Saturday, June 27, 2009

More of Today's MB Tournament

This is Mark and Ryan during one of their rallys.

This is my cousin's daughter Courtney Tanner. She is a great Volleyball player and has a great serve.

CBVA Manhattan Beach Tournament for Ryan "AA"

It was a beautiful day in Manhattan. Ryan played with a new partner Mark and they did well.
Grandpa & Grandma Hansen watched 4 games. They won the 1st three and lost one. Then they went to the finals and lost in a single elimination game 26-28. Next time will be better. Ryan got some amazing hits and blocks. He's getting better.



Got these photos out of order, oh well.

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Beach Family photo shoot on Father's Day

Darling Grandson Nathan!
We were ALL together this weekend for Father's Day, so I wanted to try and capture a family photo, little did I know it would be like a hurricane down at the beach that night. Very windy. It made it hard to take and it was cold too. We'll see if this makes it for our Christmas card this year.
Rachel and Kelly having fun hamming it up.
Love the light on this picture of Matt, Rachel and Kelly.

Ryan and Ryan took 3rd Place in CBVA Manhattan Beach Tournament

After a long day playing two man Volleyball. They came in 3rd place and got their "A" rating. Last week at Mission Beach it was 5th place. They are getting better. This week another tournament in Manhattan Beach. It is a harder tournament. "AA" rating.
Kelly, Amber, Nathan, Rebecca, Scott and I got to watch Ryan play some great VB. Keep up the great work Ryan.

PV Art Show-Sandi showed 3 works, Friday June 19th


Some of the Family came to see the art. Grandma Earlene Carter took this photo for us.
Sandi worked very hard on these three faces.
Resting at the art show, only one bench in the whole place!
Sandi Wilson the artist!

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Water Balloon Fun

Cute Nathan, having too much fun with our little Water Balloon toss!
Such a simple pleasure....boy does he like these.
Are you ready Grandpa to be cooled off?

Entradero Park with Amber's 1st grade class





Monday, May 25, 2009

Kelly, Nathan loved your card!

Right when he saw the door......he was excited. I took some movies of him opening it. He said "Sully and Mike". He was very excited to show his mom.
Amber and Kevin pretty happy with Woody's outfit.
Cute cake.....tasted great!

Happy 2nd Birthday Nathan!

Is that Woody? Yes it is....he came to wish Nathan a Happy 2nd Birthday. Nathan seemed to like Papa dressed as Woody. We had a nice group at the Woods home for Nathan's Party. Thanks, Karrie, Jim and Taylor for you kind hospitality.
Nathan and Woody with their special gold badges. Ryan had the idea to dress up as Woody for Nathan's party. Rebecca and I whipped up the costume. I think it turned out pretty good. I think I know what Scott might be for Halloween this year. I might have to work on a Jesse costume.

This was the 1st part of our day at La Romeria Park with the Redondo 2nd Ward Annual Picnic. Lots of good food and friends and fun things to do. VB, Horseshoes, Water Balloons, chatting, Egg toss and just relaxing. Lots of our Carter family were there too. Ron and Shelly Carter, Ashley, Byron and Lila, Sandi and Matt and Kelsey and her friend Jarod. We had Kristy and Rachel too. Such a nice time all together.

Rebecca and Ryan warming up together for a Volleyball game. They had fun playing a game against 8 others at one point. This is always fun for the ones that enjoy VB. Next year we need two nets. The children didn't get enough VB in.
Some of the family relaxing. Rachel is holding a cute little baby in our ward named Jovi.

Friday, May 15, 2009

What a Surprise! 5/12/09

After the temple, we went to Century City Outdoor Mall to exchange some earrings I had received for Mother's Day. They have some really neat stores there. They also have a AMC, containter store, and great food places. I told Scott we could do everything there to finish off our anniversary day. He told me he wanted to go home and change clothes. I agreed. We left the mall and headed home to change. We planned to change clothes and then go and see "Star Trek" the new movie out, that I have heard good reviews.
Sandi called to wish us Happy Anniversary as we were driving home on the freeway. I told her we were heading home.
Little did I know the kids and Scott had planned a little 30th Wedding Anniversary Party for us. Just the family. When we pulled up in front of the house, I saw Amber and Ryan with Nathan up on Ryan's shoulders. I was happy to see Amber, Nathan and Ryan. It is always fun to have the family over. We went inside to see signs the kids had made and Yellow streamers everywhere. That was one of our wedding colors. Everyone yelled Surprise. I was totally surprised! They had a lovely dinner planned. They also made a DVD with all these photos of Scott and I and the family through the years. It was really neat. We all sat and watched that. It had really great music to it also. "We've Only Just Begun" which was sung at our reception by my cousin, Rebecca . So many good memories. Thanks so much. Amber, Kevin, Nathan, Sandi, Matt, Ryan, Rachel and Rebecca. We missed you Kelly. We will see you soon.
Thanks again Family, especially Scott who helped plan this special day and night, I will always remember. Love you all! Shelly (Mom)
What a fun surprise!!!
A cake from Torrance Bakery, oh boy, one of my weaknesses. It was so good. The picture on the cake was used on our Wedding Invitations. What a great idea!

We are back to the place where it began 30 years ago.

We were able to go to the Los Angeles Temple today to help celebrate our 30th Wedding Anniversary. So much has taken place in those 30 years. Looking forward to another 30 plus together and Eternity.
We had fun taking these photos with out little camera and timer.
Not too bad for no photographer.

Relaxing walk on the Beach for our Anniversary

We found some treasures, sea glass and a long sea weed stem.
I had never held one so long before, had to capture it.
What a beautiful day it was down in Redondo. Love you, Scott. Thanks for all your love and for being a great husband and father. I love you so much!!!

Happy 30th Anniversary!!! 5/12/09