Friday Night Lights

In an effort to remain young, Dave and I went to the Maroon 5/Train Concert's opening night for their new tour.  Gavin Degraw also performed.  The concert was held at Cricket Wireless Amphitheater in San Diego.  They played for a total of 4 hours with only breaks to change sets.  It was amazing.

We have been to a Maroon 5 concert before at the same venue but since watching "The Voice", I am an even bigger Adam Levine/Maroon 5 fan so we paid a little extra for real seats rather than lawn chairs in the way back.

Train closed the show.  This was our first Train concert and they were great.  Pat Monahan was great with songs like "Marry Me" and my favorite, being from the Bay Area, "Save Me San Francisco."  We had a great time.  We got home at 1:15 AM but really enjoyed our evening together.  Thanks Hon for humoring me.

The Briggs Visit From Tucson

We were lucky to have Dave, Melissa, Mikalynn & Baby David visit us last weekend.  We enjoyed all the various activities like beach trip, favorite restaurants, power breakfasts, Rook games and snuggling our precious grandkids.

We went to dinner at Pat & Oscar's on Saturday night with plans to have Mikalynn ride the "up down" when we finished eating.  When we got over to the merry-go-round, it was closed.  Melissa came up with the brilliant idea for Mikalynn to ride up and down the escalators with Grandpa & Grandma.  We had so much fun and laughed and giggled the whole time.

Papa gave Mikalynn a piggy back ride back to the car since she didn't get to ride the horsey on the merry-go-round.

 It was nice to attend church together on Sunday.  Trevor's girlfriend, Cinthya, came to spend the day with us and meet Trevor's brothers and their families. This picture was taken after arriving home from church.  We had a nice dinner and cooked s'mores in our outdoor fire pit.

Little Dave was chillin' outside . . .

. . . and Mikalynn was enjoying her s'more.

We were sad to see them leave early the next morning.  Hopefully, they'll be living near us soon.

Camp Taloa 2011

After months of preparation, Camp Taloa 2011 came to pass.  The theme was "Happily Ever After".  The YCL2's (some shown here) were amazing as they led the camp by example.  There were 85 girls; a total of  114 including leaders.



Some of the highlights were wedding dresses made of toilet paper, Ruth McRae's talk on "Taming the Dragons", hair braiding, amazing crafts, awesome programs, well planned certification activities, a great slide show, early morning hikes and ending with heartfelt testimony meetings.  What a joy to spend a few days with these wonderful girls of Carlsbad Stake.

Introducing David William Briggs

Welcome to our newest grandchild and first grandson David William Briggs.  He, like his dad, is named after both grandfathers.  He was born May 26, 2011 at 10:19 AM, weighing in at 8 pounds 4 ounces.  He was delivered via c-section due to a prolapsed cord.  Mother and baby are fine and we are glad he is here safely.  It was so much fun to be there when they were released from the hospital and see Mikalynn's reaction to her baby brother when he arrived home.  It was precious.