Happy Father's Day!

I wanted to take this opportunity to say Happy Father's Day to my dad. He has been gone several years now, but I still miss him and think about him about every day. He was a great father and grandfather. We want you to know you are missed. We love you, Dad! Next on my list is my dad-in-law--but he was like a second dad to me. We miss you, too, Grandpa Ben. I couldn't let the day go by without telling you how much you are loved and missed.

Last, but not least, I want to wish my hubby the bestest Father's Day ever! This was taken on our trip to Alaska last year. We were so blessed to have good friends (Lacey's in-laws) invite us to go with them. It was a trip of a lifetime for us! Curt, I love you so much. I know you are having a difficult time at the moment with your radiation, back problems, rain that won't stop so you can get the hay baled, but just hang in there. I love you. Happy Father's Day!

Work Day/Family Reunion at Grandma's

This past weekend was our annual work day/BBQ/reunion day at Grandma's. We spend the morning cleaning her yard and then gather for a family BBQ when we're done. After the BBQ we had the Manti Aquatic Center rented. I didn't take my camera since I was swimming (and so was Curt). So I hope other blogs will have swimming pictures. Mother Nature tried to ruin the swimming party--but she didn't succeed! We just swam in the rain. The water was nice and warm even though out of the water it was a little chilly. Before the yard cleaning this year, A.J. had bought us all matching shirts from Old Navy for family pictures. Thanks, A.J.! This first picture is Curt and I with our six grandchildren. Spencer and Jayleigh are crying, Curt's looking at the kids, Madalynn's looking at the crying babies along with Thomas and Audrey, Cody is looking I don't know where, and I am looking at the camera. Go figure. The second picture of grandma/grandpa with the six grandkids. Jayleigh is still crying, Spencer is looking at Jayleigh and wondering why she's crying, Cody is thinking the same thing, and the rest are kind of looking at the camera.

Our whole family with Grandma. I think the shirts was a terrific idea.

Our kids and us with Grandma.

We tried to get some quick family groups--we hadn't started the yard yet so we had to hurry. Here is Chris, Amanda, and Cody.

A.J., Cashelle, Madalynn, Audrey, Thomas, and Spencer. Lacey and Landon didn't stick around long enough to get their cute little family picture. The mosquitoes were trying to carry Jayleigh off.

This is after the hard work and we are enjoying each other's company in the back yard.

Another group . . .

And another group--Kaylee broke her foot so she couldn't do much. Besides that, she is about 8 months pregnant. Poor girl.

Quite a pile of shoes. The kids were all playing on the trampoline, swinging, and playing volleyball while the adults visited.

This is the whole group that came--minus me (taking this particular picture) and Ross was taking a picture, too. This is what happens when two people fell in love (Grandma and Grandpa).

Playing on the trampoline.

Volleyball buffs.

Another group eating.

Wow, What a week I don't want to repeat!

You know how things all seem to happen at once? Well, let me first fill you in on Curt's progress, then I'll tell you about a week from the "hot place." Curt has now completed 6 of his 39 radiation treatments (for prostate cancer. Yes, he had it removed last year because it was cancerous, but some cells must have escaped). We are having to drive up north five days a week. The treatment takes about 10 minutes--isn't that sad to drive 1 1/2 hours for a 10-minute session? I'm not complaining, really. I thank Heaven above that he can be helped--it will all be worth it when it's over. We'll count that as number 1. Anyway for the week from Hades (besides the 46 total trips we need to make for Curt's radiation treatments): 2) We have been using Grandpa Kjar's white Chevy because Curt's rear end (on the truck, tee hee) has a problem that we need to fix. Anyway, Chris took Grandpa's truck to work one day on his job at Spring City and the fuel filter went out--$525 (gasp!) to fix it. 3) Curt's rear end problem with his truck. 4) Our upstairs toilet flapper thingy disintegrated. While Curt was removing it, the post it was attached to came off. We now have a leaky toilet that still needs to be fixed. 5) Our furnace/air conditioner quit. We have had to order a new furnace. Thank heaven's the past week or so has been cool so we haven't needed either the air conditioner or furnace (let's hope it stays that way for a bit). 6) Our microwave quit as I was fixing dinner for Chris and Landon--we just bought a new one from Costco yesterday. 7) Curt pulled a muscle in his back which he is struggling with. That's all I can think of at the moment, but I'm SURE there were other things to add to the list. I'm just having a hard time remembering them all. They say things happen in threes--ours have been happening in sixes!