The Weidmans

We left as soon as the funeral was over to pick up the kids from Grandma and Papa's house and take them to meet their teachers. Cougar has Mrs. O.  All of his stuff had Brent written all over it, but he was quick to tell her that he goes by his middle name.  Heidi has Mrs. Condie, who she really wanted except she thought it was someone else.  Her teacher suggested they put their hands on their hips for their picture to make them look good.  Hailey has Mrs. Smith.  We are super excited because we just love their family.  Her husband is our home teacher. We came home and did father's blessings.  I am always grateful to have the priesthood in our home.  After I received my blessing the kids said that I needed a picture with Dad too. We love going to the Cougar Kickoff and seeing a whole bunch of other BYU fans.  The kids love the big bounce houses, slide, face paint, and other games. We talked to Cosmo.  We lo...

My Grandpa Vawdrey died on August 13, 2015.   After about six months of living in a bed he quietly left this life.   I am so grateful for my knowledge of the gospel and that I will be able to see him again.  He was a great man.  I loved seeing him laugh and smile. His funeral on August 18th was a celebration of his life.  All 46 of his grandchildren were present (at least that's what I was told). He raised 8 wonderful children. We love you Grandpa. I can't wait to see you again.

Our friends, the Skeens, invited us to go camping with them to Crystal Hot Springs and we immediately accepted. The kids loved watching their camper go up and turn into this tent. We went swimming.  The water was so warm and perfect.  Heidi and Hailey went on these slides a couple times.  Cougar went with his dad once and then continued to go on them almost the entire time we were there.  Brynlee did a back float, which totally impressed us because she does not love the water. It was a beautiful place. We had set up the tents when we first got there.  Lacey loved playing peek-a-boo with the door flap. We went to the Martin Harris Pageant.  It was really neat.  Lacey did not want to sit there at all.  I spent most of the play up on the grass with her.  The last few minutes it was really windy.  I got back to my seat and took this picture as soon as it was over.  Then it started to rain.  We ran to our car....

We enjoyed the last full week of summer, knowing that it was soon coming to an end. The kids put on a talent show for me and Lacey.  Hailey chose to rollerblade, Cougar rode the boot scoot, Brynlee ran really fast, and Heidi jumped with her whip 'n skip.  They all took a final bow when it was over.  This was just the practice.  I recorded the final performance.  I was just glad they were playing so well together.  They are definitely ready for school to start and to play with their school friends again. They had their final week of swimming lessons.  They all did really well.  Hailey's teacher had to grab her so she didn't swim all the way across the pool every time.  She just didn't want to stop swimming.  I didn't see much of Heidi that week because she spent most of her time in the really deep pool.  They loved the final day when they got to go around in the lazy river. Lacey turned 11 months old!  She is still ...

August started and that meant summer break was almost over.  We still had quite a few things we wanted to do. The first Sunday in August is always Sister's Day.  I had bought this cereal a few weeks before, knowing that the girls would love it.  They love getting breakfast in bed.  Some day Brynlee and Lacey will also get their breakfast in bed on Sister's Day. My cute girls. Sister's Day Cougar is one lucky boy to have these 4 as sisters.  They all agreed on meatballs and rice for dinner.  We gave them a couple little presents to share and they loved it. The kids got to play with their new toys from Disneyland.  We cleaned out the car from our trip.  His bubble gun is pretty neat and even glows when it's dark. The kids had swim lessons again.  These two are pretty good at watching and patiently waiting for their siblings to be done.  I keep a couple cars in my bag and they have been great for playing while waiti...