Summer Catch-up and Ryan's Birthday

Cavan and Chloe stayed with us for a week this summer. We had a fun, busy time. Here they were with Uncle Ryan before church. So cute!

Aunt Tanae reading to Gage, Reid, and Danica. She and I drove to Utah for Ethan Mitchell's Mission Farewell.

The twins got to spend a couple of days with us this summer too. They are loving their new birthday big wheels!

Tina bought a new, used jeep this summer. Ryan thinks it's the coolest thing and loves it when she takes him for a ride.

My garden this year consisted of a few peppers in pots, a zuccini, tomatoe, and pumpkin, also in pots. I usually have pretty good luck at harvest time, but this year things have been pretty slow growing. I had high hopes for zuccini for yummy bread, but Jenny decided to chase a squirrel and ran right through my pots and pulled all the vines along with her. She has her head down because she knows she's in trouble!

Janel came for the weekend in August. We went to visit Grandpa Youd at the farm. He had a fire a couple of weeks before and was showing us the cleanup.

NEVER stick your finger in the bowl when you're using a stick blender! Sierra was making a smoothie and got a little careless. She actually did turn the button off before she tried to break up the ice jam, but her hand accidentally hit the button and caught her finger, jamming it in the blade! It was so scary, the blade was cutting into her finger and the pressure so tight that I couldn't get it off her. We unhooked the cord part and Ryan and I rushed her to the Emergency room. Two painful shots to numb her finger, 3 stitches, and almost 2 hours later we were finally back home. Sierra still tends to baby that finger because it feels stiff. She gets really mad when I call her The Claw!! (yes, we were able to save the stick blender) The Hospital said Sierra's accident was a first there.

We went swimming at Indian Hot Springs for Ryan's Birthday. Does it look familiar, we used to take all you kids there alot when you were little. Remember the pond with all the Lilly Pads and minnows.

Ryan is twelve years old!! He made his own Star Wars Lego scene for the top of his chocolate sour cream cake. Tanae has most of his Birthday pictures on her new camera, so we'll add some of them later.

Nick, the shirt you brought Ryan back from your mission finally fits!

He had a great Birthday and got to go pick out a new Mongoose Bike.

Tanae was here most of the summer. Always fun to have her here, but I'm excited to have her stuff out of my bathroom! Poor Spud, (her car's name) is loaded to the top. I can't believe she is already a Junior this year! She just started Sept. 9th, but is excited about school and her new roomates. She's also working part time at the college library and loving it.

Ryan leaving to catch the bus for his first day of JR. High. He isn't too thrilled so far, but we're trying to have a positive attitude.