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| Jonah and me--a month after his mission homecoming. |
Soooooo much has been going on in our family these past few months!
We have had the highest of highs: our son returning from his service mission, birthdays, summer fun ...
and we have had the lowest of lows: Bam in the hospital twice, two kids with severe mono, sports injuries (Dave and I are getting old--hahaha), allergic reactions to wonky shots, and your typical family-of-eight chaos.
But we're good now. Today.
And so, I thought it would be best to post all of the photos from the last blip of time in one post (if only so our kids have a journal of this time).
PS: I tried to emphasize the highs vs. the lows. It's always weird to photograph the hard stuff. Who wants a 2-D color reminder of that?
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| Selfie: Zu and her friend. |
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| Zu (she edited it--I love this). |
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Selfie: CityKitty and me
(PS: She "gets" one mouse a day. Literally.
We are at something like 95 mice in the last few months. How do I know? She brings them to our porch.) |
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| Elder Meehan--in Indiana with some special church members there. A second family to him. |
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| Harriet and CityKitty. |
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| Skyping with Elder Meehan on Mother's Day. |
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| I started walking every morning--and the Oquirrh Mountain Temple is on my route. |
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| Elders Meehan and Bullock--in their last area. |
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| Lu's least favorite thing to do. |
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| Harriet's FAVORITE thing to do. (Again, Zu edited.) |
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| Youth 5K Walk. |
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| Youth 5K walk--Bam and her YW leader and good friend. |
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| We heart our neighbors. We asked to borrow a popcorn maker and this is what we got! |
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| Trying to eat more healthy: making zucchini noodles. |
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| Pool-time. |
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I needed to post these even though I don't have the originals.
Taken about 20 days after we were placed (adoption) with baby Zu. |
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| More pix of Zu as an itty-bitty. These were taken on her blessing day at church. |
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| Our ward in Chino Hills gave Zu (and me!) a shower. It was so kind. |

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| I've made a lot of bread this summer, but not as much as usual. It's been a busy busy season. |
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| The front door countdown to Elder Meehan's return. |
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Mother-Daughter "campout"--in our backyard
(while Dave and Jr. went on a Father/Son campout with our ward.) |
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| Pretend you didn't see that firestarter. LOL. (Now that I'm not on an island, I rarely use flint.) |
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| Elder Meehan as the "Runicorn" doing service at The Color Run in Indiana. |
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| Saying goodbye to families before leaving his mission, Elder Meehan. |
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| Best gift ever: Michael Snow (from Survivor 26) sent me BREAD while he was in bread classes in New York. |
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| Morning walk. |
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| Going to the Temple on Lu's bday. |
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| Lu's new hairdo. (Some color.) |
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One of our neighbors went on vacation and asked us to "please pick her berries and eat them" while she was away.
Uh, okay! |
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| Raspberries. |
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| Lu and raspberry picking. |
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| Bam, Zu, Lu, and Papaya picking raspberries. |
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| Lu's 12th bday party. |
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| One of sweetest bday gifts (Lu's friend made this). |
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| Spa night with friends/Lu's bday. |
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| Lu's actual bday morning. |
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| Her favorite cake: Costco CHOCOATE-FOR-DAYS cake. |
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| Dave built some garden boxes. Yay! |

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| Jr--just before heading out on a Pioneer Trek (3-day handcart pull in Wyoming). |
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| Trek. |
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| Bam got this when she graduated--from a sweet friend. |
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| Elder Meehan and one of our favorite Indiana sisters: Sis B. (He was able to baptize her.) |
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| Missionaries at the Indianapolis Indiana Temple! |
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| Elder Meehan with a previous companion from his mission. (Who had been released.) |
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| Saying goodbye to beautiful people in Indiana. |
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| Sis E's raspberries. |
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Making Welcome Home signs for Elder Meehan--the night before he returned
(Jr had grown out his hair so that Elder Meehan could cut it). |
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| Waiting at the airport. Harriet and Janae's kiddos went also. |
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| Janae's daughter made this sign. |
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| THERE's DAVE! |
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| Add caption |
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| First hug--just after he came down the stairs from his flight. |
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| Elders Meehan and Bullock. |
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| Seeing Janae's daughter, M, once he got home. |


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| First day "home" after being released as a full-time missionary. |
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| The last day of Bam's second hospital stay. |
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| Last night on his mission: Elder Meehan at the Mission Home with other missionaries also completing their missions. |
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| Jr. and his friend--of to Scout Camp (his friend broke both arms longboarding). |
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| Zu got a haircut! And now she can wear a hat for the first time in her life! |
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| Zu and Lu. |
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Elder Meehan and Elder Lassig--who grew up together
(Elder Lassig went to Uganda on his mission, and returned a week after Jonah). |
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| All of our girls went to Girls Camp this year (church camp). |
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| Papaya and other friends at camp. |
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| Jonah's homecoming talk at church. (With Sis Herzog--who also served at same time as him). |
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| After church: "Elder Meehan's homecoming" party. |


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| Bam with one of our favorite babies. |


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| Morning walk: on my 45th birthday. |
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| Homecoming for 2 of Jonah's friends (all of these young men returned this summer). |
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| First cucumber of season. |
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| Zu is teaching herself guitar. |
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| Laser tag. |
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| Our newest summer activity. |
