Brycie's in Seattle!

This picture>>>> was taken at Pike's Place Market in Seattle.

The fish throwing guys used our arm's field goals and threw the huge dead icey fish through them. It was super scary. the fish were like 2 inches from my head.

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Where you Live: umm well I guess I live in Tokyo, Japan..lol

Favorite book you read recently:Harry Potter Book 7 (I am reading Ecplise by Stephanie Meyer)

Favorite movie you watched recently:umm i guess it's not a movie but I'm totally in love with the TV series Smallville. I also like the series Lost.

Three things you like to do for fun:

1. Play Basketball

2. Sing

3. Swim

CD you have in the CD player at this moment: Umm I dont have a CD player..but I was listening to Josh Groban this morning.

A bit of good news from your life:I grew 3 inches this year. I'm hoping to be over 5'10'' someday. I'm 5'8'' now. (taking after my daddy) Well I am going to go to a Japanese High School in downtown Tokyo. I'm really nervous but i think it will be fun.

Where would you like to go on vacation:Hawaii would be nice and it's pretty close to Japan (hint hint dad) I would also love to go to Greece someday.

I Tag:Grandma Rosalie:D

Love ya, Brycie

Happy Anniversary

Ron and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary this weekend--can you imagine? We had fun biking and swimming on Jekyll Island. This picture was taken at the Georgia Sea Turtle Center.

Babysitting---Dad Style

Just had to share one of my all-time favorite photos.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

As summer is ending, I'm thinking about what my favorite part of the summer has been. It's easy to point to the time of year I love the most...... Fourth of July time. Celebrations abound at that time of year for me, beginning with my birthday on July 2nd, then America's "birthday" on the 4th and then my anniversary on July 5th. Anthony and I just celebrated our 10 year anniversary. That night we dinned out at a really great restaurant in Del Mar called Market (it's over by Scalini's across from the Polo Fields and Mary's Tack and Feed---for those who know local geography). Grandma Rosie helped watch her two grandkids that night, awesome!

One of the main reasons that I enjoy that time of year so much is I usually spend it in Del Mar with M. Each summer I really look forward to that trip. All other summer fun stuff is good too... but, for me 4th of July time is simply spectacular!

Better Late than never.... Here I am!

Notes from Merrilee aka Aunt Mer........

Where you Live:

San Ramon California

Favorite book you read recently:

Harry Potter Book 7 and/or Pope Joan by Donna Cross

Favorite movie you watched recently:

The Holiday (fun, fluff)

I really want to see Hairspray

Three things you like to do for fun:

1. Browse through a bookstore

2. Chat with a friend (in person especially)

3. Read (closely related to number 1 above)

CD you have in the CD player at this moment:

Probably either a book on CD like Sleeping Beauty or the Gladys Night CD called "One Voice"

A bit of good news from your life:

Anthony and I went to the temple together on Saturday :)

Where would you like to go on vacation:

Hawaii is my favorite idea of a vacation... the aloha spirit washes over you and time moves much more slowly --- it's awesome!

I Tag:


Bryce


Love to you all...
Merrilee

Sunday favorites

I have thought of another idea for our post...we'll see if anyone else likes it. Let's share something we enjoyed from church each Sunday...it might be fun to know what's important to each of us spiritually. I wanted to share one of my favorite talks from the last general conference...by Elder Eyring. The link is http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-690-32,00.html
I also wanted to mention how much I enjoy teaching the family relations class. Today I am speaking on forgiveness in marriage...wow, is that an important topic. As I have prepared the lesson I have been impressed with how insightful President Faust's last conference talk was. We need to forgive, because when we don't forgive, it slows our spiritual progress. Read for yourself... http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-690-24,00.html

Hi Family!

Hi Family,
Hope this note finds you all well and happy.
I'm so glad we have this "blog" and hope we can keep the communication going. I think the "tag" business sounds fun, Katy! Aunt Mer doesn't know she's been tagged.
What's everyone up to?
Let's hear some news....
I'm working away here in San Diego with a heat wave and humidity which comes once a year for several weeks (I know, that's nothing to complain about!)compared to a few
other places in the country! Cali (my cocker spaniel) and I usually turn in early and watch a couple tv shows, then get up really early for a long walk when it's a little cooler. I got a nice little "r2d2" air conditioning unit on wheels from
Cape and I'm happily cooling the bedroom! Using Cali's doggie door for the vent.
Oooops, sorry Cali!
Love & hugs to all,
Mom/Rosalie/Oma/Grandma Rosie