July 6, 2020
A series of fortunate events took place last week.
1) we were invited to tag along with Lincoln, Maggie and Luke to the aquarium. I enjoyed making collages of the experience.
The shark eye is my favorite...
2) Our builder re-stuccoed one side of our home to improve the original sloppy job. Carlie made us lemonade cupcakes. Sweet! Thank you.
We watched and heard fireworks sitting on our front porch. For 1 1/2 hours Herriman and a neighboring subdivision set off a memorable show with plenty of bass.
3) Mr Claunch was my HS Algebra teacher. Smart guy. Laughed at his own jokes. However, he struggled to impart his knowledge to his students.
Frustration. I can relate. Can you?
4) The 4 Creek/Adams kids threw together a coloring contest. I hope they won’t mind if I extend it until the 24th and include the Howells too.
Don’t these look great? Maggie and Luke saw me coloring and asked to join in. Maggie needs to send me her finished page.
5) Faith yoked with consistent action fills the heart with kindness, the mind with wisdom and understanding, and the soul with peace and love.
6) Lane continues to attend PT twice a week to strengthen his knee. And Wednesday his surgeon gave him the go ahead to begin playing pickle ball. Yippy!
7) Our door is always open. Come visit anytime. The Scotts popped over on Friday. The Bells come today. Matthew drops in on occasion. Luke and Maggie cover the 2 mile distance on bikes. Kylie and Joseph have special invites to spend time getting better acquainted with us. We hope to see Anissa while her parents are staying here. Jerel almost makes it over, but stops short at the pickle ball courts. ;o} Anyone else?
Have a super week y’all! What’s new with you?
Coming soon:
July 7th ~ 2-4-6-8 who is turning 38? T-Y-S-O-N
July 7th ~ Cameron & Kim arrive into town and will sleep over on the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th.
July 12th ~ Greg is still on the sunny side of 50, age 48 this year!
July 13th ~ the Robison family fly to SLC (minus Chris who has begun his job in Cincinnati.)
July 24th ~ deadline for online Coloring Contest. Drawing by Dalia. Have fun with it, (See below)
We love you forever,
July 12, 2020
A tiny taste of our terrific week.
1) Beautiful baby girls: Claire. Savannah. Daisy. Thanks for coming to visit! We love you.
2) Me. Modeling my new green skull candy. Can U C?
3) Cam, Kim & Anissa made the trip to Upper Daybreak.
4) It’s like looking in a mirror. :o}
5) I want this rug!
6) A little backyard 48th b-day party for our favorite Gregster! Hostess with the mostest is Jennifer. Highlights were:
Food, friends, pink unicorn piñata, rainbow tye-dye clogs, and pony rides.
7) Today was our 2nd Sunday back to church at the church. Our Ward is wonderful…at least the 25% that we meet with. I’m sure the other 75% are missing us.
Stay kind people.
This coming week:
July 13th ~ Jami, Danika & Kamden fly from Mississippi to SLC. (Chris, we’ll miss you.)
July 18th ~ Jerel says HELLO to the BIG FIVE-O
July 19, 2020
Hello fantastic familiar familia!
Jami, Danika & Kamden arrived from Mississippi. They sold their home in record time and will soon be residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Until then they are calling DayBreak home, and shortening a pink and blue countdown chain until they can hug their daddy again.
1) Picnic in the shade of our garage. Bike rides, painted rocks, let’s jump...
1) Carlie and Jonathan got engaged! Danika and Kamden met Cookie Dough. Jerel turned 50!
...G’pa sure can make these kids laugh.
2) Foam sticker crafts, splash pad with Gerber cousins,
3) We have the meats!!! Lincoln got a new grill and tried out a selection of meat; frog legs, dogs, burgers and ribs.
4) Covid, quarantine, political uproar, freedom of speech threatened, temple attendance restricted, to mask or not to mask.
I know that our Heavenly Father IS in charge. This brings me peace.
Make this the best week since last week. ;o}
Coming soon:
21st Jerry is a handsome 39
23rd Taggart will be a dynamic twelve
24th Luke becomes a totally terrific teen!
25th It’s Maggie’s day to be the birthday queen and turn 11
July 26, 2020
Happy daze are here again!
2) Misc pics: Painting rocks (and fingers), we have a resident sloth, rare cousin time for Gerber’s & Robison’s.
3) Last Thursday we took a drive to visit Jerry, Erin, Ava, Brennan & Kaelyn. The weather in Eugene, Oregon was unbelievably gorgeous. This time of year EVERYONE wants to live in the GPNW - Great Pacific NorthWest. We visited Ava’s Bake Shop, found a few GeoCaches, played games, and thoroughly loved every minute. Thanks for hosting us!
4) We transferred north to Albany last evening, arriving ‘justin’ time to save Mickey. Justin taught us how to make egg McMuffins - altho his real expertise is on a Wendy’s grill and on Dairy Queen's assembly line.
5) Elder M. Russell Ballard says “While technology has often been a blessing in my life, it can also be a distraction that places a barrier between us and our ability to hear the Lord’s voice. I tell my grandchildren that they should set aside quiet time each day to think about their lives and ponder what the Lord wants them to do.
(Acting President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)
May we each strive for quiet moments, free from distraction, to feel the presence of the Lord in our lives.
6) Justin is celebrating his HS graduation ALL. SUMMER. LONG. HIs official ceremony is August 27th…and the program type is yet to be determined.
Go Bulldogs! We are so proud of you Justin. We celebrated today because we don’t know where in the world we may be in August… ;o}
Please let us hear from you; because we are nosy, and love you with all our hearts, and so we can stay up-to-date on your family happenings.
Coming this week:
27th ~ Our crabbing and fishing day - Newport Beach, OR
28th ~ We leave Albany, OR and drive to Lake Stevens, WA
31st ~ Chloe is great turning 8!
Our return date to SLC is still flexible. (Thank you Jami & kids for watering our plants.)
We love you forever,
