19+ BUSY YEARS!
2006 12/19/2005 Clay and Rachel's Wedding
4 Deb's Junior Recital
7 First MCC Show - Wizard of OZ, James and Beka start classes at MCC
8 1st Wicked Show in Tempe
2007 1/18-20 Charlie Brown at MCC
4/12 Deb's Senior Recital
4/29 Deb's Shower
5/10 Deb Graduates ASU
7/12-21 MCC Blackbeard
9/21 Gramma and Lisa die (18th on Wednesday)
9/25 Mel and all here
10/1 Funeral
10/19 City of Angels at MCC
11/22-24 TRIP Family Thanksgiving in LA
2008 3/ Seussical at MCC
3/15-5/10 Mel with us, Work on Gramma's house with Jack, Mel and Tom
5/22 Lucky Stiff
6/23 Mama's house on Market
Scanned Pictures of Burnham's
7/4 TRIP Ohio for 6 days, Mom and Dad's 55th Anniversary
8/15 Clay and Rachel in House
8 J & B full time at MCC - HomeSchool DONE!
B - Into the Woods in Fountain Hills (3+ hrs/5x's week)
9/5 Went to 20 shows^
9/16 30 year Anniversary to Scottsdale
9/21 Price of Freedom
9/29 Arizona Awards
10/11 Rachel baby shower
10 Tim back working at Boeing after 2 1/2 yrs at home!
11/19 Adah Born!
12/20 Beka Recital with Tregoney
2009 1/5 Mama's house sold
1 West Side Story ASU
2/6-7 TRIP James Auditions LA
2/27 James Accepted CCM
3 Pippin - Mom goes
5 Snoopy in Scottsdale
7 Bye Bye Birdie in Peoria - James
7/1-14 Tom here - New Doors, Floors, Woodwork
7/31 Power of Birds
8/6 Owen Born!
9 Nelson's New House
9/15-25 TRIP Moved James to Cincinnati - 10 days
10 Sound of Music - Fountain Hills
12/16 Beka Recital with Tregoney
12 Christmas Carol in Phoenix
2010 2/5-8 TRIP Beka Auditions LA
2-4 Guys and Dolls at Hale
5/6-11 TRIP Beka & I to CCM - J's Showcase - all family
5/11-15 TRIP visit to check out Boston Conservatory
6/26 Tregoney's Wicked Workshop
6/28-7/4 TRIP to Ohio Guyer REUNION (9 of us from AZ)
Picked up James in Cincinnati to Reunion
7/5-7 After reunion, visited James at Kings Island & CCM with Beka
8/26-9/1 TRIP Moved Beka to BoCo dorm - 6 days
9/1-4 TRIP CCM - moved James to house from dorm IKEA!!!
10/14-19 TRIP BoCo for Parents Weekend - visit Gail & Mary Lynn
11/11 Emsley born!
11/16-18 TRIP CCM/Evita - Indy met Lisa - Mom, Steve and Christine
12 New Roof/Ceiling, house painted
12/7 - 1/2 James home
12/18-1/17 Beka Home
2011 3/5-9 TRIP Boston - Fantastiks with Lisa and Tom (Found Apartment)
3/17-26 James Home for Spring Break
4/27-30 TRIP Boston - Freshman Revue w/ Mom - Move out of dorm
5/7 Beka home
8/15-17 TRIP to Cincinnati to move James home - done at CCM Works at PF Changs
8/30-9/3 TRIP Beka and I to Boston - Move into apartment
9/12 Start work at Hallmark
10/21-25 TRIP James and I to Cabaret perform at Friends and Family Weekend
12/17-1/11 BEKA home
2012 1/18 Everett born
2/22 Dad's Heart Failure
3/6-8 TRIP To LA to meet with James Agent
4/12-18 TRIP TO CLEVELAND to see Dad (2 months with heart failure)
4/18-21 TRIP TO BOSTON -Cabaret show at hospital - see Mary Lynn
4/29-5/9 Nelson Parents here
6/1-5 TRIP Move James to LA
6/8 Dad died -TRIP to Ohio
