Missionary Moments and Good Food

Mondays are great days because we get to talk to our missionary.

Hiram is doing well and is "on fire" doing missionary work.

Hiram's mission president took his companions and him out to eat.
They really loaded their plates full and had an enjoyable meal.

On Saturday, July 20, Grandpa, James, Dad, and I went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner to use our gift certificates.
The food here, you see, was delicious, filling, and yummy.
We couldn't eat it all and brought home leftovers.

 

Serena was here today.
We had fun together coloring, playing "Gold Fish" and "War", and going to the dollar store to get treats.

Family Reunion Friday Fun - July 5, 2024

The family reunion continued on another day.

The pictures posted in reverse order of the day.

Joyanne, Beacham, and Hailey went to Zumba with me in the morning.

We all got a surprisingly good workout.

Dancing to music is so fun!

We spent a lot of the morning playing yard games, like 9-square, bocce ball, and corn hole.

We went to the Apple Athletic Club in the afternoon.

First we played Wally Ball and Basketball.

Swimming followed.

We were so blessed to be able to have dinner at Macall's home.

She made homemade Cafe Rio, which was better than the restaurant.

Being with family and building relationships is the best.

Here's the whole family all together at the end of the day.

Resting on lawn chairs in Macall's backyard.
Elise, Jamie, Stephen, and Grandpa.

Pretty cool to have a basketball court in your backyard.
Jaden loves basketball!

Dad dunking Joyanne while Beacham and Jaden laughingly look on.

So much family and fun in this warm pool.

Kaisha and Steve with their kids.

I missed great pictures of James sitting on Jaden's shoulders and Grant on top of James's shoulders.
A tower of 3, it was amazing, but every time I jumped out of the pool to take a picture, they fell over.

Wally Ball wackiness! 😂

A basketball game of "Speed" or "Lightening", whatever you call it.

Wally Ball action.

I love Zumba with my friends, Valerie and Marcia, in front.

Hailey, Beacham, and Joyanne in back.

 

Happy Independence Day!

July 4, 2024

This year we had a family reunion on Dad's side of the family.

We went to a parade in the morning.

Joyanne had her hair done all patriotic like.

We had a BBQ in the early evening.

Then we went to the Melaleuca Fireworks show.

The fireworks were fantastic!

Being with family was the ultimate best!!!!

Jamie and Family

Maren, Grant, Ben, and Leah

Jaden, Joyanne, and James on the blanket closest.

Joyanne's cute hair.

Grant waiting for candy at the parade with other kids.

Noah, Hailey, Beacham, and his sister, and Grandpa.

Joyanne's hair with Beacham in the maroon shirt.

 

Home Fun

 

June 15-24, 2024

While Jaden and I were in Des Moines, Iowa for Nationals Speech and Debate, the others partied on at home.

Gravity Factory is always a good time!
James, in the foam pit.

Grant, doing his amazing tramp flips.

Whoa, buddy! 😶

James jumping.

Another bound into the squishy pit.

Swimming at Heise Hot Springs was so relaxing.

Studly Grant! 😄

Do you see James' dark tan lines???
That's from working out in the sun at Yellowstone Bear World.

Heise Hot Springs was very crowded.

Dad went to Boise for some training, and when he went to play disc golf, he got a nasty cut on his leg.
He thinks it was a small stick that got caught in his leg.
It was pretty painful. It's still taking it's time to heal a month later.

Oh, Yahtzee!
Our fun Sunday game we enjoy playing.

For Father's day, Dad received a flashlight and this quote from our church.

Yummy Breakfast Bake for Grant and James!

Disc golf was fun with all the flags around.
But, I do believe this may have been around Memorial Day in May or Flag Day on June 14th, not sure which.
Trying to keep up with all the pictures can be challenging at times.

Weasels

June 26 & 28, 2024

We enjoyed a yummy meal at Mo Betta's.
It was a first time for most of us. We enjoyed the very filling food.

This was my order, with 3 different kinds of meat, brown rice, and a delicious macaroni salad.

When we saw this little creature in our window well, we thought it was a ferret.
After posting it on Facebook, we learned it was a weasel.
We tried to catch it at first, when we thought it was a ferret, to keep as a pet.
When we learned it was a weasel, we stopped trying to catch it.
The dogs sure went crazy over it, but thankfully they didn't catch it.