"Dad Rocks!"
"Best Dad!"
Happy Father's Day and Birthday today, Todd!! It's not fair to have 2 things on the same day, not as much celebration. Hopefully we made him feel extra special. The kids made him some things at school, so we hid them until now. He also got a new road bicycle and book ends(airplane). We went to his parents and ate dinner and celebrated both Todd and Tracy's b-days. Happy Father's day to all the wonderful men in our lives!!!
Tonight Todd went flying out in Lincoln and right after he landed one of his friends crashed. They died instantly. He's known Mike and his girlfriend Tara for about 6 months. They had a hanger near each other. It is so sad and too close to home. We are all pretty upset, it scared the kids. They fly with Todd sometimes in his paraglider. Todd's plane is only a single seater. The guys are anxious to find out what happened. They can't believe it. Our prayers go out to their families.
Todd got his telescope out tonight and we were looking at the moon. It was so beautiful! He wanted to see if the camera could take a picture through the lens. Well, sure enough it could. Wow!!
Todd took the girls to a Girl Scout, daddy daughter dance. The theme was luau, so they dressed up. They had a great time. Thanks for taking us!! They look so cute!
Todd surprised us with dinner tonight at home. He dressed up and everything!! The kids loved it! He had gone to a Brazilian Steakhouse on a work trip and they had these circle discs on the table. If you wanted more food you had the green side up and no more food the red side up. So we got to use them for dinner and he would know if we needed something. Thanks for a fun night!! We love you!
"Can't wait to get the wrapper off!!"
Happy Valentine's Day!! It was a fun day giving valentines to each other. I received some pretty flowers and chocolate!! Todd got a fun Clue game"24".
Todd and I went to my brother and sister-in-laws house tonight for a Valentines party. It was a lot of fun!! They had lots of yummy food and we played some fun games!! It was fun to see friends from high school. Thanks for a fun night and for the great pictures!!
Todd took Ryan with him to Para Toys in Salton Sea, CA. They had a great weekend flying and hanging out with the boys. This was the first time Ryan got to go. He had a blast! He's hooked young. I'm glad they can do things together. I know R wishes he had a brother.
While Todd & Ryan were at Para Toys they "flew" to breakfast. They landed next to the parking lot and ate. So cool!! Ryan loved the french toast. They are having such a good time.
Cousins playing games.
Girls Dance Performance
Performance over - Encore!
Todd starting his Tom Clancy Series.
Rusty saying "Happy New Year!"
My favorite flavor!
We had most of my family over for New Years Eve. We had a lot of yummy food! (meatballs, little smokies, chicken salad, salami & cream cheese rolls, Queso dip and chips, homemade salsa, veggies, pot stickers, fruit, and of course desserts. Thanks for making all the yummy food you brought! We ate and played games all night. It was so much fun!! Kimberly had been working on a dance performance all day. When her cousins got here, they made programs "invites" for everyone. They worked really hard. They performed 5 or 6 dances. Even the little ones wanted to get in the action. It was cute!! We played ping pong, Wii, Sceneit? 2, Hand & Foot and drank Sparkling Cider while we watched the ball drop. It was neat to say I've been there "Time Square" before. My parents are off to Washington in the morning for my brothers baby's blessing, so they left early. My sisters"twins" are staying the night, my girls are excited!! They wish their cousins could stay too, but they were sick. Happy New Year!!!! I'll wish for a better year, 2010 for everyone!
My brothers & sisters and spouses.
Lisa, Todd & Ryan
Ryan with Grandpa Wallace
My brother Tom and his wife Marci are in town for Christmas from BYU. They wanted to go to a King's game while here. So we all got tickets together, there were about 20 of us including Marci's family. We watched a great game with the King's against Denver Nuggets. They won 106 - 101. It was quite exciting at the end. My sister let Ryan & I borrow her jerseys. Thanks!! Also, the Ruiz's from church were behind us, that was fun! It was great to be together, I'd love to go more often. I don't mind watching sports in person, more exciting. Parking is a rip off though.
Lisa's new watch!
Drill
Shoes
Tom Clancy books "Splinter Cell series"
We got some great gifts too!! Thanks for helping to pick things out, kids! You did great! We are very thankful for a wonderful day! Merry Christmas!!!
Stocking Stuffers:
Santa Gifts:
** NOT EXCITED AT ALL!!
We had a wonderful Christmas this year! The kids were so excited to get the Wii from Santa. They danced around and jumped up and down. We also got a new video camera, it's so small. It was a game year for us, thanks Santa! The kids liked their stocking stuffers too; R got some HEX bugs, B a Taylor Swift CD, K a DVD of Angelina Ballerina and Rusty got some new toys. He destroyed his muffin squeaker toy in 20 minutes. We have a busy day, so the kids have to wait to play the Wii. We are first heading over to Todd's parents for brunch and family time. Then we'll go to Lisa's parents for dinner and family time. Unfortuantely I did not get any pictures there, I'm sad. We had a wonderful time and the kids loved their gifts. Also, playing with their cousins.
