Our vacation so far.......

On Sunday morning we headed out of town on our vacation.  Our first stop was Kirtland, New Mexico to drop off a package for one of the elders who lived with us for a while who will be going home soon.  We dropped it by his house, then went to church with his family.  It was very nice to get to meet them.  We spent the night in Tucumcari, New Mexico.  We drove all day Monday and arrived in Dallas about 5:00 in the evening.

The next morning Robynn and I got up early and went out walking.   Then we started on a project of painting her headboard and footboard.  Tatia and Penny came over to help. I bought this cute quilt from one of Robynn's friends who was selling some baby things, and Penny LOVED it.   As soon as she saw it, she laid right down on it, then she kissed all the animals.  She is soooooo cute!!!!

She is  a great little walking girl and so much fun!

Today we went to Ricky and Becky's to meet little Harper, she is adorable!

Tatia brought her camera and took tons of darling pictures of her.  I snapped a few too.

She is sooooo sweet! 

Lani and mom had us deliver some presents for the girls and they were thrilled!

They gave Addison this cute doll since she is a big sister now.

After Ricky and Becky's we went back to Tatia's and went swimming.  Robynn got this fun boat for Penny, she HATED it at first, but then got to like it a little more before we left.

Jake, Tatia and Penny came with us to El Fenix, it was delicious!

We are having such a fun time in Dallas!

Fathers Day 2012

We celebrated Fathers day a day early and had a fun dinner at our house

The big girls ate at the picnic table

and the little girls ate right by them a little table

Everyone but Josh, Skyler, Kara, Chip Elycia and Taylor were able to come

Even Uncle Bud was in town and was able to join us

Matt and the girls playing a friendly game of tether ball 

Abbie climbing up the slide

Chase and the girls jumping on the trampoline

Enjoying the Dad's rootbeer and........

Just visiting 

Dad opening his presents

Me and Gabbie

Morgan and Gabbie

It was a great Fathers day, and I am so grateful for my dad and all that he continues to do for me and my family, and the dad of my children.  What great examples they both are to all of us.

Look who just turned 50!

June 13th was Lani's 50th birthday.  Robynn planned a birthday party for her at Bear Park, where we used to have parties when our kids were little.

Tons of people came and we had a delicious dinner.

                                      

It was fun to get to visit with everyone.

The kids enjoyed playing on the monkey bars

and visiting

and sliding

and swinging

and playing on the teeter totter

and more swinging

and playing on the spider thing....

and more visiting.

and some hugging!

                                      

Before we left, we snapped a few pictures with the BIG BEAR.

Elycia and Taylor

Molly and Abbie

Skyler and Kara

Hailey and Aida

Hailey loved playing with Gram's wheelchair

See ya, Jeff and Jen!  (Where are your helmets?)

Gabbie Isabella Cline's blessing day

June 10, 2012 was the day Josh and Merijane blessed little Gabbie.  Josh gave her a beautiful blessing and then we all went over to their house for a delicious lunch.  It was a perfect day to bless such a darling little girl.   She slept all through church, then continued sleeping until we were almost done eating.  She is such a great little baby!

She was posing pretty cute for my  photo shoot!

She is such a smiley girl, we are so glad she is part of our family!!!

All 3 of their girls have worn this sweet blessing dress that Colleen made for Libbie.  It is still so beautiful!

Farewell to the Fenns

One of Mike's very best friends in high school, Jerry Fenn, was just called as mission president for the Chicago, Illinois mission. We had a fun get together with a bunch of their high school friends last night at their house

They have this AWESOME pizza oven on their patio that cooks pizzas in 1 minute.  He has to build a fire in it  2 hours before, and it gets up to 1500 degrees. We each made our pizzas, and they were some of the best pizzas I've ever had.

Here are Scott and Tanya, she was my VT companion at BYU

Linda and Doug and Craig and Dianna Haslam

Jim and Susan Webb and Jerry and Sara Fenn

The whole crew

Sara, Mark Newton and his wife

Although I didn't go to West, because Bonnie did, I knew a lot of these people even before I met Mike.  It was a really fun night.

Good Luck Jerry and Sara, you will be awesome!!!