Happy Birthday and Good-bye

Tomorrow we are off to Costa Rica for two weeks and then to Guatemala for a few days. I've always wanted family to go to Guatemala with us. I wonder who the first ones will be? My guess is Eli and Chelsea.

Our vacation is to celebrate the birthdays of Kim and Devin! Too bad they won't be joining us!

Happy Birthday October 28th, Kim!




Happy Birthday November 8th, Devin! You haven't changed a bit!

Actually, our vacation is to celebrate Lance's birthday. When we get home I'm sure we will have LOTS of photos of Lance and his hair to post.

Happy Birthday, Brielle!

We can't believe Brielle is ONE year old already! We really have enjoyed getting to see her every time we go up to Roy! Happy Birthday!

A Stranger in the House

Need I say more?

Happy 7th Birthday, Gracie

Happy Birthday, Gracie! Sorry we are a day late, we were up at Snowbird for the weekend. Hope you had a great day!

Happy Birthday, Amanda!

Happy Birthday, Amanda! We hope you know what a fantastic addition you are to the Call family! Have a great day!

Thanks for all the birthday greetings! And yes, I am that old. I had a great birthday. Lance invited a bunch of friends over for dinner, he even fixed one of my favorite meals, sweet-and-sour pork. He thought the sauce was a little runny so he added what he thought was corn starch - it turned out to be clear-jell for making jam. It still tasted great!

Thanks, Mom!

Thanks, Mom, for my birth day! These two pictures were taken in about the same spot, the place I was born.
Thanks so much, Mom, for always being so great; your patience, love, friendship, support and example! I love you!

Flashback Freaky Friday

We decided to do the Halloween Flashback Jeni suggested.

Gretal and Hansel


Annual Pumpkin Carving Party



We had THREE trick-or-treaters last year! Bryant, Jonas and Levi! See how excited they were to visit us? Sure wish they would come over again this year!


Kim and Ethan dressed up as Ma and Pa.


Tika is always ready for Halloween.

Halloween 2008 - Ethan Palin for President! Hmmm, maybe Ethan could be Lance's VP running mate!

Happy Birthday Glenn! Photos from the past year.

Presidential Politics

We've never posted anything on our blog about politics, religion or "morals" because - well - it's just TOO controversial and to many feelings can get hurt. But on this particular issue we obviously have very strong feelings. Hopefully you can watch this with an open, receptive mind.

http://www.tsgnet.com/pres.php?id=380002&altf=Mbodf&altl=Wbocvsfo

Weird Dreams

I have a lot of dreams and usually I can figure out some reason why I had them. But last night I had a dream that I can make NO sense out of.

It was a very dark and stormy night. Lucille Ball and I went to Mom's house in Roy. No one was home and the house was totally dark except for the living room light. Music was playing so Lucy and I started dancing. I was really embarrassed because I was such a bad dancer. Lucy kept saying, "Don't worry, all that matters is that you're having fun." I noticed that the curtains were wide open and anyone driving by would be able to see us dancing. Again, Lucy said, "Don't worry, all that matters is that you're having fun!"

There was a huge thunder clap and I thought I heard the back door slam shut. I ran to see who/what it was but there was no one there. I flipped the light switches to the basement but there was no power. I was afraid to go into the basement so I asked Lucy to go down and check things out. She found a flashlight in Mom's bedroom and was ready to go downstairs but I discovered someone had turned all the circuit breakers off to the basement. I told her to stay upstairs with me because it was too dangerous to go downstairs.

Just then I heard the toilet in the basement flush. I ran down the stairs as fast as I could to find out who it was. I saw an older woman walking into the family room (Kim and Brindy's living room) and kept yelling as loudly as I could "WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN HERE!!" She totally ignored me, then I realized she was a deaf friend of Tom's visiting from Scotland. (In my dream I thought it was strange she was from Scotland and not India.)

I went back up stairs to tell Lucy everything was okay but she had already left. Just then, Dad and a huge group of people came in and filled up the entire house. I kept asking Dad why he hadn't told me company (the woman from Scotland) was going to be staying in the house. I don't think he ever realized I was there because he was busy taking care of all the people who came into the house with him.

Any dream interpreters out there?

Happy Birthday, Christina! Seven Years Old!