Dear Gang

I sure do miss dad's newsletters and I miss reading about what everybody is doing. So, I thought I would update you on my family and what we have been doing. Ashlee had chair auditions for orchestra this last week so she has spent a lot of time practicing. She sounds so good at home and then she said she gets real nervous playing in front of her teacher and messed up on a part. I can sure relate to the getting nervous part. But I sure am proud of how she keeps trying and not giving up. Brycen is enjoying Jr. High and is liking the freedom that comes along with being out of Elementary school. He also finally has a bed. He's been sleeping on the floor since May. Thanks to Uncle Garet and Kenny who brought him a bed when they came down for moms birthday. Hunter is really enjoying science right now because they have been doing a lot of science experiments. His favorite experiment was making airplanes out of fishing wire, rubber bands and duct tape. It's great to see him excited about school. Brennan has discovered legos and he is continually trying to build something out of legos--he gets so excited when he puts a ship together. It's so fun to watch his excitement.
My heart goes out to Garet and Amanda right now. I read what Amanda posted on her blog about their little angel. How touching. Aubrey's little feet are so sweet.
Anyways, I sure would love to hear from everybody about their families. You can brag all you want in honor of dad. I'm also posting some pictures of dad that I found. I sure do miss him. Love you all,
Laura

A Picture Can Speak 1,000 Words

Random Pictures

Rocky Point

Paige, Makenzie, Katie and Kylee
Cousins playing cards on the patio

A few of the "beach bums"

Can't go to Rocky Point without hitting the "shops"...it was so hot that day we didn't stay very long!

Tired Paige

We can't forget the "whale" ride.

M'lee, Renee, Amanda, and Laura, Robyn (not pictured) had already left for home

Garet, Amanda and Paige

more pictures

Ok I was wrong about that way. I guess if you want to share the pictures you can't put them in as a slide show. You have to down load one picture at a time. For the sake of time I am not going to do that right now. If you want some of the pictures let me know and I will email them to you. After this post I will down load one picture at a time as to better share with all of you and not use slide shows! To enlarge the slide show click on view slides and then click on full screen. Enjoy!

Family Pics

Hey everyone!!! Although the past month has been hard we have enjoyed spending time with all of you. We love each and everyone of you. Here are a few of our pictures that I took. If you want to keep one of these as your own then right click on picture, then paste and copy it to a folder on your computer. Hope this works for you all!!!