Tuesday, August 31, 2010

S’happen’n?

It’s been a while.  But we’ve been busy – and just plain fatigued too.  You guys wear us out!  Our travels have taken us to visit some of you – again.  And of course you’ve visited with us as well.   I have proof as follows:

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These kids really LOVE the water.

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Savannah & friends had a little beauty parlor too.  Isn’t he cute?

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Savannah’s tennis team (above).   Savannah had quite the trip(s) coming down with her family first, and then right back with her tennis team.  I must have been under the weather … no pictures of their cute family.

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Texas was nice, but HOT.  It was fun to see Dan & Lindsay all settled in their new (air conditioned, thank goodness)  house.

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Trevor was a good sport when the girls decided to include him in their dress up play.

I didn’t take any other pictures of Amy or Michael’s family or the Kogers while they were here.  But I did get Max.

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…sleeping in my arms – what joy.095 142

… doing his “baby power” stretch

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… and these are the rascals, caught in the act.

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Joel, after his fishing in Alaska trip.  He loved it.

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And then to Park City.  The “shoe tree”

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Max loved my cover-up.

 

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I think Max liked Park City as well as the rest of his family.

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We stayed with Mark and Sara both coming and going to Utah.  They are such gracious Hosts/Hostesses.  I think Gabe actually enjoys sharing his room.   He’s sure sweet about it.

It was great vacationing, but quite exhausting.  Now it’s quite lovely to be home.  We share our home with so many groups that we’re always either getting ready for or cleaning up afterwards, so there’s no time to be lonely.  Joel condescends to play a few games with us.  Speed Scrabble seems to be the favorite right now.

(I hope) We’ve rested enough that we’re going down to visit with Spencer and Amy later today.  That’s what’s been happening with us.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Beauty Parlor

The girl cousins have started a tradition at grandma and grandpa's house. They call it the Beauty Parlor. The recipe for beauty parlor is as follows:

a brush
a comb
as many hair ties and bows as you can find
water
hairspray and/or gel (unless your mom catches you)
1 unsuspecting adult who thinks he is getting a head rub
Here are the results of said recipe:
And the beauty pageant winner is . . .

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Memorial Day W/Bobby & John & Families

We went to the UVU campus to watch Quintin and Bobby play  volleyball; and also enjoy the excellent company of Julie’s parents and sister Kirsten, along with Zachary and Braxton.  FUN!

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Isn’t he Handsome! 

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Julie’s mom brought lots of goodies that we all enjoyed – along with her advice and expertise regarding kinesiology.  It inspired me to look into that for myself.

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The first thing I did when we arrived at John & Rachel’s was fall off their porch.  How mortifying!  And it really damaged my pride.  (no physical injury until … )  Later, Rachel and I went shopping and it was when we were unloading and taking things into the house that I stubbed my toe really hard on their uneven driveway.  It hurt sooooooooo much and for soooooooooo long.  And only showed a little blood underneath my toenail for all that pain.  Later, a bruise that covered half my toe showed up.  It is finally improved enough now that I can walk normally without pain.

So I didn’t get any pictures at their house.  Both Johns worked hard in the yard while we were shopping.  I should have at least got before and after pictures of that.  Not to mention 4 adorable, loving grandchildren.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

A Sunday Afternoon

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A delicious Sunday dinner at Karl and Karla’s, along with great conversation and even better … family!  Sometimes, goofy – always FUN.

(I think the men were envious of the beautiful flower bows all the girls and women got).

Goal Setting

I understand the concept of new year’s resolutions and how discouraging they can be.  I’ve been there often.  But, when I was YW president (probably the third time) I finally got it.

Goal setting is best for me when stated as a positive affirmation such as, “I am becoming more prayerful and fervent in my talks with Heavenly Father.” 

O. K. that’s step one … step 2 is not to procrastinate… yeah, yeah, yeah.  I hear yah.

I began this post sometime in January.

Max Lindsay’s First Week

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He had difficulty staying awake for photo ops …

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His first bath …

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With all his sleeping, you’d hardly expect his poor parents to be sleep deprived … 

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

A Family of Ballerinas

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He loves me, he loves me not …

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Giselle’s mother’s solo

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Their ballet teacher delivered dvds with all these pictures and a copy of their performance.  Fun!