Fun Stuff

Lots going on this month.  I took a picture of the missionary plaques at church from our ward because we have so many out AND there are two plaques up for our missionaries.  They put Travis' up a few weeks early so his is up while Caleb's is still up.  But it's cool that there are so many. 

Maggie was leaving for college so I got a picture of her with Travis and Eliza, replicating a picture I took of them when Maggie moved to Japan.  That was in 2017 when Travis and Maggie were in fifth grade and Eliza was in 4th grade.  Then Maggie was taller than both of them but now she is the shortest of the three!

Last, but not least, Nathan is pictured wearing a plastic ball cap that Corey got from a game that he went to in California.

Annmarie had done some makeup, so I took a picture of it to document it before she wiped it off not to use it again until she is a little older.

 

Hannah's Wedding

Corey and I went to California for my niece Hannah's wedding.  Hannah is Jordan's third child and second daughter.  She married Trey Wilson at a nice location in Southern California.  Aaron and Adam were there and so were John and Allison.  Westley and Alejandra came down for it also as well as Grandpa and Grandma.  It was a very different wedding than Leah's in April, which was in the Logan Temple.  

Travis had to come to Southern California that same week to get his visa taken care of for South Africa at the consulate in LA.  We picked him up from the airport and took him to the consulate and then drove up to the Antelope Valley to see where we used to live.  Then the three of us flew home together.

Brock's Baptism and Senior Parking Space

Brock was baptized the first Saturday after school started. He turned eight on July 20th.  I took a photo of the girls singing a musical number and Nathan with his girlie cousins.

Maggie helped Eliza paint her parking spot.  It turned out so amazing!  It says "Into the music I go to lose my mind and find my soul."

                                                    

 

Eliza and Maggie Photos

Someone that Eliza knows, Nick Celis, was wanting to establish himself as a photographer and offered some photo shoots for a very low price, so Eliza took advantage of that and got her cousin Maggie to get photos done together.

 

Maureen Visits

My cousin Maureen (Carpenter) Randall visited Texas for a few days. Her daughter Keira had a volleyball tournament.  She stayed down in Dallas, but was able to come up and see all of us.  We organized a family swim get-together so we could all see them and visit with them.  Aaron, Kaori and I even made it down to watch a few volleyball games at the tournament.  Keira is close to Jonah's age.

 

Wylie High Baseball Fun

John and Allison were in town for a visit so we took Danny and John with us to watch a Wylie High School baseball game.  We watched the freshman team because we know a player on that team from church (Ethan Zeltner).  Nathan and Jonah love baseball too so they came along.

Beauty and the Beast Character Meet and Greet

I could go on and on about the perfectly cast Beauty and the Beast performance by Wylie High. The cast members were so talented and so perfectly cast. Annmarie participated in a one-day Disney-themed theatre camp that Wylie High put on as a fundraiser in November and part of the package was that she got two tickets to a Cast Meet and Greet. We were able to purchase two extra tickets for Nathan and Autumn to come along. Autumn also came with us to the show. We met up with Corey and Jonah at the show and watched another fabulous performance. This was for the Saturday matinee. The kids had fun meeting the characters. Sadly, the Sillies were not part of the Meet and Greet so we did not get to see Eliza at the Meet and Greet.