A month of catching up . . .

FEAST OR FAMINE...RAIN OR SHINE...LOTS GOING ON OR NOTHIN' AT ALL! This is the tip of the iceberg on our busy month...This makes for one long post - Enjoy! Evan and Val's newest sweet arrival - "Dylann McKensie Ehat" August 12th, 2009 7#'s 1oz. 20 inches with blond hair making her debut at 6:59a.m. Dylann is their #3 girl, our #7 grandchild and 5th granddaughter!!! We are so thrilled, excited and feel extremely blessed...mom and baby are doing great (as well as dad!) Birthdays - let's just say that June, July and especially August is our busy birthday months. It starts with June 18th Amy. July is 23rd Rylie(and very special birthday for Rylie as she turned 5 this year and will start to kindergarten) and 28th Kendall. Then August hits with a bang! 9th Evan - 11th McKenna - 12th Newest arrival Dylann - 16th Val - Lori 29th (which is just around the corner)! Just a few pics but not of everyone . . . August 3, 1974 - August 3, 2009 - 35 year Anniversary Fun!!! You say Sterling?! What is Sterling? A place? Where in the heck is Sterling? . . . A very surprised me found out when my husband took me about an hour south of Orem to a beautiful mountain area to a cabin in Sterling - which is about 5-6 miles south of the booming metroplis of Manti-jk! But, we had a fun few days relaxing, watching TV, going into Manti, and golfing. It rounded out the fabulous weekend with friends, ATVing, and enjoying each other's company. WOW! We have been married 35 years. Thank you Andrew - I love you with all my heart!!!! FABULOUS FUN WITH OUR FRIENDS 'THE BATES'!!!! Thank you Bates, again and again! and let's do it again and again! Oh, my heavens I can't begin to tell you how much I love ATV-ing! Only our second time riding them, but our first time on a trail (35 miles round trip) down near Fairview and up the mountain from this small little community and into the beautiful terrain. We prepared ahead of time with a packed lunch, ATV's and trailer (thank you Taylor and Jill), were picked up on Saturday, August 1st at 8a.m., traveled the hour +, donned our gear, and ATV-ed the mountain slopes, paths and roads of one of the many beautful Utah mountains. I can't say it enough - I had a blast!! I am ready to do it again.... A week with Grandma and Papa...while Taylor and Jill had the fun of picking her brother up from his mission back in New York...Papa and I had the fun (tiring fun!) of having Cole and the girls with us for a week. Due to the busy nature of watching and loving 3 busy little ones these are the only pics I found time to take....(are they cute or what?!!!) Picnic in the Park - a bunch of us got together while Peri was here in July, figuring it would be easier at the park than at someone's house. PERFECT! The following are pics of Lindsay and her girls - Ashley, Breanne and Claire; Julie Brinkerhoff and her crew - Jackson, Natalie, Brady, and Reece), Amy and Drew, Val and her girls Rylie and Saige; Jill with Cole, Hallie and Brighton; Grandma Scadlock and myself (no pics of me - I am the one taking the pics, but I was there!!!) Fun at Thanksgiving Pointe petting zoo! Julie and Olivia joined us for the fun while visiting from backeast. We had a fun time... Years ago when Evan was born I was given a hooded towel for a gift. Since then over the years I made some for my other children and eventually started making them years ago to give away as gifts and eventually for my grandchildren. These (with my cute models) are the last batch I made. Three went to Val/Evan for their girls(new baby included); two will be given to Jamie/Kendall for the boys; one to my niece, several others have already been given away as gifts to the wives of our executive secretaries who serve in the BYU stake where Andrew and I serve!! I still have more to give away!