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Stepping Out To Cure Sclerodrma

2010-06-21T09:06:00.001-06:00

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Happy Birthday Felicity!

2008-12-19T08:22:00.003-07:00

Our second granddaughter, Felicity, turns one today. She and her cousin, Addison, are both one now! She is such a beautiful little, but getting bigger, girl. Grandma and Grandpa Radmall love having her come visit. Have a very happy first birthday Felicity Kaye!

Children's Christmas Party

2008-12-13T16:49:00.004-07:00

Every year Cheryl's family gets together and has a children's Christmas party. In conjunction with that event, the families sew and tie quilts to take to hospitals. This year we presented our gifts to the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center's NICU.

Afterwards, we came to our house to decorate gingerbread houses. Here Kurt and Kelli are working hard on their masterpiece.

Here is the finised product. Notice the RED "U" over the door.

Here is Aunt TeriAnn with Felicity.
Grandma Gerry helping with the frosting. As a side note, just to the right of Grandma, we had a web cam link setup with Alan and Sharry in the Dallas area.
Brandon is not too sure about this whole "craft" thing. Addison is eyeing the candy. And it looks like someone is trying to pay Brandon to stay. Take the money!
Grandma Cheryl is lending her expert frosting "grip" to Max and Luke. In the end, after boxes of pizza and frosting and sprinkles everywhere, a good time was had by all.

TeriAnn and Tom's Wedding Day

2008-12-05T10:44:00.010-07:00

Her comes the new couple!

Our two married daughters.

Our new grandsons, Max and Luke.

The two married Radmall daughters, daughter-in-law and the two granddaughters. They get their good looks from their mothers!

The Father of the Bride, oh, and the Mother.

The Walkers of La Sal.

Wedding Luncheon.

What do we do now? Oh yes, cut the cake!

First Dance.

Dad's turn. Did someone just spill punch on themself?

Tom & TeriAnn's Engagement Photos

2008-12-04T15:18:00.005-07:00

Our new grandsons, Max and Luke

2008-12-04T15:10:00.003-07:00

The triple t's - Tom and TeriAnn Trevenen

2008-12-04T14:37:00.005-07:00

The Subway - Zion National Park

2008-09-17T08:38:00.007-06:00

While Dental Student was on a break from school we decided to hike the Left Fork of North Creek (The Subway) in Zion National Park. This is one of my favorite places to hike. Four members of my BYU ward (201st) were also able to go with us. Truth be told, I figured the more young people in the group, the better chance I have of getting someone to pack my sorry butt out of the bottom of the canyon. My son and I take the famous "Log" photo op.
Alta and Thomas Bills show us the colorful scenery along Russell Gulch on the way to the Subway.
Are we lost?!?!? Dental Student, Thomas and Jason Ewell look like they are trying to find a vantage point to see if we know where we're going.

We decided to stop and eat our lunch on the ridge before the descent into to Left Fork while our food was still dry. In the back is Hiram Conley, our trusty guild. As much as I have hiked Zion, Hiram has more. I do have him on longevity, I started Zion slot canyons before he was in kindergarten. Thanks for you expertise Hiram! We'll do Das Boot next time. ;)
I love this descent path into the canyon. Dental Student found that sliding down that tree was a bit painful. Ouch!
This was our first rope climb down a chimney. Jason "sticks" his landing while Hiram acts as a spotter.
So, this looks like a great picture for our first CD, we just need to come up with a name for the band.

If you get nervous in tight spots, this is not the hike for you. Dental Student by now was soaked from head to toe. Probably because he dived through that submerged archway. Burrrrr! Most of us did have goose bumps and the shivers at one point or another.
Ah, the vastness of it all!
Do we look like posers, or what?
This is were you need that 75 foot rope (note the rappeller in the background). Jason actually found a place where you could slide, crash and burn into the bottom. Go Jason! I prized my ankles too much and used the rope.
The end of The Subway.

Who needs a water park, we found our own water slide.

The "boys" discovered fish in the stream. No one would be happy until they caught one. Jason is giving his expert advice from the sideline.
Augh, another beautiful waterfall. Okay, I take a picture of this one too!
Victory! We made it up the grueling ascent out of the canyon. No, really, grueling. After a taxing hike I'm thinking......Arby's. That was our first stop on the way home. Btw, we gave the tee shirt to him so he could remember which state we were in. The North Carolina hat did confuse him once in a while.

