Entries Tagged as ‘family’

February 19, 2008

my saturday

saturday i drove down laurel canyon towards hollywood. it is so beautiful! the trees are huge and the path is windy and thin (a change from the 6 lane freeway i exited). the part that thrills me the most is thinking about who has lived in all of the houses. bob dylan owned a house [...]

January 2, 2008

familia by AJP

my sister came with us on our trip up to see my grandparents (against her will, i think she’d like me to add). the benefit was she tagged along with us and was willing to snap photos of our family fun. she did an awesome job.
photos by amanda

November 30, 2007

our family’s festivus picture

October 13, 2007

the sound of a fallen tree

last weekend there were some warm winds (perhaps santa ana winds, which always come around my birthday, which is good because they are my favorite) and they were apparently strong enough to crack my parent’s tree in half (well, not half, perhaps a third, but half sounded much more dramatic and i couldn’t help myself). [...]

September 19, 2007

hail the conquering hero

this morning ryan, ava and i awoke early to book it to the airport to welcome home ryan’s brother michael. michael had been in rosario, argentina serving a mormon mission and now, after two long years, was coming home. it was so good to see him! of course we were late and of course, michael’s [...]

September 9, 2007

brotherly love

james, upon seeing pieces of chicken served on toothpicks (after an enormous dinner, I might add): you guys come here! there’s FOOD. . .on a stick!
james: why are you beating me up?
aaron: you gave me a wet willy!
james: well why would you beat me up for doing that?
after hearing war noises i ask: what’s happening?
david: [...]