To our most fabulous Son-in-Law!
David Rodriguez
We wish you a fantastic Birthday
You are now
at your peak age of
32
enjoy every day
no matter how much you don't
like your boss.
Hope you are around for a long, long, long time
to take care of Cindi
Love mom and dad Ginn

Final moments with Christian Seamons

Any of you that got to meet Chris would know how much I am going to miss him. He has been my best friend over the last ten years. He was my brother and closest friend. The two of us were always laughing...almost to the annoyance of everyone around. Chris and I met on the fields at UVSC and have grown into more mature (we both will never really grow up) young men. Placing Chris' body in to the hurse was one of the hardest things I have ever had to do. I bawled like a baby at his grave site. I am glad i had a lot of my friends around and brother bobby to comfort me. Thank all of you for all of your prayers and thoughts. I am truly blessed to have such a devoted family. Your sacrifices for the work of the Lord is proven in the quality of your family. We are so fortunate to be the gospel loving family that we are...even if we do live in the gray areas sometimes...the Lord knows our hearts and desires. These things are what made it possinble for me to let Chris move on...he was in moving in the right direction and always bearing his testimony to me. We are so lucky to have the gospel and a knowledge that we will all see each other again. Thank you my loving and wonderful family!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

NATHAN CHAMPLIN GINN

BIG NUMBER

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FORTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

HAVE A NICE DAY AND ENJOY

EACH ONE GIVEN TO YOU HEREAFTER.

MAY THERE BE MANY.

LOVE MOM AND DAD

Well as usual I get these blog entries backwards so just deal with it please. On Sat morning Nathan and Brinley picked us up early so we could be sure to be to the church early and get all set up. The rest would follow later. Grandma Bryant flew in and surprised all.
She is serving a family history mission in SLC.she and Marie talked a bit. Aunt Barbara brought some goodies for the girls. You can see them on Brinly's lap as she waits with her dad for the meeting to begin.
Nobody seemed interested in getting family picture so all I have is a picture of the girls and some friends eating cake after the baptism which by the way went off very well. The next two days were filled with eating, Playing Wii, and getting the girls to bed. I slept through most of it which I am sure everyone appreciated. Marie played a lot of games with the girls as usual and on Monday which was beautiful Marie and I ventured out for a walk with Natalie. That was very peaceful and a nice way to end the trip. We got home late and were so glad to see Cassy there to greet us. Poor thing had come the night before due to poor comunication which we both took 50% credit. I love her so she is so good to me.
IT WAS GREAT TO GET HOME TO OUR OWN BED AND ROUTINE. WORK THE NEXT MORNING WAS SO WONDERFUL!!!!
Love all ya DAD

I guess it is my turn now to talk a little about Brinley's baptism and the trip that came with it. We left Thursday night late and got to Nathans after midnight and scurried down to the basement and went to sleep. By the way Frontier Airlines seat are a lot less comfortable than the ones on Jet Blue. Next morning I slept in as usual but when I finally made my way upstairs there was Ainsley so cut and happy. couldn't help but get on the floor and play.





she loved my watch it rubbed her teeth and gums so very well. As u can see I have a blanky over my shoulder. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRR I was cold almost the whole time I was there. Not that they didn't try to keep it warm it is just my thin blooded body.
That morning we took these other pictures before the Collins clan arrived later in the day.
Friday night we spent in a motel 8 nearby. Can't afford a Marriott. It was ok and they had some breakfast things there in the morning

HI ALL!! Well, my being able to attend Shawnna's baptism was a 'whirl-wind mini vacation' for me! Ed convinced me to go 'JetBlue', which actually was pretty nice. Their seats were wider and had better leg room than some of the bigger airlines. The only problem was we were a couple hours late getting off the ground, so made getting into Dulles Airport kind of late but Andy was there to pick me up and we got home around 10:00pm. It was so nice because the kids had stayed up and were waiting for me with lots of hugs and kisses when I walked in the door! Shawnna was a sweetheart, giving hugs and kisses right away, with little Drew not quite so sure at first - really took him most of the weekend to warm up to me, but that was okay!

