Annual Gingerbread House Extravaganza

Pablo and me

Our candy creation

Most of the group and our houses

Red Neck Weekend

Pablo, me, and Anne getting our red neck on

Monster Trucks

The RV Demolition Derby
Here's the aftermath.
It was hilarious to watch all the debris
including the mattresses and sinks go flying

The whole group

Happy Weekend

Rach, Mom, and me

Mom came to town for the weekend a few weeks ago.
As always, it was super fun to have her in town.

We enjoyed spending time at Cousin Ryan and Nichole's Wedding.

 

Congrats to the new Mr. and Mrs.!

Word of the Day

I've gone my whole life thinking REDD was just a name.
Maybe with origins from a man who had red hair.
Maybe red with a stutter.
Maybe red with emphasis.
Maybe someone with a stutter who is very emphatic. 
I didn't really know.

Then one day recently my friend enlightened me with the true meaning of REDD.
I didn't believe him until I looked it up on Dictionary.com and sure enough it read: 


REDD:
noun the spawning area or nest of trout or salmon


Seriously?!
I had NO idea! 

How does REDD go from being a just a name to meaning that, of all things?

Oddly enough, it also means:


REDD:
verb (used with object), redd or redd·ed, redd·ing.

to put in order; tidy: to redd a room for company.
to clear: to redd the way.

because knowing what it really means has made me feel like my life is completely out of order slash turned upside down, if you will. 

Em's Graduation

 

 

 

Beach Lovin'

The WHOLE crowd on Sunday

San Diego Temple

I sure love this kid

Doesn't get much better than this!

B's Graduation

Celebrating at B's Graduation