6/22 TRIP drove dad's car to Nashville
6/26 - 7/2 TRIP To Boston w/Beka, MaryPat & Mary Lynn
June 2012 - LA, Boston, Nashville
8/12 - Caden born
8/7-15 Beka Home
8/8-14 James Home
8/15 Tim Lay off notice for July
9/21-23 #34 Anniversary in Sedona
12/4-8 TRIP To Boston - Way of the World and Cabaret- with Sue and Lisa
2013 3/19 carpet in bedrooms
4/5-10 Mom visits
4/30 Stop work at Hallmark
5/1-5 TRIP Drive to LA - move James with Halli - works at Whole Foods
5/13-21 Beka Home
6/5-8 TRIP to Sedona and Grand Canyon with Mary Pat
7/19 Tim's last day at Boeing - LAID OFF
7/27-8/2 TRIP To New Hampshire and Boston with Annette - See Beka in Les Mis & Funny Thing
8/2-12 TRIP To Ohio - Mom's 82nd BDay, With Anna and Chris (Lakota Reunion), 40th Class Reunion
8/13-17 TRIP To Boston...set up Beka for senior year after summer in NH
8/29 TRIP To Ferndale w/ Tim, see Mel in Modesto - 8 weeks... Ferndale
10/25 Home (Nelson live at our house - 9/1-11/2)
11/21-28 TRIP to Boston with mom - Cabaret, Light in Piazza, Gail and Mary Lynn
12/15 Beka home
12/31 James moves home
2014 3/6-10 TRIP To Boston - Merrily with Mary Pat and Mary Lynn
5/3-5 TRIP To Boston - Showcase
5/5 TRIP To Nashville with Lisa -Annette's 60th birthday
5/14 TRIP to Boston with Tim -Graduation
5/20 Home - May/June Travels 2014
5/20 Amos born!
5/31 TRIP To Boston - Help Beka move - Sublet Boston Apartment
6/1 TRIP Drive Beka to NYC - RowNYC 3 nights
6/2 Beka signs with DGRW - Sublet NYC apartment
6/3 Beka Wicked audition, Cinderella
6/3 James flys to NYC
6/4 Move J & B into apartment
6/6 TRIP Home from NYC (Detailed story of 5/5-6/10!)
6/9 Wicked call back - 6/10 Cast in Wicked
6/11 Tim starts Coulter
7/28 Beka leaves for Canada - 1st Wicked
8/12 TRIP To NYC to see James - ship B's stuff home
8/16 TRIP Mega Bus to Boston to clean out apartment - 18 TOTAL TRIPS TO BOSTON!!!
8/20 TRIP Home from Boston - B's 1st Wicked performance
8/31 James moves home
9/6 Letty born!
9/23-26 TRIP to Sedona with James to check out NAU
10/11 Annette Died,TRIP to TN 10/13 -20 Home
10/18 Annette's Memorial Service
10/28 TRIP to Toronto with Beka - WICKED 5x's
10/31 Tom, Mom and Val to Toronto - Dawn and Sue
11/2 Beka is Glinda
11/3 TRIP Drive to Ohio - at Mom's with Tom
11/6 Drive to Steve's... early Thanksgiving with family
11/9-11 TRIP Drive with Sam and Brit to Nashville - Home
2015 1/8-24 TRIP To Durham with Beka - WICKED 1x
1/16-18 TRIP To Joe's in Rock Hill
4/21-27 TRIP To Baltimore with Carrie - DC - WICKED 3x's
4/27-5/1 TRIP To Dayton - with Mom in Fremont - WICKED 1x - 13 TOTAL TIMES TO OHIO!
5/1-5/4 In Cincinnati with family
5/4-9 TRIP To South Bend with Lisa - Chicago
5/19-21 TRIP To El Paso with Beka & Tim - WICKED 1x
6/3-9 TRIP To Denver - with Mary Pat and Connie - WICKED 1x -Pics of 2015 Travels
6/24-27 TRIP with Tim to Sedona
7/14-26 TRIP To Ferndale -Tom's 55th birthday
8 & 9 Redo/Tile Back Patio - Summer 2015 Pics!
