He feels better and sounds great!

Joey said he feels so much better and is working hard. He sounds like his old happy self and that is a relief!!! This is a picture of him and his new cooking methods - worries me a bit -but he is quite smart!!!

Everyone needs to sit down for this one. Gracie is having an exciting week. She is going to - ok, brace yourself - cheerleading camp. I know, I know. It is scary. But she had a great time and is excited for another day of fun, pyramids, jumps and kicks. Ok, enough, I gotta go. Got to find a volleyball or basketball to offset this week of fun...

February is the month of LOVE. Now February will be a month for a baby!

Congratulations Nathan and Liesel...we can't wait! What a great year!!!

Basketball heaven.....

If there is such a place, my boys are there now. Kyle is playing in the Adidas Super 64 tournament in Las Vegas with a team from Vegas. He is having a good time, learning so much, playing with some REAL players. Andy said Kyle had a "poster" moment earlier today - only he was the one getting dunked on. A whole different level. But, Andy said he was holding his own and playing pretty well.

Andy and Matt were sitting in the big gym today sandwiched between Duke staff in front of them and North Carolina behind them. When he was talking on the phone it was Jay Wright from Villanova walking in with them. Ben Holland from UCLA, knew he knew Andy from somewhere - so they reconnected. Once they got the conversation going, he remembered Andy from Snowflake - then Columbia when he recruited Derrick Stewart - he asked Andy if Monterey was different than Snowflake - I wonder what he said. I know I am name dropping, but it is so fun for Kyle and Matt to see these coaches - they are more than ROCK stars in our house!

Matt got someone's autograph - I forgot who - some NBA player - oh I remember - Tim Hardaway. He isn't as bold as Nathan and Kyle were when they were youngins on the LV trips. Remember when Nate and Kyle got names like Mike K., Roy Williams etc? Oh well. The boys are in basketball heaven and Kyle is playing with the big boys and really learning how to block out and having a great time.

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.

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!

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!

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!

Summer fun

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

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

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

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.

Ok I figured out how to get pictures off of my phone...

11 inches gone!

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!

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!

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.