Tuesday, July 9, 2013

May 23 - The Twins Graduate!

Josh's baby brother and sister graduated from Bonneville High School this year! It is hard to believe. When we started dating our senior year in high school, the twins were 3 years old! Time sure flew by in a hurry! This was the first year in a long time that graduation was held outside at Thunder Stadium. About an hour before the ceremony, the wind was so calm and everything was perfect. The wind picked up and was laughing at all the graduates trying to hang onto their caps! It was the coldest high school graduation that we have ever been to, but we are so glad that we were able to be there and support the twins.





















After graduation, we all went to Pizza Pie Cafe in Idaho Falls. We want to give a big shout out to them! Josh's mother is in need of multiple surgeries, and her friend put on a fundraiser for her---which turned out amazing! The community was so supportive! Thank you to all who came to the fundraiser and who donated.. Words cannot fully express how grateful we are to everyone's love and generosity.
Pizza Pie Cafe set aside a few days that a portion of their proceeds would be donated to Josh's mother to help out with the need procedures. They stayed open late for our big group to come in and eat dinner and the employees were so nice and accommodating to our big group. We are so grateful for the many wonderful people in our community.

Apple trees in bloom!

We love our backyard! Josh keeps it looking really beautiful. We are so blessed that Casey's uncle comes over every year to prune all of the fruit trees. Here are 3 out of the 6. We have 5 apple trees and 1 pear tree.  They are so beautiful when they are blooming. This year they bloomed mid-May.



Grandma's Birthday Party

May is a very busy month for us. It is packed with birthdays, graduations, and camping trips. This year, Grandma's party was at Josh's aunt & uncle's house. Most of the family was able to be there, and that was perfect. Only one of Josh's uncles was not able to make it. Unfortunately, Casey didn't get pics of everyone that came, but they were still there! Grandma seemed to enjoy herself and we had a good visit with everyone.

Josh's Grandmother and mother. 
 Josh's cousins
 Josh's aunt and mother. These two do everything together and are best friends. They are fun to be around.
 Josh's brothers
 Josh's uncle....I once caught a fish THIS BIG! (Just teasing!)
 Josh and some of his siblings
 Silly sistas!

Mother's Day

Josh's older sister planned a fantastic meal for mother's day, and Josh ran the BBQ. We were so glad that the weather was so beautiful so we were able to have the party in Josh's Grandmother's yard. It was perfect and the food was fantastic! Josh's Aunt and her family were able to come over and join us. We enjoy getting together and visiting with everyone.



This is Josh's Grandmother, Aunt, and Mother

 These are 2 of Josh's brothers, and friend who is around so much we call him family (in the white shirt). He is fun to have around too.

The 2 boys at the left are Josh's other brothers, the guy in the back is an uncle, and the 2 ladies are Josh's sisters!



Josh's brother (the one just younger than him) and uncle.

 Josh's cousins...these boys are either best friends or enemies! A true sign of being brothers. They make us laugh.





Josh and his amazing BBQing skills!



This dessert was fabulous! Fruit pizza.....yummm!

May 5th!

Today was a very busy, and special day. Not only was it Cindo de Mayo, but our cousin's baby was blessed! Many family came to the blessing at church, and afterwards, we were blessed to have a BBQ at Grandpa & Grandma's house. They have such a beautiful yard and shelter that they put in. It works perfectly for family gatherings.

Casey's sister and our cute nephew!

Our sister-in-law and my dad

Grandma and Uncle Bill

Our cousins & Aunt Deanna

Little Miss Cutie Pie on her blessing day

Our Uncle, Aunt, and cousin

Cousins and Casey's brother (the one in the hat)

Casey's sister, cousin, and Grandpa

Casey's cousin and our nephew


Casey's cousin and her son

Cutie Cousin of ours

Casey's cousin  Dad

Casey's sister and Josh!

Our other cute nephew!

Us!

Our nephew is so cute...and such a Mamma's Boy!!!

Yes, he wants his MAMMA!!!

With Mamma and all is good!

Casey's cousins, Uncle & Aunt

Our nephew and Casey's Brother

We are so blessed to live so close to both of our families. We were able to go to the blessing and BBQ the same day as Josh's family's party. We ate....and ate.....and ate!! We just love Grandma's potato salad and Josh's mother's cookin!