THE LITTLE GINGERBREAD HOUSE

Once upon a time there was a good looking, funny, young man, (Mark Marvin White). He liked to draw palm trees and say "Ha" a lot!

One sunny day, just outside of Coeur d' Alene, he caught a glimpse of Veronica Elenore Hruska and was smitten!
So he asked her out.
Eventually he convinced her to marry him. Then he left for the war, came back, and they moved to Calofornia.
They had 6 kids.
TONI, Mark, Cindy, John, Julie, and Monica. (That's the order of the picture it actually goes: Monica, Toni, Cindy, Mark, John, and Julie).

Since they loved Coeur d' Alene so much he decided to build her a cabin there.
They called it The Little Gingerbread House!
The Little Gingerbread House is a magical place where all their grandkids love to visit.
Little Rosanna loves to walk around porch in the early morning!
The 5 Moncrief kids pose for a picture.
The tree swing is one of the favorite attractions. Lots of fighting goes on over whose turn it is!
(Little Robert and Little Cookie)
All the grandkids love to swim at the lake!
Little Cookie, Rosanna, and Roy
and Uncle Mark loves helping Rosanna build the best sand castle ever!
I think this is when Rosanna started to get her freckles!
Taking a cruise around the lake is always fun! (Aunt Patrice, Carol, and Roy).
Uncle Mark always has his video camera going!
Uncle John is such a funny guy! I'm sure this was provoked by Uncle Steve, ha! (that picture was taken in a hotel in CDA, not the cabin)
Everyones favorite person is, of course, GRAMMIE! (Chris, Scott, and Matt)

It's nice that Uncle John and Aunt Bebes live just across the lake so we can visit them as well.

Rosanna and Katie were always spinning around on the dock. It's amazing that they never fell in!
Best Friends
The view from the cabin is amazing! (Aunt Patrice)
Uncle Mark being silly!
Well, what can I say? It's the 80's! (Chris, Matt, Scott, Kenny, and Roy on the ground)
Grammie is the best!
Top Models in action!

I had a chance to visit The Little Gingerbread House on my vacation to Spokane! It looks pretty much the same. Older of course! And the tree swing is gone. It just needs some fixing up is all!
But it has a new and shiny deck!


The view is still the same
Even though it's really small and it's not very glamorous. It's my favorite places in the world!

SUMMER FUN

Right before I left for Spokane Lanie, Steph, and I went to the opening of the Listening Lounge in Park City. It's a new venue featuring indie artists and our buddy, Jay Nash, was opening. He is the most dreamy and talented out of all our musical boyfriends. It's so funny to me because you can tell who's there "type of girl" sort to speak ,just by how they remember you. Jay totally recognizes Lanie every time and even though Joshua Radin has met us all several times he only knows my name. It cracks me up! Boys...... too funny!

I tried to upload a video but it didn't work.. sorry, this blurry pic will have to do!
Lanie and Steph!

I decided to take Savanah with me to Spokane! We had a blast!
Aqua-cycling on Coeur d' Alene Lake! My favorite place.



The Resort

Savanah, Tucker, and Taraka eating the best ice cream ever!! Yumo!
That's what I'm talkin about!
Tucker , Rosie, Savanah

Riverfront Park! Where Benny and Joon was filmed. My favorite park growing up.
biggest radio flyer in the world! it's a slide!
Me and some random child who decided to adopt me for an hour because her parents were nowhere insight, scary , I know, all these old people were asking everyone if they were her parents. So please guys, watch your kids. You never know what kind of crazies are out there! At least she was having a good time.
Tucker
Nice faces guys!
A very hungry goose. It would take whole pieces of bread out of our hands!
random sculpture
pretty
the falls

to many people taking pictures! Tucker has no idea who to look at, so cute!
Taraka, me and Erika
Savanah and me
It was the 100th year for the carousel. 1909-2009! Me and Tuck on the bench.
Savanah, grabbing rings!


Alyssa, Savanah, and Marcus
Alyssa, Savanah, Marcus, and Kaylee
Baby Luke! Megan's new baby, what a cutie!
and her daughter Avery. She has all blonde hair brown eyed kids so far! She had better leave one in heaven for me or I'm taking one of hers!!! My trip was so much fun! I can't wait to move back there soonish I hope!

I AM CURRENTLY....

~I am currently wearing my Yellow wellies because...

I left my fairy wings at my parentals house!
~I currently can't stop listening to William Fitzsimmons

~I currently returned home from Spokane
~I am currently watching The Bachelorette

~I currently love nutella and I put it on everything

~I currently still love purple and will always
~I currently stopped commenting on peoples blogs. There are only so many ways to say "Your kids are so cute!"

~I am currently looking forward to next weeks kayaking adventure around the San Juan Islands
~I am currently painting flowers and butterflies, paint by numbers rule all, hee hee!!
~I am currently addicted to farmtown on facebook

~I currently miss watching the snow fall
~I currently finished reading : My Sister's Keeper, Warrior of the Light, and Save the Cat.

~I am currently reading: The Simarillion, What is the What, Veronika Wants to Die, & By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept.

MY SISTERS KEEPER

Last weekend some of my family members participated in the MILES FOR MELANOMA  5K race in honor of my aunt Cindy.  I couldn't be there but I will be next year for sure!

cousin Roy



Miss you, love you, wish you were here!

Don't forget  your sunblock this summer!

FLY FLY LITTLE WINGS

Daniel Anthony Coronado, 19, born on April 11^th, 1990 was taken from his family and friends on May 8^th, 2009. Daniel graduated from Temescal Canyon High School in 2008.  He lived in Corona with his family and was scheduled to start Junior College in June. 

You could always find Daniel with a smile on his face.   He was friendly to everyone and had an easygoing spirit.  He was always enjoying life.  He had many interests.  He especially loved paintball.  He spent his weekends teaching and playing paintball.  He also had a passion for WWII History, enjoyed fishing, snowboarding, golf and tennis.   

Something that set Daniel apart from other teenage boys was how he was a loving and dedicated big brother to his little sister Ashley.  Daniel didn’t mind hanging out with his little sister.  He could be seen happily walking her to and from school.  He taught her how to play tennis, pool and many other games after school and during their summers together at the neighborhood clubhouse. 

Daniel’s friendly and easygoing spirit also made him a magnet for children.  You could always find him helping younger children or wrestling around with them.    If you heard children giggling and having a good time, you knew he was with them.   

He was also always helpful to his parents and family, whether it was hanging Christmas lights, hiding Easter eggs for the children’s Easter Egg Hunt, babysitting his niece or just running errands.

It wasn’t hard to see Daniel’s love for his family, and their love for him.  All you had to do was look in his room.  Daniel always had photos and mementos of his loved ones surrounding him. 

Daniel was a loving son, grandson, brother, nephew, cousin, uncle and friend.    We will all miss him dearly.

My cousin, Tricia's, nephew Daniel had been missing since Friday, May 8th.  His body was found several days later and the police have arrested 2 boys for his murder.  Daniel was buried last Friday.  Please continue to keep his family in your  thoughts and prayers.

We miss and love you Daniel!