We weren't able to have our regular Independence Day get-together this year. The dad and I had Covid. Fortunately, Steve and Angela were able to bring their kids down a couple of weeks later for a visit. And since Steve can work from home, he was able to work here, and they were able to stay for a little over a couple of weeks! The grandad and I loved it!
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| We went on a picnic and hike up near McGaffey. There were some nifty rocks just right for climbing near our picnic spot! |
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| Micah and Erika slept in the pink bedroom! |
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| While they were here, Angela worked on Halloween costumes. Here is Picachu! |
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| Our first little tomato and little cucumber of the season! We each got a tiny taste. |
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| This was my grandparents Chinese Checker board. I think that it's almost 100 years old now. |
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| Playing baseball in the backyard. |
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| We went fishing... |
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| ...for backyard bass! |
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| Steve had his 35th birthday while they were here! |
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| Decorating the cake! |
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| A very small musical mayhem. |
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| The birthday boy! |
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| Steve found a recipe for mega bubbles. We had a couple of evenings of bubble fun. One evening was a little breezy, and the other was calm. I've never made bubbles like these! |
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| Riding in Grandad's brand new wheelbarrow! |
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| Balloon races! |
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| Micah is a scooter pro! |
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| Rhonda and Keith stayed with us one night on their way to Utah! |
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| Lucy is one naughty turtle. She disappeared a month earlier, and we couldn't find her. |
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| Micah found her over by grandad's potato patch, outside of the gate! |
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| We read "Cook-a-doodle-doo," which is a story about a rooster that made a Strawberry Shortcake. We had some strawberries, so we made one ourselves! |
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| We had our temple shift weekend while they were here, so we all went over to Albuquerque for the weekend. We stopped on the way at a part in Grants for a picnic! |
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| The grandad and I hung out with the kids while Steve and Angela did sealings. |
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| We made fish foil dinners using our 101 BBQ Recipes book. |
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| We also made s'mores! |
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| The kids and Angela came over to school to help me start getting my room ready for the new year! We played on the playground for a bit! |
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| Angela and I went to see "Where the Crawdad Sings." We had both read the book. It was fun go see the movie together! (We took a picture of me by the poster, too,but I can't find that one.) |
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| Angela cleaned out all the gunk and muck from under the sink, and then she even painted the interior of the cupboard! Yaaaaaaay! |
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| Making Italian sodas! |
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| Angela wanted to make tie-dye shirts with her kids! |
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| Grandad turned 62! It was fun to have family here for his day! |
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| I made a tie-dye shirt, too! |
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| We had the missionaries over for dinner! Making cheeseburgers! |
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| While we were at the temple, Steve took his family by my parents' old house. |
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| He also took them by the cemetery, and to Old Town. |
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| Playng 'Bones!" |
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| We had a HUGE, massive rainstorm while they were here. This was not it. This was the normal storm from the day before. I didn't take any pictures of the big one! |
We very much enjoyed having them here with us! We love when our kids bring their families home for a visit!
