Stuff

Adam-8th Grade

Eric-7th Grade

Jessica before her ear surgery at 7am

Jessica after surgery. She was NOT happy! This is her 'happy face' smile. Totally fake.


Matthew's favorite thing to do:

Craig came home from church & was helping with the dishes. This is the apron that he grabbed out of the closet, Emily's. A little small don't you think? It did the job though, I guess.

Jessica feeding her baby her bottle. Actually, her eye is getting fed.

Tired girl! Holdin' on for dear life!

This is Emily with Justus. She claims to be his girlfriend & they are getting married & having 2 babies! Ask her. That's what she'll say. They really are best friends! They have NEVER had a fight or gotten sick of each other! They're so cute & best buds!

This is what happens at home when mom & dad are away. At least they protected his forehead with paper towels. That was nice, don't you think? Matthew actually ASKED the boys to do this. He thought it was so funny! SERIOUSLY! They used the whole roll of Duct Tape! I thought it was kinda weird that they'd take pictures of it. Evidence! This picture cannot leave this blog!! We'll have CPS after us for sure. LOL Don't look at my messy pantry. =)

Kirtland, OH

Kirtland Temple

We decided to take a family trip to Kirtland, Oh. in August. We had never been there as a family & it's only 3 hrs away. So, we invited the Warners (of course) & headed out. Emily rode with them in their car, we got 15 minutes away & she was already asking when we would be there. This was gonna be a long trip! Emily & the Warners played the 'quiet game' a lot! LOL Emily didn't know what that was, so she was interested in that! She actually won a few times & got really good at being quiet-for once.

We stopped at the Kirtland Temple Visitors' Center. This is church owned & had a really good feeling there! The missionaries that were there told us to take a picture like this:
I thought it was really neat & so did the boys.

Adam

Eric

Kids in the Visitors' Center

Eric, Emily, Jessica, Matthew & Adam

Once we got to our hotel & got settled in, the kids HAD to check out the pool! They had a nice pool with water spraying & everything. It was great! We swam quite a bit.

Our Hotel Room

Craig & Matt

At the Pool

Silly Emily
We saw the Kirtland Temple. It was different than the temples that we use today. It isn't owned by our church, so there are guided tours through it. We definately didn't feel the spirit there, but it was nice to see it & know the history a little better. Then, we headed over to see the town of Kirtland that was built when Joseph Smith was there. It was neat to see all the things that were built so long ago & what they were used for.

Inside the Temple Museum (not church owned)-

Yes, they're illegal photos. oops! I didn't see the sign until afterwards! Honest.

The Town of Kirtland

The N.K. Whitney Store

Inside the Storehouse

The Ashery

The Revelation Room-Revelation was given in this room

many times for some sections of the Doctrine & Covenants

The Lumberyard

We ate out quite a bit! We came home from this trip & made a vegetarian meal from our garden veggies! I didn't want to see another hamburger for a while!!

Emily at the 'Steak & Shake' that we went to 3 times!!

Jessica would NOT stop hugging & kissing Emily. Too cute!

Lisa at the restaurant

We were able to meet Anne & Jesse & the kids in Ohio (somewhere) They were out for a reunion while we were there. So, we met in the middle & got to chat & have DQ at a park. It was nice to see them!

The Record Family

The Crouch-Thorpe Family

Anne & Jesse

Cousins

Sisters

We just HAD to stop along the way home & get some fireworks in Pennsylvania.

Craig with his illegal fireworks!

Jessica's 1st Birthday

Well, I don't know where the time went....It seems to have flown by!! Here's an update on our family. I'll try to do better at keeping up with this.

Happy Birthday Jessica!

Our littlest sweetheart!

Jessica turned 1 on August 1st. She had a great party with lots of family & neighbors! Our neighbors are the Warners, who are also our babysitters who just so happen to be our Bishops family!! Anyway, we see them a lot & knew they'd want to be a part of Jessica's special day (they adore her!) So, we had dinner (Jessica's favorite-Chicken Alfredo -Adult "ified" macaroni & cheese really!) Then the Warners came over & we did gifts & cake.

I made a daisy cake for her. I thought it turned out cute.

She got a couple of pairs of shoes, clothes, a baby doll & a farm magnet set.

She had a great time! We just let her take her time & play & eat cake.

It was so cute to see her so excited over everything!

She is such a sweetie! We love her so much!!

Funny Face

Oh, I love those cheeks!!