The rest of our summer- 2008

If you want to know what each picture is, just click on the caption bubble on the slideshow. Enjoy! Sorry we've been gone so long!

Rest In Peace, Neville Hardbottom....

Our beloved tortoise died. Poor Ethan came running in this morning telling me Neville won't eat his food, and he's not moving. I went out to investigate, and sure enough, he has left this world. We have thoroughly enjoyed our time with him. We felt he was the cutest tortoise you'd ever see. Farewell Neville, we will miss you....

Happy Birthday Liliaan!

Happy Birthday Liliaan! I hope you had an awesome day! One of my favorite memories of you was when you were a baby. You used to sit in a little chair that hooked to the table. When I would sit by you at dinner, I would whisper in your ear a bunch of baby talk. Then you would turn to me and whisper back in some garbled language you had. It was so fun! Now here you are a beautiful woman with a great husband and a cute little baby. I'm so glad I was able to be pregnant the same time you were. It was fun talking with you about all the adventures of becoming a mother. You are awesome! Love ya'!

4th of July

We had a great 4th of July. Our church has a great flag raising program in the morning. They raise the flag, have a military speaker, and a band to accompany a patriotic sing-a-long. Afterwards they have doughnuts or bagels and fruit. I played in the band this year! After that, we hung out with our friends. They have a trampoline with a hose spraying onto it. I forgot my camera, so, I didn't get pictures. Then we went to a potluck at our church. Following dinner, we went to our house with a bunch of other families and let off a whole bunch of fireworks. We had quite a few illegal fireworks going off in our neighborhood, so, we didn't feel like we had to go to the fairgrounds to see any big fireworks. Anyway, I'm grateful for our country and all the blessings we have here. Living in a military town has made me see how families, of those in the military, have to sacrifice having their loved ones gone. Hats off to you all.

To be continued Tuesday- June Part 2!

Now for the really exciting highlights of June! We went to Utah on account of my sister getting married! Before the wedding we had some fun things occur. Kaya had her first birthday! We celebrated at the splash park.

I was able to be in the temple with my sister when she went through for the first time.

Me and all my sisters got pedicures before the wedding. This was my very first one!

My sister was married in the Bountiful Temple for time and all eternity! We celebrated at La Caille! Great times! I'm so happy for you Lena Bean!

Memory Lane Monday- June Part 1!

We're back! June was fast and furious, so, here are some highlights! Last Day of School/Joyschool and Kindergarten graduation.




















Father's Day was great! We love you Daddy! We made him breakfast and a candy gram.
















Our 87' camry didn't pass the smog test. They gave us 1,000 bucks to squish it. We only paid 1,000 for it anyway, so, we squished this one and got another camry!
















Another great thing that happened the first part of June is that Ethan started riding his bike without training wheels. For any of you that really know Ethan, that's a big deal! Way to go bud!

Week Review May 26th-June 2nd

May 26th- Memorial Holiday
-Relaxed at home
-Derek started tile in master bath
-Saw Indiana Jones
-Had FHE: Olivia was in charge of the activity. We used her sidewalk chalk and paint to decorate our courtyard! So much fun!

May 27th- Back to the Grind

-Derek replaced all of our light switches and electrical outlets. No more holes!
-I went to a Mary Kay facial night at my friends house. Oooh, my skin is so soft!

May 28th- It's already the middle of the week!

-Had music time in Olivia's class. We practiced our graduation songs, and sang some silly ones too!

-Mutual Night- Deacons were in charge, they had an excellent bike activity! They made a course to ride through, and had two other stations: maintenance and flat tires. Very fun!

-Derek grouted the tile and knocked out a wall!



Way to go honey!

May 29th- Josh's Birthday

-My brother's birthday, see previous post.
-Cleaned house
-Tadlocks came to visit, sorry no pictures.

May 30th- Dad's Birthday!

-My dad is 590, oops, I mean 59 today! He intstilled the love of many things in me. Love of music, camping, and being silly and fun. Thanks for all you have done and still do for me and my family! Love ya' Dad!

-Olivia had a fieldtrip to the Inyokern Airport/Fire Station. Her dad went with her. She loved squirting the water out of the fire hose!


-After school we went down to the L.A. Temple! The kids love staying in the apartments down there. We went with another family and traded babysitting. Derek and I attended a session Friday night, and our friends went Saturday morning. We had a great time!

May 31st- Something's Missing

-Today is my Opa's birthday. This is the first Memorial Weekend that the Vel string of birthday's have been broken. I only made two phone calls this weekend instead of three. Happy Birthday anyway! I love you, and miss you! (This picture is my Oma, Opa, and sister Lena at Liliaan's wedding.)

-Despite my meloncholy feelings, we had a fun day in Lancaster.

-Derek also got the toilet put in today! Hooray! Now I don't have to use the toilet in the kid's bathroom!

June 1st- Happy Anniversary!

-Today is my sister Liliaan's 2nd wedding anniversary! Congratulations guys! That was a great day!

-I taught the lesson in Young Women's, and attended Seminary Graduation. That was neat!

June 2nd- The beginning of the End

-Today is the first day of the last week of school! We have some fun things coming up, kindergarten graduation, swim parties, Joyschool Graduation, etc.! Stay tuned! Thanks for reading:)