Don and Fred

Exactly 75 years separate these two in age. They are kindred spirits.

Long Time, No See

The Peterson's were visiting Boise for about 24 hours. If they hadn't gotten sick, they would have stayed longer.

They came over for breakfast and Adrienne made pancakes with raspberry purée-yum! The kids played in and out all morning and Bryant (thankfully!) watched and entertained them. It allowed Adrienne and I to talk. It's always so nice to see her face to face, although it always feels like no time has passed. She stays gorgeous, the kids get bigger, but we all get along. :)

She gave us books and clothing-the clothes are a huge hit with the boys and Freddie really wants to be just a little bigger so he can wear the cool shirts. Their favorite book so far out of the newest additions to our collection is Nobody Rides the Unicorn.

The Book of Cedrik & Freddie

And it came to pass...that Cedrik got snap circuits for his birthday. This has been entertaining us daily for a few weeks. Jordan loves putting things together and this is the first time a "puzzle" type of project has been engaging.

And then... Freddie learned to climb the tree. When he is determined, he makes sure it gets done. He tried for a couple of days and then there he was. So proud of himself. He hasn't learned to get back down on his own yet so he has had to sit in the tree for awhile before I could get out to him.

Eloise is my constant companion these days. She sings to us all day long. We three girls do quite well together. 

"Whatchoo Talkin Bout Willis?"

For some reason that's the phrase I think of every time I see this picture.

Whirlwind Utah

We had a really fun weekend in Utah. 

We got in Thursday night (Cedrik's birthday) and found a place to eat dinner that overlooked the valley. Besides it being hot, and the food not being terribly good and the kids being full from the ride down, it was fun. 

Friday: Jordan had a piano tuning and the kids got to play all day outside. They alternated between the trampoline, swing set, sand box and pool. They love playing together. That night we had a hot dog roast and Cedrik opened birthday presents and had cake. We then headed up to Jara's for Dylan's mission call letter reading (I'm sure there's a better way to write that) and he's headed to Ecuador in September. Wow. The boys keep asking hour old they'll be when he gets home. They're really excited for him. 

Saturday was busy. We had Sadie's wedding at the temple. I forgot the boys church shoes and had to run to payless to buy new ones in the morning on the way into town. All of the kids loved the temple. I stayed outside with them during the sealing and Cedrik and Freddie both asked questions about the temple and we had a few special moments. As of now, they all want to be married in the temple and Cedrik commented several times that he felt really good while being there. Eloise says "temple" multiple times per day and asks to sing "I love to see the temple." 

Later that afternoon, we went to the luncheon and then went to the reception that night. Eloise was attached to Dylan the whole time... It was really cute. He and Jordan have a similar "feel" about them, calm. He also fed her cake, I'm sure that helped. 

We stayed up late eating petit fours and existing in exhaustion together. 

Sunday morning we had Marie's blessing. It was really beautiful and she was blessed with wonderful things. We were reminded that she is still transitioning to mortality and for her, she needs extra nurturing.

It was a wonderfully spiritual weekend.