Change For A Dollar

The best short film I've seen in a long time!
Well worth the 10 Minutes!

10-18-2011 Tuesday - Halloween Parties!

Noel was a Mechanic for the San Clemente Fall Festival - which is their Stake Halloween Dance!

Noel the Mechanic and Aubry the Kittie!

Jeff was "Cowboy Governor Brown" stealing from the students and giving to the unions at his Halloween work party.

This is an inside joke for people who know about this!

10-10-11 Monday - Halloween Booing

We decided to do two different nights for Booing our friends this year. The first night we made cupcakes with homemade chocolate frosting with all these yummy sprinkles on top.

We baked a separate cake for us that same night too! LOL

Then another night we made these cute little Oreo orange ghosts with mini chocolate chip eyes on them!

These were so easy to make and tasted yummy too!

10-9-2012 Sunday - Louie's Farewell Dinner...

Louie had his last Sunday Farewell dinner with his parents at our home before leaving on his mission.

We had a feast of steak, potatoes, salad, and Louie's favorite Texas Sheet Cake!

Louie's dad, mom and sister's brother came for the afternoon and we talked about what Louie would be doing for the next two years. They are not members of the church, but they are adjusting to what he desires pretty well.

We will miss you Louie!

Shera will miss teasing her buddy.

Saying goodbye is so hard sometimes...

Louie's dad loves him so much!
This was so tough!

Grams and Drago took Jeff and Louie to the airport to go to Salt Lake City where they will finish preparing Louie to serve. Louie will go into the Missionary Training Center (MTC) for 2 months and then to Honduras for the remaining 2 years of his mission.

9-22-2011 Thursday - Holly's Jaw Surgery...

Holly had her jaw surgery on Thursday in Santa Barbara. We stayed up there for four weeks with her initial recovery. It was not fun. Holly has a condition called Idiopathic Condular Resorption. Which basically means, her jaw joints are disintegrating and they don't know why. The surgeon says her jaw joints are basically junk and they need to be rebuilt. So that's what they did this. The surgery took 6 hours plus 3 hours in recovery. The surgery consisted of bringing her lower jaw forward 19mm, her upper jaw forward 6mm, her upper jaw cut across and ground down 7mm and then raised up. She had over 20 bone graphs added. The bone was taken from inside her skull to rebuild the jaw back to the correct position and bite. Yes - it was very painful, yes - she was very swollen, yes - she was on a liquid diet for 8 weeks, yes - she looks different but still beautiful, yes - she would do it again. No more pain like she has consistently had for the past 6 years has made it well worth it. She will be on medication for several months to possibly years still. She will be swollen for a long time yet. She will be fully recovered in a year. Sorry - no photos per Holly's request.

9-7-11 Wednesday - A Strong Start for September!

The first day of school - Shera 6th, Luke 4th, Noel 10th!

JV Football Game in 95 Degree weather!

Grams 83rd birthday!

Dane & Aubry visit and we BBQ for Grams birthday!

Grams let the girls take their pick of her clothes and shoes!

Danielle Anderton went through the Newport Beach Temple to prepare for her full time mission to Argentina!

The ward talent show where Louie, Luke and Jeff were little people singing and dancing with the help of Holly, Shera, and Noel as their hands and arms!
So funny!!!

8-24-2011 Wednesday - Allred Summer Party and Blake's Birthday!

We got the Allred family together for a summer swim BBQ with ribs, chicken, salad and other yummies!

The kids swam until dark.

Blake brought his girlfriend, Kristi.

Amazing Bruschetta!

Drago and Grams relaxed and loved watching the kids run around!

Luke got out the Nerf Guns and they had a Nerf war all over the house!

Cute Andrea and Heather...

Cousins, Finn and Auggie...

We got Uncle Dean to play Rock Band!
Woo Hoo!

And Happy 25th Birthday Cousin Blake!
Gotta love those ice cream cakes!!!

8-20-2011 Saturday - Lots of Fun in August!

Here's a summary of some of the fun things that happened in August:

We took Luke, Shera and her friend, Jane, to see the musical Mary Poppins at the Segerstrom Performing Arts Center. It was great!

Luke had a tarantula fetish in Rancho Santa Margarita! We found a place that had tons of wild ones running around!

Noel, Carissa, Aubry and Christa went to the RSM Duct Tape Dance!

Noel, Aubry and Carissa went to Hannah's Sweet 16 Trailer Trash Birthday Party!

Louie moved in with us for 3 months before his mission.
Drew came home for a week and we ate at all his favorite restaurants.
Now you see Louie ---

Now you don't!

Lots of swimming, rock band, picnics, movies, sleepovers and food!!!

8-19-2011 Friday - All That Glitters...

We went to the All That Glitters Exhibit at the Natural History Museum in San Diego on Friday.

It was amazing the things they had on display! These are real gold nuggets in pure form.

This is a Faberge Egg that has an exact replica of the carousel in San Diego inside.

A gorgeous turquoise snake bracelet.

A Vintage Harry Winston necklace!

A giant crystal mine. Those men are walking on the crystals! We loved this show - the kids loved it and we couldn't tear them away it. It was so beautiful and interesting!

8-5-2011 Friday - Dane & Aubry's Wedding

Our cousin Dane found his sweetheart, Aubry, and got married in the Salt Lake Temple Friday. Yay! They had the wedding breakfast at the Joseph Smith Building before the service.

Aren't they cute?

All of Dane's buds...

Shera got to hold Aubry's bouquet for a while while she hugged everyone hello.
Shera was in heaven. Starla is here with her.

The reception was in Aubry's close friend's backyard. Afterward, they left through a line of sparklers (and smoke!) off to their honeymoon. Congrats kids - you look so happy and we wish you all the best! Love you!