Today was the big day for Mark and Amber and their family. They’re no longer living seven doors down from us. I helped finish up the loading of two moving trucks (we loaded another one last month) and tomorrow the trucks are headed for Utah. Mark’s finishing his contract with his new employer, the physical [...]
Yesterday Eliana and her first grade class gave three performances of A Froggy Day in Lindentown, a written-for-elementary school show. They all wore green t-shirts and frog sun visors. Eliana was one of the kids in a different costume. She was dressed as Sandy the Salamander and had several lines, and a mud pie, to [...]
Part of my trip down memory lane . . . Have I ever blogged about meeting Bob Mackie, professional lighting décor designer, and Carol Burnett’s costumer? Here I am, at an event at my then client, Northern Lights, meeting Bob Mackie in December 2003.
I’m in the process of posting some photos of Tank in a photo album on Facebook and found some pretty adorable photos from years ago. I thought I’d post a few of them here as my ode to yesterdays.
You know how folks refer to loosing your cool and going crazy by saying “going postal?” Well, I’ve coined a new expression. It’s “going dental.” What it means is when you give way too much of your hard earned dough to the dentist. Today Vickey’s going dental . . . again. A couple years ago [...]
For those of you in cooler climates, I thought I’d post these swimming photos to let you know how beautiful Henderson is this time of year. Just don’t expect the same rosy outlook in July and August when it’s over 110°. Waving to the neighbors on the way to the Coglianese pool. Running to the [...]
Yesterday we had cake and ice cream with some friends to celebrate my birthday. Here are some photos of me blowing out the candles on the yummy chocolate bundt cake Vickey made and Dominic and I in our front courtyard installing acrylic humming bird and butterfly nightlight thingys (gifts from my cousin, Lisa). They’re cool. [...]
One of our family’s favorite cookie recipes is a peanut butter cookie with a Reese’s peanut butter cup in the middle. If you like chocolate and peanut butter, you’ll love these cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter ½ cup chunky peanut butter 1 ¼ cup flour ½ cup sugar ½ cup packed brown sugar 1 egg [...]
It’s true. I have another birthday this week. I say another because it seems like they come much more frequently lately. I realized tonight, as the kids and I shared a meal with the Coglianese family and the missionaries, that I’m twice as old as I was when I went on my mission. Very strange. [...]
Here’s a rare occurrence on our blog, a photo of me and Vickey together. The only reason we got this photo is because Vickey took it. Eliana has tried taking our picture, but none have turned out yet. Perhaps soon she’ll be old enough and have enough interest in photography to have us as her [...]
