Memorial Day. We went to visit grandpa and left some poppies from our yard. He looks good.

Adam & Jessica (no longer girlfriend) May 2009

Happy Birthday To Debbie!

She celebrated with the Kehr family in NC.

We had such a fun day together.  The girls were so excited to give her attention and make the day grand.
We sang
We watched her open presents
We ate, as usual
After the kids went to school, Summer and Debbie went antiquing in the nearby towns
We found this Great sign in Emerald Isle
The day was fantastic.  It was such a treat to be together for a wonderful day!

Me and Mom in the Tampa airport waiting for Maria to pick us up. Mom is on the phone calling everyone and saying, "Omgosh...we are finally here after being bumped, bumped, bumped on that *damdelta." (it is the price you pay for the price you pay....so I have been told) Mom had a great time (I think) on her visit to Florida. We had great weather and had fun being together....we didn't do much...she didn't want to ride the teacup's at Disney...so just laid around and stared at each other. My kind of vacation.

*she didn't really say damdelta....I did (dean).

Poor Maria recovering from her THIRD deviated septum surgery. She was under the knife for about 2 hours and is recovering well. She hopes that she can breathe now so that she can "stop and smell the roses" literally. Donations and sympathies can be sent to the usual address.

Summer Stamps

Born 9:31 am, weighing 8 lbs, measuring 20" long. healthy and now home.

We had a Magical Week in Florida
A few weeks ago we took a drive down to the Magic Kingdom. We did Epcot, Disney, MGM and the Wild Kingdom--a different park each day. The weather was perfect, the crowds- not too bad, the girls are the perfect ages for it. The olders aren't too old to be kids and the babe was just tall enough (with shoes on) to go on every ride. It was awesome!

A highlight of the trip was getting to stay and be with Uncle Dean and Aunt Maria. We were so comfortable in their fabulous home. They definitely fall under 'Hostess with the Mostess' category. The girls loved hanging out with Aunt Maria. They made cookIedough together and she was a fresh audience to tell about all the rides they went on that day. We got to be with Dean one night he was home. It was Mardi Gras so Jonathan made us a Shrimp Boil meal...Divine!Thanks again! Love and miss you Tons!

Me & Maria went to the Kissimmee Rodeo and had a wild time. Maria even rode "willy" the mechanical bull....and lived to tell about it.

Went to Denver this week and stopped by the cemetery to visit Dad's graveside. It was a beautiful day, just like the day we buried him. It was a little emotional as it brought back those feelings of the day we brought him here. Here are the photos of the headstone which I thought turned out great. Dean

Whitney's visit to Florida and her discovery of self portraits taken with her new digital camera.

Dean, Scott & Janet and Kyle Hansen
Scott & Dave Thomason @ Dave and Janet Hansen's Wedding

Funny how things never change: Dean in the shadow of Scott with "deer in the headlights" stare, and Scott ticked off and grouchy about something and wearing his underwear clear up to his armpits just like he wears his golf pants today.

Scott in his underwear & Dean

Elwood & Puzz's Mini-Me

HAPPIEST MAN

The happiest man in the world is the common, everyday chap who makes his own living, pays his bills, has a little money as he goes along, but doesn't strive to get a corner on the local output, and is a slave neither to ambition nor society. He loves God and his fellow man; thinks "there is no place like home," the haven of rest; prefers the compnay of his family to that of anyone else; never has to sit up nights to poultice his conscience; believes in the doctrine of live and let live, and when he encounters one of the needy, he doesn't stutter with his pocketbook. The plain man is happy to be staisfied and does not spend the best of his life yearing for things four sizes too large for him.

We love and miss you Dad.