8/24 - 10/5 Beka at home- WICKED 5x's
9/18 James moves to NYC
10/22-27 Mom here
2016 1/26-29 James home - Joined Arboretumw/ Halli, Elaine, Deb's, Rach's, Tim)
2/27 James moves to LA - flight from NYC
3/6-9 TRIP Drive kids stuff to LA - see Beka, move into apartment - 5 days, 800 miles
3/11-21 Lisa here
3/18-21 Sally here - girls weekend with Sue
3/26 TRIP Drive to LA - Easter with James - 12 days, 1800 miles
3/29-4/2 Drive to Modesto with Mel
4/2 Wicked with Mel, Tom and Dyers - WICKED 1x
4/2 Hotel with Tom
4/3 Drive to SF - with Beka
4/5-6 TRIP Drive PCH from SF to LA with Sue - spend night in Cambria
4/6 Spend night at James'
4/7 Drive home with Sue
4/9-14 TRIP To SF to help Beka - 6 days - 4/16 Last Wicked
4/16-18 To Scottsdale with Tim - Spring 2016 Pics - 3 days, 100 miles
7/3-8/9 TRIP To Ohio to help mom: Nelson's visit, to Steve's - 46 days
8/19-21 To Scottsdale with Sue - 3 days, 100 miles
8/25-10/8 TRIP to LA to see James and Beka...drove 3300+ miles - 10 TOTAL TIMES TO LA! 53 days, 3300 miles
8/27 Beka's accident so had time to see all these things: Griffith Park/Planetarium, The Broad, Getty Center,
Getty Villa, Natural History Museum, LA Co Arboretum, Vasquez Rocks, Science Center, Arlington
Garden, Biking at Venice Bench, 2 movies, Wine Country/tasting, Redwoods & Ferndale, PCH, Rancho
Palos Verde, San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge - Pics!
9/4-12 TRIP to Ferndale
10/6 Beka moves home after car fixed
11/4-7 TRIP to Ohio - Cincinnati with Guyer Family - 4 days
What a busy year! Total days away from home = 135 days!!! Drove over 6000 miles myself!
4 trips to California and 2 trips to Ohio! Thankful I'm free to go!
11/6 3 nights watching the Nelson kids ... 100 miles- 3 days
12/17 Night watching the McInturff kids Dec 2016 pics
2017 1/18 Beka moves to NYC for a 3 month sublet and auctions
3/9 Beka moves home
3/15 Lilia Grace born
5/1 Beka gets Root (born 3/6/17)
5/31-6/13 TRIP 2 weeks in Nashville - help Sam sort stuff with Tom and Lisa
6/15-18 TRIP to LA to see James - 27th birthday
7/26-29 Watch Mac kids
7/31 Beka leaves for Wicked - Summer 2017 Pics
8/3 Lyme Diagnosis - begin treatment
10/5-11/13 TRIP Corolla with Tom to Ohio Cincinnati: Nashville, Cincinnati, Kalamazoo/Grand Rapids,
Fremont, Cincinnati, Cleveland - Saw WICKED 2x's in Gran Rapids, 1x in Cleveland
Gone 5 1/2 weeks - 14 moves - Fall 2017 Pics
12/14-1/16 TRIP with Tim ( Gone 5 weeks, 12 moves, 6,268 miles!) 2 nights on road, 1 week in Nashville, to
Chicago 3 days (James at Airport - hotel with Beka and Root!), Nashville with James and Abby,
1/3/16 James home ... To Ohio, Cincinnati, Fremont, Chicago, Silverthorne.
2018 1/16 Home from trip with Tim - away 5 weeks
Kids over, yard work, Lyme IV's, etc. Winter 2018 Pics!
3/27 James home - Easter @ park
4/2 TRIP with James to Nashville, James is moving there ... via Sedona, Albuquerque
4/4 See Beka in Nashville with WICKED
4/5 Won Lottery - James and I to show!
4/6 FAB in Nashville with James and Abby
4/9 Wicked cast party at house
4/9 Mary Pat in town
4/13 To Encounter with Mary Pat and Sue!!! My Encounter Experience
4/20 WICKED with Tom - Won Lottery!
4/24 Home - 3 wk trip - Spring 2018 pics
6/12 - 8/8 TRIP - Gone 8 wks: Toledo, Mom's, Kalamazoo, Nashville, 4 wks @ Mom's, Detroit
Toledo w/ Beka (Wicked), she drove me to mom's, To WICKED with mom (spent night with
Beka - in accident. I drove car to Mom's - put in shop. Beka to Toronto
With mom then to Lisa's. Summer 2018 Trip!
TRIP - Drove to Nashville with Lisa - visited kids and Encouter Grad (Mark Sauve) - 3 wks
Back to Mom's - 3 reunions! Cousins, St Joe's 45th, Lakota's 45th
Stayed and help mom 4 weeks till 8/5 then drove to pick up Beka after Toronto in Detroit.
8/8 Flew home Summer 2018 Pics!
