July Nuts and Bolts

Highlights for July 2010


• Elizabeth participated in a Relief Society service project, helping prepare kindergarten kits for the local elementary school.

• Stockton gets his nine-month shots and handles them fairly well (better than Kadence who was sad her baby brother was crying!). 10% percentile for weight and 60% for height…very different from his sisters. Tayah also had her three-year appointment. Both children are healthy and we’re thrilled Tayah does not have the same umbilical hernia Kadence did.

• We made a quick trip down to St. George for our nephew Cash’s baptism. It was great visiting with family, playing, and swimming.

• It was kind of nice to celebrate Independence Day on Sunday. Our young men put the flags up and the neighborhood looked beautiful. We celebrated the next day by attending the Provo parade followed by a family dinner at Dad and Donna’s.

• Elizabeth helped with some nice Young Women activities as they prepared for girls camp. I helped at one where our youth were given a special family history lesson.

• Stockton decided the crawling was okay, at least for four or five paces. Army crawl is still his preferred mode of transportation. He has experienced a lot of new foods. Gotta love babies’ reactions, especially when it’s not a flavor they favor!

• We celebrated our sixth anniversary by attending our ward picnic in the afternoon and dinner and a Jon Schmidt concert. Schmidt is a remarkable pianist whose become a family favorite (every pianist is Jon Schmidt according to our girls!). Thanks to some advanced work, Jon actually dedicated the closing song to Elizabeth from me, “Love Story meets Viva La Vida.” It was a night to remember!

• Pioneer Day weekend was wonderful together. We had a family hike, took the girls to a movie (How to Train your Dragon), and watched the parade on television. Always grateful on this day.

• We also went to a very entertaining Peter Breinholt concert. What a great performer.

• Kadence attended a fun Primary water activity. She and Tayah also earned a pool party from the Springville Library. They love their weekly story time, two to three trips to Seven Peaks each week, and play dates with friends.

• Life is simply wonderful!