Happy birthday to our cute son, Jan! Here are some pictures from his 6th-8th grade years: Gingerbread house, 2003 Turning 11! On a ferry to Orcas Island, June 2004 Visiting baby sister Mindy in the hospital Holding baby sister Mindy, Sept. 2004 Halloween, 2004, Jan was "static cling". It was a minimalist Halloween that year. Sitting with Everett's friend Gabriel Webb in a go-cart In 7th grade, Jan started playing the trumpet in the band Jan was born with a somewhat subtle birthmark on his forehead but the doctor said we should remove it because they sometimes become cancerous. So a plastic surgeon took it out shortly before we left for Germany. We went to the Black Forest in Germany and did a bobsled-type ride. At the "Eagle's Nest" in Germany In the Vienna Cemetery, Johannes Brahms' grave Paris Turning 13! Near the top of the Eiffel Tower shortly after Christmas. In Rothenburg, a medieval city in Germany Jan with Grandpa (and Grandma) Broadbent after h...

 Happy birthday to our third son Garrett! Here are some pictures of him from his junior high years. 7th grade  I think this is Garrett but I'm not completely sure. At the duet festival with Lincoln Garrett started playing the French horn in 7th grade and got really good at it. Garrett loved building with Legos, K'nex,etc. Dinosaur museum in St. George Snow Canyon Turning 12! Getting his patriarchal blessing from Grandpa Broadbent--we took a trip with just Dad, Mom, Camille and Garrett to California using a rental car. Independence, MO Nauvoo Garrett was an avid Scouter and enjoyed Scout camp Garrett loved roller-blading and helping younger siblings Garrett got in an accident with a car while on his bike and broke his arm--that's a story for a different time.  Other things Garrett did in junior high included being in Beauty and the Beast as a shepherd and being the Nazi in Diary of  Anne Frank . He was also a voracious reader and spent his fair share of time on the c...