Last week we had one last Sunday dinner with John and Emily before they moved to New York. We’ve really enjoyed having them around and getting to know them better. Saffron loved having Ethan and Eliza to play with, and we enjoyed little baby Isaac.
Everything is ready to go on the moving van.
Melinda and the kids got to see them on Monday before they left.
Adios amigos! We miss you already!
Connie and Mom
Clair and Carrie
Bobby and Monty
Michel and Brent
Grandpa and Miles, Great-Grandma and Ian
My mom and pop and visiting from Alaska right now. We drove to Brigham City to have a nice Sunday picnic with them at my Grandma’s house. Monty cooked some delicious dutch oven fried chicken, and we had a good time talking. It was also fun seeing the nieces and nephews play.
Jarom and Makenna
Kylie and Saffy
Hope and Brenton
Miles and LaLaina
Tuesday Carrie and Ruth came to visit. Ruth and Joy are visiting from Alaska, and they brought Ruth’s twins, Ben and Zack, with them. Darius is working for Alaska Airlines now, so they get flight benefits. Very nice. It was so much fun to see the little boys again but alas, they have forgotten me since last time when they were very very small. I tried to hold Ben but he then cried and had to hide his face in his momma’s lap. But they were very cute playing around the house.
Melinda made mini pizzas and breadsticks and we sang happy birthday to Saffy. Can you believe she’s already 4? Saffy was very happy with the pink balloons that Ruth and Carrie brought. 
After dinner we all went to Game Night Games in Sugarhouse. It’s a great little shop that has lots of cool board games and card games. Then we went next door to the Tea Grotto to get a couple of refills. They have some great herbal teas. My favorite is the red bush chocolate mint tea and the red bush gingerbread tea. They are both so delicious, and sweet enough that they don’t need any extra sugar. I think I’ll go brew a pot right now.
I haven’t posted any pictures for over a month now. I’ve been kind of sad because a few weeks before my surgery we somehow lost our camera. Melinda thought maybe we left in the car and someone swiped it. I thought maybe we just left it somewhere outside. I was contemplating breaking down and buying a new (and probably cheaper) camera, but on Monday we were cleaning up and organizing and we decided to rearrange our bed. Lo and behold, but there was the camera! There was much rejoicing in our humble abode.
I found some photos of a previous homeschool activity where the kids made replicas of cells with candy.
Rejoice with me, for I have found the camera which I had lost!
Ian loves wordplay and is always quick to find double-meanings and puns. Tonight he made all of us laugh. Melinda made blueberry scones, pizza, and corn chowder for dinner. Yum. We were talking about the fresh thyme in the soup. Melinda told Lisette not to eat the big sprig of thyme, but I ate mine and said that she could eat it. Ian chimed in and said, “You can’t eat the 4th dimension!”
