Friday, September 28, 2018

Goodbye Summer

It's difficult to believe that summer is over and the kids are all back in school. But before we say "goodbye" here are some highlights:
hanging out and having fun with friends ...  
Debbie Wright and me, in Franklin, TN
 
 Nikara and Merinda 
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Being crazy with the Holts
 
Brad on business trip in Japan, visiting Christina Holt
 
Breck and Aubrey with the Barbers and Rishers, on the 4th of July
Aubrey reuniting with Nathan Reihmer (Prom King and Queen 5 years later)
 
Breck and old friend from high school, Sarah Demore
 
Breck and the good friends he made at Adecco, during his summer internship
 
Merinda with longtime friends Jacob and Heather, during band camp
Family time,
Photo time,
and not-so-fun times (Aubrey's gallbladder finally giving-up after more than two years of being on the struggle bus).
 
 
Getting ready to have her gallbladder removed due to an abundance of gallstones (over a hundred to be exact).
Poor Aubrey, still feeling sick two months after surgery.

Here she goes again, this time for an EGD!
 
Breck also spending sometime "under the knife" to remove an annoying cyst on his wrist.
 
Treating himself for being such a good patient.
 
Before ...
 
and After

Brittney also enjoying her summer with co-workers at Boart Longyear,
and with Sean and friends ...
 
(hiking to Tibble Fork Reservoir and Silver Lake)
 
 
(Latin dancing)
 
 
(Staying at cabin on Bear Lake)

 

Welcome Home

It was so nice to welcome home all our missionaries this summer ...
(Rachelle and her brother Darek)
(Rachelle and her father Chris Shumway)
(Rachelle with Sasha and family)
My niece Rachelle Shumway, who went to Knoxville, Tennessee.
 
My other niece Samantha Heelis, who served in Palmyra, New York.
 
(Incidentally, Sam is now engaged to her longtime boyfriend Austin Haws)
Brenden Charles, who served in Koxville, Tennessee, the same mission as Rachelle!
 
(Brenden's welcome-home party at Mi Casita)
 
 
Brenden with all his buddies from church.
And finally, Ashton Barber, who just returned from Chile and celebrated with an open house at her home.
 
 (Ashton's sisters Camryn and Lindsey, with friends Aaron, Austin, and Quinn, from church)