A Bitter Sweet Tribute....

My sister just posted this on her blog... Good & Bad times with that old car!

Goodbye Safari
Back in 1990, when my mom was pregnant with the twins, my parents purchased a GMC Safari Van, which I have personally hated my whole life. It was passed onto me and my sister when we were in high school and we were both unlucky enough to have to drive it to college as well. All the kids in my family at some point had drive it and be absolutely humiliated. I will admit, there were a FEW times driving a van did come in handy, we could load all of our friends in it and what not. My dad has never gotten rid of it, it has just sat around.....until now. My little brother Kirk, being the funny boy that he is, wrote an obituary for our not-so-beloved car:

The time has come to say goodbye to our dear friend, GMC Safari.On August 24,2009 our beloved Safari will join friends and family
in the Cash for Clunkers Program.
Safari is survived by her cousins;
Chevy Astro and Ford Club Wagon.
She was preceded in death by her dear friend,
Geo Prism.
The family will not recieve friends and family at the viewing because nobody cares.
So please send all condolences via mail, money accepted, to the Ghana and Virginia Mission fund.

*The Geo Prism was another one of our cars we were given to drive. I would pick it over the van any day!

Hooray for no surgery!!!

Wow! Did we just get some great news today! We headed to Primary Children's Hospital today for an appointment for Kayden and that mysterious hydrocele that appeared on Mother's day. After months and months of waiting to find out if he had to have surgery or not, we found out today that he won't have to have surgery for now at least! The doctor told us it was a great time to come in for a hydrocele because they had just finished a 4 year study on them and that most of them go away on their own within a year and don't cause much harm (just extra padding for bicycle riding, in the dr.'s words... ) Boy am I relieved! We'll just keep our fingers crossed that it disappears. Thanks for all the phone calls!

Summer Days.....

Wow! Is July really gone and August almost over? Time is flying by this summer. I've been a slacker on the blog posts mostly for two reasons: Lots of playing & a computer that is begging to be let go (lets see if we make it through this post!). Here are a few random photos of the last month and a half. Of course, you never get pictures of the really fun stuff because you are having too much fun, right?!

I had to take some pictures of our flower beds and garden. Dean designed our entire yard when we moved here, and it has turned out so nice! My camera really doesn't do it justice.

This is the front yard....

And part of the backyard....

One of the things we have been busy with, picking, freezing, and canning!

We've also had a few visits from long lost friends. The Greenwoods and the Gaileys. Oh how we miss them. I didn't get any pictures of the Gaileys, but here are a few from our old neighbors. Not a week goes by that we don't talk about how much we miss them...

And... my sister moved to Twin Falls! This is a picture of my nephew. He was cold, so Brylie got one of her coats for him and he was nice enough to put it on! Fun to have cousins nearby!

We took a week long vacation too! First, we were off to Lagoon for all kinds of fun. We wore out way before the kids did! Then we headed to Park City with my parents for days of swimming, school shopping, and riding more rides. Dean even got/made me do the zip line this year. I thought I was going to die!!! Then, back to Sugar City for my ten year reunion (I'll have to steal some pictures off of friends blogs for that one), and Island park for some boating and time with friends and family.

When we finally got home, we decided it was time for the kids to have a pet or three. So, off to the neighbors to pick out some bunnies. (Unfortunately, this is Kayden's second bunny in one week....) They named them Butterball, Sweet Sweet Petunia, and Licorice (the first one was Mud Bud). It was so cute watching them pick them out and decide on names for them. They love having bunnies!!! (Hopefully Licorice won't be loved too much....)

So, there is our summer so far in a nutshell with lots of other things inbetween! Hope you are all enjoying your summers as much as we are!