Morgan was a movie star for Mark's pilot show "Build-a-Boy." Bringing in experts to teach a robot boy to do all kinds of human things.
Going down a slide,
riding in a wagon,
On the way home, Jeff & Morgan saw this van door:
The 3 youngest children went for a sleepover at Grandma Madsen's house. They stopped by to see Carlie at work that night, and then stayed up and watched movies. =)
And that night, Talon, Dennis & Paul came over for a cousin sleepover so they could all go to the airport together in the morning. Taco night:
Tuesday morning, Jeff took them & checked them in safe & sound:
The formations of the farming land were so cool!
They were picked up by my sister Jana:
And safely ensconced in playing Smash Brothers all together:
Jeff took the kids to the swimming pool:
And then I took Halle with me to Matilda at HCT. It was SO CUTE!
Then we got word that the boys had all turned in their phones and were safely tucked in their beds. =)
Wednesday, H&K went for their horseback riding lesson!
Jana took the boys to Six Flags of Texas. I think they lived there for the week. =)
This memory came up on FB. Still funny:
These two have had their world rocked by the new kid on the block. It's like they've bonded because of it.
When your pack meeting's back drop looks like the Swiss Alps.
This time, there were super heroes awarding the boys:
And then we got the twins straight to Mutual, where they were doing a walk to the temple with all the youth in preparation for Trek, even though they're not going... guess if they were happy about it. But my friend caught this, surprised how much they hold onto each other, even though she's an identical twin herself.
And Chloe is slowly starting to accept that the pups is here to stay.
When this shirt became available, it took me 1.5 minutes to have mine & Jeff's ordered, in different colors. It's my cousin shooting his bow with his nickname, The Clutch & his signature. Super cool.
Thursday, we showed up for the service again. Part of the process is cutting the bags into "squares" so they can be used to tie & weave for the mats.
They also need cloth backsacks to be used at the border for legal refugees who don't have anything. They give them a pack with water & some essentials as they enter the US. So Halle & I sewed some bags together.
Jeff went out to lunch with his brother Mark:
And then we went on a date to help my cousin Jeff move from Springville to this quaint, hidden city, Woodland Hills. Here I am with his daughter Paris:
Friday morning, bright & early, the Teachers & MiaMaids were in charge of posting flags for Flag Day around the neighborhood. So even though the boys are in TX, we invited all our 20 teachers & 24 MiaMaids to come put up flags, and we got close: 4 girls and 5 boys. =)
MirCar were so proud of themselves for sweating it out at the gym:
And then the worst happened. Halle called me in a panic. She had just found Sterling, who was lying on Miranda's bed, a little stiff but still moving with bite marks all over him. Poor, poor kitty got attacked by an animal, then crawled back home and GOOD BOY stayed where we could find him. Back when we couldn't find Xena and always wondered what happened to her, I begged Sterling to come back home if he got hurt so we could say good-bye. And he did.
We made the heart-breaking decision to put him down. His poor neck was gashed open, and he couldn't swallow. I love this cat so much. He was my favorite pet.
Watching Carlie say goodbye to her sweet buddy was heart-wrenching. He jumped down and came to sit by her.
When we brought him home, Jeff dug a sweet grave for him behind the fence, in his favorite place in the world: his mice field.
That afternoon, Carlie's choir buddies were getting together, and I'm so glad: Carlie needed something to take her mind off her grieving. They stopped by her favorite shave ice shack:
And then Kierste & Carlie came with me to collect flags around the neighborhood. Here they are in the back of Morgan's truck:
And then we had a Pity Party for ourselves. The kids chose all kinds of food, including but not limited to chocolate. RIP Sterling. Say hi to Zeus and have so much fun running around crazy with Pepper & Xena. We love you sooooo much and can't wait to see you again.
Meanwhile, Jeff & Miranda are at work. That bald man in the scrubs IS NOT Jeff. Jeff is much more handsome.
The next morning, Saturday, Carlie had the whole Chamber choir over for a waffle breaky, after they kidnapped the new recruits for next year and brought them along. A pretty good hazing, I say. There were literally 50 teenagers eating waffles at our house. Phew!!!
Then I dropped off my other gorgeous daughter at the SLC airport to visit someone. And that someone picked her up & met up with Carol, Winn, Tyler & Alex for some fish!
And squid! Don't worry. Even people who love fish & sushi don't ALL LOVE squid. I'm in that club.
Here at home, the pups was busy biting people, playing with toys, and generally trying not to be naughty. Let me rephrase: Solo was trying to get away with as much naughtiness as possible.
I took Connor to his little bestie's house to see his sister's reception. And he ran over with James and immediately started jumping on the tramp. =)
Morgan was asking people questions on his story, but I just thought this was a cute picture of him, so I kept it.
And that night, Jeff caught this Find my Phone shot of our boys in TX across the night-lit country from us. If Miranda were on our Apple ID, it would have shown her in CA, too. =(
Sunday morning, Jeff came home from a night shift before any of us woke up, and ate his bacon cups and chocolate milk we had made for him the night before. Happy Father's Day, Daddy of my children!!
And during the day while he slept, he got some tributes:
And he also got this present from our ministering family:
Meanwhile, all this was happening:
Including the Corless's (my sister Jana in TX) tree getting struck by lightning and dying while the boys were there!
And celebrating Father's Day with Dave... thank you and you're welcome. We missed our boys, but Jeff literally worked until he came home to sleep for the day, then jumped in the shower and left for work again. We'll have to celebrate later in the week!
And lastly, it was my family's first Father's Day without my dad. These tributes by my sisters really meant a lot to me.
And MEMES!!! Themed on training pups, cats =( and Dads.
Love, us