Radmall Vacation - Days Five Through Eight (New York)

2008-09-11T08:46:00.003-06:00

NEW YORK! We are such tourists. We made the ferry ride over to the Statue of Liberty. Guitar Man was not impressed with this part of our sight seeing. I have the pictures to prove that he was on the island with us, but he would not be happy with me if I shared them.
Wednesday morning we woke up in Boston very early (5:30am I think), got ready and left for New York City. We had 2:00pm matinee tickets to Wicked. We left Boston around 7:00am and headed south. We experienced a little traffic congestion going through the lower part of Connecticut. We did get to our hotel room just after noon, got ready, jumped on the subway, and made it to the theater 10 minutes before curtain. Everyone loved the production. We had such a great time. The theater was wonderful, the set and scenery were excellent, and the singing and acting were superb.
Here we are on the subways of New York. We did most of our traveling to our various destinations below the city streets. Please note the shameless plug for Zabars. Cheryl is guarding the contents of one of our many shopping excursions to this famous uptown market. Little Wizard had never been exposed to store that had open meat counters and thousands of smells. It turned his stomach and made him a bit green the first time that we went into the store. On subsequent trips, he would stand out on the street and wait while we made our purchases. We especially loved their cherry cream cheese strudel. Right across the street was one of his favorite food stops, H and H bagels. Yum!

The Little Wizard is hanging out with one of his favorite idols, Blue. We had great fun in the M&M store and the Hershey's store on Time Square.
On one of our many subway rides, we were serenaded by this Mariachi duet.
You can see American Idol and Little Wizard, but Guitar Man is obscured by the bass fiddle. As you probably realized, they are trying to avoid eye contact. The first rule of subway riding! We did not grace their hats with any pesos. We made a pilgrimage to the house that Ruth built. The nose bleed bleacher tickets were going for $200. And this for a team that is not even going to make it to the playoffs. We did want to see the old Yankee Stadium before they demolish it at the end of this season. We also got to see the new stadium. It looks very nice. Guitar Man was particularly impressed when we saw the cops bust a scalper for selling counterfeit tickets. He had a wad of cash that would have choked a horse!
It's the Late Show with David Letterman. We had to take this photo op!
We got this shot in front of the Hello Deli (a main stay of the Letterman Show). Many a meat platter has be awarded in this venue. We took this picture just an hour before we headed for the airport to return home. The kids were particularly impressed that we got to see Rupert, the proprietor of this establishment. If you look really hard, you can see him driving away in the silver Toyota pickup truck. We had a great trip and enjoyed the opportunity to see and do so many wonderful things.

Radmall Vacation - Days Three and Four (Boston)

2008-09-09T14:18:00.007-06:00

Here is the beautiful City of Boston from the harbour. This picture was taken during our harbour cruise. My question is this, because of the tea party, if you go swimming in the harbour and swallow some of the water, are you breaking the Word of Wisdom??? Here are the American Idol and Guitar Man in the Old North Church. Guitar Man is getting a little religion in the old fashion pews.
This is the U.S.S. Constitution (Old Ironsides). Little Wizard is waiting for permission to come aboard.
We are leaving topside to go to destinations down below (Watch your head!).
Guitar Man and Little Wizard waiting for the command to fire. They can't wait to pown some nautical newbs!

Does this photo scream "Anchors Away" or what?
This is the monument that stands on top of Bunker Hill. If we look just a little less than fresh, it is because we climbed the 294 steps to the top.
"Just sit right back and we'll tale a tell, the tale of a fateful trip......" Here we are starting our slightly less than a three hour tour in the Boston Harbour. I believe that Cheryl is on the phone with the Dental Student at UNLV.
We are wrapping up our last day at the home of Paul Revere. We had a lot of fun on the Freedom (Red Line) Trail.

No trip to Boston would be complete without a bowl of clam chowder (chowdah). While most of us opted for the more traditional bread bowl of chowder, Little Wizard wanted some orange chicken from a Chinese vendor. Here we are upstairs at Faneuil Hall.

Radmall Vacation - Day Two (Western New York)

2008-09-02T12:55:00.013-06:00

Sunday morning we got up and attended the 9:00am Sacrament Meeting in Palmyra. Afterwards we went up to the temple grounds and walked around and looked out on the Smith farm and over to the Sacred Grove. It was a beautiful morning.

