All Quiet on the Home Front!

It has been a while since I blogged and a lot has happened. The kids starting showing up the Friday before the 4th with Nic, Kandis & Nixon, Matt, Stacie, Brayden and Andrew. We had fun eating and playing and then going over the Burgess's house to light off the fireworks. We can't light them at our house so we called and asked if we could do it over there. The kids loved being able to light the sparklers and stuff. Ava slept through the whole thing and Nixon cried at first but got used to the noise. Andrew almost lit his shirt on fire and stepped on some hot wires so he was not so happy about the whole thing. The "Big Boys" liked the fireworks the best! Thanks Jon and Debbie for letting us come and crash at your place.

Monday Kristin and Thomas arrived and we put her right to work cleaning Nic and Kandi's teeth! Jan at the office was on vacation so we needed to get help from Kristin. She was a good sport and did a fantastic job. They were both very grateful for the teeth cleaning.

Tuesday Jacob and Julia, Loraya and Isaac arrived and they were met at the airport with their car to drive to Santa Cruz with the gang. They all met up at the Jelly Belly factory on the way and then made it to Santa Cruz by the evening. They had a wonderful time and the weather was great and the house they rented was really nice. Sid and I opted out of the Santa Cruz place to stay home with the 2 new dogs and get them used to being in California. I really enjoyed the time to get my rest and relaxation for when they returned on Thursday.

Many nights of games and talking were had by all and we had a great time seeing all the kids. We did feel the absence of Josh and Alexis and kids but they honored us with a new grandchild on Wednesday the 15th, weighing in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and 21 inches long. Connor Grant Kelly arrived and we are very excited to see him soon. We were glad to have the pool in the backyard and the kids and grand kids had fun using it in the hot weather. Zip has gotten used to swimming with Sid and loves to jump in with everyone. Betty on the other hand will have nothing to do with the water and fell in accidentally once and has stayed pretty far away since then.

We are resting up now and Sid is getting ready for his big deer hunt in Utah mid August. I will be going out to Louisville to help with Connor on August 1st - 11th. We still get up at 6 in the morning to take the dogs for a walk and that makes me tired by the afternoon!! I still work at the temple on Tuesday nights and Sid still keeps busy at work and in the garden. All the pictures are on the other kids cameras so they will have to post pictures. Mike has borrowed my camera because their camera fell in the pool and does not work now! They leave for Oregon tomorrow so I guess my camera will go with them again!

I hope this keeps you updated on our doings! Hope all of you are having a wonderful summer so far.