Michael, Kristy Lee (for Gunnar) and Carly

Michael gave me chills with "We Will Rock You" !! Kristy touched our hearts with "I Am Proud To Be An American"! Carly sang a terrific version of "I Drove All Night" Celine would be proud or jeolous!

Brooke, Jason and Syesha

All the Idols performed better than they did on TV especially Jason! They showed a great comradery for each other. Brooke commented after her first song " This is the place, right?" She also thanked Utah profusely for all their votes! She knows much of her fan base was here.

The man of the hour! DAVID ARCHULETA

I have to say, he melted our hearts with his rendention of "When You Say You Love Me". He got very emotional, which of course, made us cry!! The audience brought the house down. I may never recover my complete hearing!

For Tara!! DAVID COOK

Great Intertainer!!!

Concert over!

We are still in shock!! Did this really happen? The only thing that would of made it perfect is if all our girls were with us!!

More Birthday photos

June 19th and June 22nd
the month of the never ending birthdays!!
Happy Birthday Dennis, Travis and Kathryn!!

4th of July Breakfast 2008

Many years ago, our friends, Bette and Marilyn, had all of us over for Breakfast every 4th of July!! The kids loved it. When that tradition subsided, there was murmuring amongst the troupes, so we started having our own. This year we extended invitations to our kids in-laws and Travis invited an old friend from High School who happened to be in town, Eric Robinson and his family. (he has 6 daughters!) Greatly missed were Clay, Telisa and Bodie, Kim who was ill, Chad and Steve (both working), Stephanie, Jason, Jack, Dave, Mikel and Lilly! After we stuffed ourselves with homemade Egg Mc Muffins (aka Lake Powell Special), Hash Browns, Fresh Fruit, Turkey Sausage, Yogurt & Granola, Bran Muffins and 3 1/2 Cinnamon Rolls each!, we played in the water, and by we, I mean the kids and the dads, Tara invited us all over to the Sansoms to swim. We actually wore out the kids, some of them fell asleep before they even went home! Speaking of worn out--Den and I crashed when it was all over, we could hear the fireworks from our bed, but we were too tired (old) to do anything about it!! Happy Independence Day everyone! We are truly blessed to be Americans and enjoy the freedoms we have!!

The Pledge of Alligence

Breakfast in Red, White and Blue!

The Big Water Slide!

Water Fun!! Ginormous Slip n Slide

Jovie: "Rylee, swimming suits really cramp our style!"
Rylee: "Maybe no one well notice if we hide over here by the fence!"

Thanks for the Birthday Dinner!!

My Birthday! SURPRISE!

I know it's July and everything and my birthday was in June, but I just received these pictures from my SURPRISE birthday dinner in May!? I think Telisa wanted to have a little dinner party for my birthday before she, Clay and Bodie journeyed back to Cleveland! We missed Chad and Tiffany, but it truly was a surprise and I always enjoy an occasion to celebrate! Thanks for the gifts (love the apron, Kim!), the cards, the cakes and the laughs! I was deeply touched by the tributes on your blogs!! Tears! We can all breath a sigh of relief! JUNE is over!