Happy 20th Birthday to Colton !

Happy Birthday to Colton Dean! Colton has just completed his freshman year at St. Charles Community College. He works part time at St. Andrews Cinema. Colton is a fun loving guy! Wishing you a spectacular birthday!

A Special Tribute to a Special Guy in a Special Place!

Last Sunday we were at Camp Ne-O-Tez cleaning and getting ready for summer camp. Dad was surprised by a special plaque that Steve Jones wrote and had made to put up at camp. This was part of the tribute from last year for Marlin.

Marlin and his special friend Steve. Steve is the son of Gene Jones whom Dad served with as an elder for many years at Maryland Heights.

Kyle, Carla, Eric and JD were there working that day also!

Birthday Pics - Jake and Matt

Lori sent me a few pics of Jake and Matt's birthday celebrations! Jake is in Canada now and Matt is finishing up his last week of 8th grade.

Jake was 19 on May 5th.

Matthew was 14 on May 15th.

Jake and Kelsey during a visit home to Monticello (in May). Lori and Rod don't live on a lake but they have had so much rain that the field behind their home has flooded once again.

I guess you never get to old to dress the dog up - Good Old Barney!

Happy Birthday Matt!

Happy Birthday Matthew! Matt is 14 years old today. He is finishing 8th grade at Monticello Middle School. His passion is playing basketball! Matt - enjoy your day!

Mom's Day

We celebrated Mother's Day tonight with dinner at JD and Carla's house. Lori celebrated with her family in Monticello. Carolyn, Lori and Carla you are all wonderful Mothers!

Grandma and the boys here - -

Carla and her guys - -The Grillmaster - -

Lori and her boys (not taken today)!

Happy Birthday Jake!

Happy Birthday Jake! Jake is 19 years old today and finishing his freshman year at Northern Illinois University. He has had an outstanding freshman year. He is heading to Canada for several weeks with an academic group from NIU next week. Enjoy your birthday Jacob!

Run-n-Slam Basketball Tourney

Friday evening saw Mom, Dad, Nancy and Matthew headed to Ft. Wayne, IN. We arrived at the Spiece Fieldhouse for Matt's 8:00 pm team meeting. His first game was Friday evening at 10:30 pm. The first 3 games they played were pool games and determined your seeding in the tournament that started Saturday evening. They were 2 - 1 in the pool play. The tournament began Sat night with a 9:30 pm game. They won and went on to win three more games. They got to the Final Four on Sunday afternoon and lost in the semi-final game by one point. The cool thing this is a 2013 (8th grade) team and they were playing up in the 2012 (9th grade) division. They ended up 4th out of 32 teams. It is a very demanding weekend for the players and Matt was up to the challenge. Matt is an ace at the free throw line.