Lauren Graduates!

Lauren is on her way to graduation. It is really June 5th, the camera date is messed up. She is an outstanding young women. We are very proud of her.


Our beautiful smart graduate.
The family after graduation.

Andrew's Mission Call!

THE CALL!!
Waiting to open his call. It was delivered at 11 am and he waited until Drew arrived home to open it. Drew got home at 10 pm. It took a bit to get skype hooked up so family in Utah could watch too. It was quite intense.
Andrew reads his mission call. Nicaragua Managua North Mission. He is to report to the Provo MTC on October 20, 2010. He is very excited. His mission is a newly created one.

This and That!

This is Andrew at school-tough life.
Lauren goes to Prom.
Maddie got to ride an elephant with her Aunt Jody.
Our own Easter bunny!
We also went to Philadelphia. It was was a neat place.
Madison turned 9.
Nate turned 12.
We got A LOT of snow this winter!

Washington DC and New York at Christmas!

We all went to DC on Christmas Eve eve. Nate was able to do baptisms for the dead for the first time. It was a great day!

Time Square at night is a cool place, even if it is raining.

This is as close Lauren and I got to the Statue of Liberty. We saw Wicked when Drew and the other kids went out to the Statue. We thought it was a good alternative. It was great!

This is in front of "ground zero". It is a really big hole.
This is the Balto Statue on Central Park. Maddie had read the story at school so we had to visit the statue.
This was a fun family trip. It is fun to be at places that you have only seen on TV.

Everyone is finally in school!

Drew was home this past weekend and wanted to take the kids to a college football game. We went to UVA vs. TCU. It started rather slow, but the 4th quarter was good. By then more then half of the UVA fans had left. They missed some good football. We had a lot of fun, although I missed Andrew. It sure is wierd having him gone. He is liking it though. Life is good in Hawaii.
Little Miss Maddie is in the third grade. She loves school and loves to see her friends every day. She tried out for the 3rd and 4th grade Chorale. We haven't heard back yet. She could go to school 7 days week and be happy!
Nate started 6th grade and is at the Middle School for his second year. So far, so good!
Lauren actually started school first, back in August. Her senior year has begun. College planning is underway. If any of you are interested, she loves all things "Liverpool" or "Fernando Torres". She is a European Soccer Nut. She knows more about that game then most Americans know about American Football. So if you ever want to talk soccer, call her!
Andrew left for BYU-Hawaii on Saturday. He played 2 rounds of golf at Turtle Bay today. I think he is going to like college.

End of Summer Pool Party!

Grace, Celeste, Sophia and Maddie jump for joy! It is summer and time to play in the pool before they go back to school. It was a good day!
Maddie, Celeste and Sophia are striking a pose!
Nate and his best buddy, Will. They are all fish.
Maddie and Nate wanted to have a pool party before they headed back to school. After a postponement, due to bad weather, we finally got to have it on Tuesday. We had 6 little girls and 3 boys. The kids had fun!

Our boy turns 18!!

Andrew with his ice cream cake. I usually order one with golf stuff on top, but he changed his party day at the last minute so I had to get what they had. He got one with a red rose on it. At least it matched his shirt!
Andrew opening gifts. He was a happy boy that day.
Andrew and some friends hanging out on his birthday.
We got a thumb's up from Andrew on his birthday. He liked his gifts.
These kids spent many a night on this couch watching movies and having fun. Charlie and Dallas left for their missions today, so this photo is in honor of them. We will miss you! Good luck!!