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 to North Carolina and NYC and lots in between!
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
2024
Feb - James visit and Superbowl party at Macs
Mar 26 Sue's liver transplant
Emsley spends night
TRIP April - drove to NYC to help Beka
Saguaro fell - fence fixed!
May 20 - Aug 1 Beka and Root home
TRIP August 1 - move Beka to LA
Re - grout kitchen counter top
Adah spends night
TRIP Sept 16-17 North Phoenix with Tim for 46th Anniversay and my 69th birthday
TRIP Oct to Ohio for family reunion
TRIP Nov to San Antonio to see Deb and Carrie for Thanksgiving
2025
About 100+ TRIPS in 19 years!!!