We have arrived in Pittsburg! Everyone looks great and we had such fun....
Now on to David' graduation. Gracie asked me yesterday if I had ever been lost...Saw the building they lost her from. The soldier's museum. Wow...what a structure...right across the street from the tower of learning at pitt...woah...huge building...36th floor had the view of views...getting lost in Pittsburg is very easy, Gracie, we got lost and recalculated so many times...grma

We are so eager for the year to be over for then, we are off to Pittsburg for a few days to honor Micah, David, Katelyn, Jachin, Macy, a bunch of birthdays and anniversaries and have fun with the fam. I will post pics when I get back. Boy have I been a slacker on this blog...Check out Julie and David's blog for losing Gracie...it was powerful.
all the best...r

Family Portrait

This is the Summer 09 picture of the family. It was great having everyone here for 36 hours. David flew in and out. I went back with Julie on a late night flight...Ahh...three kids is tough but we made it. Thank you Southwest Airlines. Just got back from a great visit with them again for fall break. Had a fabulous time celebrating a few hundred birthdays. Julie was the perfect hostess again. Now we plan for T Day and Christmas. It is flying by quite fast now. OOOHAW!

DO Magazine Cover for September

David and Gracie Grace the Cover of DO Magazine.
How cool is that???

Summer is Over

The summer is over. The weather hasn't let up but the monsoon has come and we are faced with school and the regular schedules we have all avoided for the last 10 weeks. School began with many interesting things. I found doing two schools is much easier. I found that guitar class is a nice afternoon. I also found that sometimes the kids think they know more than I and though I resent it, I am glad they have a mind to think with! I have facebooked my summer away leaving undone projects. Spent alot of time next to the TV and watched my fill of "what not to wear" and "House reruns"... Lessons were minimal and I am just getting back to full fledged lessons. It is interesting. We joined the local gym. I have spun and I have swum. Dallin into his clinicals and has begun working on live bodies. Macy has begun her senior year. All her friends from summer played long and hard. We started the summer with a Keith gathering and we end with school supply gathering and new adventures we did not plan. Macy has been on the drill team for two years and began her third summer when the drum major moved. The band asked her to lead them and she had to make a very difficult decision. Many were called and asked for advice. She prayed, fasted and made the decision to move on to the band and leave drill. This will open up the play, swim team, and other pursuits she was hoping for. Her senior year will be great.
We skype regularly with the grandkids and miss them terribly. We miss our neighbors, the Taylors and look forward to their mission being over next summer. It will be good to have them home again. I planted a small container garden which I forgot about when school started...poor thing, they are all wilted and gone. So next summer I can plant again and get rolling better on the tomatoes, peppers, and whatever else I can grow.
Stephen moves for the next nine or ten weeks to the Blooming store for renovations. He will be out of the warehouse...into airconditioning. My parents are coming home tomorrow from their summer home in Rhode Island. We hope to see Ryan, Diana and Conrad on labor day. Stephen had a big birthday party over the summer and mine will be quiet and just a nice four day weekend.
Looking forward to Next May when we will all go to Pennsylvania for all the grads. Macy, Micah, David, and Dallin will all be graduated. So we hope for a big reunion with all of our family in that neck of the woods...

Happy Birthday

Hope you have a great day turning Old...Poor man...
His quilt of the year is displayed next to him and Dallin....