Larry's Beloved Mother Dies

On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, Larry's mom died. She bore and raised eight children: Eileen, Larry, Marilyn, Mark, Paul, Nancy, David and Karen. She is survived by her husband, Sid, who lovingly devoted the last 10 years to caring for her.

Her funeral and memorial service will be held in Ogden, Utah, Monday June 28, 2010, and she will be buried in Ogden. She was 87 years old.

Larry's mom, Elva, was always so kind to me. I came to the family a young divorced mother with a small child, Jennifer. Elva was solely responsible for many happy Christmases during law school years when we had practically nothing. She made sure the kids had gifts and treats and we had a place to spend holidays.

It has been a singular privilege to have this dear woman as my mother in law. I will miss her greatly.

San Diego County Fair in Del Mar

Morgan invited Brenda and I to join her at the San Diego County Fair in Del Mar--and we accepted! It was a nice day, not too hot. There were a million other people there but we still had fun!





The kids got to ride a few rides, we ate more than a few things we probably shouldn't have and just had a grand time together.

We got to see a free concert while we were there, for just the price of admission: Switchfoot. They were fabulous!

Thanks for the invite, Morgan!!

Memorial Day Follies

Brenda came up with what ended up being a great unique idea for memorial Day festivities. We went to Lake Perris and rented a "luxury" pontoon boat for 3 hours. The guys went golfing and we went to the water.

Brenda got us out of the dock area then I took over the driving! Call my Kaptain Kay! We rode around the lake, stopped on the island for a while and let the kids play in the water. Everyone wore their life jackets like good little sailors. Kent wasn't too happy getting on the boat but, when it time to turn it in, he was pretty sad it was all over!

The girls had to find big rock to use as our anchor on the island. Good thing they are young and strong!

We had a family barbecue at Brenda's afterwards. Grilled ribs, brats, kielbasa and wings plus all the trimmings! Brenda had a good friend who had no plans. Her husband is deployed in Iraq so we felt privileged to have her with us. It was a great day.

Larry Turns the big 6-1

We all knew it was coming. May 17th. Larry turned 61 with a bit of fanfare and a nice family gathering. He played golf with Dan in the morning, we had a nice family dinner at our house that evening.




I made a chocolate-chocolate cake and we had the traditional singing. He blew out his candles and opened a few gifts.

Morgan and the kids joined us for the occasion.