'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.'

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

“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.)

“I wasn't yawning, I was just letting some fresh air into my mouth.” (After being accused of being tired.)

'Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.'