Nose Crinkle

Okay Emily, here is a picture of Ellie singing "5 Little Ducks go quack, quack, quack!" with her characteristic nose crinkle. The girl is hilarious. We've been swimming outside a lot!

Jaron and Susan took the girls for a hike one day while I rested. Susan apparently carried Ellie the whole way down the mountain like this on her back. Olivia was hitching a ride in the Kelty. I love this pic. of Livvie carrying the water. What a trooper!!

Our newest addition to the family is Maggie Lou. The girls adore her. She is a springer spaniel with a bit of beagle mix added in. She is so sweet! We actually brought her sister Annabelle home a week ago and will post her pictures next!! Also our garden is growing. This is 2 weeks ago and it has pretty much doubled!

Jaron, Susan and Anne contemplating life in the early morning. Ellie playing mommy and baby with her blueberries.

Well the last 6 weeks have flown by. The fun began when one of my favorite mission companions came to visit for a few days in May. Wendy brought her youngest Taylor to play, rest and eat alligator tail. It was so much fun having such a good friend to hang out with and time to reminisce about France and our missions!

A couple of days later my parents flew into Nashville. We all went and picked them up, went to Trader Joe's~ yummy~ then to an exceptional Greek restaurant. it had some good baklava. wow! then after that everything we went to was closed (the Pantheon) or too late so we just headed back to Huntsville. On Sunday, Jaron was called to be Elders Quorum President. My dad got to help set him apart. It was really exciting they could be here for that. Then 3 more days were filled with visits to Barnes and Nobles, walks around the lake, a little fishing, Green Mt and a lot of well-planned naps for our tired guests. The girls loved having Grandpa Fred and Grandma Choo Choo all to themselves. So then on Wednesday, we all loaded up and drove to Birmingham to drop my parents off at the airport. Jaron, myself and the girls all KEPT driving to Texas. We stayed the night near Lafayette and arrived at noon the next day! My brother Keith and his girlfriend Shantay flew into Texas so we had a mini family reunion minus my brother Dave and his wife Emily. We missed them! My brother Ryan and his wife Natalie both graduated from college so we had fun at some graduations! ha! Anne and Jay cooked us lots of good bbq, we spent a couple of days at the beach and then we came home!!

The day after arriving home we found out about our miscarriage so that was sad. Anne flew out for 4 days and Susan, Jaron's mom for 10 days which was very helpful. Anyway, maybe you're getting tired of this travel log but man it has been crazy!!! I love being surrounded by my family and friends though so if any of y'all need a little respite or break from the world come on out!!! We hope to be home soon for maybe a wedding...but otherwise we'll even meet you somewhere!! love ya!!

Well we have had a great visit with Grandma Sue. We are sad to let her go but Jim is really missing her so off she goes!!! We have been so blessed to have had Anne and Susan with us the last week and a half. I love them!!! Well, I'll post some pictures asap of their visit. take care y'all!

Playing at the Park with Grandma Sue