Thanksgiving with Moon's

We sure had a blast with our family in Pinetop, Arizona this Thanksgiving. The cabin in plenty big and the perfect place just to relax and get away. We had plenty of good food, company, games, movies, Wii time, and long walks along the golf course. The kids got along really well. Brinley and Ryan were inseparable. Fun to share memories together.

The Eagle has landed!!

After a bit of nagging and prodding to get going on an Eagle Project....with the help of his father and his scout leaders Blake was able to get his project complete. The project was tailored perfectly for Blake. As a member of the SPHS baseball team he was able to make their varsity field even better. The foul ball poles were mere PVC pipes....now they are galvanized 600 pound steel poles that are 25 feel high. Now he hopes that the umps will make calls their way. His ball team was able to help with the project, and I think that the boys will really have a good feeling when they are the home team. Blake needs to still complete the whole package and submit it to the boar of review. We will keep you posted when the big Court of Honor is scheduled!

Tamale Time

This year the kids got out of school early this Thanksgiving break. We headed to Grandma and Grandpa Moon. What they love best about grandma's house....is the cooking. Grandma so sweetly decided to teach us all how to make tamales by scratch. No kidding....they were the best I have ever had. This is so difficult living in Southern California, with taco shops on each block and non quit compare to Grandmas cooking. We also made empanadas and guacamole and rice an beans. What a grand day!!!!

Blake's School Dance

Blake is finally 16, and got asked to a dance by his darling girlfriend Patricia. She asked him to the backwards dance by coming into his room and putting a message on the mirror. She then covered it with balloons and left a message to pop them. We had company over...and it was fun for Blake to get this invitation. To reply back Blake made a poster and put Christmas lights all over Patricia's garage door. The message said "I would be delighted to go to Backwards with you." They had a blast together.

Pliler's Surprise Visit

We had a blast with our cousins this summer. It was just the girls!!!! We went to Ocean Beach for the first time and played their all day. The treat was at the end of day when we treated ourselves to a Hodad's Hamburger. Voted San Diego's Best burger. It was pretty scrumptious.

It was fun getting together at Nanny and Bompas, our house for pool fun, and enjoying different beaches this summer. We some times forget how lucky we are to be so close to all sorts of fun places in Southern California. It is good to become a tourist in your home hometown!!!!

Wicked!!!!

We had a 'WICKED" trip to Arizona. We saw the hottest musical in the hottest place I have ever been to!!!! It is a good thing we love our family so much and that we would travel the dessert a zillion times to share fun times with the Moons and Grandparents!!!

We loved getting together with the Bartholamews, Moons and Kelee's good friends. We had fun getting all ready with manicures before hand(no pun intended) and a full on beauty shop set up to get ready for our big night. It was a total girls night out!!! Complete with a great dinner at Cheesecake Factory, great company and a great performance.

We waited at the stage door right, for all the cast to leave the theater.
The girls had the chance to meet Elphaba above. Bailey gave her a hug as she exited and told her that she was amazing. The gal had tears in her eyes and was very gracious.

Can you tell by the smiles that the girls were thrilled to meet Fiero.

This little short guy was Bic, or Bok...what ever his name was??? He played the character that truly loved Galinda, but decided to befriend Nessa, Elphaba's sister.

This was Galinda! She was the most sweet of them all. She was this little tiny thing from Phoenix. She said she has truly enjoyed performing in her home town.

Girls Camp 2009

It sure was awesome starting out our summer out with Girls Camp up at Camp Cedar Glen in Julian, California. Our theme this year was "No Guts, No Glory" with a Survivor flavor. We had lots of High Adventure activities, such as High Ropes course, climbing towers, archery and hikes. I was left in for my second year of being in charge of camp....could not have done it with out our YW's Board. I sure am lucky to work with great women and leaders.

It was Bailey's first girls camp, and she was very excited to be up there with me and her sister Brooke. They roomed together in a cabin that was infested with ants by the second day. The ants found their stash of junk food. They were evacuated to the sleep in the camp chapel. What an adventure.

Very relived it was a successful event. We had no complaints from any of the young women. The Camp was a great place to get away and enjoy nature, each other and strengthening our testimonies.