Monique in San Fran with Ruthie

The golden gate bridge. This is on the last day of the trip. It looked so cool. you cant see the top!

LOOK!!! A SEAL!!!

down at the beach. it was cold.

Monique's first ocean sunset. Its so pretty. Its really fast too.

Monique at the Cliff house resturant. This is just outside. There is a huge hill and I was wearing stilletto heels... not a good match

Monique and Uncle Ruthie boefore going to the Cliff house.

Girls camp for Monique

doesnt mandy look like she is on crack? lol. love you mandy -mo

julie neilson. so i need to explain more? lol.

all my girls in a row.. lol.

me in my instructor sweat shirt. lol. this is after church on sunday.

dont you just love the view? its so pretty there

oh look at mandy. that was one of the props out of our skit bag.. lol. skits were so fun

family reunion

Mom found this bike at Bryce Canyon. Its was pretty cool.


















this is the us at Bryce canyon. The kids had lots of fun annoying eachother along the way

all the kids and cousins down at the pool.
the cousins and kids plus some new cousins we found. they were pretty awesome!

Alex's 13th Birthday

For Alex's 13th Birthday Party he wanted to go snowboarding! We gladly obliged him. The family met up with Ray and his gang from Fredonia for a fun day on the slopes. It had snowed the night before and many of the Phoenicians didn't go to Flagstaff. This made for very empty slopes and absolutely fantastic weather. At the end of the day we were all very hungry, of course. Alex wanted to eat at the Olive Garden but the line was terribly long so we ended up at Red Lobster and Alex is not a big seafood fan. Poor kiddo had to smell seafood on his birthday!

What a Concert!

This was the picture projected onto the curtain. Way cool!
Elisabeth and Brooklyn at dinner On The Border. We sat outside on the patio. It got pretty chilly without long sleeves but they were good scouts.

We tried to take a picture of ourselves but nobody had long enough arms! So we had to squeeze together and figure out how to balance the camera with one hand and push the tiny button on the camera.

Uncle Ruthie gave Elisabeth a ticket to see the High School Musical on Tour Concert at the Tucson Convention Center. For anyone that has not been on planet earth for a few years may not know that this musical is the modern version of Grease, which some of us older people may know. The parents pitched in and bought two additional tickets so that Elisabeth could take her best friend Brooklyn and a designated driver to the concert.

On concert day the girls left home around 3 p.m. and ate dinner in Tucson at a restaurant called ON THE BORDER. They giggled up a storm and had a ton of fun. After that we went downtown to find parking and the like. The doors to the concert hall didn't open fast enough for them to go shopping for souveniers. The got a stretchy cotton bag with red strings and a cd. During intermission they were told to hurry up and go to the bathroom. What a blessing that they listened because when we got there there were no lines and when we got out the line snaked around the corner. Lucky for us! Elisabeth caught her mom sleeping during part of the show. Does that surprise any one that really knows our mother! :) Mom had gotten up at 4 to be at work early so she could get off early and this show started at 7:30 p.m.

The concert was actually pretty good. Elisabeth is quoted as saying "this was pretty good and my favorite part was Gabriella in the play actually looked like the one on the movies". (from quite the distance) We sat at some decent seats at the back of the first floor. Mom is quoted as saying "the coolest part of the evening was the moment the curtain was opening and the little kids were just screaming- almost like a rock concert! One could feel the energy in the music hall. It was a lot of fun. " Brooklyn was interviewed as well and she said "no comment".

The 1.5 hour drive home went by fairly quickly and was uneventful. The way we like them.

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