Finally he's back

Okay, so Matt has been gone this last week, and I have just been so busy trying to keep my head even screwed on straight, it's been nuts. We went to SLC last Sun. (the 20th) for the blessing of Amanda (our older daughter) and Travis' new baby Ashton. It was fun. Great meal, and of course, no camera. I'll get her to e-mail me a couple of pics to post. Then we stayed in Provo Mon. to run a bunch of errands Mom needed done. We didn't quite have enough time, so we finished Wed. when we had to go back to get candy and films. Thurs. I had to get some stuff done for work, and then go to work, and then Fri. I had to do work chores, and then work again. Sat. I went to work early, and then had to go to the Drive-In later. Sun. thankfully was slower. We (Les went w/ to help w/ Christian) went to church, and then had Matt's fam over for FHE. Had a great meal, and just got to visit. It was great. Matt called that night and told me he was off the mtn. and they were on their way home the next am. YEAH!!! always seem to have work issues or problems while he is gone (of course). But we did okay this time. I am so grateful he got to go on this trip, and he, Zane, and my nephew Colton (who by the way is witing for his mission call-and could we be more excited?-no!!!). So, after all this rambling, it was crazy, but I'm thankful life has been a little more normal this week, and everyone has been safe, and work actually went pretty well - whew Anyway - here are a couple of pics from recent days.



Christian and Matt were playing outside, and his horsie rides were directed by the princess herself. What a beautie!!!









Matt on top of the world. - seriously - he is standing on top of the continental divide. They had a lot of fun. He said it was so windy he had to hold his hat to keep it from blowing away.












And the last is of course Christian running around the house with you guessed it - my bra. She was running and laughing at mommy chasing her telling her to give it back. Daddy laughed too. At mommy.

Christian, Christian, Christian

Life has been pretty good at our house. Amanda had her baby on 2 July. He is a cutie. Ashton will be his name. We have been having party after party. It seems like there is one after another. We have had eagle scouts, missionaries, holidays, and just plain family stuff. Christian went camping with Grandma over the weekend of the 4th, and she had a blast. We met them up there on Sat. for the night, and stayed til Sun. It was a nice camp. We had the family down for the 4th. My good friend Kathy came by to visit for a few days just before the 4th, and actuaslly this first pic of Christian was outside playing with her kids, and some new toys for Scout. She has a lot of fun teasing that dog. Okay, there just seems to be more and more pics of Christian than you should be able to take, but, isn't she a dolly.






We had just gotten ready for the day, and she looked so cute in her "Boo" hair I just had to take a snap. The kids have started calling her Boo because they say she looks like Boo in Monsters Inc. She is fun.



We had to make Special K treats for Tysons eagle court, and she had a few chocolate chips that she did so well eating on her own. My friend Kathy says they have "skills" and she does. She LOVED the chips.






And isn't this the cutest picture ever? This girl is such a princess. We are so thankful to have this beautiful princess. She had so much fun playing with Daddy this day. Life has been pretty good otherwise. Work is busy, but it is fun, and there is always something going on.

This week

Okay, we got back from Mexico. We took Mckenzie for a graduation trip. We are so proud of her graduating, and also getting her associates degree along with a high school diploma. YEAH!!! We needed to do something special for her. It was alot of fun taking her, and I hope she had as great a time with us, as we enjoyed having her. We did have a great time, except it rained every day except the day after we got there (arrived 9pm night before) and it was sunny for about 1 1/2 hours the morning we left. Some major rain moved in. All of the hotel staff said how wierd it was because the rainy season didn't usually start until the end of June. I said it was because Matt was with us. It seems like every time we go on vacation together, we have the not so great weather. If I go with anyone else, the weather is usually great. I had great weather with my girlfriends in Bryce, and Matt will probably have great weather on his hike to the Winds with Zane in July. Oh, well... we'll just have to keep trying.

This photo is of McKenzie's first airplane ride. She said she liked it after all.








We did have a lot of fun this weekend going to our nephew Kevins Eagle court of honor. It was great to see him get that award. We had family down for FHE on Sat. and we all went to the Manti pageant. That was so nice.


Linda got to bring Mckale, and she and Christian were hugging, and she loved petting Scooby.







This photo is Christian in her new pool. She had a blast playing with Kadee and her friends for a couple of hours.



We also had some additional fun this last week or two, right before we left for Mexico I found out that some company in Spain was using our debit card to the tune of about $500 over the course of about 5 days. Not all in a row, but within a couple of weeks. That has been fun and exciting, because we've had to close our checking account and open another. Fun for all. Anyway, hope everyone is good, and we'll talk soon.