Cousins and Birthday Kinda Day

The Monday after we arrived, we had a cousins day.  My grandmother was even able to come down.  It was so good to see her.  She has had shoulder surgery and been really ill since last March so it was wonderful to see her in much better health.  

We set up a fun water day for the kiddos in my mom's back yard.  

 Crystal, Grandma B., McKenzie, and Me

Today was Grandma B.'s 85th birthday.  What a fun treat it was for her to watch some of her great-grands playing.

Chloe enjoyed the little splash pool and the rainbow cove.

Dexter saying cheese and posing for a picture with Great Grandma B.

Hadley is so cute.  She thinks she is one of the big kids even though she is 2 days younger than JJ.  I put these star rings on their heads and she kept knocking JJ's off.  This was their first interaction with each other.

Grandma and her "twins"

After our fun time outside we crashed and watched Finding Nemo.

This was also Grandma B.'s 85th Birthday.  Later that evening, Uncle John and fam. came over and we ate dinner and had cake and ice cream.  

My mom's gang and my gorgeous grandma.  She sure looks pretty at 85!

Cute Cousins

This year's 4th of July amazed me. Last year we spent it with the Castillo's and we went to the new ISU pharmacy school campus and watched the fireworks. Ashton and Leigh were scheming where they were going to put a basketball hoop when they both were accepted to ISU's pharmacy school. What a difference a year makes. Now, the Castillo's are moved to Washington and we are headed to Omaha for school. Amazing what happens when you are willing to follow Heavenly Father when it's different from what you want...



This year was a blast. For the 4th of July, my parents and Curt's family came up to our little apartment and stayed for the weekend. We were a little cozy, but had a lot of fun. Lydia and Brody just adored their new cousin. Lydia just wanted to hold Dexter's hand the whole time. It was so cute. She kept saying over and over,"he's just a cute little guy". Brody had fun too. He can't quite say Dexter so he calls him Duggers. It's pretty funny.

Ashton treated us to a nice bar-b-que of shishkabobs and other goodies. He was in heaven cooking all day. Shauni, Blake, and Dalton came over for the bar-b-que too. When it was time for fireworks, we all headed over to a soccer field and watched the Meridian fireworks shoot off from the speedway. It was a lot of fun.