AG Barn Owls in the Central Coast

Our Christmas Letter

2008-12-27T13:41:00.001-08:00

Dear Family and Friends,

Early this fall my mother sold her home and moved to Arroyo Grande to live with us. This has been an adjustment but a wonderful blessing to our family. We built this home with a large guest room with private bath for this very purpose and it is working out very well. Mom will be continuing her celebration of her 95th birthay by going on a cruise in a week to the Mexican Rivera. She isn't slowing down yet.

Mariah is fifteen and is a pleasure to raise. We couldn't have been blessed with a better child. She continues to keep her straight A's, plays the cello, activity in ASB (the only sophmore in the class), loves her friends, and is currently in the Mia Maid presidency. Knowing that in three years she will be gone away to college makes us sad.

John and Becky live in Irvine. As a parent there is nothing better than seeing your children marry well. They are happy and expecting their first baby in June. We will be grandparents, kind-of hard to believe. We are very excited!

Another Christmas has come and gone yet the spirit of the season we celebrate is with us all year. How grateful we are for the birth of our Savior and the atonement. We miss you and love you all. Thank you for your cards this year we have enjoyed them. Take care.

With all of our love,

Leo, Vickie, and Mariah Bunting

Sara's 95th Birthday

2008-12-23T16:47:00.001-08:00

The Birthday Girl

Mom, Leo, Mariah, Megan (Mariah's friend), Vickie

We celebrated Grandma Sherrill's 95th at Disneyland. It had been over forty years since the last time she was there.

Going to City Hall for Mom's birthday button was worth the wait. She was no doubt the only 95th birthday girl in the entire park. Mom could not believe how well she was treated. She felt special all day.

Cast members went out of their way to wish her a Happy Birthday and the public added their congratulations. She enjoyed no waiting in the lines, escorted to see Mickey (Mickey even danced with her), given a convented Pixey pin, VIP seating for Fantasmic, and so much more. It was definitely a special day.

For my mother nothing can compare to being with family. We gathered downtown Disney for an late lunch.

To top off the day- the waiter asked Mom to look out over the balcony, to her surprise everyone in the restaurant sang happy birthday to her! What a thrill!!!

Grandma Sherrill's 95th birthday was more than any of us could have imagined.

This is what life is all about, the memories we build as families.

Twilight at Midnight

2008-11-24T07:36:00.000-08:00

Mariah, Leo and I joined a large group from our ward to view the midnight showing of Twilight. Stephanie Myers is one of Mariah's favorite authors. We had a woman from our group set up chairs and a table at 9 AM that morning. We couldn't believe it, she is a die-heart Twilight lover; even her seventeen year old son, but he doesn't want anyone to know.

Our group was the first in line of about 200 people.

Sitting holding our spot took some work. Thank goodness for teenagers and Dads who didn't have to work that day. Mariah and I didn't show up until about 6PM ready for a six hour wait. Leo was the smart one he showed up at 10PM.

We had a blast! The time went by fast. Mariah and her friends walked to

Wal Mart to buy shirts to decorate while they waited.

The tee shirt says-

front "DOES YOUR MAN . . ."

back "SPARKLE?"

They turned out cute.

The theater handed out vampire teeth when we entered. Mariah won a

Twilight poster answering trivia questions before the movie started.

A few hours later the day was greeted by tired mothers and a few dads,

small seminary classes, and several high school teenage zombies.

It was worth it.

FHE with 105 Pro Prop. 8's

2008-11-03T19:39:00.000-08:00

One sign waving was fun but the second was better!!!

We joined our ward tonight for FHE on the corner of Grand Ave. and Oak Park. At one point we had up to 105!!! It was a thrill. The spirit was strong as we stood together.

Leo enjoyed visiting with those who apposed Prop. 8. They were mostly high school students.

After a hour Mom was getting tired of standing and was going to call-it-a-day. BUT when she heard the local news was across the street she hurried back to front of the sidewalk.

Tonight we will be clued to the TV.

This has been a long fight but our family is grateful to have been apart of it.

94 and Going Strong

2008-11-01T16:59:00.000-07:00

This is the first time my mother has ever used her right of freedom-of-speech in a public place. Mom said she enjoyed herself, especially when the cars honks with approval.

Mom is on the right hand side going strong.

