Brisket's New Collar

A gift from Meriel's boss and his wife and Awesome, the Dog.

HIGH SCHOOL PHOTOS

Top photo is Homecoming October 1976.  Bottom photo is Junior Prom March 1976.

Go Eagles!

SHELTON AND RALPH

While we are on the subject of former pets, I thought I would post a photo of Shelton and Ralph herding ham ham, the hampster.  And, of course, Shelton with his head in the garbage can.  He was a great dog.  I really miss him a lot.  And Ralph was a sweetie.  Border Collies are amazing dogs.

AVERY

Avery just started preschool.  Here is a cute picture of her.

And I sent her some mustaches that she just loves!

ODE TO KITTY (OREO)

Last year, about this time, I had to put our kitty, Oreo, to sleep.  She was 19 1/2 years old!  She was born in Connecticut summer of 1988.  She moved to California with us in 1993 and then to Utah in 2007.  That was a hard move for her and her health started to deteriorate quickly.  She was having seizures and didn't look too great.  In fact, Meriel has just recently compared her to Grizabella, the glamour cat, from CATS.

She was a good kitty.  Here is a picture of her in Connecticut.  She liked to sleep in the sink.

Unfortunately, I don't know how to flip the photo around.  Sorry.

A lot to catch up on

I know it is no excuse to say I have been too busy to keep this up-to-date.  But it is true.  So much has happened and every time I sit down to write, I get distracted.  

This week I have spent the ENTIRE week getting ready for Trek.  I am in charge of all the food for 90 people in my ward for 4 days.  That means putting together a menu, buying the food, finding a place to freeze and refrigerate everything, finding coolers to put all this food in, packing it up in the coolers and boxes and putting it in the trailer, then leaving Monday morning at 4:00 am.  Then cooking it all at camp!  Of course I have help, and I am enjoying it, but I am very tired.

So, I owe blogs on these things at least:

Trek, when I return.

New Jet Skis - what a blast.  We have had them in the back yard for two weeks and have been able to ride them almost every day.

Our fabulous visit with Littlejohns, Wyatts, and Christensen on July 3.

Huntsville 4th of July.

Meriel running in the Wasatch Back with members of the Holt clan.  I still owe her pictures.

My visit with Uncle Bill

My trip to Denver with my Mom, Uncle Bob and Aunt Nancy, Jarl, and Price to dedicate my Great Grandmother Lula McDaniel's grave.

Rachel is in New York staying with Laurel.

My trip to Disneyland with Laurel and Avery and Ashton.

And of course, our exciting trip to Jordan and Israel with our wonderful Danville/Alamo friends.  

I promise to get to it soon!

The Couch Bike

Our neighbor, John Tanner, made this cool bike.  I was driving down the street and saw Price getting a ride on it.