New Email Address

I thought I should let everyone know that I have a new email address. It is nbibler@kc.coloradotech.edu - Our school changed names in January of this year and now we are Colorado Technical University and still in Kansas City(imagine everyone's confusion) I started school in January and still have a 4.0 GPA( I am trying to beat Heather since she always did better than me in High School). We are looking at houses to buy right now but still plan on moving home some day. I get to go spend the 4th of July weekend with Em and the kids so I am pretty pump about that. I am coming to Utah in August so hopefully we will get to see some of you.

Pam- Are you still planning on coming and staying at our house on August 4th? We will be married four years that day so we will have to celebrate with some KC barbecue!! We hope to see you and will be mad at you if you don't stay at our house. Bring your dominos( I think Ben will play that)


HAPPY B-DAY ALY! We sure had some fun time growing up!!

Charming House in Salt Lake City Needs Housesitter

Charming House in downtown Salt Lake City, July 9-16.
House features:

• central air
• cable TV
• large garden with veggies ready to pick
• well-stocked fridge and freezer
• nice shaded front porch
• new refrigerator with water and ice in the door
• quiet neighborhood
• whirlpool tub
• charming office with computer
• great flowers
• new washer and dryer
• eclectic decor throughout
• close to restaurants and the dollar movies

Ok, you get the idea. I love my house!
Seriously, I'm going to California to visit Norma's daughters Karyn and Bobbie July 9-16. If anyone would like to have a Salt Lake City get-away, or just like to stay in a place where the freezer is stocked (and you're welcome to eat whatever you'd like), plus you can turn the air conditioning as low as you'd like, please let me know. Thanks to Rand for the House Advertising idea. I don't have the ocean, but my place is pretty comfortable.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALYSON

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALYSON!!!
We hope you have a great day, today. We were thrilled the day our 3rd child was born. We love her and are proud of her.
Love,
Mom and Dad

Isn't she cute----look how blonde she was!! 

Camping in Kansas....

Camping in Kansas is fun, but extremely hot and humid. There are no Mountains to escape to get cooled off. Here's the kids at MArion Lake campground.

elder denny pix

thought you might like to see some pictures from stu. enjoy!

News from Elder Howell

what?!! mandy kinney is married??! to who? holy cow, that blew me away. anyway, sounds like things are finally starting to turn around with the yard and everything. it will be exciting to see how it turns out. so Jared still excists huh? thats cool, i hope to see him soon. the work here is doing really good. this week Maria Benitez is gonna get baptized! she came to church by herself again Sunday. it was too bad because she could only stay for the first hour because her blood pressure went way down and almost fainted. she´s doing better now though. its really cool to see her excitement everytime we talk about her baptism. she has changed a ton! then also an entire lessactive family(the father and 6 children younger than 15) came to church. we promised during the week to go by and pick them up to go to church and they got ready and went. and the kids loved it so much that they were asking the members when they could get baptized. only the 2 older kids are baptized...so there are like 3 others that need it. the Lord is really blessing us with families to teach, its awesome. the other day we were walking in the street and i saw this middle aged guy sitting at a table outside of his house fiddling with scraps of metal that he sells, so i waved at him and he waved back and we kept walking. then i just thought..why dont we go talk to him. so i told my comp and we went back. when we got to the gate the wife had came outside and she gave us a really cold look and then started to walk toward us. so we started talking and then she sais...yeah i know, im already baptized....and then she explained how she has been a member for a really long time but her family left the church and never went back. to make a long story short, the let us in and we shared a message about the restoration but also adapted to their needs, and the spirit was extrememly strong. turns out that the husband had broken his leg with an ax when he was working with metal the other day and had a cast over his entire leg. given that the only way he can provide for his family was gathering scraps of metal and parts of motorcycles and then selling them but now not being able to walk, had weighed down on him extremely and was really depressed and angry. at the end of the discussion, catalina(the wife) agreed to say the last prayer. durring the prayer she started to cry and mumbled the words "i know these things are true". then they agreed to go to church when Daniel was better. you just cant replace experiences like that. thanx for everything. i love you all.

elder bern

WHAT A SUPER BIRTHDAY KID----IN FACT TWO SUPER BIRTHDAY KIDS!!! 

HAPPY #2 BIRTHDAY TO COOPER!! 

Cooper, Cooper, Cooper.

What the heck are you going to do on your birthday? I say you eat cake, hunt for bugs, tear into presents, and stay up way past your bedtime. Happy birthday Cooper.

Venice at 100.

Thought you might enjoy seeing some historical photos of my street, Windward Avenue. These photos are from the early 1900's. The shot with the Rollercoaster is where the circle now is at the end of my block. The other photo is the end of my street near the beach.

Happy 100th Birthday Venice.

Venice, California is celebrating it's centennial. It's quite the party. Wish you were all here.