Our Stake President issued the 'last 100 hour' call to the entire Stake. This morning our ward hung 'vote yes on 8' reminders on doors. Then this afternoon we got together and stood with our signs in front of our Wal Mart shopping center in Arroyo Grande. We had about 60+ strong. We were really pleased with all the positive responses we got from cars passing by. There were some who voiced their 'vote no' opinions but most of them were to young to vote, so they don't count.

Hey, I even recruited our RV buddy (renter). He drove passed us and stopped when he saw me. He was more than willing to hold a sign.

Sam and Bret (from our ward) drove this truck up and down the 101 freeway most of the day. They both said it was worth the gas. The drivers really got a kick out of the sign. It was a very good day. Just three days to go!!!

Eleven hours long

2008-10-20T08:05:00.000-07:00

Brooke, Mariah, Molly, Sara, and Megan

Mariah celebrated her 15th birthday by spenting seven hours

doing what girls love to do, shop.

Standing behind the girls Vickie and Mariah's favorite YW leader, Susan

For a small college town San Luis Obispo has some uptown clothing stores, make-up stores, and great restaurants. We had a fabulous time laughing and watching the girls try on gowns, and all sorts of strange clothes. Susan and I love the youth. For us there was nothing we rather do than spend the day with these great girls.

After seven hours of shopping and spending hardly any money they were ready for pizza and two movies--the long hours and late night was clearly visible on the girls the next morning at church. Mariah had such fun she wants go to Santa Barbara shopping for her seventeenth birthday. Susan and I will be ready!

If you are wondering what happened to her sixteenth-keep watching and in a year from now you will see.

Happy Birthday Mariah

2008-10-16T22:27:00.000-07:00

New Life . . .

2008-09-29T06:55:00.001-07:00

5900 Burke Way

My parents bought this home in Kern City [retirement community of Bakersfield] eleven years ago. Before this they lived out in the 'sticks' farming. It wasn't a easy move at 83 and 93 years of age but it turned out to be the best for them. They made good friends, enjoyed exercise classes at the rec center, Lions Club, pot lucks, gardening, lunch bunch, seniors FHE group, and the blessings of attending church.

John and Grandma Sherrill

At the age of 94 my Mother decided it was time to move and give up driving. With a very s...l...o...w... housing market we felt strongly that in order to move the house in a hurry, we needed a fantastic realtor to price it right. The good news is it sold in nineteen days!!! Now the hard part began, moving out in 30 days.

Larry (my brother), Mom, Vivian (sister-in-law), and Becky (John's wife)

I have a supportive family and with their help we gave away the big furniture and all that was left was the stuff for Salvation Army and the dump. Also my Mother's ward family helped with the packing and hauling off stuff. With everyone pitching in I was able to move Mom before the thirty days was up.

John, Becky, and Leo on moving day

My mother's new life will be with us in Arroyo Grande. Mom is an avid gardener. She is looking forward to gardening, her continued work in the Los Angeles Temple, decorating her bedroom, and going on trips. [Yes, she wants to travel; she has a list and my brother and I better be prepared!] This will be an adjustment for my family but it will be worth it.

Vote for . . .

2008-09-15T07:12:00.000-07:00

A year ago Mariah ran for Freshman class officer. She was the only one who put up posters and handed out campaign treats. Other than helping decorate or make posters for assembles and football games there wasn't really much to the position but it was just enough to spark her interest in choosing Leadership as an elective class for the upcoming sophomore year.

First Day of Mariah's Sophomore Year

ASB tee shirt

Last spring ASB (Associated Student Body) interviewed students for their fall 2008 Leadership class. Mariah brought in videos and pictures of Mutual actives she had helped planned; she was interested in Lunchtime Activity chair. In the interviewing process it was interesting to us what they asked Mariah. The student officers (pres, vice-pres, etc) asked her about her values and standards. During her interview she mentioned she was LDS and sparked a real interest with the teachers who head the class. For the last several years there has been LDS students in ASB. We learned Mr. & Mrs. Hurtodo love the LDS kids because they work hard and don't party. Mariah was chosen for ASB; it turned out she is the only sophomore that made it. The class has keep her busy with all the high school's activites. Mariah loves her class and the kids she works with. -Vickie

Happiest Place on Earth

2008-09-11T15:24:00.001-07:00

You will never guess where our family went the week before school started. Megan's family have annual passes and all summer the girls have wanted to go to Disneyland before school started. Well, four days before they were to walk though the halls of their high school we took them to the

Happiest Place on Earth.