Shawnna's baptism was at 10:00am, Saturday morning. Afterwards, we all piled in Andy's car and were off to Applebee's for some lunch. Then, Andy had picked up some FREE passes to the Auto Show in DC, so we parked at a local Metro Station, got on the Metro and were soon dropped off close by the DC Convention Center where the show was held. The kids love riding the Metro and it was fun to see them trying to 'surf' (standing while the train is going) like all the BIG KIDS!! It's always fun to 'people watch' when you take public transportation and these trips on the Metro were no exception - strange, weird and funny people were all around us!

The car show was HUGE!! and we only saw one floor. Fortunately, we just happened to pick the floor with the 'foreign cars,' which included the VW's, of course!! The kids are standing next to a famous celebrity - can you figure it out who it is? It's the 'talking German VW,' which was talking to any one and every one that would talk to it! Really a fun surprise, made me jump a couple of times when he would speak!! If you look closely, you can see the microphone in front by his hood!

Here I am next to my dream car - A CORVETTE!! Which will have to be in another life time!! And it's almost the color of my hair - heehee!!

Again, on the trip home on the Metro, there were some 'interesting' people, like the girls in the pictures below. The car we were in was getting filled up with each additional stop we made, but I had a seat next to me near the window that was empty. When these two young girls got onboard, they looked over my way, I could tell they were wondering about how to get to the empty seat, considering it was against the window. I moved over against the window and motioned for them to sit down, which one of them did with the other taking a spot on the other girl's lap. They were busy talking, checking their making, laughing, all those things girl's do!! But I couldn't get over the one girl's hairdo with the BIG BOW in front that reminded me of BamBam from the Flintstone's. Pretty soon, I'm looking over at Ninha and she's cracking up laughing hard, trying to hide herself behind Shawnna and pretending to talk with Andy about the camera while taking pics of the two girls. Of course, I'm starting to laugh at Ninha, whose laughing at the girls and it was so funny - a funny situation!! I had to finally look away because I knew I was going to really 'guffaw' which I do very loudly and that would be too rude!!

Isn't that a 'BamBam Bow'if you ever saw one!! All it needed was a bone wrapped up in it!!

Here I am turning my head so I won't keep laughing!

We rode the Metro to the end of the line, got the car and were off to Johnnie Rocket's for hamburgers and hotdogs and then, a movie next door 'Coraline,' which I thought was pretty weird (Tim Burton is always weird to me) but everyone enjoyed! We got home late, all of us exhausted but happy!

Sunday morning, Andy, I and the kids had breakfast at the Silver Diner. All that really bad-for-you breakfast comfort food - YUMMMMEEEE!! By the time we finished there, we came home and were able to spend a couple hours together working on Shawnna's 550 piece jigsaw puzzle. By the time I had to get ready to go, all of us had worked on the puzzle and had gotten the border and about a third of the inside completed and we had fun doing it - even little Drew helped!!

Here is Shawnna all dressed and ready for Church!

Then it was time for me to leave, trying to get my last hugs and kisses from everyone. They have Church late, so Andy and I drove towards Dulles - Ninha and the kids were off to Church!

Drew isn't upset I'm leaving, he's just not too happy about going to Church and he doesn't like the shirt he's having to wear! Already he's worrying about how he looks!!

Me trying to get a 'smooch' from Drew but he wasn't having any of it!

These last two pics were taken by Drew while Andy and I were getting my bags in the car and ready to leave.

All in all, I had a great time - too short, of course, but maybe that's the reason it was so good. You know what they say about 'fish and company' they both begin to stink after two days!

Love you all - Till next time,
Cassy / Grandma TaTa

**HAPPY**

13TH

**BIRTHDAY**

Abigail Elizabeth Norton

You are now officially a

'TEENAGER'

YIKES!!

I can't imagine I have a sister

who is old enough to have 'Teenager' -

how old does that make me??

Oh, well...It was fun to sing

to you this morning and

to hear how grown up you are

getting and to hear how much

you're sounding like your Mom.

