Tyler leaves for his mission

Last night we invited the ward to our home for dessert and to send off Tyler.  Heidi gathered the people together for a photo in the bonus room.  My trusty 24-105 lens wasn't wide enough to capture this.  Steve Spero gave me a 17-40 lens but I quickly discovered that the autofocus didn't work.  I tried to manually focus it and this is the best we got:  an example of how a bad photo is better than no photo.

I put the 24-105 back on.  The sister missionaries are getting transferred out of Walnut Creek.

Heather and Jason have always been supportive of Tyler

This morning we dropped him off at the Oakland airport.  He flew to SLC and will do six weeks of training in the Provo MTC.  
 

Go, Tyler!  See you in two years.  

Chick- Fil-A

 Hey.  A Chick-Fil-A opened in the Woodlands.  No drive thru!  We went to the soft opening and met the owner, a 36 year old woman.  The food came out fast and was hot and delicious.  Yay for Chick-Fil-A!

Saturday temple trip

Saturday was a trip to the Oakland Temple for endowment and sealings for some of Heidi's ancestors.  Then we did some fire pics for Tyler.  

This is the most he's looked like Scott

 

New Years Goals

We shared our 2026 goals with each other tonight. Here are a few so we can look back next year and see what we conquered, what we ditched and what roll into 2027. Danny writes his in his own blog. Heidi (everyone made fun of me for having too many) 1. Get in swim shape -- compete in Masters Nationals 2. Swim school website/Biz admin 4. Teach kids piano 5. Limit weekday screens for kids 6. Vay/Staycation 1/month 7. help kids with homework 8. 30 min scripture study/family history 9. weekly temple/1 week baptisms with kids 10. 30 min for Danny 11. plan playdates/gamenights in advance 12. organized calendar 13. Dinner 14. Come Follow Me 15. Eat Less Sugar 16. B/F After Meals 17. Sunscreen Tyler 1. Fluent in Spanish 2. Be organized 3. baptize 5 people Kira 1. read the book of mormon 2. get all A's 3. standing backflip 4. go to the temple once a month 5. journal more 6. get my license 7. CFM weekly lesson 8. 20 new hymns on piano Blake 1. Read Book of Mormon 2. B's and Above 3. 6 practices/week 4. temple once/month 5. weekly church Parker 1. play football and basketball Hanna

New Years

We went to Carly's vacation rental in Eldorado Hills to bring in the new year.  Three of the five Bogner kids were there with their families.  

 

Christmas 2025

Parker and Hanna had their Christmas concerts at Valle Verde

Christmas dinner with the Maddoxes

Tyler went through the temple for the first time 

Three missionaries to Spain!

 

Thanksgiving in UT