A Busy Last Two Months!!! - 17 August 2009

I can't believe how busy we have been since we got back from Kazakhstan, but I'll try to catch you up on what is happening with us!!!

We had our homecoming the end of June and had many of our friends and family with us!! It was so much fun to see everyone!!

We also had a wonderful 4th of July Celebration with the Welling Family!

In the evening, all the adults and children looked forward to the fireworks! Parker, our oldest grandson and his Uncle Aaron, our oldest son, are trying to figure out which fireworks to light first!!

Gavin, our youngest son, lighting sparklers for Michaela, Bridget and Everett!! What a fun time we had that day celebrating our nations Birthday!!

Craig Vincent invited us to his home in Salt Lake to see Sister Ieera Kabdigaliev, from the Almaty Branch, and wish her well as she enters the MTC to serve in the Rostov Russia Mission. Craig Vincent (the tall one), Chuck and Karen Ball (the couple we replaced in Astana) and Grant and Ruth Radmall (who the Balls replaced in Almaty) and Sister Ieera Kabdigaliev. It was wonderful to see everyone again!

Craig Vincent and his wife served as the Leadership Couple in Almaty, Kazakhstan. We grew to love them so much!! They took care of us each time we flew to Almaty for business or Zone Conferences!! Our hearts go out to Craig because his wife, Pat, suddenly died of heart failure the first part of July. It was such a shock to all of us!! They had just been home 90 days from Kazakhstan when it happened. We will miss her very much!!

We also had the opportunity to go to the Open House of the Oquirrah Hills Temple with our whole family! We were so impressed with the beauty of the temple and the grandchildren enjoyed it, too! Afterwards, we had family pictures taken at Wheeler Farms.

The Roy Welling Family

Our Adorable Grandchildren

Our Wonderful Children and Their Spouses

Also in July, we went to the Wight Family Reunion up at Beaver Mountain Ski Lodge for 4 days. We had a great time there playing games and visiting with family. Here Parker is playing the Frozen T-Shirt game!! What a blast!!

On the 19th of July we were invited to Ainsley's Birthday celebration! We even took all 3 grandparents with us. It was fun to see some of the grandchildren again!! It's always a treat to be with family and we love the get-togethers!! Bridget, Taryn, Drista and Drace are watching Ainsley blow out her candles!!

Toward the end of July, we took a road trip to San Diego for our neice's wedding!!

After arriving in San Diego, we met up with LeAnne and Dave's family!! It was fun to be with them again. Here we are on the pier watching the waves come in!! Truman, LeAnne, Newell, Dave, Fielding, Landon, Gavin, Grandma Welling and Anne.


The day before the wedding, we spent the day sight seeing! We went out on boat-like-vehicle to see the seals! Roy, Anne, Grandma Welling, Kara and Gavin. We had a great time!! Grandma loved it!

It was fun to see all of the seals out sun bathing!! Being out on the water and seeing all of the security boats was really interesting too!!

We attended Lacey and Brad's wedding in the San Diego Temple! It was a wonderful experience because we had never been there before and it is such a beautiful temple!!
We took this picture on the temple grounds of the San Diego Temple!! It is so incredibly beautiful and white!! We are so glad that we took the time to go!! Thanks to Gavin and Kara for offering to go with us! It made for a wonderful road trip!!

Well that's about it for the last two months! It has really been a busy one but enjoyable, never the less!!