Backyard Swimming

We were so excited to have Marie and her family here when our swimming pool was operational!  We didn't think they would get a chance to stop by here this summer.  We were expecting just seeing them at the cabin.  So glad it turned out this way!  We were in the pool for hours!  It was perfect, minus the bee sting on Marie.  She was a trouper and swam for several more hours, thank goodness!  We had the traditional hamburgers and hotdogs.  My dad brought the food, Mike cooked the food, and we had it waiting for whenever anyone stumbled out of the water.

Marie

 Brett & Mina

 Abby

 Marie

 Amelia

 Jeff

 Ange & Jeff

 Brett & Mina, Bubs & Millie

 Ella

 Marie

 Preston

 Max

 Anne

 Anne & Sam

 Stephanie

 Grace loved going down the slide, but only if she was pushed

 Brett waiting to catch Grace

The kids LOVED, LOVED, LOVED playing with Willy.  He was so good with them and he played with them for a long time.

Lincoln & Willy

 Lincoln, Willy & Preston

 Bubs and Amelia

 Max

 Anne & Matt

 Willy, Anne & Matt

 Preston, Willy, Max, Ella

 Max - Abby jumping

There is nothing too interesting about this next picture, but it is the only one I have with Maysen.  She was out swimming for a long time too.  I didn't get one with Stockton, but he was there.  Jorja was outside, but didn't swim.  She wasn't feeling too well and we didn't want to play 'community pool'.

 Grace, Brett & Mina

 Gayle, Cathy, Ron

Gayle has now found her birth family.  Her birth mom is buried not too far away.  After telling me a little about her family she whispered to me, "Thank you for adopting me Mom & Dad!"  I guess her birth mom was married five times, and Gayle wasn't from any of those marriages.  Not the most stable environment.

Brett and Rachel headed to Bountiful to go to Nigel's grave and see her cousins that were meeting here there.  I left before everyone was gone. I went to Becky's baby shower.  She is at the hospital until she delivers. She is scheduled for a C-section next week.  The baby will be 34 weeks old.  She has been given steroid shots to help his lungs, so hopefully everything will go okay.  There is a problem with the placenta and blood vessels.  I can't remember everything, but thank goodness for modern medicine!  We had Becky's baby shower at the hospital, of course.  It was fun and so nice to see her.  She is amazing.  I got to be the one to push her back to her room in her wheelchair.  She has been such a trooper.  That baby is going to be well loved!