Rainy Days and Blogging

It's raining here today, so it seemed like the perfect day to get somewhat caught up on the last month of blogging/journaling.
 
Here's the quick list of Highs and Lows since I last wrote (which was around April-ish)"
 
Highs 
--We went to our best friends' daughter's wedding. Beautiful!
--A semester at BYU came to an end.
--We celebrated Mother's Day with a phone call from Elder Meehan (who only has about 7 weeks left on his mission!).
--Dave got a new mountain bike from Adobe (to celebrate his 5th year with the company).
--I baked a lot of bread.
--Jr got his first job (at a pizza place!).
--We've cut back on the amount of sugar our family is eating. (This is both a high and a low--haha).

Lows
--We've been indoors a little more than usual (3 of our kids have had a virus that just won't go away).
--We spent some a lot of time with an allergists, learning that Lu and Bam have some pretty awesome allergies.
 
And that is pretty much it. Hopefully I will write more regularly now that the school year is over for BYU.

Have a great weekend.
 
 
Walking near our home.


Same trail with new spring geese. Seems like a lot of babies ... no?


Dave and I at Kayla's wedding in the Ogden Temple.


Harriet and I on a walk--stand-off. She's not the friendliest dog on the trails.


Dave riding his new mountain bike around the lake (Adobe sent him this for his 5 year anniversary!).


Elder Meehan and his current companion (only 7 weeks left!).


Indiana sunset.


Elder Meehan and the big group of missionaries in Indiana Indianapolis Mission.


Transfer day.




Jr at a carnival/service auction at our ward.


Deep fried everything!


Papaya taking tickets with her YW leader.


Zu and one of the YM making balloon animals.



Bam made this really cute Baymax painting that was auctioned off to this art collector!


Mother's Day Phone Call to Elder Meehan (We get a call on Mother's Day and on Christmas Day--this was our last one for his mission--next time we talk will be at the airport when he RETURNS!).



Elder Meehan and his companion on a visit.



Elder Meehan doing service at a food bank.


Elder Meehan and his companion doing service at a senior citizen home.


A beautiful baptism day for a young boy in Elder Meehan's area (this young boy's family have spoiled the missionaries!).


Bam's new hair.


Mother's Day flower from Zu.


My new favorite tortillas: teeny tortillas (4 inch).


Last week Harriet and I walked around the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It was beautiful.


Harriet and CityKitty. (Harriet's getting edgy in her old age).


Elder Meehan and the beautiful Restivo family from Indiana. (A second family to him on his mission.)


 

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