Guess who is ten?

Hannah & the good Doctor.
Originally uploaded by randdenny.

Happy, happy, happy birthday Hannah. You don't look a day over nine. We love you.

Thanks again, Kelly

Many of you know I have been doing a major home improvement project, painting my office, back hall and kitchen. I finished painting the kitchen yesterday so today I am putting stuff back. I am trying to clean everything in the kitchen before I put it back, so while everything was out of the way I decided to oil all my wood cabinets, crown moldings, and counter edges. As I was doing it, I was absolutely and completely awestruck at the quality and beauty of the woodwork that Kelly did in my kitchen. I know I can never repay him for the actual value of the work, but I hope he knows that I am so deeply grateful for his work. My life is enriched every day by being able to cook and eat in such a beautiful setting.
Thanks again Kelly,
Kalyn

Roughin' It

Believe it or not...it was too cold to swim this trip...hmm...I thought El Nino was over. Guess not. :)

Camping on the Potomac. Our first camping trip. It was a blast! 

Who'd a thunk? A deer in the backyard of suburbia DC? It's crazy! (the deer is on the left, I guess this picture didn't turn out as well as the other one)

We had a little visitor today in our backyard. This picture was taken from our front door! 

Emily--
Always a day late and a dollar short!!! Happy Birthday to you. I did think about it yesterday, but it was too late at night.
I sent an e-card--hope you got it, and I hope you had a great birthday.
Love ya,
Pam

Breaking News:

They're gone. They've perished. Or...they're staggering around drunk on vinegar in my funnel jar. Take that fruit flies.

Family Campout???

Hey is anyone getting together for a Denny family campout this year? I have not heard anything about it so far. Just wondering....Let me know.

J

You've had a Birthday shout HOORAY!

HEY EMILY--HAPPY BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY!!
Love ya lots!! I hope you had a great day!
Love, Jenn

The amazing fruit fly trap.

The amazing fruit fly trap.
Originally uploaded by randdenny.

Here's the photo Em. You can actually see a few of the fruit flies in it. There are about 30 in the jar.

Does anybody have fruit flies?

We've been having an onslaught of fruit flies here in Venice. I don't know why as there is not fruit out anywhere. So, I went online and found an amazing solution. Take a piece of paper and fold it into a funnel with a rather small hole. Tape it together. Then place the funnel over a jar that has either a little apple cider vinegar or a slice of banana in the bottom. (I also taped it around the edge of the bottle to keep it snug.) You will not believe how quickly the bottle is full of fruit flies. You can then either drive them up to the mountains to release them :), or just let them die in the bottle. You'll be amazed how this works. Just thought I'd pass along this tip. Happy fruit fly free summer.

Well, well, well. Somebody is getting older.

Happy Birthday to our #1 Neice. That would be you Emily.Eat cake. Chase kids. Pop balloons. Chase kids. Open presents. Chase kids. Blow out candles. Chase kids. Go through a spanking machine. Chase kids. Eat all your favorites. Chase kids.Collapse into bed. You're another year older. We love you.

Cooper is a happy camper! No amounts of ya ya bribes help. 

Kristen is now Cooper's official barber--yea! 

Wow! Cooper's 18th hair cut---he thinks it is so fun!! 

Kalyn's Rosemary Mustard Grilled Chicken Recipe Published in Salt Lake Tribune

The Salt Lake Tribune published an article today on grilling and barbecue recipes which featured my "signature" Rosemary Mustard Grilled Chicken recipe. There are also a lot of other great sounding recipes. To see the article, go here:
http://www.sltrib.com/food/ci_2816090

You can also find this link on my blog. Let me know if you try any of the other recipes. I thought "Mother's Barbecue Sauce" and "Jeffrey's Magic Marinade" sounded especially good.

I love working on the blog, but some days I wonder if anyone out there is reading it! Please leave comments for me if you visit the blog (thanks to Rand, Sandee, Pam, Laurel and Emily for your comments!) and tell your friends about the blog. I appreciate all the support I'm getting, especially from Rand who has provided valuable technical assistance and writing suggestions.
Bon Appetit
Kalyn

P.S. Maybe I had an edge getting a recipe in the article because the reporter who wrote this story is the daughter of one of my friends who has had the Rosemary Mustard Grilled Chicken many times at my house!

