Deb's Family Album

Dave the Brave

Dave endured an extraordinarily difficult week.  To prepare for a GI procedure, he was restricted to a diet of liquids and laxative.  

For four and a half days!

 He didn't complain much until the fourth full day.  I had to be mean and insist that he drink as prescribed by the doctor despite his protests.  

His efforts paid off and the doctor saw all she needed to see Friday morning.  We celebrated with eggs for lunch, then macaroni and cheese later in the afternoon, and then a Double-Double at In-N-Out for dinner.  

David was so very, very happy!

And brave!

Nana: A Top Ten List (From the Grandkids)

10. She takes us to fun places.

9. She lets us play in her jacuzzi.

8.  She has an awesome house with an awesome backyard.

7. She spoils us.

6. She has a soothing voice.

5. She's a great event planner.

4. She makes awesome food.

3. She is a good friend to others.

2. She reads us stories.

1. She gave us our daddy and our great aunts and uncles!

My Mother: A Top Ten List

10. She is shorter than I am, a fact about which I love to brag.

9. My mom is the best teacher in the world.  And she has the master's degree and several awards to prove it!

8. She taught me the "teacher look."  I used it on the annoying boys in seventh grade and still use it on my sons when they are making wrong choices.

7. She taught me to drive.  To this day I drive when I need to vent.

6. She taught me to keep the Sabbath holy.  Sunday is different, special, reverent.

5. She taught me to love the prophets and apostles.  I have watched every session of conference (with the exception of a few when I was in college) since she decided we needed to when I was thirteen.

4. She taught me to love reading the scriptures every day.  This started with a challenge to be a member of the "hundred-day club" when I was a youth.

3. She gave me independence to make my own choices and then supported my decisions.  I appreciated it then, and I really appreciate it now.

2. She listens to me without judgement.  Even when no one else will.

1. She gave me life!

Secret Agent Boy

James' First Parody

James sang this song to us at dinner:

Choose the wrong when a choice is placed behind you;
Choose the wrong let the Holy Spirit not guide.

I need to figure out if he came up with the opposites himself or if he is parroting something his rogue older siblings taught him. Either way it was clever and cute, if a bit irreverent.