Catching up!

Haven’t blogged for a while, so let’s go back to the end of April when we went to the Pinewood Derby in Thousand Oaks where Johny, Eric and Kristi’s oldest, was a contestant. It was a fun event and best of all, he won!!




Me with Katie and Ginny!


Ceci

June found us with some wonderful blessings of caring for Megi and Ty’s girls, Mikah, Skyler, and Atley for a few days while they went to an adults only family reunion. Lindy brought her two up for a couple of those days and we all had a great time together. The very next week, Lindy and Jonathan went on a little getaway and left Ruthie and Adrian with us for a few days. We had such a good time!


In their cute Easter outfits


Bubble fun!


Painting


Miss Mischievous Atley



Fun in the little pool!

Ruthie and Kodi are very good friends!

Adrian

Ruthie & Adrian


He spent more time trying to crawl out!

The end of June found us in Cascade Idaho to support Doug’s brother, Roger as he rode 50 miles on his bike to celebrate his 75^th birthday. He rode from McCall to Riggins. Boyce rode, too, as did Roger’s daughter, Diane, and a few ward members. We drove the van which carried some of the riders and were there to cheer for them as they finished. Boyce was so quick, though, that he was already at the finish before we got there! Anyway, it was a fun experience for everyone. We stayed on a couple of more days and relaxed with Roger and Jackie’s good hosting.

All the bikers. Boyce is 3rd from left.


Roger, the man of the hour!

From Cascade, we then went to Burley to spend a few days with Megi and Ty and the girls. Everyday while we were there, Grandpa Doug bought the girls shaved ice at Snoasis which they loved!

We celebrated Atley’s first birthday.

We did a few little jobs around the house and it felt good to be needed and helpful.

We enjoyed a small-town celebration of July 4^th by going to a town called Almo. They had a small parade highlighted by tons of candy being thrown to the crowd. We then went to the church building and enjoyed a 4^th of July program. From there, we went to the grassy area and were fed a wonderful barbecue meal followed by foot races, 3-legged races, egg toss. Doug and I tried the egg toss, but alas, it broke in my hands.

We are blessed to enjoy Ty’s family who live in Burley and they include us in their celebrations and fun and we love them for that.

We had a new experience coming home as we traveled with a little 9 week old puppy, bringing it back as a favor for an acquaintance here in Bakersfield who purchased the pup out of Logan, UT. It saved him from having to fly the pup here and we enjoyed the little gal. We stayed the night with Boyce and Suzanne on our way home and they helped us a lot with her. She did pretty well that night and was a fabulous traveler. We just set her down on the floor by our feet on a towel and she was very content.

We had a wonderful twelve days and look forward to future times with family and friends.

This is the newest photo of Eric and Kristi's four:
Johny, Ginny, Katie, Ceci