My Dad, the V.P.

My dad got a promotion at work. He is now the Vice President of Distribution.

We are very happy for him and very proud of him. He works hard and it's good to see him get some recognition for it.

We had dinner there the other night and I took him his favorite cake (german chocolate with coconut pecan icing) for dessert.



Congratulations dad!!

Christmas

Christmas morning

Christmas was a fun morning at our house. Tyaan's gift was a dirt bike. We've wanted to get her one for a while but hadn't done it. Jon found a great bike at a really great price so we got it and surprised her with it. She was really excited and can't wait to get to take it out. We put #3 on it for her because that's her water polo number.



This is her excitement when she saw the new yellow vans she got. I think she likes them...


Ty and Jon


After we got all of our presents opened we headed over to my moms house for presents there. Here are pictures of the family

Brandon


Jeff

Andrew (and Jeff's friend Josh who was with us Christmas morning as well)


Mom


And dad (mom got him a Wii. I think the rest of us were more excited about it than he was... :-)

Mom & Dad's 30th Anniversary

My mom and dad's 30th anniversary was last Tuesday, the 26th of August. My dad sent my mom a bouquet of 30 roses. These pictures don't show quite how big it was, but it was beautiful!

A Family Reunion

This week we took a quick trip to Cedar City, UT for my dad's family reunion. Cedar City is a beautiful place and we had great weather, and even better company. It was great to get to spend time with my mom, dad, and youngest brother and an added bonus to see extended family that lives far from us.

Here are a few pictures from our trip. We left Sunday morning and got home Tuesday afternoon.



My dad with his mom and 4 siblings:


On Monday morning we went to Cedar Breaks National Monument. It's just a short drive from Cedar City and is really beautiful. If you've been to Bryce Canyon, it's a lot like that just much smaller, and about twice as deep.

This picture shows a small portion of it, and doesn't show off the true color.


My dad and I at another overlook.



My dad and his mom.


Tyaan and my mom.


A lot of Monday afternoon was spent at the pool. Here is Andrew after several hours of swimming.


This was taken on our drive up to Cedar Breaks. Once again, the picture doesn't do it justice, but it was an amazing view. This is looking at Zion's National Park from the road we were on.


On Monday night we went bowling. It was a lot of fun. Here is my grandma, my dad, and my Uncle Gordon.

Dad's Surprise Party

So, we threw a surprise party for my dad's 50th birthday. It went really well and everyone seemed to have a good time. It looked like we got him pretty good. A lot of people helped by secretly inviting guests and keeping him out for the day.

Here is a video of the surprise.



Some pictures of the decorations and guests.



Here is the cake. It was beautiful and tasted great!

New Montclair Police Department

There is a brand new Montclair Police Department just being finished and it's about to be moved in to. There was an open house yesterday and we went over to tour the new facility. Mom and dad had both seen it since they will both be working there, but the rest of us were curious. It is a beautiful building and it was a lot of fun to get a tour of it. We got a 'private tour' with some other family of employees and dad did some of it. There was a big turnout and a long line for the public to get a tour through, so it was a benefit to be family.

Dad worked the whole thing so he was there, in uniform, to greet us when we got there. He took a break from his other responsibilities to go with us on the tour and show us around a little bit. I, of course, had my camera out and got some pictures!

The front of the building

Andrew, Dad & Mom

Me and Dad

Joseph, Dad, & Andrew

The back entrance to the building, accessible from the secure employee parking lot. The windows upstairs on the left is where dispatch (or communications) is located and it has a door out to the patio you can see. That's where mom will be working.

One of my dads lockers. I didn't get a picture of my moms, but it looks the same. (ha ha)

Dad & Andrew looking spiffy!

I had to snap a picture of my dad and Andrew as they were leaving church today.  They both looked so nice in their dress clothes.