Monday, June 17, 2013

Happy Happy 38th Birthday Dave!




  • Jennifer A Eastman-Howard

    Happy Birthday to a wonderful brother and best friend a girl could have had growing up! I love that you and I were so close growing up together. I love reflecting back on all the wonderful memories that we made together. The good, the bad, and the ugly. Thinking about the countless hours we would spend together playing, planing parties, walking to the local store, watching Saturday morning cartoons while eating PAC Man or Donkey Kong or some other fancy sugar cereal that we bought ourselves because mom wouldn't buy it. Playing Atari or Nintendo. Getting into trouble, (stealing all the neighbors mail from their mail boxes, because we wanted to have mail. remember that one?) Learning, growing, and relying on each other.
    You have always been a rock for me.
    I now loving seeing you in your role as husband and father!
    Hope you have a wonderful birthday filled with many fond memories!
    Love you so much Dave!!!
  • Deirdre Lynn Davis
    Happy Happy birthday Dave!!! I hope you have a wonderful day celebrating your life. It is so worth celebrating. What a blessing you are to have in the world. I am so grateful for your strengths and talents that have blessed my life and many others. I am grateful for your wisdom, unconditional love, loyalty, your testimony and HUMOR. I love how you always help others to see a different perspective and another side to what ever problems they are facing. I love that I can come to you and know I will be getting great, honest, advice that I can trust. You are a great OLDER brother. One that I look up to and admire in so many ways. Now go ENJOY and eat lots of CAKE and Ice Cream.

    Mindi Memmott

    Happy birthday Dave! Have a wonderful day!

  • Kimber Schaub-Eastman
  • That's so funny Jen!! Dave was JUST telling me a couple weeks ago how you and him used to be naughty and told me how you guys used to steal mail. I thought he was a good kid but he told me not with you:) You guys are cute, I'm glad you have so many fun memories!
  • Happy Happy 38th sucka luva from the same mouth! We luv you like a fat kids LOVEs ding dongs.
  • Dave: Happy Happy Birthday to me! I love ding dongs

  • Amanda Moncur

    Dear Dave. I know you how you REALLY feel about facebook; furthermore, I know that you will never read this. So, I decided to do the next most personal thing: text you. So read it! Besides, I couldn't come up with anything better than Flarp, so there you have it

  • Sharry Eastman

    Love you Dave, I don't really think a little sewing will do it for birthday......so you have about 3 weeks to think of something. I know you are in Prescott today but hope its a great day when you get home. See you soon

  • Jennifer A Eastman-Howard

    Haha Kimber, that is just like Dave; to blame me for all the trouble we use to get in. You know he was always the "master mind" behind the trouble, I was just the one to implement it! okay I was the hellion, at least I made his life fun and interesting!

    Oh wait just looked up definition of Hellion
    hellion - a rowdy or mischievous person (usually a young man).
    You do notice that it does say usually a young man!!!
    Love ya Dave, now go out and be a Hellion today! 

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Happy Happy 33rd Birthday Amanda!




Photo and caption Amanda eastman moncur! HAPPY BDAY SWEET GIRL!!! We love you forever and always. Stacey and Shayna


Happy freaking Birthday Amanda Moncur! You're one of the most dedicated and self motivated people I know. You're super talented, extremely smart, and insanely beautiful. Today is your day to relish in you and enjoy all that you are. Forget about all your mistakes or all that you're not and just love yourself! Your amazing! Happy Birthday you HOT mama! Love, Mike, Beckahm, and Amari

