“If we call these foothills, can we call the little trees 'foot trees?''' (While driving in the foothills.)

As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.

'Daddy, how many whoppers are there in those tall trees?' After waking up in the car while driving through Calaveras Big Trees and hearing daddy say, 'Wow, that's a whopper of a tree.'

“If all the people in the world were nice could we just get rid of the word mean?”

“I like lights on buildings, because without them you wouldn't be able to see all the beauty in the world.” (About the lights on the football field at the local highschool.)