Visitors and Brayden goes to the Temple

We had a wonderful week! We were blessed with visitors- Oma and Opa and Jeff, Jenn, and Chloe.  It was a party!  The main purpose of our exciting visitors was to be here for Brayden's first temple trip to receive his endowments.  It was a really beautiful day and he had a great experience.  I was grateful that it went well and all the preparation we tried to do paid off.  Now he is ready to be a missionary!

The rest of the visit was spent swimming, introducing our guests to the famous Bucee's gas station, and eating lots of yummy food.

This was most of the people that were able to join us for the temple session.

Makenna and Chloe in their matching Bucees shirts.

The boys in their Bucees apparel enjoying some ice cream at a place by the Star.

hot tub party

And so it begins...

SENIOR YEAR is always a big deal and we cant believe Makenna is already a senior.  This year will be full of mixed emotions as she hits all those big milestones and "lasts".  We will miss her when she goes to college so very much but we are so excited for her bright future.  They do these graduation pics so early in the summer - its a reminder of whats to come and to enjoy every last moment!

 

A trip to Arbor Hills

 

Summertime for us usually includes at least one trip to Arbor Hills.  This summer there was just one and here's the pics.  We took Alice and Tessa and for the first time we let Gracie come too.

A few pictures of note...

Emmitt's end of the year award gathering

A bunch of the Seniors at a Senior Gathering

We attended PHS graduation this year.  It was at the Stadium and it poured rain the whole time!  It was quite the wet experience!

I had Brielle and Kylie help me do some service sewing over the summer.  They were a great help!