ATV's in the Desert

We Love the River!

The sand dunes are right behind the trailer park, so we get to ride pretty much anytime we want!

This is Holly on our little go-cart!

We love to play games at the river, like Apples to Apples!

But our favorite thing to do at the river is just hang out together!!!

Here we are riding. Jeff and Drew are doing the jumps!

Drew's 18!

Here is a photo of Drew when he was three years old! But now he's an adult! How time flies!!!


Drew loves the Melting Pot with all the different fondues, so that's where he chose to have his birthday dinner. It was a Caribbean themed menu that night - lots of Cajun and Chutney! Right up Drew's alley!

Funny faces while eating cheese fondue with his brother!


The girls like all the variety when we eat here, even though Noel and Holly won't eat any cheese!

We all had a great evening! It's hard to imagine 18 years have passed since we had this cute little boy!

Everyone was having fun tasting this zippy cocktail sauce!
Luke finally got talked into trying the cocktail sauce! But don't worry, he laughed after he cried!

Skiing in Utah on President's Weekend!

February was such a busy month! I am trying now to finally catch up with everything! My laundry room looks the same as always while we are juggling dances, upcoming birthdays, voice competitions and the spring musical! But I wanted to at least start to catch up!

We went skiing up in Utah during President's Weekend and had a great time! Our whole family can finally ski together! Luke and Shera took a refresher lesson one day. And then we were off!

Our luggage got lost so I wasn't able to ski the first day. I got sunscreen and gloves on the kids and then decided to go shopping!!!

Moving down the slope!


Drew and Holly grew up skiing this mountain.


"The Tree Monster" attacks Luke!!! "Hey... Who put this tree here???"

Sweet Snowbunny Shera!

Noel enjoying hot chocolate after a good hard run...

Holly and Carol taking a lunch break!

Luke wants to be just like his dad!

Drew's got the shoes!!!

James Bond!!!

See what Jeff and Luke did yesterday!!!

MVHS Winter Formal!

Last night was our high school's winter formal for Drew and Holly. They had a great time and danced the night away! Drew went to a friend's for dinner and Holly went to Shogun's Japanese with her two girlfriends.

Holly was Sophomore Class Winter Formal Princess.


Her friend, Andrea Mendenhall, did her hair.

She went with her girlfriends, since she wasn't 16 yet.


Drew went with his friend, Elaine Codd!


They both had a fun night!

Time To Do The Laundry!!!

This past week, things finally caught up to me! I guess you can't have all fun now! So, I've been trying to work on the laundry room! When the kids start coming in saying they have no pants to wear and it's cold outside - it's time to do the wash! Ugh!!!

Anyone out there feel the same way? Tell me how you keep your laundry under control. Or am I the only one like this? And I have two of each machines even and can't keep up!!! Sometimes I feel pathetic...

Holly's Classical Voice Competition

This morning Holly competed in the SCVA competition and made it to the finals! This is the piece from Mozart she sang! Wish her luck for the finals in February!



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Christmas Greetings and Happy New Year!

We have had such a memorable holiday and hope you have too! We wish you the most wonderful new year and may all your dreams come true!

CHRISTMAS CAME EARLY THIS YEAR!!!

No... It's not the snow on Saddleback Mountain this morning...

Last night...





We got a new puppy!!!


She is 12 weeks old!


She is a Bichon Frise... again!

We love her a lot!

She is so cuddly!

Do you think Sasha loves her???

She does!!!

The only problem is... We need a name!!! Can you help the Starr Clan name our new puppy? Please select from our top names to the right!

Great News! Drew's Accepted To BYU!

We received an email from BYU last night. Two weeks after sending in his application, Drew got his acceptance letter to BYU Provo, Fall 2008! Yeah!!!

He called his family and friends right away to share the great news!Here he is clicking the "Will Attend" button!
Now the fun begins - we get to prep everything for next fall!
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Our Halloween Haunts!!!

THE TERRIBLE TRABUCO FIRES!!!

Here's a sample of what our area looked like this past week! Our hearts go out to those that lost their homes and loved ones...

We saw the smoke begin on Sunday at about 6:30pm. And it just took off from there!

The Santa Ana winds were so bad this week it set our fires into motion. The winds would change and the direction of the fires would too.

They closed down the road and evacuated Trabuco Canyon. We pass this on our way to Luke, Shera and Noel's school, Robinson Elementary. The schools closed last Thursday, Friday and Monday. Everyone stayed inside - needless to say - we all got cabin fever!

We could see the fires from almost every room of our house. From the front we saw the Irvine/Trabuco Canyon Fire and from the back, the Camp Pendleton fire!

You can see the fire right up by the power lines. Some people lost electricity and street lights went out. Scary...

A friend of ours sent us this photo taken from Lake Mission Viejo. It looks like the whole sky was on fire.

The sun was so orange for several days - it was beautiful but bittersweet to see too.

The news crews were here by the Oso Reservoir just below our ward building.


The helicopters would fill buckets of water and carry them over to the flames. Every 5 minutes or so there were from 3-5 that would come back and refill. A lot of people came to watch the fires from our church - it was wild there! Thank you fire fighters for all you do!!!

Our Trip To Europe This Summer!

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