And that you're old enough now

to be going to school dances

WOW!! HOW TIME FLIES!!

Sorry to hear you were all down

for the count this past week

with the stomach flu but glad

you're all on the mend,

especially so 'YOU' can

enjoy 'laying low'

and 'chillin out'

on your B-DAY!!

Love you lots, can't wait to see

and visit with you when

you all make it to UTAH!!!

Love,

Aunt Cassy

Happy birthday Señorita Norton!! How old do you turn today?? 8 or 9? You CAN'T be older than that, can you?? Ha ha ha!!
LOVE YOU!!!

The whole family, including the Bishop before the program and Shawnna's baptism!

Shawnna dressed after her baptism!

Shawnna dressed for her baptism!

Here we are waiting for the program to begin.

Some light reading for Shawnna to get ready for baptism!

HI ALL! The next special day after you turn 8 years old is your Baptism Day! For Shawnna, that day was last Saturday, 2-7-09. She was baptized at the Mount Vernon Ward House in VA. It's the same building the kids and I went to when we lived back in that area many years ago. We are all very proud of Shawnna for her decision to be baptized, to follow and obey Jesus. It was a very special occasion, and I'm thankful I was able to attend and be part of the celebration!

Love,

Grandma TaTa

HAPPY

VALENTINE'S

DAY

TO ALL!!

HI ALL! Life is not all birthday parties and fun - sometimes we get sick and have to go to the hospital. That's what happen to Shawnna a couple of weeks ago. A lump developed very quickly on Shawnna's neck. Within an hour, there were 5 more lumps on her neck and Ninha got really concerned, concerned enough to take her to the ER. Little Drew felt bad for Shawnna and so he gave her lots of love! They took some tests but couldn't figure out what the lump was, so they gave her strong antibiotics and sent her home with instructions, that if the lumps didn't go away, Ninha was to bring her in for a biopsy. They did get better some, but were still there, so Ninha took Shawnna to the doctor. They thought maybe it was a form of TB, so they took a TB test, but it was negtive (Thankfully!!). I think they tried to do a biopsy but Shawnna was really scared, so they're going to have it done soon. This time, Andy will go with her, and hopefully, with her Daddy there she won't be so frightened. Please keep her in your prayers!

Till next time,

Grandma TaTa

More of Cali. Nathan and Alexa had a great time at Salt Creek making an awesome sand castle!!

Sundance Film Festival

It is a few weeks old, but it is a contribution to the family blog right?

Well a few weeks ago I was in Park City For Olympic Development (ODP) training. I always pack clothes, "just in case" I stay in Salt lake City or with Bobby or whatever. I am glad that I did.

Anyway, after ODP was over, i went down and hung out with Bobby, Gina, their Kids and Gina's sister and husband and their kids. It was a fun chill night. Pretty much Milly was the only courageous one to try the motocross trampoline (sounds more complicated than it really is). We pretty much sat back and watched Stacia, Landon and Milly hide a toy in the living room and let the others find it. It was rather amusing.

It was Saturday night and I was heading back to Logan and my phone rang. It was all of my buddies from Utah County. Long story short I made a U Turn and started to head up to Park City for the second time of the day to meet up with them.

We wandered the bitter cold streets of Park City and had a lot of fun. I am not a Soporanos guy, but supposedly we were hanging out with a few of the main characters...I was more interested in the pretty girl from San Diego...go figure. We ran in to a handful of celebrities but nobody real special in my mind. Mostly it was just fun because we got to meet a lot of people from all over the country and just hang out till the wee hours in the morning.

I stayed in Orem the following day and went up to Park City the following day. This was more fun... we ate at a pizza shop where we sat with the lead singer from the counting crows (sorry, he was to chill to ask for a picture...I hate doing that). he was real down to earth, asked about mormonism and thought it was pretty interesting...the usual crazy stuff...he gave me a lot of crap for being a 31 year old virgin. But it was funny...not mean.

We walked out of the pizza place and right in front of us is a guy by the name of Charlie Day


In the picture from left to right: Shep, Charlie Day, Dal, me and Ross.