Main Street

Adventure Land

Splash Mountain

Bell with Princess Megan and Princess Mariah

Not pictured King Leo and Queen Victoria

Face painting in the Magic Kingdom

Waiting for Aladdin to start; Hyperion Theater in California Adventure

John and Becky joined us after work on Thursday and Friday. We stayed at their apartment. The first night was an adventure There was seven people sleeping on the floor! We we shared the floor place with Becky's sister and her friends from Idaho. The rest of the nights we were able to stretched out. We miss John and Becky so it was a treat to spend time with them.

California Adventure had a new ride; Toy Story.

The lines were incredibly long but absolutely worth the wait.

Toy Story 12:30 AM

ESPN Restaurant Downtown Disney

The boys

Best Friends

Family is everything. Our 'before school starts' trip was fabulous

because of family and close friends. -Vickie

Tradition

2008-09-11T08:18:00.000-07:00

Mariah has been blessed with wonderful friends who are active in church. Each of the activities the 'Game Night' kids do together couldn't happen without great parents to chaperon, drive, and offer the use of their homes.

This year we decided to start a new tradition in August, as the last-hurrah before school starts. Twenty-eight moms and kids drove to Paso Robles to the Ravine Water slides.

The slides were a lot of fun; this activity was so successful we will do it again next summer. Eight hours later we were heading home in very quiet cars.

Here are a few of the 'Game Night' kids. In the back Job, Cole (towel over his head), Scotty, Mariah, and Cami. The small one is Olivia. -Vickie

Boring Summer 'Never'!

2008-09-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

Raising a fourteen year old girl, our Mariah, isn't a slow lifestyle,

we love it that way.

JUNE

Multi-Stake Luau Dance in Solvang

(Ventura Stake, Santa Barbara Stake, Santa Maria [us], and San Luis Stake)

Girls just can't help gathering in the bathroom for last minute touches. The boys just don't get it!

Now this is what boys do understand, FOOD

We have a tradition. Before a Stake dance our kids get together for dinner at our home.

Sleeping Beauty ballet with/SLOYS

The San Luis Obispo Youth Sympathy, SLOYS, played in the pit at Cal Poly University for a children's production of Sleeping Beauty. Mariah felt sorry for Sleeping Beauty she had to kiss the Prince [apparently he wasn't cute].

The music was fabulous! The ballet cute.

Camp Whitter in Santa Ynez

Young Women Camp was a blast!

Big change for me. For the last few years I have been attending camp as YW President with assignments and girls to watch over. Not this year. The Stake asked me to be the YW Camp Photographer. What a sweet job. I had the best of both worlds; I love camp & the girls without the responsibly. Can't wait for next year.

JULY

Youth Conference in Ventura
400 Strong

Leo chaperoned Youth Conference and took a lot of pictures.

The service project was amazing. The kids made thousands of stuffed turtles for the 'Painted Turtle' in Ventura. The Painted Turtle organizes summer camps for handicapped children.

Awesome dances on the beach

and at church

Plenty of cute boys!

EFY at BYU

Mariah and her friend Jason arrived at SLO airport at 5 am to leave for Salt Lake the Saturday before EFY started. Both kids were nervous flying and wouldn't fly by themselves. Mariah stayed with our good friends Roger and Bonnie Wilson in Provo.

Mariah loved her experience. She made lasting friends from all over the country, even California. Mariah said she felt the spirit all week while she attended classes and activities with other LDS teens.

Neither Jason or Mariah wanted to go home

Both kids can't wait for next summer

Timpanogos String Orchestra

This is Mariah's third year attending Timpanogos String Camp

Uncle Avard, Aunt Ruth, Mariah,

Sydni Dunn (one of my Laurels who is attending BYU), and Bonnie Wilson

Mariah, Syndi, and Roger Wilson

Last year when we visited Uncle Avard and Aunt Ruth; Mariah took her cello and played a few selected pieces for Uncle Avard. He had just came home from the hospital after having open heart surgery. This year we were excited to have them both attend Mariah's concert. It is amazing how good Uncle Avard looks a year later.

Salt Lake Temple

The spirit was strong at EFY and Mariah didn't want to go back to the 'real world'.

