And The Goodbye Makes The Journey Harder Still

Aunt Michelle lost her battle with cancer on July 13. We are inspired by her faith and will to fight right up until the very end. Wes was with her as she passed peacefully in her sleep. She was still bossing him around the night before. She was his first friend, camping buddy, and die hard waterskiing partner. We are grateful for our knowledge of the plan of salvation, that families can be together forever. We are happy that her body is free from pain, and the thought of the reunions on the other side give us peace. We know you'll be our guardian angel now. You always found the glassy water, Michelle, we love you! Until we meet again...

Proud To Be An American

Happy 4th of July! We celebrated with our annual cul-de-sac BBQ and fireworks extravaganza!! We love all of these people...

Memorial Day

Moving Day

It was a big day. Happy and sad. We got Karlee and Colton and Livi all moved to Layton. Brock's dad had loaned them his ginormous snowmobile trailer, and we had it loaded with everything in only about an hour and a half! Karlee fed us some yummy sandwiches and veggie tray and then we all headed south to Layton. We unloaded in about the same amount of time. It was pretty slick. We had a beautiful day for it too. Their apartment is lovely! 3 nice sized bedrooms, 2 baths, cute kitchen, big living room, gas fireplace, lots of windows, lots of closets. They will be very happy there. It is a fourplex, actually there are four fourplexes in all. It was built in the 70s but it's all been nicely updated and it was clean and smelled good. It is nestled right up against the mountains east of Layton, right off highway 89, so they'll have easy access, plus it's a beautiful area. There are a few houses around it, lots of mature trees and squirrels everywhere. It's just down the street from the entrance to Layton Canyon which is a pretty popular hike. We saw a lot of kids toys around, so there will be kids for Livi to play with. They are going to try and find their ward tomorrow. Hopefully they can sleep well tonight! Colton had gotten home at 1:00 in the morning from his last business trip to Texas with Spectrum. Karlee has had a crazy busy week getting everything ready to go all by herself. They were still smiling, but they were so tired. Livi was adorable! She wanted to show off her room, and her other room, and her mom and dad's room, and her bathrooms, and her closets, and her stairs, and her neighborhood, and she was just so excited about everything! I hope she'll adjust easily. We are excited for Colton to start his new job. He reports Tuesday morning at 8:00 am! Good luck, son! We are so proud of you and excited for this new chapter!

Livi in her new room.

Karlton's bedroom.

Bedroom number three.

Cute kitchen.

From the entry looking toward kitchen/dining.

Nice big living room.

Still smiling!

Happy family!

The outside, their apartment is on the bottom right.