La or whatever cupido's.

Congratulations Kyle -

He was selected first team TCAL, All county by The Salinas Californian.

The Californian

Why Mormons Build Temples

CCS Championship

Here we go...

This makes a mom cry...

Pictures from the newspaper along with the write up...There are more pictures out there...but I do have to work...

Let's go get another win!

The Californian

On the road again...

Salinas takes on Lowell High school from San Francisco on Monday night at Kezar Pavillion in SF Golden Gate Park. Kyle always likes to look at the inside of the gyms...here you go!



We are having a shirt destruction ceremony. Andy swears that every time I make T shirts to commemorate the game - we get crunched. He started naming playoff games from Columbia, Hartnell and now Salinas. Ok FINE...I will stop having so much fun. Tomorrow we are wearing our old purple clothes...nothing new.

Hey...he got back up.

AAAAHHHHH!!! Shoot!

It just wasn't our night. Shots rimmed out...balls bounced. They worked hard until the last buzzer, but it just didn't work. As far as my boy..he had three fouls in the first quarter - one ref apologized to him at half time for calling so many fouls. Ummmm, he sat the whole second quarter. Could never really get anything going. He sparked in the third quarter, but they were bigger, stronger and were making shots and dunks, and dunks. I don't know the final score...the margin may have been more than all my toes and fingers...The way I look at it for Kyle, if he is perfect every night, where does he go from there...this way he knows what he needs to work on and can work towards that. But HEY!!! There is still more to come. Monday or Tuesday is the first round of the STATE tournament. Salinas will be there! Let's go Cowboys...regroup and go!!!

We got our purple on!