Dearest Young Sister of mine!!!! Happy Happy 33rd Birthday!! What an amazing adventurous life you have lived. It is one for sure to celebrate!! What an amazing title YOUNG holds. You are the youngest in our family what a priveledge. All throughout the scriptures you hear the young leading the old. That is what you always have been in our family A LEADER. Your wisdom and understanding of spiritual things is inspiring and refreshing. The talents and gifts you have been blessed with (conversation, listening, empathy, courage, teaching, speaking, writing, excercise, perspective, energy, love of life, friendship, devotion, dedication, and overcoming. . . ) is just what this family of ours needed. Thank you for choosing to come to our family. We needed YOU than and NEED YOU now and FOREVER. What a blessing to have YOU in this world. There is no one else like YOU! The world is a more better place with YOU in it. LIVES have changed and continue to change FOR THE BETTER because of YOU. Thank you for inspiring me, for teaching me, for forgiving me, for the most amazing memories we hold and share. When I think of my most fond memories YOU my sis are in them!!! California, Rhode Island, Maine, Boston, Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah . . . .and NYC you my sis are in them and apart of them. Thank you for teaching me, for showing me charity and for loving me with that amazing wonderful heart of yours. Thank you for sharing your wisdom, knowledge and that amazing BRAIN of yours. Thank you for making me think deeply because of your deep reflective thought. Thank you for teaching me to meditate and to journal. Your record keeping astounds me and inspires me everyday. Thank you for inspiring me to be a better mom. You are one of the best moms I know. AMARI and BECKS wow are so blessed! You are a wonderful wife continuing to learn and grow. Your devotion, love and dedication for Mike inspires me! Thank you for NOT being perfect, for sharing with me your dreams, fears, and weaknesses, through them I have been changed and have been taught and have known how to love. You have turned me to the Savior with your amazing testimony and LOVE of him and your countenance shines with the LOVE you have for HIM and His gospel. I see it and feel it everyday. You are one of the most beautiful women I know. Enjoy your relaxing day of reflection, meditation, excercise, newness, getting that fresh new perspective, exhiliration, nature, peace, and JOY in celebrating everything that is YOU!!

I have been on this wonderful place called earth for 33 years now. So many mistakes, so many adventures, so many rich and not so wonderful memories. Each of them have defined me, and have helped me become the woman I am today...the woman I want to become 5 years from now. 

33 years and I feel like I am just beginning. My first expression of gratitude is to my mother, Sharry Eastman, who had the immense gift of love, courage, and strength to bring a 7th child into this world. If not for my mother, so much of who I am, I would never be. My second expression of gratitude is to my husband Mike Moncur who selflessly put on his super hero cape today and became super dad for 24 hours--hooking me up with a hotel so this much needed (crazy) mom could recharge her super hero batteries. My 3rd expression of gratitude is for so many of you--my siblings and friends-who have been apart of my journey through this crazy thing called life. You have loved me when it has not been easy, you have supported me, given me words of encouragement, reprimanded me (even when I thought I didn't need it, I did), you have made me laugh, you have made me cry, you have forgiven me...you have forever left a mark on this beating heart of mine. 

I am 33 today....today I am going to embark on an adventure of doing 33 things I love...wish me luck 

Let the adventure cleanse begin!!!

Kimber Schaub-Eastman Happy Birthday Amanda!!! I'm so glad you get to have a little get away to recharge, EVERY mom NEEDS that! I hope you have a wonderfully relaxing day! Love and Miss Ya!

Lauri Jo Moncur Happy, Happy Birthday Amanda! Here's to the next 33 years of wonderful learning and living! Love you!

Michelle: Happy Happy Birthday and flag day to a beautiful wonderful sister

Linda Henderson Have a very Happy Birthday! We love you, xox.

Jennifer Eastman Wow okay I hate saying the ditto thing, because it shows that I put no thought of my own into making a thoughtful happy birthday wish. BUT, I just have to say ditto to Deirdre's thoughts for they truly are my exact same thoughts, words and feelings I would have expressed to my youngest Sister Amanda! Deirdre did express it so wonderfully!!

Amanda Moncur you are truly one of the most amazing and special people to have blessed my life! I have and do cherish the 33 years that you have been a part of my life. Ever since you were just little I looked up to you, found comfort and strength from you.

I love you so much Sis! I hope you have an amazing birthday!!!

Mindi Happy birthday Amanda!

Love you Amanda! Hope your birthday was stellar!!


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Happy 3rd Birthday Jaida Lynn!