She wanted to go to Temple Square . . .

to pondering her very special week

-Vickie

cello

2008-06-26T01:11:00.000-07:00

Hi Mariah,
We saw this at the House of the Future. Is it a cello? It looks kind of small. Anyway, we thought it was cool. You guys should come down to Disneyland soon, or are you blocked out?
-Becky

Daddy Daughter Date Night

2008-06-08T18:59:00.000-07:00

In 2004 Mariah and Leo attended Arroyo Grande Parks and Recreation's Daddy Daughter Date Night. Brooke, one of Mariah's best friends, invited her to go. Leo and Mariah had such a great time that they have been going every June since. It is a very popular activity in the community. The dads and their daughters are treated to dinner, games, and dancing. Mariah was ten the first time she went.

"Luau"

Brooke,her dad Rich, Mariah age 11, and Leo

"A Enchanted Evening"
Mariah, age 12

"Hollywood Nights"

Mariah age 13

"Sunset in the Rain Forest"

Mariah age 14

Every year Mariah looks forward to having an evening out with her dad and best friend. It has become a tradition. Vickie

The Gopher Hunter

2008-06-08T18:05:00.000-07:00

Meet Eli, he is the one holding the gopher. He and his brothers, Bridger to the left and Anakin to the right, moved on our property with their parents six weeks ago. They live in a 38' travel trailer. His dad is a traveling nurse and their mom is their teacher.

Eli's job was to trap gophers. Why? Three reasons, boys need something to do during recess, we have plenty of gophers to hunt, and finally our barn owls could use some help. Eli caught perhaps fifteen gophers. Leo paid him $3 for dead gophers. We had to emphasise 'dead' because in Eli's excitement he often checked on the traps to soon and the gophers were often still alive.

Our barn owls had a feast when Eli was successful. Each dead gopher was set aside for our owls and every morning the gopher was gone. Currently our mother owl is raising two babies. This was easy clean up for us!

This last Friday was Eli's family last day. His dad's next assignment is Alaska. His family is very excited. We will miss the boys. Eli and his brothers were pure enjoyment.

As you can see in the background, Leo is hooked up to another trailer ready to pull into Eli family's place. That is life at the 'Bunting compound'. Vickie

Above it all . . .

2008-05-28T07:10:00.000-07:00

The question was asked 'where are your shoes?', well I guess the picture says it all. A Young Woman leader once told Mariah that she believed 5' 10" to be celestial height. Now that she is 'celestial height' Mariah has found that towering over everyone can loose its glamour in some photographs. Yet that has never stopped her from buying 3" heels, there is moments when Mariah loves being above it all. Vickie

Ward Picnic

2008-04-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

Mariah's Mormal

2008-04-19T16:45:00.000-07:00

Until things pick up a little, I will post what I know to be happening in the Bunting household. There won't be a lot of commentary.
Mariah went to the "Mormal" (Mormon/Formal). Kind of looks like a group date to me.
-substitute Bunting Blogger

---------------Beauty and the Beast

Hacked

2008-03-09T18:35:00.000-07:00

Your blog has been hacked due to inactivity.

Happy 14th Birthday Mariah!!!

2007-10-16T22:56:00.001-07:00

Saturday, 16 Oct 1993

Mariah,

Fourteen years ago today we were in Utah attending a BYU/Notre Dame football game with Uncle Hugh and Aunt Clara.

Little did we know that two days later we would be holding you. What a delight you have been to raise!

Love you,
MOM

This is where the love

of reading began.

Mariah has always been

Ginger's favorite.

Grandpa liked her too!

Mariah's favorite

place to vacation:

DISNEYLAND!!

Always a true friend, Mariah

chose the cello because she

didn't want her friend to be

alone at music camp.

Mariah was so excited when she

was finally taller than Grandma Sherrill.

Mariah loves her brother, John.

Mariah, Mariah, Mariah,

Such a pratically perfect child, with just enough hot pepper sauce to make her intresting.

Dad

Mariah got a cell phone for her birthday and if you're lucky you'll get her number! :)

Highschool Rocks!

2007-09-30T19:54:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! Sorry it's taken so long to update my blog, but i've been really busy. I have been on a roll these past few weeks. I made the San Louis Obisbo Youth Symphony senior orchestra and it's going to be a lot of fun. In the spring, we will be the pit orchestra for Sleeping Beauty, which will be playing at the Cal Poly PAC center. This will be the first time we've done anything like this and I hope you can all come! Highschool is a blast so far. I was elected freshmen class officer for ASB, and I have so many friends. I'm going to be on the Mock Trial team as an attorney and I hope we make it to state.

