Missionaries

Last year from April-October we hosted the missionaries in our home, it was a great experience and one we will always remember. This afternoon Elder Richard Holloman stopped in to say goodbye, he is going back home on Thursday to New Jersey. Elder Holloman was one of the first missionaries we hosted and was with us for about four months- we are grateful to have gotten to know him while he served, he is a great young man!

Ryan made his famous, delicious sugar cookies which we took up to the NICU for the medical staff this afternoon; we miss those guys! Ayla needed a blood draw to check her Carnitine levels and exchanged her feeding button so while we were at St. Luke's we popped upstairs to see the staff and express our appreciation......of course, I had to test many such said cookies just to make sure they were up to par- and they were! Yum!

Wisconsonites!

My cute Nephew, Aundrey

Stuffing our faces at Fuddruckers

Family visit! Carrie and her boys, Mason and Aundrey, came up from Wisconsin for a visit. Kenalee also accompanied them on the looong drive; 24 hours to reach Idaho. Now that's a drive!

Carrie and Kenalee were able to spend a few hours with Miss Ayla on Wednesday and feel her sweet personality and listen to her funny gruntings and noises. Later that evening we took a seestors night out and went to dinner at Fuddruckers. Holy cheeseburgers! It was fun to escape the house and spend time with the family....Wisconsin is too far away!

Cousin Kenalee and Ayla

Aunt Carrie & Ayla

It gew AND Lived!

Anyone who knows me knows that I have a 'black thumb' when it comes to living plants- seriously. Poor things don't stand a chance around me.... Every year I plant flowers in the planter pots around the pond and back patio and usually have to replace them once or twice throughout the summer season.....something about needing to water and feed regularly?

Anyway, haven't had much time to work on the yard this season but did manage to plant flowers a few weeks ago and...most of them have lived AND thrived! Proof is in the picture below (this plant began as a stub- I am so proud!).

As Ryan has been home this week one of his projects was to install drip hoses into the planter pots- beautiful! Now the plants will have a fighting chance of surviving under "Heidi-care"!