One of the Christmas presents I received from my parents was Guitar Hero III for the Xbox 360. I had NO IDEA how much I would be addicted to this game, but alas, I am. The bonus is that Morgan even enjoys playing the game. One problem I need to watch is to not play the songs too much as that really annoys Morgan and might make it so that she won’t play anymore. My goal is to get Morgan to love video games …. 
Morgan and I are now proud to be called a new name, no, not mom and dad yet, but Aunt and Uncle. My brother and his wife are now proud parents to a beautiful baby boy. Liam Richard Turner was born on January 8th at 1:51AM. He was 8lbs 1oz and 21.5 inches long. Morgan, myself and my parents were privileged to be in the hospital during his birth and were able to see him about half an hour later.
Thanks Brian and Eryn for such a beautiful boy.
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| Brian and Eryn half an hour after birth |
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| Liam Richard Turner |
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| Morgan and I holding him the next day. |
Morgan and I took a road trip with some friends and family up to Seattle last weekend. We went there to see our Boise State Broncos play the Washington Huskies in a college football game. We had a great time, but our Broncos really had an off game and didn’t execute and lost 24-10. We were really disappointed especially now knowing that we are a better team than that Pac-10 opponent.
Last Sunday night, August 5, Morgan and I went to the Martina McBride concert at the Idaho Center. I had bought these tickets for Morgan back in April for her birthday. We had a great time and were in the third row on the floor.
We were both very tired from working on our rental house for 20 hours that weekend, but it was well worth it. I actually enjoy her music and very much appreciate her vocal ability. She is Morgan’s favorite female country artist. I constantly catch Morgan singing her songs when they come up on her iPod.
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| Opening Act: Little Big Town |
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| Martina |
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| Morgan and I |
Morgan and I recently took a couple of trips. There’s nothing like getting away from the daily grind if only for a little while.
June 20-June 25th: Los Angeles, CA
Morgan’s cousin Lisa was getting married on the 24th in Temecula so we thought we’d go down a little bit early and visit some friends of ours (the Waters) in Pasadena. It was a great time visiting with them (even with Chris’ hippie hair :-)) and we went to Venice Beach, Santa Monica Peir, Hollywood, The Getty, Bel Air, Beverly Hills, the Rose Bowl and just hung 
around Pasadena. Just an all around good time with some great friends.
We then traveled to Temecula for Morgan’s cousin’s wedding. It was a nice wedding on the golf course, so of course I got to play golf! :-) Always a good time. The wedding and the family was great. Couldn’t have asked for a better trip.
Me Golfing in Temecula!!!
July 6th-July 9th: McCall, ID
After the 4th of July we decided to go and meet my parents up at McCall for some camping at Ponderosa State Park. I have been going to Ponderosa every year for the last 20 years. I absolutely love going up there and just relaxing in the mountains. We took up my friends’ JetSki and had a blast using it all weekend. On Friday we met some friends for dinner and then on Saturday Morgan’s parents and grandparents came up for a trip they were taking. All of us relaxed both Saturday and Sunday on the beach just jetskiing and relaxing. I really wish I could work remote and just live in McCall. That’s my dream.
We also have other trips planned for this year. You can always find out what’s going on with the Turner family by looking at the calendar on the sidebar of this page.
End of July: Trip to Sunriver, OR
Mid August: Backpacking Trip (Kevin)
Labor Day Weekend: Camping & Golf
September 7-9: Trip to Seattle to watch Washington play Boise State in college football
September 15th: Morgan’s cousin Allison Strupp’s wedding in Seattle
End of October: Trip to Cancun, MX
