How I Spent My Summer Vacation

In honor of our children beginning school tomorrow, I offer my photo essay on how I spent my own summer vacation.


I went to Brooke's graduation from San Marcos High School where she graduated with honors.


Family camping trip at San Onofre.


Alicia's birthday party (the extra kid is Riley's friend Zack).


All the women folk after Jonathan's baptism (also Lauren's birthday).


Tanner shooting rifles at scout camp in Balboa Park.


Playing "sardines" for Family Night.


We all anxiously awaited the release of the new Harry Potter book, which we read with reckless abandon finishing in about 2-3 days.


Big beach bash with Grandmary and Grandpa in Huntington Beach.


One word... "Annie".


A scary occurrence as we painted our bathroom, after sighting a King Snake (Basilisk?) in the yard a few days before.

It was a great summer. What did you all do?

Slowest TAG players in the west...

Well, we're finally here. And since we're "it", here goes:

MICHELLE:

Four Jobs I've Had:
1) Babysitter- complete with homemade play dough and Kiddie Care Kit
2) Sowers lunchroom- I helped to support my family by bringing home food
3) Substitute Teacher
4) Mother

Four movies I can watch over and over:
1) Cinderella Story
2) My Wedding Video
3) Pump A Jam (Previously on You Tube)
4) Home Videos

Four places I've lived:
1) Huntington Beach, CA
2) Provo, Ut
3) Vista, CA
4) San Marcos, CA

Four favorite TV shows:
1) The Office
2) Oprah
3) What Not To Wear
4) BYU TV

Four places I've been:
1) Orlando, Florida
2) Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
3) Mesquite, Nevada
4) Dallas, Texas (airport)

Four favorite foods:
1) Benihana's salad
2) Scallops
3) Pizza
4) Mexican Food

Four websites I visit daily:
1) Family Blogs
2) Bank of America
3) Google
4) LDS.org

Four places I'd rather be:
1) At a family reunion
2) The Cabin
3) Mom and Dad's house
4) Disneyland

Four blog buddies I want to tag:
1) Grandmary and Grandpa
2) Brooke
3) Alicia
4) Natalie S.


MIKE:

Four Jobs I've Had:
1) Delivery Driver - Westminster Memorial Park Florist (I put the bouquets on the graves)
2) Nordstrom South Coast Plaza
3) Brick Oven Pizza
4) Applied Retail Solutions/SVI/Island Pacific/ARS (yes, that's all one job)

Four movies I can watch over and over:
1) Pee-Wee's Big Adventure
2) The Hunt for Red October
3) Guys and Dolls
4) Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

Four places I've lived:
1) Huntington Beach, CA
2) Acapulco, Mexico
3) Provo, UT (Roman Gardens, where you live like royalty!)
4) Wherever Michelle lives

Four favorite TV shows:
1) Sportscenter
2) Deadliest Catch
3) Monk
4) Music and the Spoken Word

Four places I've been:
1) Atlanta, Georgia (so many great restaurants)
2) Shirley, Massachusetts
3) Fort Collins, Colorado
4) Columbus, Ohio

Four favorite foods:
1) In-n-out Animal Style burger
2) Seafood salad at Fishhouse Vera Cruz
3) Creme Brulee at Ruth's Chris
4) Michelle's homemade apple and cinnamon oatmeal

Four websites I visit daily:
1) San Diego Traffic site (http://dot.ca.gov)
2) Gmaps Pedometer (plan the next run) - http://www.gmap-pedometer.com
3) LDS.org's online missionary recommendation site
4) Family Blogs

Four places I'd rather be:
1) Anywhere with the family and away from work
2) The beach house
3) The temple
4) Disneyland

Four blog buddies I want to tag:
Hasn't everybody already done this? Oh, wait -
1) Jim
2) Andrew
3) Riley
4) Tanner