we're jumping for JOY--because...

Dear family we have so many reasons to be thankful and jump for joy--but most recently the announcement of the arrival of two new little grandsons. Yeah for Kyle and Hunter to have some company ! Both babies will be born this year (2010)--Kerri is due in Sept and Brianne is due in Nov so happy day-!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-below are pics of a combination of various family jumping for Joy..because of these great announcements--(okay maybe they're just jumping for fun--but it seemed fitting)

grandkids corner

to our enjoyment we've been able to enjoy the company of the grandkids this summer
recently
*of course when we tended some of them--
*when we went to Oakly
*we took some of them to feed ducks
*went to the bees game with some
*went to temple square with some

we spoke at a fireside at Oakcrest girl's camp

Dear family
as part of dad Stake Pres. assignment we had the opportunity to attend Oakcrest girls camp for one evening and share some stories and testimony with them at a little devotional that we devided off into stakes--it was a good night and the girls were so attentive and listened really well to what we were sharing---the music the girls sang was so beautiful and bryan has a way of really captivating their attention
I was never so proud of him in any talk as the one he shared that night--the spirit was strong. Part of what I shared was a the words to a song that Brianne wrote for the theme at oakcrest --a few years back--I took a picture with one of brianne's friends "ink" they all have nicknames and ink's girls--we drove up with glen and lori steadman--who were also going--some of the pictures are us stopping to eat a sandwich by the river--it was a great night--

hikes are out--painting ceilings is in...

Dear family--I was hoping to be posting pictures of a hike --but instead this week we textured the some of the ceilings--primed them with paint and painted them with regular paint--a three day process but they look so much better--we were really happy
(but very tired)...but we are on the mend--even the little girls got in on the help--(:

happy birthday --stephen

July 6th
Happy Birthday Stephen--you are such a great man--we sent you an email with your birthday top "ten" as we call it--but included in there were qualites we admire about you, ---such as good sense of humor, great laugh, take our teasing, you know your what about bob lines--you are a good support to your children--you get the neighborhood involved in neighborhood bar-b ques you bring people together--you are worthy to go to the temple and honor your preistood and are a spiritual leader, willing to serve--your family and The Lord in any copacity--your are a great person all around--glad we're family
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

family fun on the fourth

dear family --glad for the fun we could have at our last gathering-what fun it was to be mostly all of us together for the July fourth celebration -we enjoyed the fact that our family got a jump start on the festivities starting July 1 when we all headed to the Oakly rodeo and the rental cabin in Oakley--followed the next day with fun at smith morehouse resevoir and food and games, and squirells and walks and chipmunks, and more food, and then the following day, water games and water mellon in the back yard. Dad and I really enjoyed ourselves and your good company--thanks for a fun -we love you all