Las Vegas - "The 21st Day of September"!!

Beka's last day of tour was September 21st ... 

she was leaving for a week in Ireland on the 22nd!

Tim and I drove to Vegas on September 18th to have 

an anniversary (41st) and Birthday celebration there

before driving Beka's car and dog home!

We were 30 min from Vegas when we got a text
from Beka that she was on as Glinda that night!
She got us tickets to go ...
4 hours till showtime!!!
We got to go backstage before the
show in Glinda's dressing room!
So special ... a first!

So amazing to be at this performance ... 

Video of her final bows as Glinda!

We explored The Strip the next day ...

Fun to see all the gorgeous resorts/casinos!

This pic is so fitting for Tim ... hahaha!

Amazing Decor ... everywhere!

That night for our anniversary we went out

to dinner then to 

 Cirque du Soleil: Beatles - Love!

What an amazing show!  A treat!

We had a rest day the next day.

Wonderful to relax all day ...

We needed it!!

Saturday the 21st was Beka's last day...

We were planning to be at her last show!

What she didn't know was that all the siblings were

on their way to surprise her!!!

They had some time together on the strip...

Then got to the hotel in time to get ready and prep

for THE SURPRISE!  She was planning to come to our 

room between shows for a light dinner ...

What she wasn't planning was for her sibling to

pop out of the bathroom to the tune of

"The 21st Day of September"!!

Clay made this little funny clip!  hahaha!

We had an hour celebrating before heading

 to the theater together to all see her last show!

Last show ... last bows!

After the show ...  ready to celebrate!

We got to the Bellagio Fountains in time for the

last show of the night!

Then had fun exploring the strip!

We went out to eat the next morning before

everyone had to go their own way ...

Beka to Ireland

James to Los Angeles

Deb, Clay & Rachel to Phoenix

Tim and I stayed one more day!

What a special 24 hours! 

Forever memories made!

Deb made a compilation video of our time together!

Jonah, who stayed home with their 4 kids so

Deb could go, made this ... a great finale!

Forever memory!

More Pics!

Videos!

Summer 2019

What a beautiful start to Summer ... 

 Not too hot so able to enjoy being outside 

for an extra month or so. 

Now after a couple hot months, looking forward 

to cooler temps by the end of September!

 Really enjoying our updated home!

For Memorial Day we all gathered at our favorite park!

So grateful to have time to all be together! 

 All 8 grandkids have such a great time together!  

Here's our annual stair-step picture... 

Only a couple months when this can happen...

ages 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!!

 The 2 littlest darling "L" girls:  Letty and Lilia!!!

4th of July at the AJ fireworks - remembering the old days!

Everett and Amos over for a spend-the-night!

I brought home all of Mom's pictures, almost a year ago, 

to scan and make available to everyone!  What a project!!

All the ancestor pictures, young mom and dad,

 and all the Guyer family pics from 1954 - 2018!!  

So happy that project is done!!

All here to see ...

Guyer Family Picture Albums

Also organized and added some to the Burnham albums:

Burnham Family Picture Albums

Also updated:

Sandy's Family page (Video and audio links here, too!)

Family Photos  (Our family: 2006-2019)

 James and Halli go sky-diving!!

A fun meal together!

 

James Birthday dinner with Macs the day 

before James left town!

He moved to LA on his birthday - June 15th

Since the middle of July I've been focusing on my health.  

Working on clean eating ... an anti-inflammatory, 

auto immune diet.  

I'm a BIG fan of the Plant Paradox Diet!  

I think it's what my body has been needing for forever!

I'm exercising regularly for the first time in years!!  

I've lost a few pounds but mainly I feel strong and healthy.  

My Dr. and I think this is the best way to beat Lyme...

My own immune system has to be strong to fight!  

So for now ... no more antibiotics (YAY!) 

Just keep at what I'm doing.  

It takes a lot of time and focus but I'm feeling great!

James visits on long weekend in August!

It's nice knowing he's just a short (6 hr) drive away!

We had a night out at the Handlebar ...

The local Apache Junction "Pub" owned by

our dear friends!  This was a first... no kids!!

So ready for Fall to be here!

We're headed to Las Vegas next week to celebrate

our 41st Anniversary and my 64th Birthday!

Beka will be there with Wicked - her final stop!

Her last day is September 21st!!

Then she's off to Ireland for a well deserved vacation!

We'll drive her car and doggie back here to greet

her when she returns!  

Big changes this fall!!!  Stay tuned :)

More pics!

Spring 2019

So happy Spring is here!  

My beautiful spot in the midst of these 

months of construction!

Tom came for a visit the beginning of March!

We thought we'd have nothing for him to do...

but 😉

 He got here just in time to tear out the wall and do the drywall!

So thankful to have him here!!!

With all the changes we decided we needed a 

different couch and said goodbye to the sectional

we had over 10 years!

 Lights are installed and stone work begins!

Another needed break having Adah and 

Emily spend the night!  Such a treat!
Precious girls who are growing up fast!

 Beka arrived on April 1st to spend 5 weeks 

with us while Wicked was in town!

James is moving to LA in June so I flew to 

Dallas to drive 2 days with him!

So we had a FULL house the month of April!

 My countertop arrived!  A beautiful walnut live edge
made by the amazing guys at Old Sol Lumber!
They do beautiful work...

 Our first dinner all together at the bar!
It's wonderful to have an open floor plan.

 Next is to mount a floating shelf for my eagle
above the fireplace!

 All this is going on with James', Beka's, and Root's help!

 We added an outdoor propane fire pit, too!  RELAX time!

And of course ... with Wicked in town 

we HAD to go!

 The 3 oldest grandkids got to come for the first time!

Excitement was high!

 We walked through the ASU campus
where all their parents graduated from!

 Met Beka for dinner before the show!

 The gang!

 At Deb's Music building!

 In front of the Wicked trailer!

 In our great seats!

 After the show with Beka!

 And an amazing backstage tour!
Special to be there with my 4 kids and
3 oldest grandkids!  

 We finished our project the next week!  

Bar top, stonework and fireplace!

 So on the Monday after Easter ... Beka's only day off -

Everyone came over for dinner!!

 Our wonderful kids on their walk!

 Dance party in the backyard!

 Of course I had to see Wicked with my buddies, too!

... and Tommy!

(who came back through on his way east!)

 Seeing Wicked 10 years ago and now!

Beka was just watching the first time :)

(Same shirt !?!?!??!)

 Tom and I have met up over the past 5 years to see Beka!
So fun!  Toronto, Dayton, San Francisco,
Cleveland, Nashville and Tempe!

 A fun night watching the Nelson gang!

 Beka treated me to a mani/pedi for an early Mother's Day!

Special to have these two together all month!

...and puppy Root!

 These 4 went to the tippy top of Superstition Mountain!

Proud of them all!

Mother's Day lunch out with these 3!

I'm a very blessed mama! 

It's been a great few months but I'm

looking forward to a quieter summer...

More pics here!