HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

We celebrated the 4th of July for the weekend. Rowdy and Diane came on Saturday and we had some good 4th of July food. We went for a walk up Big Cottonwood canyon at Brighton and sat in the hot tub for the rest of the evening and just chatted. We went to a Salt Lake Bees game, complete with fireworks. The game was a little slow but the fireworks were great and of course, lots of ball park snacks. Sunday at church both Rowdy and Tyler bore their testimonies in our singles ward and that was very touching to me. Not only do we celebrate our countries political freedom, but the opportunity we have to exercise our right to worship how we chose. Both Rowdy and Tyler bore testimony of the obligation we therefore have to share the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ. I am grateful for good and righteous kids!So here we are...half of the fam! Missed to rest, but had a great time.
Just a little bit of the 4th fun food!

Bradlee really liked helping make everything...especially these cupcakes with pinwheel spinners on top!

ONLY 8 MONTHS LATER.....

With everything that has gone on in our lives in the last 8 months, I won't even try to catch up. Just know Terry is almost back to his normal self after open heart surgery and life is moving on. We are planning hike and little trips and just regular summer fun for the future...no more medical adventures!!!

FUN IN THE SUN AND POOL

Well, summer is officially here and we are so ready!
The pool seems especially nice this year and we have already used it more than ever before.
Rowdy, Jordan, Keiler, and Max were here for the day and we had some good fun.

Jordan is a favorite of everybody. That's B-Rad on the far side!

Buddy can't get enough.

We pretty much take up the whole pool!

Max in his floaty...Keiler jumped out of his pink one before we could snap a pic.

Rowdy...nuff said.

Tory and Jordan loving them some noodles!


It's time for all of you to come and visit and share the fun!

SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OF THIS?

And the doc's last words..."It's going to hurt"!

But I feel blessed that it's only my wrist. I can still do many things. The things I can't do really bite, though. Those include washing my left arm (pit included), shaving left pit, deodorant, putting on lotion, cutting my food. nothing stops me from eating it, though! Thank goodness I have Terry and Tory to help. Hopefully, I will be cast free in 6 weeks.

Notice, I got a pink cast in honor of the "pink bike of death"!

I really have to get better at taking pictures....Molly, Craig and fam were here for a week and these are the only pics I took! We did have a great time. And the kids seemed to get along great. This was a morning ritual, the kids in our bed playing Ben 10 on the computer.

Here's Terry doing his manly duty when they left. I really lucked out in the husband department! Maybe Molly or Tory have better pictures. I think I'm just too busy playing to take pictures.

B-RAD, B-ROCK, B-READY!

Many changes happen in our lives. We are excited to have the McLachlan clan coming to live with us for a while. To make it as comfortable as possible for their family, I have been making a few changes in our home. Mostly what you will see is space...everyone needs space! So after trips to DI and overflowing garbage receptacles, this is what I've come up with.

Here's their space in the upstairs linen closet. Maybe for B-Rad and B-Rock's clothes. Or really, whatever they want to put there!

Our room got a little addition. Now we are ready for company when we want to watch tv in our room!

Most needed bathroom space.Bradlee's space. Space for Brock's crib so he will feel at home and sleep like a baby!

One half of the walk-in closet in Tory & Tyler's room

Their own shelf in the kitchen pantry for baby food, bottles, whatever.

Hopefully, they will feel at home here and know how much we love them! I know that there are great things in store for their family and feel so blessed to be able to have them with us.

WELCOME HOME, MCLACHLANS !!!

ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH

Last Friday we drove to Denver to help Jamie & Amy move into their new home. We decided to take the southern approach to Denver and it was a beautiful drive. The Rockies are more impressive when you come upon them from that direction. For much of the drive the Colorado River is alongside the road. I had never seen Vail or Aspen before. We found lots of places we would like to visit.

Sorry to say, but again, not many pictures. I did get that cute one of Jaiden, Thaiya, & Jetrin while I was keeping them busy during moving van loading. The elders came to help load but when we got to the new house, it was Terry & Jamie doing all the heavy work. They worked so hard and got so worn out I thought they might cry. Just when everyone was getting beyond tired and past cranky, Tory & Tyler showed up and really gave everyone a burst of renewed energy and a much better attitude! They would have been there sooner but Tyler had to work. There was a time crunch with the truck but all turned out well. Their house is very cute and in a real nice neighborhood. The kid's school is just down the street. They have an awesome deck with a hot tub that I'm sure will get lots of use. (I meant to take pictures)

All in all it was a great trip and we had a good time. It was so good to see the kids play together.