THE BAPTISM

Weston turned 8 years old in July and they waited to have his baptism at our church in Kerrville. That was Saturday morning, August 11, at 11 am. It was the Simms, us, the Andersons, the Simmons, and bro Cruz. Afterwards we went out for lunch, at a Mexican restaurant there in Kerrville.

THE POOL

Of course after the Simms got to our house, the main event was the pool. And games, and food- lol. And repacking to head to Oklahoma and then on to CA.

THE FIRST STOP...

... back in the USA, is Chili's :) With an "Owen Fan Club" welcome.

Primary Birthday Treat

This post is completely out of order... but I just saw my pics of my birthday treat for the primary kids this year. A birthday greeting on a Laffy Taffy stick :)

Trip to Utah

On Tuesday, July 17, we flew out to SLC. We were originally both going to Ashley's house to stay with her kids while she and Daniel went on a youth pioneer trek. But, since Alison had knee surgery on July 11... she needed help at her house too. So, Ron went to Ashley's and I went to Alison's. I didn't take my camera, so the only photos that I got were on my phone. I only got a few of the Christiansens, but I got some fun ones of the Petes. (I was busy, at the Christiansens- lol.) Ron rented a car and drove to Smithfield, and Micah came to the airport and picked me up. Then on Friday, Ron came from Smithfield to American Fork to pick me up, so we could both be with the Petes on Friday evening and on Saturday. Friday evening the kids all had a great time at the pool, there in the neighborhood. Mason was especially excited because they let him go on the big slide. Hazel was fearless, wearing her floaty! On Saturday evening we went out for dinner, then I got few pics of Mason and Hazel driving the toy car! On Sunday we went to sacrament meeting (Ashley and Daniel were the adult speakers there), and then we drove back to American Fork. On Monday, we went back to the airport, mid day. Here are my random pics... in chronological order ;)

Fourth of July

On Wednesday, the fourth of July, early morning... Ron and I went to help a lady clean up trash in her yard and Ron used the weed eater to get rid of a bunch of sticker bushes, for her. We also took her into town to buy a few groceries at the Dollar Store. We got back home about 2...which is when Audrey and the boys came to swim. I got some fun pics. of swimming. Then late afternoon we had an early dinner. Just as we were finishing up...we had a crazy WIND and RAIN storm. The wind was going all directions...east to west...west to east...north (to blow the slide and other items into the pool)...north to south to blow the inflatable items out of the breezeway toward the drive way. We didn't actually get very much rain, but it was a crazy storm for a few minutes. Audrey and the boys were going to go back to SA to a baseball game, but ended up just going home, because the game was rained out. Most areas did fireworks about 9:15. It was good here in Bandera by then, but some of the fireworks in SA and other areas got rained out. Ron and I went upstairs and watched the TV... so we missed all the fireworks- :).
(I don't know who invented the inflatable chickens... but they are really difficult to sit on!)