Letter from Elder Bern

hey fam, happy late fathers day dad! hey dad, thanx a ton for telling me about your missionary experiences, you were right, it does sound really familiar! wow, sounds like there is gonna be a lot of changes done with the house. thats cool. andrea wrote me too and she is doing awesome in virginia. what a stud. gar also wrote....another stud. hmm...about the dinner.....so many discisions. you know what, almost my entire mission i havent been able to eat seafood so i have been having a huge craving for red lobster! mmmm. if thats not possible then just something that has to do with good fish. yeah, im not really worried about whats gonna happen with school and stuff, it hasnt really hit me yet, which is good. sometimes its tough because i want to work my guts out but just the fact that im going home makes my comp even more trunky than he is, and he has 3 months left still. but we are still working really well and are going to have a baptism on July 2nd! i think i have already told you about Maria Benitez. she is so awesome. i have never seen an investigator so excited to learn and progress in the church. everytime we talk to her she explains how she recognizes that Satan is always trying to bring her down but then she notices the difference in him and the Holy Ghost. shes like " i cant really explain what it is...its like a small voice that distictly tells you what to do....but then sometimes when im reading there is another voice that says..stop reading this its a lie..and i know its not the same voice." my testimony has grown a lot through her in that the Spirit and change anyone... i dont care who you are. the zone is doing really good right now. last saturday we had 6 baptisms! the Lord is helping us a lot. hey, sorry i dont have that much time to write more cause i have a lot to say but thanx for your pacience. i love you all.

elder bern

It's a wonderful life!

I, too have been contemplating how blessed I am for having been born to such a wonderful father. It is a wonderful life, much in thanks to our father. I just want to say HAPPY FATHERS DAY to dad and to all the wonderful dad's that give so much in our family. ( and there are a lot of them) I love you all, especially my dad.

I cherish you. I honor you.

With love and gratitude for eternity,

Your Stachie

Letter from Brandon

hey there fam. thanx for the letters and pics. when did the knievels put a fence on their lawn? i got a good laugh out of the hoola hoop..hehe. finally that stupid thing is out of the tree. whats up with the bonfire in the back yard? hehe. yes mom, i did get the money, thanx a ton, it will help me out a lot. today its another rainy day.....but at least im no longer in an area with a ton of mud. yup, they made me a zone leader in Paraná for my last transfer. at first i wasnt that happy with it because i had to leave all those people that were gonna get baptized, but elder Woolley is gonna send me the pictures. so here i am with elder Segovia from Uruguay and we are both zone leaders. im starting to get used to the way the zone leaders do things and i like it. this past week has been kind of hard though because we are living in an appartment with 4 elders and one of them just got here and he already wants to go home. its giving me flashbacks with elder Martinez. so once again i had to be the ¨"shrink" and talk him out of it. but his case is a little worse than elder martinez. but i know he wont go home for fear of chastizement. its really sad to see him so miserable when he doesnt have enough experience or testimony to realize that the mission is completely awesome. i have realized that most lately...that there is just some things that you have to just do.....so do them...then youll see afterwards. complaining just waistes time. thanx for all your love and support. i love you all
elder bern

Happy Anniversary Becca!!!

Well I just wanted to take this moment out of a wonderful day and tell my wife how much that I love her. It has been and fun and busy year. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY BEC!!!!

Ryan

To all the Denny Family Fathers.

Happy Fathers Day.

You know when you get a new outfit but take it back?

I took it back. I think this template is easier for everyone to read. We'll stick with this. R

How did I get so lucky?

When I think about my Dad (Grandpa to many of you) I can't believe how LUCKY I am. Think of all the billions upon billions of people who have Dads and you realize, I LUCKED OUT. I am so thankful for a Father that is kind. One of the kindest. I am thankful for a Father that is smart. Certainly one of the smartest. I am thankful for a Father that is loving. And unconditionally. I am thankful for a father that is so darn handsome. It's nice to look like him. I am thankful for a Father that is so giving. Beyond generous. I am thankful for a Father that is funny. He's got a wonderful sense of humor under that white hair. I am thankful you you Dad. Happy, Happy Fathers Day. I hope it's wonderful. I love you. Rand

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!

I am just sitting at my house with all of my lights on and the windows open with the air on at the same time and for some reason thoughts of my Dad pop in my head! :) What a great guy. Who would have thought you could miss your Dad as much as you miss your Mom when you live so far away. I hope you have a great day today Dad. I miss you and can't wait to see you in August.

Love,

Nicole

A Tribute to a Great Father

Since it's Father's Day I am reflecting on how lucky I feel to have such a wonderful father. All through my life I feel I have been influenced by so many of the wonderful personal qualities I see in our father: his powerful example of goodness, his quest for knowledge, his appreciation of new ideas, his curiousity about the world, his gentle way of communicating with people, his ability to communicate complex ideas in simple ways, and his loving and approving manner. Whenever I see a glimmer of one of those qualities in myself I try to nurture it so I can be more like him. When people ask me, as they often do, what it is like to have such a wonderful father, I tell them that whenever I visit or talk to my father, I always feel better about myself after I have interacted with him. What an incredible gift for a parent to give to a child, time after time. I feel very blessed to have had his example in my life.
Kalyn

Canyonlands

Hello all-

While the other Draper's were in sunny California, a few of us (male) Drapers did a little back-packing in Canyonlands. Mase and I had a great time! Here are a few shots:

www.flickr.com

Summer has officially begun-

D

Look who came to Venice!

