A whole lot of birthday and fun

Today is Jim's birthday and we celebrated all weekend. Nikki and Family surprised him at noon yesterday and almost caught him in his pjs. As always, Jim was involved in solving a solar engineering problem and couldnt break away until it was resolved. I had to make up some lame excuse that I needed help moving something! HA
! In this photo, we are celebrating Pioneer Day and Izaaks birthday up in Jackson Hole, Wy, We took Nattie and camped with Derek and family

I love doing crafts with the girls

Here are the two cone head July birthday boys

Nik celebrated his birthday with a pool party. Here he is helping pick tomatoes

STAYing in shape

Yellow stone,*

old faiithful

Dan and Mariah ran their International triathlon .. 

we have  been very active all summer. Calvin came in first in his heat in butterfly!!

Me AND  Izaak , These summer activities I choose to keep in my heart. I know why I am here and it includes being of value and worth to those I love.

keeping summer time cool

This summer we are doing granma school a couple of times a week. We read, review the letters and numbers, mathematical games, science experiments, Spanish words, and write letters. We also do lots of PE and find ways to keep cool.

Nattie made cheerleading at Orem and practices her stunts with Nik

 Blake graduated from Timp High School

Lots of bike riding and learning how to fish

working in the garden

Fun and games

Too much fun for the Teens

Celebrating with sweets

Reading with grandpa

Helping grandma

picking cheeries

Deer creek

not so hot tub 

beaching it

Manti pageant 

matching the Provo temple flowers 

making forts

the most popular place

mean while Karina worked hard in Samoa practicing her nursing skills

 lots of swimming

but most of all , I love serving in the Temple. We continue to serve as Pathway Missionaries,  We met once a week with the students while they study on line, This semester is math and I am already behind, lucky for me, I am going to grandma school.

what do we do all day?

I always tell the grandchildren that my favorite subject in Elementary school was recess. When  I taught school in LA. California, I taught kids how to play. Well, it really sounds easier than it is. So, this summer we are going to have "granma school" .Will it just be recess? Well, we shall see!

This is Jim's way of playing. He continues to work on his solar experiments, only this time it is taking up  the driveway! And where will it end up? And who will benefit from this very large circle of ..stuff.??

This is what I love!! happy, energetic, kids!

Peter at his dance festival 

Victoria at her dance 

Erik showing off his upper body strength

Karissa cheering

Kallie dancing

Layla singing and dancing

Calvin at his piano recital Izaak 

And many others who I havent shown either because I dont have their permission ( like the teenagers!) or I just didnt get the shots on my cell phone. I am still needing help moving photos around and getting them on this blog. but. I want you all to know that you are all LOVED and BLESSED with so many wonderful talents, many of which are felt in the way you love your family.