Strawberry Days

Thought we needed to check out the festivities for

Strawberry Days and it was as I thought.

Low lifes running the gross rides and booths.

I told them we were just here for the food. After snow cones

funnel cake, strawberries and cream and a pretzel,

we headed for a few rides before heading to the car for some

cooling off, it was only 95 degrees that day

Lame roller coaster but it went around like 90 times.

Isaac was hoping to be able to get his drivers licence after

this one, he was a little disappointed.

Baseball

I really love watching Isaac play baseball. He is just so cute and it is so much fun for him right now. Of course he is looking forward to when they keep score and have tournaments but for right now he is such a joy to watch. He said today after his game that he was the very best
player on his team and that he can catch anything from anyone on his team when they practice. I had to remind him to keep that just between the two of us and not share that with the rest of the team because being a really great teammate and player means that you are supportive and complimentary of everyone else except yourself. But he really is the best player on his team, just kidding. He did get some great hits today, he batted first and hit the first pitch past short stop and out into left field. You should have seen his face when he made it to first base, stopped to see if I saw, and then headed for second. SO DANG CUTE! This is the stuff that us moms live for! Seeing our kids being so happy.

To Buy ... Or Not To Buy

I am torn wether or not to buy this cool camera that I see all over the place. It is small, easy to use, and takes great pictures. Travis is not a fan of women buying electronics so I am not sure if I dare attempt it without him. I'm really not as big of a wimp as that sounded, it's more that we already have such a very nice camera but it is really huge and not too fun to throw in your purse for just a daily thing. What's the vote?

Nick gave a wonderful, spiritual, and very touching homecoming talk on Father's Day so it was a triple great day! Father's Day, RM talk, and Rob's birthday. We had a ton of support and people came from all over. It was a great day, actually several days. We all got to see new and old friends.

These three were in the MTC together so this is a repeat of some pics about 2 years ago. Andrew is Nicks best friend Jasons friend from Orem (does that make sense?) and he and Nick got the same Mish call, were set apart the same night,went into the MTC the same day, and were comps in the MTC. Heather was called to the same Mish as the guys and so they had all of their training together in the MTC and she has been a huge support to Nick for the last two years, she's from Texas. Love Ya'll

Happy Birthday To You!

Isaac wanted to do something special for McKayla, he said he was going to add everyone to this shirt as their birthdays came.

McKayla turned 15 a few days ago. The time sure flies. Seems like just yesterday she was burning around with her little red curly hair and now I have to teach her how to drive.

She had a fun day, a few of her friends came over to bring her a cake and a gift and she got the gift she had been really wanting, a new cell phone. We gutter gifted her old phone to Nick who very gratefully accepted. His life is slowly falling into place after the Mish.

These cracked me up! They certainly showed how much they were used.

Look at what's left of the shoe laces!

You should see the holes on the bottom, huge chunks.

Mama I'm Comin' Home!

Nick made it home safe and sound on friday! It was so awesome to see him and know that he was safe! It was a long trip home but he was as happy as I have ever seen him. We had to be patient because of all the other missionaries arriving home that day also. But finally he showed up at the top of the escalator where C.C. and Josh were the first one's to get a hug and welcome him home. Grandma Chapman and The Harmon's were there to welcome him home with us. We took him home, gave him a shower and introduced him to his new home and life in Utah. I think he spent about a half and hour in the shower taking off the top layer of filth. He was used to a cold trickle for the shower in their apartments. He wanted to go to Arby's for lunch! He just needed some good old fashioned American Fast Food! He finished his parasite pills that morning so he figured that anything goes now. He was so excited to see the washer and dryer, the gargage disposal, and feel how soft the carpet was, he hadn't seen any of these for two years. He was shocked to see that there were no bars on the windows.

He really loved his mission and it has been a great weekend hearing all about it and learning about all the experiences that he had there. The robbery stories are funny now but not so funny when it was happening. The stories about all the huge gross bugs, the converts gifts, the food, the kids, the culture, and the baptisms are so fun to hear about! What a great two years and he said that the mission was preparing him for the next things to come in his life! We are so proud of Nick and all that he experienced on his mission.