What a fun surprise I got over the 4th of July weekend. Misty and David with some encouraging from Teresa and Ben came home! How fun was that? Real fun! They came to celebrate my birthday which was 4 days later and celebrate the 4th of July. Plus they came to see the gifts they gave Papa for Father's Day. The kids loved feeding them.
The kids talked Papa J into opening the swimming pool. It's chilly and worms were still on the bottom but they didn't care at all. Nathan and Aria are swimmers now. Yay! They were enjoying the slide and diving board. Gabe was swimming too but he made sure he was safe with all the floaties on. Clara was being brave too and going down the slide with Papa's help.
Nathan.
Clara and Papa J.
Gabe. If their was something else that he could have put on to keep him a float he would have worn it. I think it's cute. He's such a sweet boy.
Aria. I love watching how comfortable they are in the water now.
Nathan. He can be in the cannonball competition now with the other "boys".
Hyrum and the "Misty" tongue. His momma stuck her tongue out when she was a little girl when she concentrated and now all of Misty's kids do it too.
April and Misty made me a birthday dinner to celebrate my birthday. We had spaghetti from the sauce I made from our garden last year, french bread, salad, rhubarb cobbler and other yummy food. I really appreciated it!!! I loved my gifts that I received too. Nathan, Aria, Gabe, Clara and Hyrum got me a kit so I could add grand kid hand prints to the outdoor wall. Misty and David gave me a ticket to go with Misty to the Michael Buble' concert. So excited for that!!! Rachel sent me a Ebelskiver pan and an Ebelskiver cook book in the mail. I'm looking forward to using them. On my birthday Larry took me out to dinner and we had a nice quiet evening at home. Which is rare so I enjoyed it.
Ainsley is our little wood land fairy.
Anyway back to the 4th of July weekend.
Wayne and Gwen's children and all their families came home for the 4th so they invited us over for a BBQ. We had a good time.
Teresa and Larry catching up.
Jovie and Clara slip sliding away.
April, Clara, Shannon, Jovie and Ethan swinging high. I wish I had a swing set in our back yard.
Jessie, Aria, Nathan, Gabe and Emily. It was so hot I don't see how they could stand it in the hot tub.
Misty's birthday was in a couple of days and so I got to make her a cake. This dessert has been named by a few the Strawberry dessert from heaven because it's so good this must be what they eat in heaven. It's made with angel food cake, cream cheese and cool whip, vanilla pudding and lots of sliced strawberries all in different layers..Earlier in the day I also made Misty chocolate covered strawberries for her birthday. When I had been picking flat after flat of strawberries I had been thinking that if only I could see Misty around her birthday I would make her chocolate dipped strawberries and so I did.
I hope all her wishes come true.
The guys I think are planning the fireworks show for later that evening.
Ethan having fun with aunts and uncles.
Ethan is loving Jessie's help squirting Papa J.
This has nothing to do with the 4th of July but since I'm blogging about family and it was around the 4th...I took this picture of Great Grandpa when I was over at his house one day helping him with his computer. I like it.
We are all lining up for the big fireworks show. This was so fun to watch the big "boys" all gathering around the fireworks, lighting them and running away. Half the fun was watching them have fun. Boys will always be boys no matter how old they are.
They broke out the sparklers first. Credit Misty for taking these next pictures.
Ainsley and April.
Papa J and Ethan.
Me (Linda) and Hyrum.
Michael showing Gabe how to light off a bottle rocket or teaching him how to use his magic wand.
Misty nailed it on the head that this could be right out of the Harry Potter movie. Love love love this picture.
David, Ben, Squire and Michael.
I had Michael take this picture of me on my actual 52nd birthday. You're only as old as you feel right? Then I'm pretty young still, on most days *wink*.
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