We had a wonderful time with Steve's family. We are so thankful they were able to come visit us and help liven up our summer. Steve's Dad and step mom Rhonda and his brother David stayed with us 4 more days after the Kentucky Schmids left. In all we had visitors for 23 days! Those days were packed full of fun and family! Here are some pictures of the last few days of our visitors. One night we had a storm followed by the most beautiful sunset. The pictures don't even begin to do it justice. We all stood on the back patio admiring the beauty.
On Monday of that week, July 14th, Aubrey and Addy started swim lessons.
That same day Zac and I were busy getting him ready for a 50 mile backpacking trip in the Wind River Mountains in Wyoming. I dropped him off for a haircut while I was running errands. When I picked him up I was a little shocked to see him sporting a mow-hawk! He left at 4:30am Tuesday morning for the adventure of a life time. He said his goodbyes to grandpa before he left.
On Tuesday Roy, Rhonda and I spent the entire day (until 9 at night) downtown at the Family History Library. I had never been and with my latest family history obsession I felt right at home there and can't wait to go back.
One of the things I spent my time doing while I was there was scanning pictures, old letters and documents Roy brought with him and uploading them to the Family Search website and tagging them. Of all the hundreds of pictures this one is probably one of my favorites.
On Wednesday Roy, Rhonda and I went to the Bountiful Temple to do sealings for family names. We had gone previously with Steve, once to do initiatories, another time for endowments and this time we finished it up with sealings. Unfortunately Steve had to work this day and couldn't go with us. It was a wonderful experience in the temple. That night my mom and Sister Lauren came over and had dinner with us.
After dinner I went with Emily to the church for a Girls Camp slide show. After the slide show I was chatting it up with some friends and Emily and her friend got tired of waiting for me, so they sat in the van. With the windshield wipers on. I'm pretty sure this is why they really need to be replaced as I just recently discovered. FYI, that trash was placed on the dashboard by the girls sitting in the van, I don't drive around like that. I keep my trash on the floor of my van!
And then Thursday came around and it was time to say goodbye. We enjoyed having Roy and his family with us. It is the most time my kids have spend around Steve's dad and I am so thankful we had this opportunity to have him in our home and get to know him better.