Drapers in Venice.
Originally uploaded by randdenny.

You know, there is nothing quite so wonderful as a little mid-day boogie boarding followed by a Thai feast with your sister, brother-in-law, and two gorgeous N & N's.What a nice surprise
this visit was. We even had a little earthquake this afternoon, because as a proper host I didn't want to leave anything out. Dr Love keeps asking me "where'd they go? I know they're still here." Next time stay longer.
I love you all.
R
Thanks for

Should I enter this in a photo contest or what?  

here we are...11 years later (well almost since this was taken n december).  

happy anniversary

Bri and I have been married for 11 years!!!

Our blog has a new summer outfit.

What do you think? I thought a change of clothes for summer would be nice. Hope you like it.
R

I Swear I am not Making This Up

If you're reading the blog you know I am doing an extreme makeover on my office and back hall. For a few days now I have been thinking I should get a new mattress for the office bed. I did put a mattress pad on it and it was better than it had been, but still I thought it would be nice to have a better mattress on there. If I was not buying so many other new things for the room I would have seriously looked for a mattress. Then today I was driving along 9th East and I saw a twin mattress out by the curb next to someone's garbage can. A FREE MATTRESS. I went home and grabbed my neighbor Steve and we went back in his truck and scooped it up. I am so excited. So if anyone wants to come and sleep over let me know.

By the way, the rooms are looking awesome. The walls are the color of the sand at Lake Powell.

Kalyn

We need a favor!!!

Hey there everybody, this is Jane Howell. I writing to see if anyone can help out Gar and I. You see, we bought Kalyn's washer and dryer set, which is completely awesome, but unfortunately, we don't have a way to get it to my parents' house in Green River,WY. If anyone is planning a trip that requires you to drive through I-80 and you have a truck, we would greatly appreciate. If not, we'll be fine and we'll find a way. Thanks a lot every one!!! Take care of yourselves. We love you all--Jane and Gar.

Great Deal on a Washer and Dryer

I am in the process of doing an "extreme makeover" on my back hall and office, which is going to include a new washer and dryer. If you know anyone who needs a cheap used washer and dryer I will sell them for $100 for both. They work well, I'm just trading up to a larger size. The brand is Kenmore. It's an electric dryer. Please tell your friends. I"m hoping I can sell them quickly without having to pay for an ad.

Kalyn

New E-mail Address

Good Morning,

We have a new e-mail address!

the_torsells@hotmail.com

Happy Friday!

Becca & Ryan

Here you go Dad.

Here is the link to the history site Darren set up. dennyhistories.
Much love
Rand

Ephraim are you there?

Isn't today Andrew's Birthday? I think so.
Happy, healthy, wonderful, wacky, Birthday.
We love you Andrew.

MacWorld

For those of you that subscribe to MacWorld, (I'm certain that's almost all of you) check out one of the comments on page 13. How proud am I that my husband has been published in MacWorld. Sweet!

Ang

He was a good neighbor.

I suppose you all saw that our long time (my whole life) neighbor John Oldham died last friday.To see his obituary go here. I remember collecting snails from under his grape vines. I hate to admit it, but I'm part of the reason the snails crossed first east into our yard. Oops.

WILLEYS IN MOAB

Hi Everyone,
Willeys have just had a fun-filled 4 days in Moab. We all went and thought we would share a few pictures.
It rained real hard the day we arrived, but the rest of the days were sunny, not too hot. We hiked to Corona Arch and Bow Tie arch the second day there. It was a good hike --not too hard [only a couple of hairy places where you had to hold onto the cable provided].
The next day we went on a real good hike---Negro Bill's trail. It was a flat hike except the last 1/2 mile[which was straight up] so all of us went. Kara, Kelly and Cooper went 1/3 of the way then Cooper refused to go any farther so they just waited for us to return. It led to the 6th longest natural rock span in the US called "Morning Glory Natural Bridge" at 243 feet long.
We had a lot of sore legs, ankles, and shins after this hike, so we soaked in the hot tub after.
We wanted to go to Canyon lands, but ran out of time so will have to go back. It takes a longer trip with no rain to go through Canyon lands.

Yes, Jeff and Erin carried them on all the hikes! 

The youngsters of the group--out for tans. 

The seniors of the group--it was a cool tree, Mother would have loved it. 

All that hiked to Corona Arch. 

We had one hairy part!! 

Relaxing after the hike! 

Morgan and Lauren went on all the hikes---Cadillac style. They were troopers--no complaining. 

Everyone hiking!! 

Cooper & Tim love water and creatures