FAMILY TIME: June 2009

Friday, June 19, 2009

California Pics

We made it home from California this week. It was a lot of fun to see cousins, aunts, uncles, and Grandma and Grandpa Tingey. It was great to be able to be there to support Uncle Nick and his graduation from high school. The kids had fun out with the cows and chickens, helping build fence, swimming, watching movies, playing with 'grandmas toys', going to the Rio Vista train musuem and riding a train, and meeting new cousins. They also had fun at Marine World with Uncle Abe and cousin Nathanael. We were able to have Cali blessed in the Rio Vista Branch so that Brady could have the support of his brothers and dad. It was great to be able to spend so much time with ALL the family. Tiffany and Garry were so kind as to let us stay at their place for some of the time, and then we stayed with grandma and grandpa our last couple of days.
The kids behaved "superbly", said one man on our flight home. We survived one blow out from Cali and a minor brake down from Aubrey on the way there. Not to bad.
After this weekend Wesley will be done with swim team until next year. Divisionals are on Saturday. Brady told Wesley if he can shave at least 5 seconds off his time, he will buy him Cranky the Crane to go with his Thomas the Tank Engine set. LOL
Wesley and Aubrey are happy to be back home with the neighborhood gang. I love our neighbors. They are all so wonderful! Brinson and Wesley began work on their next summer project immediately upon our arrival home. According to Wes, they are going to build a "human trap to catch humans." I asked him how and with what, and he jumbled out some coded plan and then told me he would need a box, water, some eggs, string, and a paper plate! Be afraid, be very afraid. lol Those kids crack us up. Never a dull moment, that is for sure.
ENJOY THE PICS, THEY ARE MANY:)

At Nicks graduation ceremony...it was loooonnnggg! They translated the student body talks so we got to here them in english and then again in spanish!!! I will just say this; Uhhhggg! I hope they never try to pull that business here.....So not cool.

Uncle Nick and Cali

Brrrr....the big pool was freezing so Brady is warming up in the baby pool.

Grandma and Grandpa with the grand kids....really. Little Will is hiding behind Nathanael in this pic.

Brady and ALL of his siblings!

Smooooch!

Wow! This is all of us...so far:)

Cute kids....

Sweet 'lil thing. I just love her.

Daddy and Cali. Cali cried through the whole blessing, dang it! So, the congregation didn't hear much.

Pretty Girl!!

Waitin' for our train to come.

Still waiting.

Still waiting....why not play tag?

Nick is the handsome one with the super cool money lei.

Playing in Aunt Tiff's fountain.

The smart ones, watching everyone else freeze in the pool.

Workin'.

Playin'.

Combin'.

Smilin'.

Sleepin'.

Boatin'.

Watchin'.

Sooooo cute. Aubrey and Nathanael.

Ohhhhh! Could she be any cuter?

Monday, June 8, 2009

A Week With Kylie and more....

It was so fun to spend some time with Aunt Kylie. We haven't seen her in a really long time. She turns 18 this week (HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLIE!) and just graduated from high school. WAY TO GO KY!!! Now she can move on to MORE SCHOOL:) LOL
Kylie is so beautiful. She has a great sense of humor and was a fabulous help to me. One of the neighbor kids said to me, "She is your sister?? Wow! I thought she was your personal servant girl or something!". She really did help me out A LOT!! I really appreciated her help. THANKS KYLIE! She cares about her family and friends and is concerned for them. She is a good friend, and sister. Thanks for coming to visit Ky!!