Anyway, we walk out and Chalie Day is there and Shep goes, "Always sunny in Philadelphia!?" and Charlie turned around...at this time i saw who it was and I yelled CHAAAAARLIE DAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!! Who pooped the bed?"

I showed cindi my favorite episode of Always Sunny (who pooped the bed) when she was in the U.S. Its sounds very light minded...and it is...but Cindi was laughing pretty hard if I am not mistaken :) Anyway, Charlie Day was going to catch a cab, instead he paid the cabby that stopped to take him and told him to have a good night and then proceeded to walk down to the bottom of main street with us. The guy was hilarious and found us rather amusing. I love the show, I don't recommend it for the majority of the readers of this blog, but, wow, I think it is a total guys show. Anyway we hung out and Charlie was just stoked to have people know who he was and be actual true fans and not just some dudes looking to find celebs. Honestly, very funny...that walk down Park City's main street was a blast as we ran in to other b, c and beyond celebs. Some of which we knew, some of which we pretended to know when Charlie introduced us.

I have been to Sundance a few times and never seen as many stars just walking around. It was a fun night and it had only just begun.

We got to the bottom of main street where a lot of the stuff is going on; tv cameras and crews set up...back drops etc.

Shep and Ross had a friend working at a club and we were supposed to be able to just walk in. Well, that was not the case. We were bummed as this is generally where you run into the glamorous folk.

HOW I MET AND HUNG OUT WITH D. WILL - the guy at the door was from Bristol, England. As we stood there not willing to pay the $50 cover I heard his accent and asked him, "who he supported." He looked at me like Huh? and then said, "what do you mean." I replied, "if you were across the pond and someone asked you that question what would be your response?" He replied, "liverpool." I had broken the ice, we talked FOOTBALL for about 10 minutes, he was surprised with my knowledge of the game (something I am trying to get better at is following european football). Anyway, Bristol, as I called him, eventually lightened up and let the group of us in for free.

About 30 minutes later a friend of ours met up with us and i went out to get Bristol to let him in as well. It cost us $18 to get him in as the manager needed to see some income. Right as we were walking in, I looked back at this entourage of people. It included Derrin Williams and Ronnie Brewer. They play for the Utah Jazz. Bristol, being from England had no clue who they were and didn't care for basketball. I explained that if he didn't let them in that his manager would be very upset with him as this is like not letting wayne rooney, dani alvez or any other English Premier League all star in.

I did some finagling with him, told him to go get his manager and Derrin and Ronnie, took me by their side for the rest of the night after I got their entire group in for free. They were hilarious and chill. They are pretty big time celebrities in Utah so it was sort of fun to be running with them for an evening. They were very kind and introduced me to a lot of random people that i could care less about.



Me and Utah Jazz Point Guard Derrin Williams




Me and Utah Jazz player Ronnie Brewer


So, Sundance was fun and now I have added a blog that only briefly had soccer as part of it.

Thanks Marion. Keep reading in those few precious moments you have. I realize your difficult situation and hope for only the best for you and Brian as the days go by. I don't expect you to have any time for this stuff. I made the comment primarly for some of my children that are highly involved in facebook. Keeping you in our prayers.
Ed

FOR THE RECORD!

I just wanted to officially let everyone know that I have NEVER been on facebook. I barely have time to connect with the network of friends that I have, let alone someone I went to high school with. Maybe some day. But for now, my excuse for not blogging is that as the sole parent in my household trying to maintain the sanity of everyone in it, having to show my house (that means clean it from top to bottom everytime) four times last week alone, dealing with a husband who is sick and needs my help but is 2300 miles away, and being sick myself. WELL, I don't think I need to say too much more.

I love you all. Blog or Facebook away, whatever floats your boat. I will happily read whatever anyone posts and look forward to posting more often myself in the near future. But for now, I have dishes to wash, laundry to put away, a baby to put down for a nap, a child to pick up from a playdate, two more bathrooms to clean, and dinner to make. That ought to take care of my afternoon.

Thanks for the videos of Brinley!

