Vacation Update #2 - Chappell, Nebraska

When we left Denver this afternoon we left one lonely, rejected flower chair on the side of the road in hopes that someone will pick it up and use it. No one wanted to buy it at the yard sale, but hopefully someone will take it for free!

We drove north east for 3 hours and now we're in Chappell, Nebraska (pronounced Chapel) visiting Dougs' college friend, Jurdan and family.

One house in town is even decorated for the 4th of July!

This is the main street in town - we were treated to a walking tour of the whole town.

Matthew had fun playing with the monkey puppet.

Here is a picture of Jurdan, Cathy and Sarah in their church (Jurdan is the pastor) and this little note was in Sarah's babybook next to a picture of David. * see below

David at 10 days old and Sarah at 10 months old - how cute! = - )

Vacation Update #1 - Denver, Colorado

We're on the road again and we had to have our last Boba Milk Tea before we left.

104 degrees in Baker, our favorite street sign in the middle of the desert and beautiful scenery.

A tire fire in Las Vegas provided a little excitement.

At the hotel in Mesquite, NV we watched "So You Think You Can Dance" - it was the show that Angelica and Jennifer went to last week and you can see them in the audience.

There is still snow on the mountains in Colorado.

We celebrated another birthday dinner for Angelica at Elephant Bar with Grandpa and Grandma Hubbard.

Today we had the first installment of Grandpa and Grandma's yard sale and tomorrow we try to sell all the stuff that didn't sell today.

It was also a time to go down memory lane - here Doug and Arlene show the Denver Post edition the day that Kennedy was shot.

Road Trip 2007

We're on the road again! Click the link to see a map of our road trip this year. We'll be updating along the way - come visit our blog world to see where we've been and where we're going! http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&q=create+map+for+road+trip&ie=UTF8&om=1&msa=0&msid=116488188203358567397.0000011344bc13c5edb0b&ll=42.358544,-87.1875&spn=35.72653,96.152344&z=4

Happy 16th birthday, Angelica!

Angelica is sweet 16! I made her a red velvet cake with a pecan topping.

She received a new ipod because her other ipod was stolen. = - ( Angelica's birthparents joined us for the celebration. Here is the traditional "birthday group shot" - this time Jennifer took the remote control picture.

Huntington Beach 2007

Here we are at the house before we left for the beach. This year our beach group was 33 of David's friends plus the 6 of us. This picture was VERY easy to take - notice I'm holding a remote control - it's for our new digital camera and it makes group shots a lot less stressful! = - )

It was a beautiful sunny day at the beach...volleyball,

boogie boards, sand pits,

girl and boy group shots,

all the friends, Hubbard family,

the traditional "burning of the homework" bonfire,

a beautiful sunset and a campfire on the beach to end a VERY LONG day!

Last day of school!

Today is our 1st official day of summer vacation! I don't take pictures of the our teenagers on the last day of school anymore, but here's a peek at one of their 400 page yearbooks that is totally in color. It's amazing!

This is Matthew on his last day of school with his 3rd grade teacher and a picture of my preschool Sunday School class - so cute!

Nancy Drew Premiere!

The other day we went to watch the celebrities go into the Nancy Drew premiere at the Groman's Chinese theatre on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

They had the "handprint/footprint" area in front of the theatre blocked off for the red carpet arrivals and press. So us "regular" people were limited to taking pictures from across the street.

When the arrivals were finished we went over to the "will call" area to see if there might be some unclaimed vip tickets.....and guess what!!! There were and we were able to actually go to the premiere!! Here's a pic of the ticket and our feet on the red carpet! = - )

We walked the red carpet!

Angelica and Jennifer were able to take LOTS of pictures with celebrities after the movie!