Sustained in Conference

Well, Chad was sustained in Stake Conference this morning to become an Elder. He went for his interview with a member of the Stake Presidency a couple weeks ago, and President Smith, as Chad was leaving, said, "Well, I think you might think about shaving." So - he did. This morning, right before Conference. I'm sure he'll be scruffy by Wednesday, but he did shave for Conference. He was quite depressed because, in his words, "I LOOK 12!" I haven't seen his clean shaven face in so long, that it took me awhile to get used to him too. When he shook President Smith's hand this morning he smiled and said, "Well, you look a little different. I'm glad you shaved."

Yesterday Chad caught a glimpse of my pretty prickly legs and said, "Dang, Mom -- you need to shave." Later last night I text him this text . . . "I'll shave if you shave !!" HAH!

FURRY CHAD!!

Chad has decided (much to my dismay) to not shave until he turns in his mission papers. UGH! When I ask why -- he just says, "Mom, because I can." The other day I had dropped my cell phone in the garage. He found it and brought it to school for me. He walked into my classroom, gave me the phone, kissed me, and quickly left. When he left, I looked at the kids. They all had their mouths dropped open. One of them said, "Man, Mrs. M. He's really big. And FURRY !!!"

Aleena's Beautiful Teeth

Our beautiful 'Lena got her braces off!!! She has endured sooooo much! Not only has she had braces basically since 1997, but she went through a tremendously difficult surgery last summer. But, just look at this beautiful smile !!! She's gorgeous!

Before

After

BC Volleyball

Let's go Jaguars!!!

It's so strange for this time of year that we're not sitting in the stadiums around Phoenix at the Football games. But - we haven't missed a beat. Atleast now we get to sit in air-conditioned gyms. Kenna's volleyball season is up and screaming..... and I do mean screaming. (They are so LOUD !) Kenna is playing really well. She is a starter and plays all positions this year. That's really fun for her. She has improved so much in her passing that now she gets to play all the time and not be subbed out. Last Tuesday she was definately the MVP of the game. Not only did she win one of the games with her 8 point serving - she had 4 hits and 2 saves. WAY TO GO MAYBERRY !! We enjoy going to all the games - and we really enjoy her the most. She's so much fun !


The cute little baby that Kenna is holding is her Flour Baby from school. She's in Child Development this semester. They had to make a baby out of a 5 lb. sack of flour. Then they had to carry it everywhere with them (or less their class had a set up daycare station) for 4 days. Very very cute! She said that the hardest part was keeping it from the boys who wanted to play football with her. YIKES !! She was very protective. It was especially hard at the Volleyball games. After one game I asked her friend where Kenna's flour baby was and she said, "Oh, I think it's in her locker." It wasn't, the trainer was babysitting, but it was a funny answer.

Go CHARGERS !!!

A few weeks ago Ken's brother, Chip, gave Ken and I Cardinal tickets. They were playing the San Diego Chargers and they're MY favorite team. So - he unselfishly gave us his club seats for the game. Chad, whose favorite team is also the Chargers, was so jealous. He tried hard to get us to include him in our plans. Actually I think the words were, "Come on, Dad, Mom and I need special time together!" But, Ken was not going for it. He looked into buying a ticket, but quickly gave up that idea when he realized how expensive they are. A couple of days before the game he came home from work with a grin on his face that went for miles. A friend of his had tickets and she was willing to give him one. The only catch was that he had to drive -- and sit with two cute girls for the whole game. HAH! How horrible! Ken and I had a great time. (Chargers won !!) But, for some reason . . . I think Chad had the best time of all. : o )

School starts . . .

Well, school starts tomorrow. I can't believe how fast the summer goes. Each year seems to be shorter and shorter. I do feel rested though - and that is a good thing. Aleena finally got her braces off. YEAH! After a zillion years. Her smile is beautiful. She has the perfect teeth of the family that's for sure. Chad was made a supervisor at Quicksilver this past week. That is really super. It will be nice to have on a resume. He's working as many hours as he possibly can. He's all smiles today and teasing Kenna and I about having to get up and go to school tomorrow. The bum! HAH! Kenna made the Volleyball team this week. WHEW! They cut half the girls. So - our life is volleyball for the next few months. (What am I kidding -- our life is always volleyball.) There are 750 freshmen at Boulder Creek. UGH! That's incredible. And, way too many. I know our lives are heading for another turn in direction. It's exciting --- are we ready??? Here we go, ready or not.

20 years !!!

Kenneth & I celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary this week. Where does the time go??? It's funny. It seems just like yesterday that we made that huge wonderful step towards making our family. Yet -- so many things have happened to us, memories that we've created ..... Of course that all takes time. We are so fortunate to have come through this past 20 years intact and still in love, still friends. We love to be together. No matter what it is - even doing nothing. One of our favorite things to do is drive . . . all alone (aka no teenagers giving each other a hard time !!) Sometimes we talk - often we don't. But, we just enjoy each other's company and the peace of being together. I love him! I'm so lucky. He treats me so well. We get along amazingly. It's not perfect -- but it is wonderful !!!