The picture on the left is me on the first day of school.

The picture on the right is of my friend Cami and I at the Plain White Tees concert. It was a lot of fun! There were so many people there. It was crazy.

In this picture, my friend Leena is doing my hair because some other girl's and I were modeling modest clothes for the Activity Day girls.

This picture is of my friends (from the left) Abby, Melissa Benson who was the MC, Cami, Leena, and I all in the dresses we modeled for the girls.

Well, everything is passing in a blur and we're already halfway done with the first quarter of school. I'm loving highschool, I'm turning 14 this month, and life is perfect! I'll try to be better at updating my blog, but I'm a busy bee now with football games, homework, orchestra and friends. See you all later! -Mariah

String Camp in Utah/ Kevin and Meghan's Wedding

2007-08-21T16:28:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! Sorry it's taken so long to update this blog. I've been gone for 3 weeks! I can't believe school starts next week. I'm so excited! I'm going to be a freshman! Anyways, our vacation was so much fun. First, I went to a string camp in Utah for a week. We played 6 hours a day and had a blast! I had to take Advil for all my sore muscles, but I still had fun. We stayed with some family friends who are really into music. This picture was taken at there house one evening when Chris, their son, his girlfriend, and Bonnie Wilson got together and started playing. I joined in and we played music for about and hour. It was a lot of fun! Even Becky showed up to play with us since she was in town for a family reunion. During the week, my friend Sara, who was also in Utah for a family reunion, came with me and we did baptisms at the Mount Timpanogas Temple. Here's a picture of us outside. The week after the concert, we went to Kevin and Meghan's wedding in Claremont. Kevin is my cousin. I played prelude music before the wedding, so I had to be there the day before the actual wedding. This picture is of the groom (Kevin) on the left, then the groomsmen Matt, Meghan's brother, and two friends of theirs. This picture is of Kevin and Meghan with all of the flower girls and ring bearers. After the wedding, we went to the reception at Meghan's parent's house. They had a HUGE backyard! There was a big tent over the dinning and dancing area and there were sushi and shrimp cocktail bars. Dinner was a serve yourself buffet. There were 3 different tables; one of them was Italian food, another was Mexican, and the third was a salad bar with tons of different yummy salads. This is John and I at our table eating dinner. This is of Meghan by one of the really tall trees in her backyard. Signing out- Mariah

Harry Potter at Midnight

2007-07-16T14:50:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody! My friends (from the left) Sara, Leena, (me), Brooke, and Megan, who isn't in the picture, went to see Harry Potter at the midnight showing. It was so much fun!!! We got there at 9:00PM and my mom and the bishop's wife Alison sat in line while my friends and I walked around and got cider and hot chocolate at Starbucks. Then we came back and sat while Mom and Alison walked around. There were tons of people in full-out Hogwarts uniforms. Leena and Sara got a picture with two of them with Leena's camera. We saw a lot of people we know, most of them cute boys from school, church, or orchestra. As they opened the doors, my friends Mike and Cassie showed up and they came in with us. Here's us waving to Megan and her mom as they came in the theater. All three theaters were PACKED. I'm totally not kidding. All of the seats were taken in every single theater. There is no other way to see these movies. Everyone Cheered when the movie finally started and the whole audience laughed and cried together. When I went again a couple days later, it wasn't that fun. Everybody was just quiet and boring. Anyways, back to the midnight showing. This is Alison, the bishop's wife on the left. She is so cool! She used to be our Beehive advisor, but that was a while ago. She loves the Harry Potter books as much as my friends and I love them. The movie was awesome, but I won;t give anything away in case you haven't seen it yet.

On the right is Sara, Brooke, and me after the show. We dropped everyone off at 3AM at their hoses. Surprisingly, their parents were still awake waiting for them. When I got home, I couldn't get to sleep untill 4 in the morning. I was way to keyed up to sleep after watching 3 hours of the best Harry Potter movie yet!!!! Signing out-

Mariah

Girl's Camp

2007-07-06T09:46:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! Camp was blast! This picture on the left was taken when we first got there. From the left is Abby C. (a non-member who came with Sara), Sara, Kendael, and me. We were playing games to get to know everyone from the other wards.

