Long Postponed Post

SOMETIMES OUR HOUSE

LOOKS LIKE THIS:

SOMETIMES LIKE THIS:

SOMETIMES LIKE THIS:
LOTS OF TIMES LIKE THIS:
BUT BEFORE ALL THAT,

ABOUT MID-MAY

GRANDPA & I

MOVED IN WITH THIS

FUN FAMILY:

THEY GAVE UP THEIR TOY

ROOM AND

ADDED PICTURES

OF EVERYONE IN OUR FAMILY

ABOUT MID-JUNE

WE MOVED INTO

OUR HOUSE AND OUR FIRST

GUESTS ARRIVED

WE LIKE OUR NEW HOUSE

WE LOVE OUR

FRONT DOOR!

THANKS TO ALL OF YOU!

IT IS SO GOOD TO HAVE

SPACE TO HAVE ALL

OF US TOGETHER

IN GRANDMA'S

HOUSE!

Family Vac. Discusion Continued...

What do we want to do for meals?
Should each family be in charge of one day like we did last year?

Maybe:
Mon. (play at Wyview/FHE) Wes & Lori
Tues. (temple/Wilk games/swimming/lip sync) Suzy & Joe
Wed. (provo canyon/park city?) Mike and Marci
Thur. (Seven Peaks) Mark & Maria
Fri. (Freedom Festival/parade/etc) Zach & Sandy

Also, if we want to set up the living reptiles show at the museum we need to decide what day.

Let me know what you think. We're excited to see everyone!

Jr

I have never been called “Junior” in my whole life. Grandpa and I have the same name but me going by “Wes” instead of “Spencer” removed the need to be dubbed “Jr.” I even skipped my “Junior” year in high school and then took so many years in college that I don’t know which to rightfully call my “Junior” year. So why does this Father’s day make me think of Jr? It goes back to a night when Dad took all the boys to Burger King. I was especially excited because Dad had told me that I was going to get a special hamburger, he called it a “J-u-n-i-o-r” hamburger! What that meant…I didn’t know but I was sure that it was a good thing and I was excited. I found out after getting my sandwich that all “junior” meant was that my hamburger was smaller than everyone else’s— I was not happy. But instead of Dad lecturing me about how I never was able to finish a full hamburger, he gave me his burger, ate my “junior” in about three bites, and watched as I slowly made it through about half of his sandwich. He then uncomplainingly finished the cold burger and took us home. I don’t know why this memory has always stayed with me but it came in handy a little while ago when Lucy was throwing a fit at the cafeteria. She wanted my food instead of hers (mind you, same food just different proportions). I was about to lay down the law and say something like “well you can just cry about it as long as you want but you have the same food on your plate as I do on mine” but then I remembered Dad and the “junior” whopper and I realized that it was more important for me to show her that I loved her than it was for me to be right. We switched plates and had a lovely evening. Thanks for the example Dad.

Family Vacation 6/30-7/4

Hey Everyone,
I thought I'd keep the ball rolling for our upcoming family vacation. I'm not sure we want to plan like we did last year (everyone takes a day) or not. I've got the feeling that we might want to tone things down a little from last year . . . that is, we don't have to have a huge, far away activity each and every day. In that spirit, I thought I'd throw out the following itinerary, as a suggestion:
Mon: arrive, play on play grounds, FHE that night (I think it would be fun to do a family Jeopardy game that night)
Tue: SEVEN PEAKS (it seemed like this was a big hit for most everyone last year)
Wed: games in Provo Canyon (picnic there for lunch); after lunch, Park City (Alpine Slide, etc) (just up the canyon!)
Thu: early morning Temple; after temple, bowling/games at the Wilkinson Center (on campus); swim at DT pool; Lip sync that night (we have to do the tug-o-war again, too!)
Fri (July 4): in the morning, Provo July 4 carnival (like the summer of 2005); in the afternoon, water games at the housing complex (water balloons, water guns, etc); maybe family picture in here, too; in the evening, BBQ
Sat: checkout, go back to Vegas (Marci and I would like to see the Truman grandparents on the way down to Vegas; as well as Grandma Bolwer; maybe we could plan a get-together with some of the cousins?)
OTHER activities: maybe some kareoke (sp?); we can plan a hike for older kids; Lagoon for older kids; etc.; BYU Creamery (every night!)

Anyway, anything you want to change or if you want to have everyone just plan a day, that's fine by me. I've got three more days of seminary next week, but I couldn't wait to get to this. We are thinking about it all the time and can't wait to see everyone this year!

HAPPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!

THANKS FOR LETTING US LIVE WITH YOU, FOR TAKING CARE OF US AND EVEN FOR LETTING US USE YOUR COMPUTER. WISH I COULD FIND THE PICTURE FILES AND I'D ADD A PHOTO TO YOUR BIRTHDAY WISH!

WE LOVE YOU!


I'll add a photo =)Here's the birthday boy and the rest of the man crew on their way to breakfast and Indiana Jones.

(Lucy was pretty shy around all of these handsome faces this morning, but now she keeps wanting to see "Dadda and Zach and Uncle Mark and Harry and Tommy and...BEN!")

Should be a fun boy weekend!

Happy Birthday Mark!

Baby Kate is

growing up!

Happy Birthday, Kate!

We love you!

Lucy in the sun shine!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUNSHINE!

WE LOVE YOU, LUCY!

grandpa and grandma