Off the Grid

Yeah, how's your life? Well this will explain mine- CDM out for summer, basketball tournaments, basketball practice, more tournaments, wedding receptions, summer, missionary in Brazil (picture), Big Bear Lake, basketball games, new nursery leader, de-junking nursery, organizing nursery, basketball, occasional quilting, temple names, do I need to go on....I hope you have a fantastic summer! Don't expect much for a few more months. If you'd like to keep tabs on Aubree, link over to her blog. I'm good about keeping this up! She has just passed her 11 month mark and coming up on a year! Wow...she loves Brazil and I'm hoping she'll want to come home.

Senior Citizen Discount

He got "Mac" ed by Blake who has been trying to say goodbye to the ole PC> It worked!
Happy Birthday Dan! Here come the discounts...Love you!

Blake @ 28

Blske's not a hug fan of cake but he can eat "31 Flavors" Chocolate Chip Ice Cream any hour of the day. So you see a token cupcake to go with his mountain of Choclate Chip...Happy Birthay Blake! We love you...Mom

Aubree's in Barbacena, Brazil

Picture 1- This is Barbacena, a little town in the country.

Picture 2- Sister Flora is Aubree's new companion. She has been out for 7 weeks, a greenie...

Picture 3- Sister Corbin is knocking on a door, redeeming souls if they would just open the door. I love this picture. It shows how steep the hills are and how much they climb. Aubree actually looks like she is getting calves.

We Got Graupel!

It's hail, it's snow, no, it's both -- It's graupel

-According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (there really is such a place), graupel are "snowflakes that become rounded pellets due to riming; typical sizes are 2 to 5 millimeters in diameter (0.1 to 0.2 inch); graupel is sometimes mistaken for hail." The process that creates graupel -- aka snow pellets or "soft hail" -- is the same that creates hail. According to the National Weather Service, graupel (click here to learn how to pronounce it) is formed when supercooled water droplets coat a snowflake. "The pellets are cloudy or white, not clear like sleet..." They've also been called "little Styrofoam balls," that can lead to avalanches, acting like small ball bearings between snow layers.

I've never seen graupel before, it was really cool to touch...in Corona Del Mar-what?

Coach's Award

I just wanted to share with you a special night. It was Brenan’s Basketball Banquet. There were 17 boys on the Fresh/Soph team. Not to be out done by his siblings. They handed out 3 Awards and Brenan received the Coach’s Award. We are so proud of him. Even if he is the shortest on the team, he has the biggest heart! In one of his games, he pulled out the team with a win shooting three-three pointer’s to win against Beckman. Way to go Brenan…

Our Daner's 2

These pictures say a thousand words. He's getting to like Nana if I bribe him with candy. Still prefers to go to the male species. I guess he'll figure out Nana later. We love you Dane.