My Best Friend moves

Oh man, there's Di and the family before pulling away to drive to Texas. Jason is so brave to enter into another residency for three years. Who knows if they'll have the chance to come back?

We had good times for the two years you lived here, eh?!!!

That picture of us is prob. the worst ever, but I put it up anyway . . . . it reveals how we were feeling, pretty ugly.

Look at the rig. . . WOW . . . the Penske and the towing gizmo for the jeep. Heaven's Sake! Don't go pulling through the drive-up in that!





OK, Cutest pic of Jason & Jacob ever (look down below).
With Di and me -- do you see the tear coming down my face? Actually, I didn't cry until they pulled away. It was so sad I can't even tell you.

Here's the happy little family. Look at Jimmy! He's scrunching up his shoulders & holding the plastic Orca he loved to play with when he came over.

We'll miss you and we wish you all the best, don'tcha know?

Matt's Mission Call to Honduras, San Pedro, Sula

It seems like yesterday Matt was a little blond-headed boy, riding bikes in the neighborhood, playing out in the yard with his plastic golf clubs and competing in little league. Then, later, the passion of running long distance came along and molded his character and body into a tough, righteous, determined young man. I am telling you, the time flies by. You turn around and he's a two yr. old, then he's 4, then it's his first day of school, then he's 8, 10, then a Deacon, teenager, and now .... all grown up.

We had a beautiful time together. It's not over, I know!!! There'll be many more adventures. Matt, thanks for making me a proud mother. You have been a dream child. You were easy to raise. You rock my world. Now you'll spend the next two years in the northern part of Honduras, sharing the meaning of life with people who's hearts and minds are inquiring: "What is the meaning of life?", "Why am I here?", "Did I exist before I came to earth?", "Where am I going after I die?". . . . (except spoken in Spanish!) You'll be able to convey the message successfully, I am sure of that. We all love you, Matt, and we are fully supportive of your righteous desire to serve the Lord.
All you moms out there with little ones, can I give you some advice? Enjoy the journey, enjoy the days when your kids are young. Hold them tight, smother them with love. Discipline them, teach them. I'm far from perfect, but I'm glad I tried my hardest.

Boys' Golf Trip at Sky Mountain

right in the middle of the course is this beautiful craggly red rock mountain



David, Trent, JJ and Matt; my best boys.
We went to St. George for Spring Break. It was OK weather for 1 day, so the boys took advantage and went out for a round..... a little foursome. Aren't they adorable?
Then, I got a cold or allergy attack, I'm not sure what to call it. I still am hacking up phlegm. Ew. What a lovely way to spend time off teaching school...not.

A Few of My Favorite Things

Two dear nephews, Jacob and Jimmy. Eating Brooke's birthday cake! These boys melt my heart. What am I going to do when you move away in June?

My only daughter, fun, true companion, turns 22. Wearing and holding up hip p.j.s, cool pearl necklace and fantastic silk skirt, ooOOOo la la, from "Dear Lizzie".
My 45th birthday. Some darling friends from the ward put signs in the yard and made me feel special! I should've taken their picture, b/c they are super darling! What a surprise it was!!!
Me and Brooke and two of my sisters, Di and Amy, (who was visiting) --- aren't my sisters and Brooke hotties? It was so good to be with Amy, even if it was only one night at Kneaders, after a night of laughs.
These are a few of the people who make me laugh, endlessly. Aunt Judy with foxy cuZins Jennifer and Sheri. Judy has hysterical stories. . . and this time Jenn totally had us laughing our guts out with her stories.
One of my cute birthday signs.
My main basketball man. David is a stud. Thanks for the entertainment this season!
Utah State no more!! But always will be Aggies. Goodbye Logan.
Last summer '08 these kissin' cousins (my precious, beautiful boys) were chillin' at a family gathering.
From left: Laney Tenney, Kiley Crump, J.J. Tenney, Matt Tenney, Sammy Tenney, David Tenney.
My pal Julianne Clegg and I love clouds. One day in the summer of '08 I was astonished at the view to the east, SO beautiful.... . . . . this one's for you, babe.

Family Pictures

Thanks to my 'lil sis., Di after about 20 shots we finally got a good one we could use for our Christmas Card, so here it is. The sun was so bright on the first ones we were squinting too much. Down below are some of the other ones where one person is geekin' out here or there.

Sun too bright!
Trent blew it on this one, plus JJ's comin' outta nowhere. Brooke looks hot, though. Matt's irritated about this process. David's thinking about food. Ryan's being a good sport.
I cropped this and put this on, B/C it was so funny!! David pulled this cross-eyed face. We were all cracking up at him and we were all, "c'mon, that was the one, thanks, David!!"
I am so proud of these two. On Saturday they will graduate from Utah State! Brooke is graduating with her Bachelor's in Elementary Education Summa Cum Laude or however you spell it. It means All A grades or something like that. And Ryan will r/c his Bachelor's in Business Entrepreneurship which is a fairly new major in the business department. Ryan, you will go far in life. Your work ethic is remarkable and you're a wonderful young man. Thanks for taking such good care of Brooke. You are an adorable couple and I always smile, watching you two interact and play around. CONGRATULATIONS, graduates!!!!!!

Question of the day: Do you throw away gift bags & boxes or keep and re-use them?
Listen, I must be a pack rat or a hoarder! .... JK ..... I like to keep gift bags and boxes (good ones) and re-use them! I feel good when I re-use them! I hate buying gift bags, I rarely have to. I have, like two big boxes of gift bags that are collapsed, side by side and another box of previously used tissues. Whoa, previously used tissue sounds like tissues for your nose! ha! So, what do you think? What do you do? throw away or keep and re-use.

Road Trip!!

Sorry it's been awhile since my last blog. Life is spinning by, out of control....way too fast. The boys are busy, each one of them. (David, congrats making the soph. basketball team out of 35 boys who tried out.) I'm busy, Trent's busy and so are Brooke and Ryan. It's crazy. We're all running circles around each other.
So, Trent decided at 3:30 on Friday we were going to get away and have a road trip. "Road trip!!!" $10 if you tell me what movie that is a quote from.
So we went to St. George and snooped around the diff. areas of town for a future, way future, real estate investment and a show in Vegas. Cirque du Soleil's Beatles' "LOVE". Does that mean "circus of the sun" in French? Well, if you haven't seen it yet, you've just got to. It was mind blowing. Sensory overload!!!!
So, to backtrack, I left my classroom at 4:00 on Friday, went to the new Smith's Marketplace at 4:07, bought a bunch of frozen dinners and foods for the boys to make, packed and was ready by 4:30. wow, what a woman I am!
Thank goodness Vern and Elaine came over and watched the BYU game with the boys. That was so nice of them. And it was so comforting to know Di was just down the street. Our boys were so shocked that we just drove out of town in a moment's notice. VrooOOOOOoooooom, we were gone. JJ's all, "hey, what happened?" ha. Trent says and I agree it's good for them to fend for themselves. Hey, they're big boys, right?