  • Happy Happy Birthday Jaida BUG! We love your sweet spirit and your zest and energy!!! You are such a blessing and a joy in our home. Thank you for bringing us all so much happiness and for keeping us all on our toes! Love your mommy and daddy, Ashton, Melia and Leilani 
  • Jennifer A Eastman-H
    Happy 3rd birthday miss Jaida Lynn! I love that you are so out going, adventuresome, brave, and strong at your age. I love how sweet and tender you are also! You are an amazing little girl! I hope you have a wonderfully fun princess party day.
    Love you and miss you.
    Aunt Jenn
  • Amanda Moncur
    Love you so much cute, adorable jaida! Wish we lived closer so becks could hang out with you! Love you!!
  • Donovan Eastman
    Happy B Jaida - its too bad you don't live closer so uncle D could take you skydiving! Maybe when your mommy brings you out in August we can go. Love you tons have a fabulous Day!
  • Stacey Eastman
    We are going to send you a bday video watch it are baby j we love you so so much your our best best girl V said

    Auntie Michelle: She made you an adorable YUM banner for your ice cream tea party. "Have a fun and happy early birthday."
  • Deirdre Lynn Davis
    Thank you all so much for jaidas birthday wishes from the most fabulous aunts and uncles she is so so blessed to have each of you in her life to teach love support and guide her

Thursday, June 6, 2013

TWO GRADUATIONS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST OF THE GRANDCHILDREN SARA and ALEC CONGRATS WE ARE SO PROUD of YOU!








All grown up ran the 5k dirty dash!


  • Alec Eastman

     And anyone who would like to come to my graduation is welcome.  it's on the 6th I'd like to see you guys there! Love you and miss you.
  • Deirdre Lynn Davis

    The 6th of June???
    So proud of you !!! Love and miss you too!!
  • Alec Eastman

    Yep! thank you!
  • Armon Eastman

     I will not be able to make it congrats. Will and do always love you. Best of luck
  • Sharry Eastman

    So Proud of you and what you have accomplished and Love you and miss you, I have a card ready to send to you but lost your address
  • Alec Eastman

     And thank you grandma! I miss you too. 
  • Amanda Moncur

    Best thing you can do: get an education! So proud that you stuck with it and that you are seeing the fruit of your labor: GRADUATION! Congrats sweet nephew! CONGRATS!!!
  • Donovan Eastman

    Congrats nephew.....go make a difference in this world.....and not the liberal progressive kind of difference as that has worked out so well. Your an amazingly talented young man with many gifts use them to your advantage.

    Two graduates this year in our family Sara's is also June 6th so proud of these two Adults are they really Adults??? Life is about to get amazingly better!!! Oh the adventures to come cannot wait to see what you Both become!! I did not mean for that to rhym

    Alec Eastman
    Looking back on my life I realize how amazing my life has actually been and what a blast it's all been. :) and it only gets better from here on out. I feel like I've already had such a great time but its only just started!
    Go class of 2013. Woo hooooo~


    • Today
    • Jennifer A Eastman-Howard

      Congratulations to Sara and Alec today!! Graduation from high school. Make it memorable, make it fun, make it safe. You have reached a milestone in your lives, now go forth and make a positive change in our world. Be successful, and be happy in the course you choose.
      It is so wonderful to have been a witness to the last 18 years if your lives. To see the incredible young woman and young man that you have become.
      Wish I could be there in both places to share in this moment with you!
      Hope you have a wonderful day!
      Love both of you so much!
      I sent you each a card in the mail, be on the look out for it! 
    • Deirdre Lynn Davis

      I woke up thinking of you two this morning what a day!!! What am amazing accomplishment!!! Now go out and be a positive force for good and and give back to this amazing world you live in!!! So proud of you!!!! Love Aunt Dre and Uncle Drew!!!
      Ps I am sending something in the mail this week look for it!!!
      Jen can you message me Sarah's address?
    • Donovan Eastman

      The only regrets you will have in life is looking back at all the things you didn't do......go LIVE. Take life and live it to the fullest. Taste everytning you can, see as much of the world as possible, listen to all the great stories that others have to share, and let love touch your hearts.....
    • Amanda Moncur

      Diddo to all Donovan said. This is honestly the best time of your life. Find out who you are, live in the moment, don't worry to much about the future--it will be there when you arrive . Enjoy this awesome, memorable day, and celebrate all of your hard work and accomplishments. Thinking of you both! Much love and total admiration!

      From Alec
      Hey aunt Deirdre! I got your guys card. Thank you so much! 😊 love you. Also just to update you on my plans, I'm leaving to Thailand on the 31st of July instead of India for the retreat and I am planning on doing a 5 year masters program for biomedical engineering and minoring in international engineering. I'm also enrolled in a research learning community called UROP and will be doing research in my field throughout the school year!