Shortest Visit Ever with the other Youngs

Ray's brothers family came to visit us late Saturday night a few weeks ago and then they left the next morning before 11.  It was so nice to see them though!!  We love you guys!!

Naomi

Ethan and Naomi

"CAMPING" with the Carlsons

We only went up for the day, but oh what fun we had.

Jerika freaking out at first because she didn't have cell service.  Kids these days.

Not very happy about getting SPLASHED in the mud puddle.

Before the mud puddle.

Dinner at Brick Oven in Provo

We went to lunch this day with my friend Tonia and her son Parker wanted to come spend the rest of the day with us instead of baseball all day. So, we took him to dinner with us too, isn't he cute? And he was so good!!

This is Tricia, my roommate from college (yes, I did go to college). We stayed at her house for two nights and had so much fun!!

Done and headed home.

The After Graduation Party

Anita - Shelby's wife

Kelsie & Ryan (And mom trying to hide - didn't work mom)

Dad, Mandy & Jerika

Sydney and Grandma

Have I mentioned how much we LOVE our Kinlee?

Kinlee does not travel very well, especially if we aren't doing exactly what she wants when she wants.

 

This was after graduation and I must say she did really well during graduation, at least I think she did, I wasn't sitting by her and I did leave to take pictures so I can't be 100% sure.  Nobody said anything though and she was sitting by grandpa, and he doesn't let her get away with too much.  After graduation we had to fight through the crowd to find Kelsie and it was a little crazy.  But, in looking at the above picture she made it through that without any attitude.  But......

Then we had to wait for Kelsie in the hot sun and she starting melting down.....

Everyone tries to talk to her, but really she is not very easy to reason with, especially when her dad isn't around.  For this reason I often wonder why I take her anywhere with me.

As you can tell, there were a lot of people around us, and as a result Kinlee was not in charge or the boss of what was going on.  If you know our precious Kinlee this does not go over very well.  But, that doesn't mean we love her any less.

It was a long wait and we were all getting hot, but it was about Kelsie.....not about Kinlee.

One other thing she really hates is having her picture taken.  When her dad is with us, he makes her like it and makes her smile.  So, I guess it didn't help that I was taking play by play pictures of her temper tantrum.  This was yet anonther experience that didn't kill her and she lived through it.  I am really hoping that one day she realizes that we do things for her, but not everything is about her.

This was at the end, when we had told her that we were going to be leaving soon.  Aunt Annie really did help the matter, she is one person that can cheer Kinlee up, too bad she doesn't live closer.  We do LOVE our Kinlee and know that she is just a little strong willed mostly because we sheltered her a lot when she was a baby, because she was a premie.  But,we still need her to do some work on her attitude.  The next month should be interesting while I am on sabbatical and I will be in her daily world more than she is used to.

MOMMY LOVES YOU KINLEE!!  YOU ARE MY LITTLE BUDDY!!

After Graduation - It was so bright outside!!

Jerika, Cody & Mandy

Kelsie, Shelby, Anita and part of Blake's face.

Sisters - Ashlin & Kelsie

 

Mikey & Kinlee - they were so ready do be done at this point.

Mandy, Kelsie & Mikey

All of us who were there - minus Kinlee, I think she was taking the picture (that might explain the off center effect.)  She would much rather take pictures than be in them anyway. 

Kelsie's Graduation - Our little Casserole

This is my cute niece Kelsie and she graduated from high school on June 3rd. I can't believe she is so old!! I guess that makes her dad really old, right, even though he is 2 years younger than me?

When Kelsie was born and for the 1st year of her life, she wasn't the happiest small person. But, now she is such a delight to be around and is so loving and happy all the time (well at least when she is around us). We are so very lucky that she is a part of our family, even though she lives so very far away!!

We love you Kelsie!! GOOD JOB!!