More BD photos

Taken Saturday, August 30, 2008 in San Dimas, California. Eric hasn't given me his photos yet, so I will probably be adding more photos soon!

My Mom's Surprise 80th BD Party

We made a quick trip down to Ontario, California for my mom's 80th birthday. She was very surprised to see about 40 of us at the park to celebrate with her. Some of our family members I hadn't seen in many years and it was fun to see them again. Several friends came to share in the celebration, too. We took way too many photos to post here, so I am trying my hand at putting together several slide shows of some of the photos that were taken. Enjoy!!

Disneyland

The kids were so excited when I told them we would all be going to Disneyland for Christmas. Liz just about hyperventilated and Nathan gasped and asked, "Are you serious?". Michael giggled a lot and got quite excited. Megan wasn't sure what was going on, but she ran up the stairs yelling to her siblings something about going to Disneyland (as if she has a clue what that is! lol) You can be sure I will be posting lots of photos of that vacation!

Our Christmas Present.....

Don and I decided to take all our boys, Jenalee, Jen, Tandi, and whoever Eric invites, and our 4 grandkids to Disneyland for Christmas. (Actually, we will be going the week after Christmas.It will be great celebrating New Years Eve there!). Here are some photos of the grandkids as I was telling them on the phone about the trip. Do you think they are excited?

Whaz up with us?

Ok, I haven't blogged in awhile. We went on another camping trip (photos will be posted soon) with our Ward. We had a great time. Don did a wonderful job with a flag retirement ceremony. It brought a lot of tears to those who were there. Our country may have it's problems but it is still the BEST country on earth! We should be thankful for the rights and privledges we have here in America.

Don has been having fun riding his new Harley. I still haven't gotten on the back of it yet. I am so afraid of falling off or something stupid like that. I will just let Don enjoy it....

Mormon Tabernacle Choir/Osmond Family Concert

We went to the Friday night performance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Pioneer Day Commemoration Concert with their special guests, The Osmond Family. It was a great concert, and Pres. Monson was there!

The choir sang several songs, then the Osmonds came onstage and sang some of their hits. Then Marie sang "How Great Thou Art". The choir then sang some more songs, and soon the Osmonds were back onstage. They sang more of their hits, and then Donny sang a beautiful song titled "Whenever You're In Trouble". He told a story about his son being on a mission and needing his help, then how his parents were always there for him, and how the Savior is always there for us. Next they sang "Through the Years" and they were all crying by the end of the song. The televised broadcast of it live on Saturday showed even more emotions as they realized it was their last performance of their 50th anniversary tour. When they sang "Are You Up There/I Believe", they brought older brothers Tom and Virl up onstage to sign the songs. The family joined the choir at the end of the show singing "Come, Come Ye Saints" which has special meaning to those of the LDS faith about the Pioneers who came to the Salt Lake Valley. Be sure to catch this concert on the BYU channel when it is rebroadcast.

After the performance, as we were leaving, we stopped at the corner to wait for the signal. Merrill was in a car that turned the corner, so we were able to wave and say hi. It brought back a lot of fun memories.

Camping in July

We went up the Ogden Canyon to Pineview Reservoir and camped out for 5 days. It was nice because it is so close to home (about 15 minutes) so we could run back and forth as needed. It was nice and quiet there and we are ready to head back when it is a bit cooler.