Slide Show for Wedding

From the dozens of albums and needing to digitalize the photos...quick, I took a photo of the photo with my digital camera. Not too bad, buy a few light smears can be seen. I was just telling my brother Bryan about this photo on the right. It was his BYU graduation day and he was so tender with Nicholas' treasure of a rock. I love that I took a ka'jillion pictures during the childrens lifetimes, and I'm still going strong. Nothing better and the memeories that flood the mind when looking at the albums. Thanks Nick for getting married so I had to sweep through the years of good times! Sweet!

Over the past couple weeks I've helped Michelle get photos of Nicholas' childhood to make a couples slideshow for the wedding. It has been a treat to fold back the years and remember the life events of my children. I decided to post a couple of the favorites of Nick and his siblings.

Baby Shower for Annies friend, Shanna

Annie and I attended Shanna Myrups (forgot new last name) and got to see lots of 10th ward members. It was fun to feel at home with the people we spent the last 10 years with! From left to right is: MaryAnn Wride (now married,) Brittney Lopez, Maddie Wiscombe, Shanna (20 year old), Kim Romrell, Annalisa and Kami Escamilla. We played a baby show game that was nasty! A variety of 12 chocolate bars were melted and smashed into a baby diaper and the guests passed them around the room to guess what kind of candy bar it was only from looks and smell. It was funny but gross too!

Gavin comes to town....

Ok, his parents did too, but left for a couple days in Las Vegas. Ethan has been living with Michael and Bridgett for the summer and is watching Gavin when both parents are at work. Having some private time with Gavin was loads of fun. We took him to a place called Discovery Park that is nearby and he loved that! He was so good over the 5 days he was with us. Ethan and Morgan loved playing with him and helping out while I was at work. Thanks for coming Little Buddy! Grandma loves you.....can you believe I get to SAY THAT!

While in Idaho Ethan and Mike have been work out buddies waking up and getting to the gym by 5am. Then for 2 hours they work out and Mike gets ready for work at Wells Fargo in Pocatello, Id. You will not believe how good they look and I'm so glad they have each other for support and motivation. Mike has lost 50 pounds and Ethan now 15 - 20. Congratulations at your hard work!

Birthday time for Cindy

Cindy Jump and I met in my short 5 months in the Pleasant Grove ward. She and I had lots in common with foul men and the drive to survive. She's the one in the center (she was in earlier photos with the bagpiper) and someone asked if we were sisters...easily assumed I suppose. Another time a gal asked if I was her daughter! Ha...we had good laughs over that! She had just turned 55. Lunch was at Flour Girls & Dough Boys. It's a great bakery that serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Nick and Michelle - Engagement photos

Happy days! The engagement pictures are fantastic and I sure had a great time looking at the 90+ shots. I have my favorites so I will post just a couple. Michelle is making this great book of photos for the guests to sign. Wedding preparation is in full swing and it's been fun to shop for the festivities. Lots to do, but it's a happy busy! Her ring is absolutely georgeous, a full 1 carat. The wedding is on July 15th so with a little over 2 weeks left....whew!

Paddle Fishing on the Missori River, Montana

In early May the paddle fishing is good on the Missori River. Morgan, Nicholas and
Ethan met up with Dan and the four of them met Grandpa Doug near Lewiston, Montana. Finding a good spot on the river to camp and dock the jet boat was their first mission. The jet boat got bogged in a sandbar but with some determination, good ideas and a heavy throttle got them out of there. Sand does a number on jet boat motors, but can't just leave it there! The boys caught some great fish from 25-80 pounds! The one Morgan caught was 78 pounds, Ethans around 35, Nicks around 75 lb's. Way to go guys! After leaving the river the boys headed for Dodson, Montana to see their Grandmother Wanda and family living nearby. Only bummer was making up a week of school, but I'm sure it was worth it!

Speaking of school, Ethan got a 4.0 this semester and Morgan did great too. Morgan took the ACT and got a score of 25. (Little history here...Morgan missed the first scheduled test due to being in Idaho, and then the night before the second scheduled test, he remembered at 12:30am and had to be at the testing center at 8am. Nope, no preparation so he actually did pretty good. Good job Morgan and Ethan with your studies!