Tuesday, July 29, 2008

triumphant return

As the DeOren's say "We'd like to welcome ourselves back"!

Sometimes we just try to do too much too soon. Ryan and I had grand designs for the drive home. We wanted to do Yellowstone as a preview to sending part of a week there next Summer with Grammy and Grampy, we also wanted to take the kids to BYU campus and pump them full of creamery ice cream in hopes of further encouraging them to attend that fine institution when the time comes. After that we did a wild goose chase to fine Doug's apartment so he and Ryan could go climbing. Yes, yes, I know, some day we will crack and get a cell phone, but for the moment we had to rely on the kind ladies at a fabric store (the pay phone at 7-11 didn't work). Note: The Brittany where Joyce used to live is now Male housing - go figure. We finished that evening off at Jolene and Floyd's then drove to Beaver and crashed at a Super 8 after 11. The last day we squeezed in a scenic drive over the Cedar Break (I slept through most of the scenery) and a new way home from Flagstaff. Note #2 Burger King is evil and disgusting and I never need to eat there again. Despite the crazy intentions, we did have a good trek home and I'm really glad we got to see the Milletts and Doug and spend some time with the BYU ice cream - YUM-O-LA!

We came home to new tile in the bathrooms, kitchen and entry, and the most exciting -NO MORE COW PATH from the front door to the kitchen hall - ahhhhhhh!

Now Grammy and Gramoy are here for the Jones reunion in Virden in a few days. So look for the report from New Mexico in a few days.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

the beach

We love the beach.



golden July

4th pf July adventures - a kazoo parade to the flag raising on jungle mountain, followed by the parade downtown. We had a great day.



Thursday, July 3, 2008

for Ryan




Ryan and I are apart for 6 weeks and Isaac is growing a changing like crazy - he's gone from 2 teeth to 6, from scooting to fast crawling, from being stuck on the ground to being able to pull himelf up and lower himself down. So, these pictures are for my boy Ryan who is missing his son.