Father's Day Weekend

Jeff and Rachel came down for the weekend in June So we almost had everyone of our kids here. Almost because Christina was headed to Boston with her school tour so unfortunately we missed her and Benjy had to work too so he missed the fun. Friday night we all went to Los Lupe's in Mesquite for dinner and then we headed over to go bowling.

But the fun wasn't over. Since this was Jeff & Rachel's last time in town for awhile we splurged and took them to our favorite haunt. Yup we hit the Winn buffet.

My favorite!

Not sure what this says about us?

Then to totally kill the calorie count for the weekend. We all went to the Green Valley Ranch buffet for breakfast on Monday morning. This time Benjy could come! Happy Father's Day to them both. Kinda sick of food after that.

FHE Closing Social

We had a blast at our closing social for our FHE group this year. It gets bigger and better every year it seems. Jensen's and us rented a 4 seat atv and Keels took their Ranger and the six of us went up to the top of Bunkerville Mountain.

Getting that baby loaded up was a chore and a half. We thought we might not make it.

The narrows

Almost there

Picnic time

Gunsight

What a blast we had. We'd love to do it all over again.

Memorial Day

There is a long standing tradition of doing graves every Memorial Day weekend usually on that Saturday. Everyone gets up and cleans graves while the old folks tell stories. Then there is usually a treat or breakfast or something at McDonalds. This year I went because we grabbed Rees to go.This year Mendis was the old folk with the stories to pass on...

 

 

 

 

We started having a family dinner once a month with Ashley's family on the last day of every month. We rotate between our houses between the two of us. It's a great way to make sure we stay in touch and hang out together. We thought maybe Hayden could even make it when he could too. May was my first dinner and we decided to invite any Cooper's that could come on Memorial Day. It was nice enough we could even eat on the patio. Hayden was able to come and he brought his new girlfriend Megan for the first time. She is a brave girl to meet the whole bunch of us at once. It was so fun. We just had hot dogs and hamburgers and the traditional Memorial Day food. We all hung out on the patio and watched the boys run around and play and talked past dark. I like this new tradition.

Grandkids

Time for a few fun grandkids pictures. I have been slacking getting these up so now there are a million!

 

  

Aren't they the cutest!

Happy 1st Birthday Dane :)

I was so sad to be gone for Dane's first Birthday so Ashley made a cake and everything and had me and Grandpa over! We got him some stacking blocks that were kinda cool. Each one had a activity to do. He enjoyed throwing them mostly!

 Isn't it so cute. She had the boys help her decorate it and I think they did a great job. It was delicious too!

Dang it next year we are going to be there.(Unless we are in Washington DC)

Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day. I always do because everyone especially Mendis works so hard to make sure I do. We went out to dinner on Friday since I was helping to decorate for Jenn's reception in Logandale and it was Saturday. We decided on Hash House a Go Go since we had heard so much about it. It didn't disappoint.

It was very industrial looking which was fun and the food was fab.

Mendis got chicken and biscuits

I got corned beef hash

The portions were out of control. I ate mine for 2-3 days!

Strawberry Shortcake

The dessert was amazing.It looked like something our of a Dr Seuss book. Best strawberry shortcake I'd had for awhile that's for sure. There was even ice cream in the center. Really good.

Ashley's family gave me a corsage so I wore that to Church on Sunday. Benjy was speaking in their ward so I went up to help Ashley with the kids while he spoke. Ya she can use all the help she can get. It's not that they are bad at all just busy, especially Dane.He is the instigator! So I was really glad I went. My corsage got loved to death. It was cute. Cooper wanted to touch it so bad so I let him. He just poked it but Dane's head may have landed smack on it a couple of times. ha ha