Grandma Day

Grandma Bodily threw a big grandkid party while Redge's family was here from North Carolina. The kids had the time of their lives. The hit of the party (besides the awesome food, fun games and projects) was the water slide. They couldn't get enough of it. They were soooo dirty by the time we got done. Thanks for everything, grandma!

some fun things this summer...

*Missy lost her first tooth

*The kids did swimming lessons

*the Kids caught 3 praying mantis'

*we had fun with our bounteous garden

*we got 11 gallons of free apricots and made these delicious apricot tarts (the recipe is in my book)

Mission Calls!!!

My little brother, Darek, and one of my young women, Maudeline Agenor, got their calls on the same day. Maudeline's family aren't members, so she opened her call with our family. Maudeline got called to the temple square mission, and Darek got called to the Bucharest, Romania mission. We got to go through the temple with both of them, and it was awesome!! They are both still in the MTC--Darek will be there 2 1/2 months learning Russian, so he'll leave like Nov 9, and Maudeline will leave next week. I also still have my brother Dione on his mission in Raleigh, NC--he's been out 6 months. (sorry about the awful pic at the temple--have no idea why it's so washed out!!)

4th of July

We decided to spend the 4th of July with Ty's sister, Shay, and her family up in Rexburg. We had a blast!! We went to an early morning breakfast, watched a parade, played in the sprinklers, had a BBQ for dinner, and smores for dessert, then set off our own fireworks. Our kids get along so well, and they just played and played. They were such generous hosts, and we all enjoyed the weekend.

Kittens

We gave all the kittens away except one, and this is Missy with the last one. Then.....I accidentally ran over it, and killed it. OOPS. Marissa has never been that sad in her life. Ty and I litterally cried over that darn kitten to see our little, sweet girl in such pain. So Ty decided we should NOT get the cat fixed, but should let her have one more batch (there will be a post on that later, but I will tell ya--we have 8 kittens right now).

I just love this picture though--it's like a mother with her own precious baby. She has such a pure love for animals--especially cats.

Stirling family Reunion

It's been 5 1/2 years since I've seen my mom's parents and that whole side of the family. I was excited to finally see them after all this time and to let Chandler meet them for the first time in his life (he's over 4 years old). Marissa has met them 2-3 times, but we moved to Florida when she was not even 2. It was fun to catch up with everyone and celebrate my grandma's 80th birthday!!

catch-up before the next drought...

Okay, be prepared for a barrage of posts--a catch up for the last 3 months, and then you might have to wait a while again after the baby is born! We set the c-section up for October 15th at 7:30 a.m. Only 6 more days!!