ADAM UPDATE

As most of you know, Adam has moved to the Boston area to live with Keith & his wife.  He is enjoying the experience and had an opportunity to have a boating outing.  Looks very New Englishy, doesn't it?

Keith put Adam to work on the yard doing some mulching.

He seems to be enjoying it.

A job well done.

UPDATE ON DANIELLE

ZOWIE! This is one busy, busy lady.  Danielle applied for a position and got it.  Here is what's going on in her life right now in her own words in response to an email I sent.

I did get the job at Provo high school. I was hired Thursday and school starts tomorrow, quite a fast turn around. (that was the beginning of this week)

I just finished my first term in the graduate program. The next semester begins next week. I will be taking a special education law class and a thesis support class. I will be choosing my research question for my thesis and receiving authorization to continue with my research. I will also be choosing my chair and committee who will be guiding me through the whole thesis process.(WOW!)

I will also be starting a position at BYU as a research assistant to one of the professors in the special education department. Her area of expertise is using praise in the classroom and positive behavior support systems as well as teaching students social skills. This is one of my areas of interest for my thesis and I am very excited for the opportunity to work with her. (These are very coveted positions and look great on your resume. Way to go Danielle!)

 

This is probably where you will find Danielle if she has ANY free time.

I will be teaching a resource class at Provo high. My schedule includes teaching three math classes, co-teaching a biology class and American literature class. My other class is a literacy support class, where students can come if they need help with writing papers or other English assignments.

 (All I can say is whew!)

ARIA'S VISIT TO DISNEYLAND

Aria and her college pal Bree,took few days this summer to visit Disneyland.  Dad Ken had some miles she could use for her airplane ticket.  As you can see, they had a fun time.

I see a little face painting was evident.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NATHAN PAYAN, AKA "NATE", "NATER"

Loves music.

Loves sports.

Fierce competitor.

Loves hiking.

Loves water.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LINDSEY JANE

A very happy birthday to our 7 year old Lindsey.

When this pictures was taken she was ALMOST 7.

BIG NEWS!!!!

It's official. Elizabeth Cadwallader, know to all as Liz, has been asked by Mark to marry him and she has accepted. It was a very romantic proposal involving a limo to surprise pick her up at work (minus Mark) and in the limo was a basket with memorbilia from their first date. She was then driven up the canyon to a lake where there was another basket of things (something about their dates) and then someone drove her by seadoo across the lake to an island where Mark was waiting with a proposal and a beautiful ring. That's the abridged version, but I'm sure we'll hear more about it as time goes on.

We all got meet Liz at the family reunion. We could all tell that she was special. They enjoy each other's company and have many things in common. The wedding is tentatively set for November 12, 2011 to be performed in the Oakland Temple. Liz is also from Northern California and they plan to make their home somewhere in that area following the wedding.

She plays cards too.  In our family that's important!

THAT'S HOW THE FIGHT STARTS . . .

 How Fights Start........ 

One year, a husband decided to buy his mother-in-law a cemetery plot as a Christmas gift...
The next year, he didn't buy her a gift.
When she asked him why, he replied, "Well, you still haven't used the gift I bought you last year!"

And that's how the fight started..... 

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I took my wife to a restaurant. The waiter, for some reason, took my order first..'I'll have the strip steak, medium rare, please.'
He said, 'Aren't you worried about the mad cow?'
'Nah, she can order for herself.'

And that's when the fight started...... 

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My wife sat down on the couch next to me as I was flipping
the channels.She asked, 'What's on TV?'
I said, 'Dust.'

And then the fight started... 

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My wife was hinting about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary.
She said, 'I want something shiny that goes from 0 to
200 in about 3 seconds.'
I bought her a scale.

And then the fight started.. 

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My wife and I were sitting at a table at her high school
reunion, and she kept staring at a drunken man swigging his drink as he sat alone at a nearby table.
I asked her, 'Do you know him?'
'Yes,' she sighed, ' He's my old boyfriend...
I understand he took to drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear he hasn't been sober since.'
'My Goodess!' I said, 'who would think a
person could go on celebrating that long?'

And then the fight started... 

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I rear-ended a car this morning.. So, there we were
alongside the road and slowly the other driver got out of his car. You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things just seem funny?
Yeah, well I couldn't believe it... he was a DWARF!!!
He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted,
'I AM NOT HAPPY!'
So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?'

And then the fight started..... 

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  I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.....
THE BROKEN LAWN MOWER

When our lawn mower broke and wouldn't run, my wife
kept hinting to me that I should get it fixed.
But, somehow I always had something else to take care of
first, the truck, the car, playing golf,
Always something more important to me.

Finally she thought of a clever way to make her point. When
I arrived home one day, I found her seated in the tall grass,
busily snipping away with a tiny pair of sewing scissors.
I watched silently for a short time and then went into the
house.. I was gone only a minute, and when I came out again I handed her a toothbrush. I said, 'When you finish cutting the grass, you might as well sweep the driveway.'

The doctors say I will walk again, but will always have a limp.