Nate, I had to put it on mute ;)

Here are your pointers:
1) http://coachginn.blogspot.com/2008/10/for-some-reason-adults-some-who-cant.html
2) http://coachginn.blogspot.com/2008/10/let-them-dribble.html
3) A good coach/manager
4) Top ten tips to coaching your own kid
4) My own analogy: If your child was in a school play would you show up and tell them where they should be standing? Feed them their lines? Or would you sit there with excitement to see them pull it off on their own and simply clap and cheer when they do well? Treat the field like it is a stage and it is your child's turn to perform...Shut up, and let them PLAY!
5)Don't reinvent the wheele...use the drills found in the following three videos and using pugg goals, play 3v3 or 4v4 in practice. Video #1 Video #2 Video #3

My favorite part of these videos is that Nate keeps screaming, "scoot back brinley." she doesn't obey/listen...and the ball comes right to her. Your kid is smart, she is having fun and she wants the ball...she will figure it out :)

And these videos will make you laugh at the reality of it all...

Jeff. We wish you and your teams the best in Las Vegas this weekend. We are sure you have done all you can to prepare them to do their best. It was great to see that my check had cleared hopefully it is not to late for the "B". We look forward to a lovely weekend at Brinley's baptism.
Facebook has really crushed this blog. Too bad.
Love you all Dad and Mom

We are so sorry Stacia we thought of you and your birthday Sunday morning but when we got home from church it just went poooooffffff out of our minds. Thanks to your dad we were able to sing ????? HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you as you were going to sleep. So even tho it is a day late we wish you HAPPY BIRTHDAY on this blog and hope you have a great seventh year. Enjoy the journey!
Love Grandma and Grandpa Ginn

Stacia Turns 7

Happy Birthday Stacia Marie Ginn
7 years old
We Love You

Jeff made a request for some footage of Brinley playing soccer. This is last fall and she had a very inexperienced team and coach. She starts with a very nice pass, unfortunately it wasn't recieved. Then a couple of shots on goal. If you listen carefully one of the opposing players fathers says "that little girls is all over the place." Then she takes the ball down the field a makes another shot on goal. She worked really hard in this game. I have signed up to coach her team this spring. As you will hear, I tend to coach her from the sidelines, I just get so excited! It is hard not too. I am going to need some pointers from Bob and Jeff on how to control myself on the sidelines. Enjoy! By the way, Brinley has the white shorts on.

Sherrie Bewsey, Craig and Debbie, and Lori say Hi Cindi. This was a ward party. We ate Persian food, played as special bingo game and danced. It was fun. as usual my photos are not to good but at least it is something different to look at for the group of you that care.
Love Mom and Dad

Wonderful post Gina and Bob. Love the video. We're sorry to be missing this milestone in Lauren's life. Fortunately for you there be many more special moments.
Great job Lando! I wish I could break boards like you do. I'm afraid that if I tried to break a board the only thing I would break is my hand or foot. Ouch!!!!
The business at the lab is the slowest it has been in over 30 years -THATS SLOW - VERY SLOW
Im glad I paid off most of my debits a few years back. Keep that in mind for your future.
Kove Grandpa Ginn

Lauren & Landon

So little Lauren is walking which is so cute and so fun. She is very proud of herself, she now expects a round of applause every time she walks anywhere. It does make me a little sad, every time she hits a new milestone I am reminded that she is the last one. Stacia has picked up on this and the other day she said to me " you want Lauren to keep crawling because it makes her seem more like a baby huh?" I told her yes and that it was because we weren't going to have any more babies, and her face fell, it was the first time I was really sad about being done. Then she told me that we still need to have two more boys, I guess she wants thing to be even :)

Landon tested for his Red Belt on Saturday and as always he did a great job!! The next step will be his little Dragon Black Belt, he has done so well and enjoys Tae Kwon Do very much. He is going to try soccer this spring so hopefully he will be able to get his Black Belt before then.

Breaking a board.

Showing his awesome kicking skills.

Trading his blue belt for his new red belt.
Great job Lando!!!