8/27-Oct 1 TRIP - Gone 5 wks flew to Detroit, Beka picks up - I drive her car to Mom's
8/31 I drive back to Detroit with Beka's car. See WICKED with Lauer's then Beka drives
me to Mom's (she's failing) sees Gramma before heading to Tulsa on 9/3
At Mom's helping her, Joe, Steve, Lisa come.
9/12 Mom died. Lisa and I there... plan funeral, clean up house for all to come
9/15 Tim left AZ - picks up Beka in Tulsa, James in Nashville
9/18 Funeral home - Deb, Clay and Rachel fly in - Tim and J & B get there, Depot that night
9/19 Funeral - Kids all leave by 9/20
9/20-9/29 Clean out all house and pack our car - leave for home with Tim
10/1 TRIP Home! September 2018 Trip Pics!
Fall 2018 Pics! Unload, clean out and sort house. Yard work.
10/8 Beka and Root home for a week vaction
12/10 TRIP to LA with Deb - Wicked Benefit concert - to see Beka
12/23 TRIP to LA for Christmas to be with James and Beka
2019
Winter 2019 Pics! Work on house: refinish cupboard's etc, Book wall, kitchen ceiling, open up kitchen, bar top, new lights and furniture.
4/1 Beka and Root here for 5 weeks
TRIP to Dallas to meet James - drive 2 days home - James is here for 2 1/2 months
4/15 WICKED with family
All over here for Easter
WICKED with friends
WICKED with Tommy
Memorial Day in Park with all
James birthday dinner here with Macs
6/15 James moves to LA
HOME ALONE - concentrate on health - diet and exercise and picture scanning!
9 Bought new Toyota Rav4 - 1st new car EVER
9/18-23 TRIP to Las Vegas to see Beka and get her car and Root
9/18 Saw Beka in last minute - last Glinda performance!
9/21 See Beka in last Wicked! - Total 32x's
9/30 Beka home from Ireland - Visits James for 10 days - Home 10/16
10/18 Leave for LA - Move J & B into apartment in Glendale, CA
10/31 To Carrie's - Gary died on 10/12 - there till 11/9
11/19-21 Stayed at Nelson's - Deb and Jonah to lighting convention
11/28 Thanksgiving at out house - 14 people!
12/21 Night at Macs for Clay & Ray's 14th anniversary
12/24-12/30 James and Beka home for Christmas
12/29 All family together at the Macs!
2020
1/10 Adah & Emsley spend night
2/6 Everett spends night
2/17-24 Tom here --- just relax
2 Tim starts Re-do of front patio - buy all stone
3/3 Start stone on front patio wall - work on for couple weeks
3/13 Arboretum plant sale - bought 15 plants for front yard
3/16 James hired at Disney Animation - full time! Right before Temps are let go and hiring freeze.
3/15-4/30 Covid-19 shutdown
7/8-13 Mel Visits
7/20-24 Watch Nelson Kids + 8 grands slumber party
8/11-12 Owen spends night
9 Cade and Letty spend night
9/17/20 Sandy turns 65!
10 New vinyl wood floor in front bedrooms
2021
1-3 Remodel of our bedroom
7 To Sedona for Tim's 69th Birthday - 2 nights
10 Sandy TRIP to Ohio: Fremont and Cincinnati
11 Adah and Emsley spend night for birthdays
2022
5 Sam and Britney visit - Hearts here
Start building HeARTsEncounter website
7 TRIP To LA for Dad's 70th Birthday, Mel's - gone 1 week
8 Nelson's move to San Antonio
10 Beka to Chicago on tour - Tim goes to get Root - I drive Beka and Root home
11 TRIP to San Antonio to see Nelson's and Carrie
Start researching book publishing
2023
1 TRIP to LA to see Mel and Family
1-3 Spread 75 tons of gravel to cover all yard!
3 Owen Flys from Tx to spend a week with us!
3 TRIP to LA to get Beka's car and stuff and celebrate James' graduation!!
4 - Tom here 10 days
4 TRIP - Fly to NYC for Beka's Broadway Debut!! Wicked #33
5/6 HeARTs Encounter book released - Annette's 69th Birthday!
7/2-5 Colvin's visit
7/7-12 TRIP to LA - clean out B's Apt - hang with James
Scanned all Pics 1970 - 2006
Caden Over
Fall TRIP - 22 nights - over 6000 miles
Stuff to Beka in NYC - Wicked! #34
Letty Over
Thanksgiving here
12/1-7 Brenda here
12/24-1/2 Nelson's here
This year = 38 days of travel, 54 days of visitors
About 90+ TRIPS in 19 years!!!