There are in the middle of Palmyra four churches, one on each corner of an intersection on the main highway. They are wonderful examples of the beautiful churches in the area. They were all established in the early 1800's. Most of the congregations that started these churches were Joseph Smith's contemporaries. I couldn't help but thing of Joseph saying, 'there was in the place where we lived an unusual excitement on the subject of religion. It commenced with the Methodists, but soon became general among all the sects in that region of country. Indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it, and great multitudes united themselves to the different religious parties, which created no small stir and division amongst the people, some crying, “Lo, here!” and others, “Lo, there!” Some were contending for the Methodist faith, some for the Presbyterian, and some for the Baptist.' It is interesting that these four churches represent three that were noted by Joseph Smith as well as the Episcopalians.

Here we are at Niagara Falls. There was very heavy rain that day. We weren't sure if more water was coming out of the sky or over the falls.
Here Cheryl and I are at the top of the Hill Cumorah. By the time we had returned from Niagara, the weather had cleared and we had blue sky.

The last sight that we saw that day was the Peter Whitmer farm. It is hard to believe that the church that we now belong to started in this humble home with just six member. We got there after the tours were over, but we did have a good look. We then hightailed it for Boston. It was raining hard that night and we didn't get to the hotel until 2:00am Monday morning. It was a very long day.

Radmall's Land In New York

2008-08-11T21:57:00.003-06:00

We started our summer family vacation of 2008 by leaving Salt Lake City at 12:01am MDT on August 9th (redeye) and landed at JFK at 6:30am EDT. Even flying business class, Cheryl says that it doesn't make sleeping any more possible that economy. I think that the quote was, "I'll never fly a redeye again!" This is our means of transportation after arriving. My son calls it the "Sweet Minivan". We put 400 miles on it the first day.
Our American Idol thought that it was so cool that we were driving through Scranton, because that is were the "Office" TV show is supposedly set. During the 9th of August we were in Utah, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and New York (again). We did cross the Susquehanna River as we reentered New York.
The first thing that we did after checking into our hotel and taking a short nap was to drive to Palmyra and visit the Grandin Press building. It was so impressive to us learning how the Lord prepared this little New York village to bring about the publishing of the Book of Mormon. The best layed plans of men couldn't even come close.
Here are Guitar Man, the American Idol, Cheryl, and the Little Wizard in the recreated upstairs room of the Smith Log Cabin where Moroni visited young Joseph to prepare him for the work that was ahead. What a great spirit and testimony of the Boy Prophet.
Here we are on the path to the Sacred Grove where God the Father and His Son appeared to Joseph Smith. What a great way to end the day.

Cheryl at Women's Conference

2008-05-05T14:16:00.004-06:00

Last week was Women's Conference at BYU. Cheryl was a volunteer at one of the stations that gave the sisters an opportunity to make blankets for small children. This is her second year helping out with the conference. I personally think that she is the best looking attendee on campus.

Here Cheryl is with my sister, Annie (Kairle Ann Oaks), on the right and our neighbor, Jan, on the left, who were also volunteers at Women's Conference. They look like they are having way too much fun to consider this an active of service. Ah, just looking at those brick halls makes me want to head back to BYU to kowtow to a couple of professors and take a few finals. NOT!!!!!!

Turkey Day Comes Early

2008-04-12T13:04:00.005-06:00

The RN's husband, Number 39 (a reference to his football days), was lucky enough to get a Utah turkey tag this year. This morning at 5:00am, we left the house to a location that he had scouted out before hand up Provo Canyon. It may be speaking out of school to disclose the location. When we pulled into the parking area, his worries were confirmed. Others had found the same spot. We talked to someone in the parking area that had a tag for three weeks later. He had spent a lot of time there and told us where the best spots were. Did I mention that when we got out of the truck, it was 19 degrees!
We started up the mountain and came to a large opening and were trying to pick a spot when a couple of guys up the hill from us started telling us to get out of sight. After a minute we moved across the opening and sat in some brush. We could hear some hunters below us setting decoys and calling with their turkey gobbler. After 20 minutes we could hear a hen and tom move through the brush about 30 yards away. I got a glimpse, but we never saw enough to take a shot. We finally got up and moved around for awhile. We came back to the clearing just in time to see the two rude hunters, that had heckled us, leave their spot. We moved in! After a few minutes we could hear a tom moving our way. Number 39 quickly set up a decoy and started using his superior calling techniques. Between his tom and hen callers we lured the majestic foul our way. When the bird finally came out into a clearing, I could see him fanning his beautiful feathers, but the man with the tag couldn't see through the brush. After a few minutes of painful waiting, the gobbler moved into an area where Number 39 had a 9 inch gap in the brush. Again, the turkey fanned his tail, thinking that there was some hen to impress. With his keen aiming skills Number 39 bagged the bird with one shot! By 9:00am on the opening morning we were back at the truck, bird in hand, doing our victory dance. All-in-all, it was a fun time.

