The week started out with all of our children being present for Father's Day, with only Evan missing - but he'll be back next year :-) It was a great day to celebrate all of the great fathers that we love.
Then I drove up to Morro Bay to surprise my Dad on his 86th birthday. We got a lot done like fixing the front gate and most importantly, Dad getting his driver's license renewed. . .way to go, Dad.
We celebrated his birthday by going to McLintocks for dinner. Happy Birthday, Dad!
One afternoon, we went out to meet Mel and Linda's Zone Leader missionaries and spoke to them for about 40 minutes. What a treat for us to meet these fine young people. Mel and Linda are being released as Mission Presidents and it was fun for us to also be present to hear and see what a zone leader conference is like. . .gives us an indication as to what Evan is doing in Tierra del Fuego at his zone leader conferences.
All of us with some of the missionaries and the Reeves.
On another day, it was the free day at the Arboretum so we all met there and had a picnic lunch with the kids. You will notice that Ethan thought it was a good idea to try and eat his Cheezits by putting them between his toes and then pushing his foot up to his mouth. . .gotta love the creativity of children.
Coco, Gavin and Ellie liked the bamboo stalks and stood at the base and shook them.
Then it was time to feed the turtles in the pond by the Queen Anne Cottage. . .lots of things to do at the Arboretum.
Friday was the first time that Gavin and Ellie had a sleepover at Grandma and Papa's. Of course we stayed up, had popcorn, watched a movie and read books before going to bed later than I think their parents knew about. . .it was so much fun. We also had 10 Young Women staying with us from church so that meant that we had lots of extra guests in the house.
Aunt Lana helped to read books before everybody finally fell asleep.
And in the morning, the kids helped us to make syrup for the waffles. . .we had such a good time with the little kids. We'll do it again soon and the parents won't be invited!
Finally, on Saturday, was the Relay for Life that Lisa Magno chaired. So we did the relay for part of the day and then went back that night for the candle ceremony. Brad is dressed in his tux because he also had his Choir concert that night. It was a busy week for all of us but we loved every minute of it.
The week started out with all of our children being present for Father's Day, with only Evan missing - but he'll be back next year :-) It was a great day to celebrate all of the great fathers that we love.
Then I drove up to Morro Bay to surprise my Dad on his 86th birthday. We got a lot done like fixing the front gate and most importantly, Dad getting his driver's license renewed. . .way to go, Dad. 
We celebrated his birthday by going to McLintocks for dinner. Happy Birthday, Dad!
One afternoon, we went out to meet Mel and Linda's Zone Leader missionaries and spoke to them for about 40 minutes. What a treat for us to meet these fine young people. Mel and Linda are being released as Mission Presidents and it was fun for us to also be present to hear and see what a zone leader conference is like. . .gives us an indication as to what Evan is doing in Tierra del Fuego at his zone leader conferences.
All of us with some of the missionaries and the Reeves.
On another day, it was the free day at the Arboretum so we all met there and had a picnic lunch with the kids. You will notice that Ethan thought it was a good idea to try and eat his Cheezits by putting them between his toes and then pushing his foot up to his mouth. . .gotta love the creativity of children.
Coco, Gavin and Ellie liked the bamboo stalks and stood at the base and shook them.
Then it was time to feed the turtles in the pond by the Queen Anne Cottage. . .lots of things to do at the Arboretum.
Friday was the first time that Gavin and Ellie had a sleepover at Grandma and Papa's. Of course we stayed up, had popcorn, watched a movie and read books before going to bed later than I think their parents knew about. . .it was so much fun. We also had 10 Young Women staying with us from church so that meant that we had lots of extra guests in the house.
Aunt Lana helped to read books before everybody finally fell asleep.
And in the morning, the kids helped us to make syrup for the waffles. . .we had such a good time with the little kids. We'll do it again soon and the parents won't be invited!
Finally, on Saturday, was the Relay for Life that Lisa Magno chaired. So we did the relay for part of the day and then went back that night for the candle ceremony. Brad is dressed in his tux because he also had his Choir concert that night. It was a busy week for all of us but we loved every minute of it.
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