Another Deacon in the House

Caleb turned 12 on June 21 but since we left for Utah the next Friday and we just got back we had to wait to do his ordination until today.  Grandma Penny, Aunt Calley, Uncle Chris, Aunt Anne and Lexie came down from Utah on Friday.  All of them and Aunt Dena, Uncle Chris, Laura and Taylor, Aunt Darbie and Grandma Dottie and Grandpa Don came to church with us and Caleb was sustained in Sacrament Meeting.  Don ordained Caleb to the office of a Deacon in the High Council room.  Bishop Evans was out of town but Brother Don Whipple, first counselor took charge with Brother Mark Prisbrey, second counselor and Brother Gary Cameron, executive secretary in attendance.  The Scout Master and 2nd Counselor in YM Brother Gregg Chappell, one of the advisors, Brother Mark Witsken and the current Deacon's quorum presidency were there as well.  After the ordination we came home and had a yummy lunch of BBQ chicken sandwiches, fruit salad, potato salad, green salad, and baked beans.  We also got a delightful cake from Walmart with the whip cream frosting.

July in Utah

So I have to admit it.  Logandale in the summer makes me depressed, mad and a total B when I have to come back to it.  I guess the answer is to not leave but who can stay here for 3 months straight?  Caleb, Cayden and I stayed in Utah for 15 days while Don, Connor and Cody came up on the weekends to stay.  Cayden had swimming lessons and that is part of why we stayed so long.  Here is a recap.

2 trips to Burger Supreme

3 trips to the pool not including swimming lessons with 4 pool noodles, 2 blow up turtles, 1 baby floaty, 1 pink dolphin floatie, 1 giant umbrella, 8 beach towels and 3 spray cans of sunblock

8 swimming lessons-Cayden learned to float on his back and swim across the pool with his teacher Spenser close behind.

8 sets of Glitter Toes
 

2 Jello cakes

A huge set up of fireworks for the Driveway of Fire

4 jets flying over for the Stadium of Fire

6 Old Navy Flag Tees

Annual trip to Chuck E Cheese-Mormon gambling trying to get all those tickets!

 Lots of fun with cuzzies!

2 trips to Chic Fil A

22 Trips to Sonic-that is not a joke!  

3 trips to Burger King

10+ dinners with the family.  (Homemade cream of tomato soup, burgers and brats, fried chicken at Mawmaw's, Cafe Rio beef tacos from the crock pot, chips and cheese soup, turkey and mashed potatoes, steak and gravy and the rest I can't remember)

8 scrapbook pages

3 books-Hunger Games, Alice's Tulips, The House on Tradd Street

Toy Story 3 at the theater

Eclipse at the theater

Valentine's Day, My Life in Ruins, City of Ember on DVD

1 new car battery

1 trip to the dealer for safety recall on the Suburban

8 trips to Winco-it was only 1 minute from my brother's house!

4 bags of Doritos

Lots of Swedish Fish

WOW!  Alot can happen when you live in civilization!

Twilight Loonies

Ok so we are "one of those people" .  We did not go to the midnight showing but we did go on opening day.  Tuesday night we were at my mom's doing our glitter toes and we decided that we wanted t-shirts to wear to the show.  Luckily we knew just the person to call!  My cousin Amy does embroidery on almost anything and so after a 9pm run to Target we got her the shirts and she had them ready for us the afternoon of the show.  They say "Bite Me" in the Twilight font.  We waited until the 8pm show so that we could leave the kids with the men. 

Lexie Lou Lou

We went up to Provo on June 25 so that we could go to Lexie's first birthday party.  There was a great big family BBQ and my sister Calley made 2 AWESOME cakes that took hours.  The little Pooh Bear one was for Lexie to eat all by herself.  That baby made a haul in presents and it was nice party in the backyard shade.

Grandma Millie

This is Grandma Millie.  She passed away on June 23.  She would have been 97 in August.  She was the sweetest little grandma ever.  She was a snowbird who spent her summers in Idaho and her winters in Logandale.  We met her right after we moved to Logandale in 1994.  She lived in a camp trailer on Delmar and Joan Leatham's property.  Delmar and Joan took care of her and everyone called her Grandma Millie.  I actually was her visiting teaching partner right after Connor was born.  She drove an old, big, red Buick and she would drive when we went visiting teaching.  Connor would usually be fussy when we would go and she would hold him and talk to him to help him settle down.  Connor and Grandma Millie had a special bond.  Last year when he was home schooled he would go over to her house and do chores for her like pulling weeds or planting flowers.  He spent many an afternoon playing Skipbo with Grandma Millie and Linda Bohn.  Grandpa Don got permission for Connor to be his home teaching partner and they got to go to Grandma Millie.  Connor was even mentioned by name in her obituary.  The kids remember that when they would go to her house she would always give them a piece of cinnamon gum.  Even Cody remembers that.  Since Logandale only has 2 seasons, we would judge them by when our snowbirds were coming and going.  Winter was over when they came back and we knew that in October, it was winter again because they would leave.  Grandma Millie was a sweet, kind, gentle and loving lady and we will always be grateful that she was part of our lives.  We love you Grandma Millie and we will miss you.

Classic Connor

Happy Birthday Caleb

Caleb turned 12 on Monday June 21.  He wanted German Pancakes for breakfast and Cheesecake Factory for lunch.  At Cheesecake Factory they sang to him and he got a little ice cream sundae THEN we had cheesecake.  Caleb got his favorite, vanilla bean, and I got a delightful Key Lime.  Delightful!  Later that night we had Skor cake.  Can you believe it?  The stupid store could not make me a cake AGAIN!  Apparently there is only one cake baker and she was off AGAIN!  For presents Caleb got a groovy orange Lava Lamp, a cool new Lego set, a new IHome with alarm clock and some new books.  With the cash and gift cards from his aunts and uncles, and grandmas and grandpas, he bought some DS accessories.  The Wednesday after his birthday he got to go to Young Men for the first time.  They started a new merit badge so the boys wore their scout shirts.  Connor and Caleb will be in the Deacons Quorum for about 6 months together.  Caleb is such a good kid.  He has always been the peacemaker in our family.  I have always loved the name Caleb and it is a good fit for  him.  His latest scout leader gave him the nickname "Hollywood" and a teacher at school called him "shades" because he always wears sunglasses (this is not to be "cool" but because he has sensitive eyes). Caleb is really tall and the only one of us with blue eyes.  He is very helpful and kind with Cayden and his little cousins.  He is very responsible and smart.  We love you, Caleb!!