Jazzy

Remember this picture from last September. Jazzy had a lump remove then and we had it tested it was cancerous. The vet gave her 19 months.

Here she was after her surgery and she better and back to her old self.

Well I am sorry to say that in April her lump came back.  We knew what it was and tried to make her life as comfortable as possible. Well, today at 5 am I woke up and she decided that she was done fighting. She has gone to better place and is now cancer free. She was only 7 years old and our Queen is gone. She will bet greater missed. We loved her very much.

David's Birthday

This is the only picture we took for David's birthday.

We went out the night before to AppleBees for his birthday dinner.

On his birthday he received from us a baseball mitt and headphones. We had a couple of friends come over for cake and homemade ice cream. His Grandparents gave him two goose bump books.

His one friend gave him his favorite chips which are salt and vinegar with a chocolate bar. He had those eaten within two days. His cousin gave him some money.

In all he had a great day.

July 4th

Aryan getting ready to light fire crackers.

David and his friend, Jeff  setting up the fire crackers to be set off.

David showing me a shot off fire cracker

One of the fire cracker as it is going off.

We went over to a friends house to celebrate the 4th of July.

We had a nice BBQ and spending time with friends.

We were even able to see the fire works that one of the farmers set off every year.

We had a blast.

Until next time.

camping trip

Zeus in his play pen.

Here is a better view of him.

Mike getting the kick boats ready for the water.

Aryan watching him.

David is also watching.

Aryan getting ready to go out on the kick boat.

Aryan trying to get the kick boat out on the water.

This was his first time on the kick boat.

Doing better.

Mike on the kick boat.

Aryan going towards Mike because one of the oars wasn't on right.

Mike helping Aryan.

Aryan and Mike

David getting ready to go out.

David out on the kick boat.

This is also his first time.

David

David

Both boys out on the kick boats

Mike and David out on the boats.

Mike and David fishing. David is the only one who caught a fish.

We didn't stay out camping as long as we planned. The boys had fun out on the water in the kick boats. I didn't go out on the boats. I stayed on shore with Zeus, crocheting and listening to one of my books. It was extremely hot.

Until next time

Last Day of school

I know that I posted this photo on Instagram and facebook already but wanted to write about it in the blog.

Aryan graduated from 8th grade this year and will be a Freshman next year. He made the honor roll the first semester and the merit roll the second semester.

David made the merit roll both semesters at school.

Here are a few videos of the ceremony of the graduation and awards given out the last day.

I hope this one shows up.

Same with this one.

We are very grateful for the school doing these awards. The boys enjoy getting them and have worked hard this year.

Memorial Day Tradition

Our yearly tradition of placing flags on Veterans graves.

The last two years it has been easy to place the flags because it has rained and the made the ground soft. Aryan is pictured above. I was with him, David was with a friend of mine. I am still waiting for his picture but wanted to get this posted.

There were several groups placing flags on this day. Here is part of the C.A.R group. This group isn't very big. We also had the DAR ladies and the 4-H kids. It is always fun to do this with the kids. Aryan was asking me about some of the information on the headstones. I was surprise that I could answer some of them for him and what I didn't know we asked someone else. Most of his questions were on the ranks which are abbreviated. It was a great day.

Utah Continue

Here is my oldest grandson at the park.

She is the reason for us being in Utah. Miss K was being baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. When one becomes 8 years old they can be baptized. This is Michael with his oldest child.

Here are Michael, Rachel and K after her baptism.

The baptism went well and was well attended. She had a lot of family to see her on her big day.

K opening her baptism present from Grandma and Grandpa Payne.

Youngest grandchild. Mr. J loving his orange creamsicle. He sat there enjoying it. He didn't attempt to get down, he just sat there and ate. Oh, and he doesn't like share.

Miss H at the park.

Mr. C at the park. He loves the slides. He saw this slide and ran to it.