Susanville and Donnor Lake July 1995

Fun trip up to Susanville to visit the Valkos and a side trip to Donnor Lake where we toured the museum dedicated to the Donnor party.

Home Video from 1995

 

Family Picture 1995

Family Picture 1994

Richard and Janet Hardy Family

Frenchie and Marilyn Pulsipher Family

Kim and Nate Roberts Wedding

 

Gary purchases his own Orthodontic practice

Gary's goal was to purchase his own practice, even though he was already starting some of his own patients with Dr. Bell and Dr. Aires in LaJolla. We looked at several offices that just didn't feel right until he found one in Mira Mesa, CA. In August of 1994 Gary purchased an orthodontic practice from Dr. Morgner with the intention that Dr. Morgner would stay on for a period of time. It wasn't very long before Gary realized that the way he wanted to treat his cases was not going to fit with Dr. Morgner's style, so Gary told him he wasn't need anymore. As of this writing, the practice has served us well for twenty-six years.

Easter 1994

 

Easter 1994
Amy, Kelly and Tanner

Family Picture 1993

Christmas 1993

Kelly, Amy, Craig, Kristi, Tanner

Moving to Australia Street.

Since we now had an income and five children, we definitely wanted to find a permanent home to raise our family. My father was a real estate broker and occasionally his clients would end up with houses that they had invested in and the owners defaulted on. There was a beautiful yellow, four bedroom, 3 bath home on a cul-de-sac with a pool and a large yard in El Cajon that one of his clients was getting back. It was perfect for our growing family. We didn't have any kind of down payment and certainly couldn't qualify for a loan in the traditional way, but my father was able to do some creative financing and we moved into this beautiful home just after Tanner was born, in October of 1993. This would be our home for the next twenty years!

Tanner Scott Born August 16, 1993

We went into the hospital in the late evening/early morning to break the water and start pitosin. Things were slow going up until I got to 5 centimeters. At that time I was feeling pretty uncomfortable and feeling a lot of pressure. We summoned for the anesthesia doctor to come in and start the epidural. While we were waiting for him, the pain during contractions and the pressure started to get really intense. It wasn't very long that I started to tell the nurses that "he's coming, he's coming". This was my fifth baby and I know what the pressure feels like when the baby is coming. They didn't believe me. By the time the anesthesia doctor finished getting all his needles in and the epidural going, I was at 9 centimeters and ready to push Tanner out. I don't think the epidural even had time to do anything. Tanner was definitely the most painful childbirth, but he came fast, so that was good. A beautiful baby boy!