The Masser Story

Beautiful Pt. Loma lighthouse........We took a trip to Cabrillo Monument and the Lighthouse while we enjoyed a visit from Grandfather!

Here's the Masser crew in front of the Lighthouse. Both the girls also took the test and passed to become Jr. Rangers of the state park while we were here.

We love you, Grandfather! And the view's not bad, either!

Looking over the harbor. It's just so breathtaking!

Aw, you old softie!

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Masserfam Christmas photo.....taken at staff Christmas party.....notice London's "bling" .... this gaudy / fake gold necklace Claudia thought she'd unload at the white elephant gift exchange.......and of course, London opened that gift and wanted to keep it! ha!

Peace out! Peace IN, with Jesus!

Sydney in her starring role in the Christmas play! Way to go, Holly!

Treating the "after play" headaches.....Syd had a stress headache, and Lon had a "I cried and pouted on stage during the whole performance" headache.........so we decided to try a natural remedy Mommy read about.........cool cloths on forehead......and

soaking your feet in warm water with mustard powder mixed in (I know, it looks gross). supposed to draw your blood to your feet and away from pounding in your head. it seemed to work!

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we're so thankful for our friends Tom & Christi, and Tom's parents (Terry & Janie) who invite us to join them in Napa for Thanksgiving. Here Syd and Lon are helping Janie make some cookies! mmmmm.......Later, Grandma Chris teaches Syd a new game "Kings in the Corner" that she loves!

Yes, London and Ali are now rock stars!

Clay and Syd are content to listen to the "concert" on headphones / earbuds. Clay was fascinated with these, and he adores Syd.

Quick family shot before we head off to church!

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Welcome to fall '08 (journey back thru time!)....here Syd models our "cornucopia of thanks" that we get out in the fall.....and fill with slips of paper with things we're grateful for on it (pictures or words). then we read them at dinner each week

Here's Syd getting a Cowboys' star painted on at our Harvest Festival

Here are our Snow Princess and our Pirates of the Caribbean Elizabeth star!

Heavy Punkin! Lon's class went to Victoria's Pumpkin patch this year

there was even a bounce house! fun!!!

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ok...major selling point! the house the Lord led us to has this great pool and hot tub! here in this part of the country you can swim from April to October, so it gets good use! Hot tub you can use year round. Now you REALLY want to visit, huh?

Ok, huge other selling point! This addition is fabulous! It's an enclosed sunroom off the dining room / kitchen (we've discovered that here you don't call them "Florida rooms." ha!). It is like 18' x 24'. We call it the "Ballroom" or the "Billiard Room". hee hee. It opens to the backyard where the pool is. Lots of fabulous light!

This is London's pink room "before." We called it the "fecal faux painting" job. It was covering up lots of holes in the wall; we had a lot of drywall patching to do here (our guy did great!).

Fabulous faux paint continues in old hall bath......needed lots of TLC


This was the girls' initial vote on the house. You should have smelled it. Like 20 wet dogs were locked up for weeks at a time.........

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Process underway! LR has been scraped and textured....awaiting the lovely new paint job! (same color as old one .... Claudia loved it!) We were so blessed to have a painting contractor in our church who handled the job for us!

Here begins Sydney's stripe idea. Both girls got to totally pick their colors / themes. They were thrilled! Our little "green" Syd wants blue and green - all about nature. And conservation. Reuse! Reduce! Recycle!

Our youngest princess wants to be pretty in pink. We were literally blinded by the pink glow once the walls were done! Would you believe mom talked her out of picking RED!?

Sorry if you needed to use the restroom......it's kinda under construction! Hall bath needs new tub kit, and here we have removed old nasty comode, and Marshall is scraping the 3 layers of peel and stick floor off. Luckily there are extra lovely tiles in the garage we can put down here...

We put up all new fixtures, thanks the the wonderful help of our electrician friend from church! The inspector got a kick out of the interesting fixtures before we replaced them. One ceiling fan was held up in the attic by a crutch (literally) as its brace. And it had a sock stuffed in it to keep it steady. Well, that's safe! Here is a shot of our bedroom with the "accent wall" in the background.

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This is where you can rest your head when you come visit! Our guest room is up and running and we've already had one guest! We're ready for YOU!

Warm and cozy guest / hall bath. We were able to salvage the white cottage vanity from before. Otherwise, it's all new. New tile, new shower/bath, new toilet, new mirror, etc. It's beautiful! Thanks to my friend Brenda for the lovely paint color ideas!

Sydney wants to create a "rain forest" feel in her room....She's got the blue sky / waters, and the green stripe for vegetation. It's a fun work in progress! Since this pic, we've added lots of artificial greenery too. We're thinking maybe a mural someday too.

Little Miss London must have her pink room! It was quite overwhelming before the furniture helped cut the glow. She LOVES her room and her crazy high loft bed. Believe me, she's a born mountain climber, and she's right at home up there!

Our gorgeous living room! Claudia loved the cocoa wall color (its' edible! not!), and Marshall laid the amazing Brazilian Cherry floors. Woo woo!

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While we were in Hawaii, it was both Uncle Tommy and Sydney's birthdays! So, we got a fabulous cake and proceeded to celebrate....

Here's Syd opening her gifts...

And London (well, hers was in only 12 days...)

And Nate......(well, we didn't get to see him for his back in April!)

And Will! (his was coming up in July)

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Nate and Uncle Tommy digging at Bellow's Beach

Grandma Fran watching the kids (big and little) at the playground

"Who says so?"

Walkin' in Wakiki

Daddy giving rides on the kayak each morning to the kiddos

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Nate liked playing with the girls' Groovy Girl dolls :)

Syd making a P,B, & J for her buddy Cousin Will.

Oh, Cousin Nate! You've made a friend for life! You let London play "Beauty Parlor" with you for hours and hours! And you look great!

Tho I'd check that operating license if I we're you....

Leapster was a huge hit with Will. He loved it so much, he got one for his birthday!

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Oh my! I used to CLIMB that tree! This is our visit to our old house on a military reservation. My day to go back in time! I loved that old tree. I had another smaller tree, closer to our house I climbed too, but it was no longer there. :(

This was our very backyard! It's changed a bit. When we lived there, 8 papaya trees lined the back fence. We didn't much like them, but the neighbors and the birds did! :)

Here's Dad posing in front of our old house. What memories! We lived in the bottom of an old crater, the neighborhood wound all around and we were in the last cul-de-sac. During Christmas-time, Santa would ride thru the whole neighborhood on a firetruck (if I remember correctly) and throw out candy to all us kids. Woo-hoo!

"Do you need to go to Tripler?" says Dad. That's our hospital! Hmmm....I think I'll go THERE next time we have a boo-boo. How much are tickets to Hawaii, anyway?

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