Paul Newman dies

Today I learned that one of my very favorite actors passed away last night. Paul Newman died from cancer at the age of 86. My favorite movie of his was Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid. Robert Redford starred with him in the movie. I just wanted to share with you this news.

Changes and summer activities

Daxton Playing on the grass

Tim and Cody playing crouqet

Where did the ball go?

Samantha and Rachel

Rachel and Daxton on his 1st birthday

Matt and Courtney

Matt and Madison

At the end of March Danny decided that he was going to move to Idaho and get a job. He went on the 25th of March. He found a job and Jenny helped him find a house. I had to give Johnny away because Danny couldn't find a place where we could have a dogIt broke my heart to give him away. Tanya , I , and the kids left for Idaho on the 3rd of April.When we got to Idaho we unloaded all our belongings and settled into our new home. Beverlie started school at the Ponderosa Elementary. Everything seemed to be going good.Danny hurt his back at the end of May and was unable to go to work. Tanya had gotten a job and that seemed to help. We spent a lot of time with Jenny and Tim and the kids. Joshua helped babysit while Danny and Tanya worked.

The end of June we had a Family Reunion. We went camping just outside of Preston, Idaho. It was lots of fun. We had to keep a good eye out for the little kids because we were camped right by a river. The kids seemed to really enjoy the camping. I stayed in Matt and Jamies tent trailer with them. The first night Madison cried for about 3 hours because we were in a strange place. The second night she did just fine. The second night we sat around the campfire and sang songs and told ghost stories. It was lots of fun. Megan, Kaitlyn, and Beverlie really came up with some imaginative stories. I went with Cody and Rachel after the reunion to spend a few weeks with them. We had a little birthday party for Coy before we left. It was his 3rd birthday. Danny and Tanya decided to move back to Utah at the end of June. I was sad about it and it broke Jenny's heart for them to leave.

My next activity was the 4th of July. Matt and I went up to save us a place for the Freedom Festival Parade in Provo. We went up there at 5 a.m. Jamie, Rachel and all the kids joined us later. The kids seemed to really enjoy the parade. They were really good the whole time of the Parade. After the Parade we went and got some lunch then later that night Matt and Jamie came out to Rachel's and we did some fireworks. Madison would get scared and she would climb up on my lap and say, pretty, pretty.

July 5th was Daxton's first birthday.. Rachel gave him a little party in a park in Riverton. He took a bath in his ice cream and cake. He was really cute.

Courtney's blessing day was really wonderful. Matt gave her a really nice blessing. We had a luncheon after the blessing. It went really well. I am sure proud of Matt. He has come a long way.

Jenny and Tim got their girls tickets to the American Idol's concert so they came to Utah.On Monday we went to Lagoon. The little kids really had a blast on all the rides. The big kids we hardly even saw all day. We went and got a group picture of us in Pioneer Village. We had a pretty good time.
The next big event was that Joshua broke his arm. We were at Jumping Jacks in Provo and he fell on it going down a slide. He had to have it pinned together.

Jenny and Tim went back to Idaho. My next activity was the 24th of July Parade in Salt Lake City. We went to Salt Lake at 4: 00 a.m. This time Jamie and the kids came with us. Rachel came later in the morning. The parade was good but Carbon High's band was disappointing. All they had was a few drummers. The kids were really good again. After the parade Rachel and I went to lunch and then toured the Conference Center. I was sure impressed with it. Jenny and Tim came back to Utah to go to our Bates Reunion. We cleaned Mom's Yard and basement. Had a barbeque and played some games. Steven really got into the games. I went back to Idaho with Jenny and Tim. I am staying with them now.

Matt and Jamie came for a weekend visit to Idaho the 3rd week of Aug. We went out to Eagle Island State Park and spent the day. Madison loved the water and spent the whole day in it.Scott and Marshall spent most of the day in the sand. Megan, Josh, Matt and Jamie spent most of the day in the water also. It was a fun day.

Rachel, Cody and the boys came to Idaho on Labor Day weekend. Tim and Cody went to a football game. We just kind of hung out and enjoyed each others company. Daxton is walking all over the place now. I got a kick out of watching him. It was a nice visit. We went to the park and played around for awhile.

Easter Outing

Tanya, Ryan and Makalie out in the sun.

Brandon waiting to eat.

This is the last picture that I took of my Beagle, Johnny.

Makette fixing dinner.

Rachel stops for a pose.

Coy and Trevor at our Easter Outing.

We had an Easter outing this year and we went out on the desert. It was lots of fun. The kids climbed up in the rocks, flew kites, and had a really fun Easter egg hunt. Danny cooked us a really good dutch oven dinner. Makette made us her spagetti salad. Everyone seemed to have a good time.