Summer Is Here

Summer days mean more time spent in the yard both for enjoyment and for keeping it looking nice.   We like to share our pool and yard with family and friends.

 Sam getting the pool ready.

End-of-School Party

 

 The Graham grandchildren with friends.

The playground was also enjoyed by Rebecca and friends.

Ready, set, go, and sling.

Joshua and friends.

A lawn version of Tic Tac Toe with partners 

tossing a team game piece while standing behind the line.

Joshua straightening the shower curtain game board.

Ethan ready to toss the ball. 


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Family Home Evening with Friends

Getting ready to roast marshmallows in the fire pit after swimming

during a FHE with friends invited by the Grahams.

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Relief Society "Garden Party" 
 

 Ready for a Relief Society "Garden Party"

in our backyard.

 We ate in the shade, and the temperature was very pleasant.

It was an enjoyable time visiting,
and the salads and desserts were yummy.
After we ate, some took advantage of the
volleyball net set up on the lawn,
others played some of the different lawn games,
and some just enjoyed visiting together.


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Love to Have Family Come for a Visit
 
It was a treat to have my nephew Dave and Kayleen's family
come for a visit and go swimming,
while Sam and I enjoyed visiting with my brother.
 

Dave and Kayleen with their two youngest sons
 and their daughter Kristin and her little boy.

Enjoying a visit with my brother, K. LeRoi.


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We appreciated a visit from our friends, Greg and Chris Shepard, 
Sunday evening (June 18th) and also visits, phone calls, and cards
from family to wish Sam "Happy Father's Day."

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Joshua 12 Years Old and Ordained a Deacon

Joshua sporting his new birthday bow tie and suspenders

on Sunday, June 25th, when he was ordained a deacon.

(Joshua, Jared, Todd, Sam, and Narene)


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Another Sunset

 We still have pretty sunsets in spite of new houses being built.

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 The Asiatic lily in bloom
along with the salvia and the daylilies.

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Our Marriage Tree 

is growing with 

two new marriages this year 

for grandchildren.

 Haley and Tyler Staten adding their lock to our

family marriage tree.

We will have Brady and Kortney 

add their lock to our marriage tree

the next time they come.

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We are looking forward to our Ireland Family Reunion in South Dakota.
The next blog entry will be sharing some of those memories!
We love our family and appreciate the preparations being made by
Brent and Tauna & Marla and Curtis
and those who have been able to make arrangements to travel there.
Of course, we will miss those who have work and school conflicts;
but we are grateful for all who are coming.  Travel safely!

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More March Memories and Also April

There are still more memories to share from recent weeks that have been waiting to be posted here:  (1) Jeff's visit and birthdays celebrated with family.  (2)  Social at our home with the high priests and wives from our ward.  (3) Visit from the Masons and Shepards, our friends from our Russian mission.  (4) Trevor and Megan's get-together with friends in our home.  (4) Visit from two of my Peterson cousins, Colleen Worthen and Annette Grant.   

Jeff came from Arkansas on March 10th to go snow boarding with Doug and visit family in Utah.  The days he came were not the best ones for the snow, but they still seemed to enjoy it.  We had a family get-together in our home on March 12th, which included a little birthday celebration for those with January, February, and March birthdays.

 Doug and Jeff

with a little sunburn from being on the slopes.

We took advantage of being together to

recognize those with birthdays

and receive a special treat.
[Brynlee, Doug, Narene, Jeff - March;
Jessica - January]

  Those who had February birthdays:

 Paul, Sarah, Trent, Koryn, and Kyle.
[Anna - January 1st] 

 

 Marisa got her birthday gift bag,

but she left before the February birthday photo was taken.

(Gramma Narene and Marisa)

Anna (in the photo) 

and Jared (present but not in the photo)

also got a chocolate cinnamon bear gift bag

for having January birthdays.

 Paul looks pretty satisfied without his shirt.

 Seated at the table:  Trent, Jessica, Sarah, 

Maggie, Taylor, Derek, Anna, and Rebecca.

Doug shown behind getting a lemonade refill.

 We enjoy having the grandkids in our home.

(Kyle, Trevor, Amy and Judd)

 We didn't get a group photo of all those attending,

but we were happy most living in Utah were able to come.

(Haley, Megan, and Koryn)

 Jared, Isaac, Todd, Joshua, and Amanda

Megan, Jacob, and Mason

Had to include this cute picture of Corban.

We love all of our grandchildren

and always enjoy having them here.

  

We appreciate Rochelle and kids sharing Jeff

with us for this visit and look forward to seeing their family

when they come this summer.

I appreciate Beth and the other moms bringing

delicious food for our family dinner.

(Jeff and Beth) 

 

We had our family dinner downstairs, 

since we had left tables there from 

the high priest social we had the night before (March 11th).

Sam vs. Lee Ellertson 

in our sports court getting ready to compete 

 in the "tortilla sword fight" at the high priests social.

Mark Day, the group leader, was in charge of the activities. 

Another activity provided a challenge
as the height to jump over kept getting higher by
stacking on another can of beans.
(Mark Day, Garrett Anderson, and Brooks Ward)  

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    It is nice that Sam, Amanda, and Megan updated

our family reunion pictures

so we can enjoy those memories each time we pass the display.

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Loved the visit from Clark and Renee Mason

and Chris and Greg Shepard.

We were pleased the Shepards were able to spend several

days with us, and the Masons stayed overnight with us

after the Senior Missionaries Moscow Reunion on March 31st.

The following afternoon after having lunch with us, 

the Masons left for their home in Idaho.

The Shepards returned to Salt Lake City with the Masons 

where they spent a few days visiting

before going to California and then returning home to Dallas.

(More photos from their visit were in the previous blog entry.)  

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Trevor and Megan Smith had a social in our home

on April 9th with friends from college.

Trevor is our grandson.  

He and Megan are standing behind the couch.

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We had nice visits from two of my Peterson cousins (on my mother's side):

Colleen with her husband, James Worthen.

They live in West Valley and came for a visit

on April 12th and 13th.

 On Wednesday, April 13th, Colleen and Sam and I went

to Annette Grant's assisted-living apartment

here in Spanish Fork.  After visiting there for a short time, 

Annette came back with us to our home where

we had lunch and more visiting.

Colleen is the daughter of my Uncle Elwyn Peterson,

and Annette is the daughter of my Uncle Alton Peterson.

(Colleen Worthen, Annette Grant, and Narene)

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