Cheryl's Birthday

2008-03-25T14:56:00.004-06:00

Today is Cheryl's birthday. I don't think that I can actually tell you how old she is. But what I can tell you is that she is the greatest wife and friend that I could ever hope for. We have had some of the greatest times together. Here we are a few years ago atop Angel's Landing in Zions Canyon on her birthday.
She is also one of the best mothers in the world. Here the Little Wizard is protecting her with his very life! Evil doers, beware!!!!

Now she is making her mark as one to the premier grandmothers ever! I blame her for kids and grandkids that are soooooo cute! Cheryl, we love you the bestest!

Blue and Gold Banquet/Science Project

2008-03-10T21:07:00.003-06:00

This year's Blue and Gold Banquet theme centered around the Chinese culture and New Year (The Year of the RAT!) The Cub Scouts and their fathers were supposed to make a cake and take for dessert. We made a gold fish.
The Li'l Wizard had some of our cake, but also liked the cupcakes with marshmallow bunnies.

The Wiz decided to do a research project on how caffeine affected blood pressure. Here he is explaining the ills of drinking the demon colas and energy drinks to his neice. She vowed to never let even a drop pass her lips. The rest of us that participated in the study have been wired for weeks.

Addison Taking Steps

2008-03-08T15:40:00.002-07:00

This is our granddaughter Addison taking big steps towards her future. We think that she is the cutest! She turns one in two days.

Fun at Soldier Hollow

2008-03-06T11:00:00.002-07:00

Here we are enjoying a sunny day tubing at Soldier Hollow (one of the 2002 Olympic venues). Everyone seems to be having fun. We have American Idol, Dental Student, Nursing Student, Rad Mom, and The RN.

There are two cousins sandwiched between The RN and Guitar Man (Dallas Girl and Provo Boy). I really like Guitar Man's colorful locks!

Addie Loves Valentines

2008-02-14T14:00:00.002-07:00

There are some up-sides to being little. The cookies look so darn big (gianormous, as my kids would say). Addie really loves Valentines Day and misses her dad in Nebraska. Grandma Radmall is famous for getting wonderful frosted sugar cookies every year.

Suzie's Birthday

2008-02-13T12:58:00.007-07:00

This is my sister, Suzie. She is having a birthday today (13 February). Sandwiched in between a president and Cupid, she is more important than either to us!

Here she is paddling her way to summer bliss.

Happy Birthday Suzie!

Our American Idol's 20th Birthday

2008-02-06T14:45:00.002-07:00

I didn't know that turning 20 could be sooooo traumatic! American Idol does not even want to face the world.

She was able to blow out all 20 candles without any assistance.

Addison really didn't care, she was just there for the cake and balloons! (Btw, click on the picture of Addie eating cake and read what the bib says.)

Christmas 2007

2008-01-27T22:14:00.002-07:00

Sorry that I am getting to this a month after the fact, but I am trying to work into this blog thing slowly, picking up the pace as I go. There were just some real great pictures to show off. We have Ute Man and Island Girl holding the two most recent additions to the Radmall Clan (Felicity and Addison). We also had a fun sled outing where dad did a head plant into the snow at the end of a monster tube run. Lil Wizard was lookin' good on the tube, Guitar Man had the great hat, and Dental Student was cruisin' on the green toboggan.

Dental Student's 27th Birthday

2008-01-22T22:58:00.001-07:00

To celebrate Dental Student's 27th Birthday(8 November 2007), Rad Mom, Lil Wizard, Guitar Man and I went to Las Vegas to visit. He is in his 2nd year at UNLV School of Dental Medicine.

Our Two Adorable Granddaughters

2008-01-22T14:20:00.001-07:00

Here are pictures of our two beautiful granddaughters, Addison (10 mos - The RN and Number 39's) and Felicity (1 mo - Ute Man and Island Girl's).