We got all settled in our cabins, and, of course, mine was the farthest away. I was in the same cabin as all my friends, Sara, Abby C., Megan, Cami, and Abby Meril from a different ward who I'm really close with. The picture over here was taken the next day during certification. From the left it is Candice, my mom Vickie wearing a bucket, and Kalli. I thought this picture was priceless(aka: blackmail), so it just had to go on here. This is a picture of Cori who was a Camp Leader. She is really cool and loves to pull pranks. Luckily she was in my cabin so i was able to prank with her. Cori is getting ready to serve her mission in Finland. She was able to tell us hello in Finish, which was realy cool. The best part about having her in my cabin was her devotionals every night. They sent really powerful messages to me. She taught us how to study our scriptures properly by praying before and after you've finished reading.
The picture on the right is of pool time! Since everyone's to scrammbled to list, I'll just tell you their names. Ther's Kristen, Cami, Kalli, Amanda, Megan, Spring, and me. Hanging out in the pool was probably the best thing we did everyday because it was so hot outside. By the end of the first day, everyone was missing air conditioning, their own beds, and proper showers. Another really good thing was the food. We had a chef named Fabio who cooked all of our meals. His food was really good.
Every morning we would have either french toast, bacon, eggs, sausage, cereal, or strawberry yogurt with granoala. At lunch we would have a variety of sandwiches or hamburgers. Dinner was always the best. We had pasta with red sauce one night, and the next night we had meatballs with mushrooms. I look forward to his food every year. No camp is really a camp without a scandal. one of the guys who worked in the kitchen had a HUGE crush on Kristen, a girl from our ward. It was so funny. Every time she went up to the counter to refill a pitcher for our table, he would be there to help her whether he was working the refills or not. He also tried to make conversation with her when ever he could. We felt bad for him since he probably never sees many girls out there in the middle of no where.

He seemed really nice, but he kinda freaked Kristen out. I would put a picture of him up here but I don't have anymore room. Signing out- Mariah

Promotional Dance

2007-06-24T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hey guys!!! I'm now, officially, a freshman!!! High school, seminary (6:30am), and lots of new friends are coming my way! This picture was taken at Gina's Italian Restaurant down the street from my school; excuse me, my OLD school. My friends here from the left are Brooke, me, Kyle (her mom owns the restaurant; free food!!!) and Mike. On the other side of the table that's not in the picture is my friend Brea, Zoe, and Caitlin. The food was DELICIOUS!!! I had this pasta that had sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, shrimp, and wine sauce. It was goooooood!!! After dinner, Kyle's dad drove us up to the school and we entered an underwater paradise through a giant sandcastle that covered the door. Our MPR had been transformed. The walls were covered with blue paper, silver, green, and purple streamers, and tons of fish, crabs, and sea horses. The stage had been removed to create an isolated sitting area with yummy audervs and Martinelli sparkling cider. The walls inside the sitting area were disguised with fishing nets, sea shells, and more sea creatures. The ceiling of the MPR was hidden behind a canopy of blue

streamers and sea colored balloons. Now, to the dancing. In the picture on the right, it's my friends Brooke and Eddie dancing, and me dancing with my friend Nick. The dancing was the funnest part of our Promotional. The music was really loud (my parents brought earplugs) and the dancing was absolute mayhem, but fun.

Later on that night, my mom took this picture of Brooke, Eddie, and me. It was in the middle the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I don't know why Eddie was freaking out. He's just spastic like that. After the dance, I spent the night at Brooke's house. We were soooooo hyper!!! We snuck food from the kitchen and stayed up until 3am!!! It was alot of fun. Signing out- Mariah

First Edition

2007-06-13T07:30:00.000-07:00

Becky here -

It's 7:30 on Wednesday morning and I didn't want to lay in bed awake (at 6:30 - remember, I'm unemployed and have no children, this is early!) so I got up and started looking around on the computer. I read my aunt's blog about her mission in Palmyra, looks like they're having a great time. Then I looked at Cherie's blog and she had some great pictures of John and his cousins up when they were younger. What a hottie! I can relate to the glasses.

We visited Bakersfield this weekend and everybody wants Leo & Vickie to have a blog so they can fit in with the rest of the Buntings. So, I took it upon myself to set one up. This is actually really exciting! I will teach them how to update and hopefully it will change once in a while. I will also try to figure out the blog on John's webpage...jlbunting.com.

In the meantime, today is beach day so we're going to hang out with the kids from the ward. Last night Mariah went to a friend's house to watch a scary movie (I think it is her first) "The Village". She loved it, and now I'm hoping to have a scary movie watching buddy.