Slowly but surely they are leaving one by one.....well sometimes its one family by one family.
Corban started his first day of school at SCAD in Savannah. I texted him on Sat. night and asked him if he was going to like it there? His return message was " the women on this side of the country are so gorgeous!" So...apparently that was an astounding yes. I do hope that he remembers he is there for a college degree and swimming.
Tomorrow we leave for Gilbert, AZ. to help Chelsea and her kids load up their belongings and move to Rapid City, SD. Its times like these I think being a Bedouin and being able to get all your possessions on 1 or 2 camels doesn't sound like a bad idea. Looking forward to seeing and helping them none the less.
Thank Heavens that we still have Parker and of coarse we enjoy very much having Austin, Danielle, Ashlynn (Princess) and Aiden (Bootstrap) around to bring us joy at least a few times a month.
Amanda & Emma will be here til Sept. 28th (Philip's Birthday). I think Emma and I have developed a pretty good relationship over the past few weeks. I will miss that greatly.
You won't see a post from us until next week when we get back from Rapid City.
Til Then........

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The Sultan of Savannah has Arrived!

Late last night as Corban was saying good by to his many friends, Brenda was busy gathering his things to send him 2200 miles to the east coast for college. I'm not sure that this young Sultan understands just how much his Mother has really been doing for him. Laundry, meals and the general day to day nurturing.

As his friends finally departed around midnight they began the task of making sure all that he needed immediately was in his three suitcases. Although Delta Airlines so generously lets you have the carry-on and the 1st checked bag free...they do require a hefty $50 fee for the 2nd checked bag. But....this was still cheaper than using UPS. So about 3:00 am this morning they completed the task and went to bed only to arise at 4:45 am to get him to the Airport for his 5 1/2 hour flight.

A teary eyed and long embrace good bye took place.....knowing our little Cork was now officially on his own. Well, except for the strict guidelines of his Swim Coach and 21 meal per week plan that comes with his scholarship, he'll still have to do his own laundry. But I bask in the pleasure of knowing that I raised him right...meaning he'll have some girl doing his laundry before he has to start sniffing his clothes to see if they're ok to wear just one more time.

We as his parents are comforted by only one quote from history and that is this......

As Brigham Young led the Saints from Nauvoo IL. to The Salt Lake Valley and they established themselves over the next few months a Reporter asked Brigham how it was that there was no Law Man amongst them, his reply was...."All we can do is to teach them correct principles and let them govern themselves" (paraphrased)

The Brood Grows Bigger !!

Exciting news yet again!! I am not sure everyone one knows but Chelsea and Curtis are expecting their third child on April 3rd. 

Then we found out this evening that Austin and Danielle are also expecting their third child on May 17th !

That makes No.6 and 7 on the Grandbaby count and Brenda and I couldn't be more excited!!!!!!!!

Can You Name This Person?

I am someone who is under 45 years old, I love the outdoors, I hunt, I am a Republican reformer, I have taken on the Republican Party establishment, I have many children, I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office.  Who am I?"  Teddy Roosevelt in 1900.

I bet you were thinking of Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin

  

This commercial was done by a local Illinois kid. You have to watch the whole thing. When he finishes talking and walks away, you get a sense of how this could be the commercial of the campaign season.

"My son Joe just did a commercial for John McCain.   Please pass this on.

Thanks, Bob Cook"

Bob Cook is a man of integrity and is respected by many members of TEAM,

The Price of Freedom

One final comment. Some have suggested that the McCain Campaign paid for this ad. Nothing could be further from the truth.

McCain would never use soldiers for political gain. He has honored them, but he will not use them.

Unlike the Obama who has used Tammy Duckworth to score political points. McCain has such reverance and respect for our military men and women, he would never use them as political posters.

Nuff said.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free. - President Ronald Reagan

It's been a very busy September already...

     Friday, August 29th we welcomed to our home an exchange student from Japan. An always smiling (mostly because I don't think she understands, so she just smiles) 16 year old girl named Iori, pronounced E-or-E. She does pretty well with English, its our slang that she struggles with. I had no idea how much slang we use. But we all seem to be adjusting well.

     Then on Saturday, August 30th we helped Phil & Amanda move out of their condo and loaded their belongings into a 7' x 14' trailer we borrowed from a friend (Thanks JC & Diane) and headed for Salt Lake City, Utah early Sunday morning.  Arriving at their new home in West Valley, UT. about 4:00 pm and we had that trailer unloaded by 5:00 pm and then the skies opened up and it rained all the way through to Mon. about half way home to Vegas. Amanda & Emma will stay with us for a couple of weeks until her job transfer comes through with WAMU. 

Rapidly approaching is the 11th of Sept. in which we will fly to Savannah, GA. with Corban to get him going in his Sophomore year of college. He received a full ride scholarship in swimming to SCAD. We are very excited about this....since his frosh year cost us nearly $35,000 at UNLV.

He is looking forward to moving forward with his swim career and obtaining his goal (and his Coaches goal) of making the 2012 Olympic Swim Team.

After returning from Savannah, we will leave Tues. Sept. 16th to drive to Chelsea's house in Gilbert AZ. where we will be helping her and her family move to Rapid City, SD. Her husband Curtis has accepted a Flagship Store Management position with a Western Wear Clothing Store Chain. They are very excited to be taking their next step forward in life. 

As for Brenda and I....we are saddened that our children somehow have gotten that Gypsy Gene that we seemed to have had throughout the years. But also excited to see our children reach for their hopes, goals and dreams. 

"If You don't know what your dreams are...how are you going to chase them?" -Unknown

"The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them."

- Albert Einstein