We had our annual camp out at Redfish Lake. We had such fun and enjoyed our family so much. We fished, swam, rode bikes, had skit night, gabbed and stayed up late and ate too much. Then some of the kids came on home for the weekend. Some had class reunions and Keaton and Kelsey rode the bike Keaton welded in the parade. All the ones that ran in the fun run got medals. It was truly the highlight of the whole summer. Families make life the BEST!!!!

Chase, my son, will be home from his mission in six months. I can't believe it, the time has FLOWN by. Here are a few pictures. Can you see the snake in the one picture?

We had our whole family(34) home for Seth's birthday this weekend. It's become a tradition and boy is it WILD! We had people sleeping everywhere you can imagine and it was crazy but fun also. My favorite part was the Craters of the Moon. We all met at 6:00 and had a delicious picnic. It was plenty chilly but then we went hiking and it was perfect weather. We went through Indian cave which is the coolest cave in the world. The grandkids LOVED the hike. My next favorite part was the gab fest till 2:00 in the morning, we laughed our heads off. The next day was pretty cool and windy but it didn't stop the grandkids they were outside all day riding four wheelers, jumping on the tramp, and playing in the fort. Most of the guys went fishing up Antelope. Some took to the mountains on four wheelers and I had the pleasant time of having my brother Reed and sister Beverly stop in for a few hours. Three families left that evening. I was tired Sat. night and had a big day at church the next day so I went to bed but about 11:30 I could hear everyone laughing and yelling playing the family favorite Rage (a card game) so I came down and took a picture. We went to church at 11:00 then came home and the weather was perfect and we had another lively visit till everyone left around 5:00. The kids all brought either a breakfast casserole or a lasagna. We had tons of FATTENING fantastic food! Great memories had by all! Oh, the bike in the picture, is two bikes connected,that Keaton made in his welding class. I thought Brigitte's hair picture showed what the frazzling times were like, HA!

I have three new posts here. You have to click on older posts to see the graduation and lock in pictures.

My babies graduated from high school this week. Kelsey was the top student in her class in academics. She got a half scholarship to BYUI plus some other ones. She also got a medal from the army, that was a surprise, for outstanding academic and athletic achievement. She and Keaton also sang with a group and did a good job. Keaton also got a $500.00 scholarship. We have enjoyed these kids more than I can express. It will be hard to see them go to college next year but I'm trying to be positive, just think I won't ever have to clean house again! HA! HA!

Seminary graduation was Sunday and the kids both graduated from four years of that also. Kelsey was also the Pres.

I was suppose to be a chaperone at the senior lock in and I honestly didn't know how I was going to stand it. Well, we visited and hung around for awhile and then we started rockin. We acted like idiots and had the blast of blasts! Here are a few pictures.

This week my twins were in "Annie Get Your Gun." They had the time of their lives. Kelsey had the part of Annie and Keaton was Charlie. It was a bit of a miracle that Kelsey was able to sing every night with no problem because she had a terrible cold. She'd blow her nose all day and cough but had no trouble during the play. Another answer to our prayers. A bunch of my kids and their kids came Friday night and we all just ate it up like crazy. It was the blast of blasts! It's a darling play with lots of clever lines. The whole cast did a great job and it was so fun to see them all having the time of their lives. We all stayed up till 1:00 gabbing and ate like pigs. What a big time!