We have a winner. The proud owner of gift certificates to Baskin Robins is Jared Langford, the youngest winner yet. He displays his winnings in this wonderful picture.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Sunday, July 19, 2009
"Resolved" to fly away to NYC
Proud ParentsAlright, yes, we are very proud parents, but with very good reason. Several years ago when our son Brad was first out of graduate school, he was able to work on a film “Resolved” being made by Greg Whiteley. Brad flew to Kentucky, Berkeley CA and worked in LA on this film. It premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in 2007, winning the Audience Award. In 2008 HBO picked it up, with showings in the summer months and fall. Then on July 14 the Emmy nominations were announced and “Resolved” landed two nominations, one of them being “OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT IN A CRAFT: EDITING” Brad was one of the three editors nominated in this category. We haven’t come down off the clouds since hearing the news. We will be with Brad in New York when the awards are announced on September 21 to celebrate with him, win or lose. For the front page story about Brad in the July 19 Provo Daily Herald, click here.
We thought this nomination was worth a brief look back at how Brad arrived at this prestigious award.
We thought this nomination was worth a brief look back at how Brad arrived at this prestigious award.
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At age two Brad was already a ham
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and at age four he had a great imagination.
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Fast forward to 2007:
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Brad with his wife Susan - his greatest supporter
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Brad, Greg Whitely, and Tom Runquist
"Resolved" film editors at the Los Angeles Film Festival
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Screaming for Ice Cream
You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream. Doesn’t the month of July just beg for ice cream? These pictures were taken in March of 2008, when Grammy took her Knoxville granddaughters to the quilt show where two of Grammy's quilts were displayed. Of course, a trip for ice cream followed. Don't these pictures beg for another trip for ice cream.
Ice Cream trivia:
--21 seconds is the duration of the typical “brain freeze”
--Americans spend $21.6 Billion on ice cream and related frozen desserts each year
--An average American consumes about 21.5 quarts of that frozen stuff in a year
--The largest ice cream sundae ever made (Alberta, Canada, in 1988) weighed 55,000 pounds
(Thanks to LDS Living for these facts.)
Ice cream comes in many varieties such as: frozen custard, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and gelato. It can even be made with soy milk, rice milk or goat milk for those who are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy protein.
Anyone remember the “ice cream” truck? We actually still have one of those that cruises our neighborhood. Yes, it’s that time of year to scream for ice cream.
It’s also time for a nice COOL give away. A gift certificate for Baskin-Robbins awaits the lucky winner drawn from those who post a comment.
--21 seconds is the duration of the typical “brain freeze”
--Americans spend $21.6 Billion on ice cream and related frozen desserts each year
--An average American consumes about 21.5 quarts of that frozen stuff in a year
--The largest ice cream sundae ever made (Alberta, Canada, in 1988) weighed 55,000 pounds
(Thanks to LDS Living for these facts.)
Ice cream comes in many varieties such as: frozen custard, frozen yogurt, sorbet, and gelato. It can even be made with soy milk, rice milk or goat milk for those who are lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy protein.
Anyone remember the “ice cream” truck? We actually still have one of those that cruises our neighborhood. Yes, it’s that time of year to scream for ice cream.
It’s also time for a nice COOL give away. A gift certificate for Baskin-Robbins awaits the lucky winner drawn from those who post a comment.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Vans -- then and now
Remember when……………..remember the days when many cars didn’t have safety belts and there were no laws requiring them? Remember those trips the Barber Eight took to see what the East Coast had to offer. Remember the 12-seater, brown and tan van? Everyone’s favorite, right?
Our first big trip (over 2,000 miles) took us to Kirtland, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Niagara Falls, Canada, Palmyra, New York; New York City, Washington DC, Richmond, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia, Jamestown, and finally we stopped to see Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, VA.
On our last stretch of the trip, as we traveled down through Kentucky and into Tennessee, all six of our children somehow piled into the very back bench seat in the back of the van. Brad and Lori brought their Cabbage Patch dolls, and I took a picture.
This picture of one of my all time favorites. Six happy, wonderful children, still with big smiles on their faces after spending almost two weeks on the road—all eight of us sharing the same room in a different hotel almost every night. That’s a lot of togetherness—and a lot of time in the van. But everyone seemed happy as we drove on home—home sweet home.
Thanks for the memories.
By comparison, here’s Mom and Dad all by ourselves in our minivan—seat belts firmly in place. If you look closely, however, you’ll see a car seat in the back----always prepared to haul children (or in this case grandchildren) across the country.
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Our first big trip (over 2,000 miles) took us to Kirtland, Ohio; Buffalo, New York; Niagara Falls, Canada, Palmyra, New York; New York City, Washington DC, Richmond, Virginia; Williamsburg, Virginia, Jamestown, and finally we stopped to see Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, VA.
On our last stretch of the trip, as we traveled down through Kentucky and into Tennessee, all six of our children somehow piled into the very back bench seat in the back of the van. Brad and Lori brought their Cabbage Patch dolls, and I took a picture.
This picture of one of my all time favorites. Six happy, wonderful children, still with big smiles on their faces after spending almost two weeks on the road—all eight of us sharing the same room in a different hotel almost every night. That’s a lot of togetherness—and a lot of time in the van. But everyone seemed happy as we drove on home—home sweet home.
Thanks for the memories.
By comparison, here’s Mom and Dad all by ourselves in our minivan—seat belts firmly in place. If you look closely, however, you’ll see a car seat in the back----always prepared to haul children (or in this case grandchildren) across the country.
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