Floating Lanterns

My mom and Jim invited Hanna to go with them 

to send off floating lanterns last Friday night.

 Hanna sent hers off in honor of her Grandma Dee Dee ❤️.

Grandma Susan and Hanna.

 Jim and Grandma Susan.

What an awesome experience she had!

Hanna's Hero Speech about her Grandma Susan.

Star Student

Clark was picked to be the Star Student

for the week! Which means he got to 

bring Bubbles home and take him

every where he went!

He was one happy boy!

 He even shared his pizza with Bubbles.

He took him to his soccer game

and introduced him to a lot of friends.

 Even his cousins from AZ got to meet him.

Bubbles slept with Clark and helped him with his homework.

Misc.

Knox and Ella visited us from AZ.

 It's cold, but they don't care.

 Daisy's enjoying volleyball.

 Clark during Sunday School.

We are Vegas Strong!

58 beams of light, representing the 58 lives lost. 

Remembering the victims.

Jane tried out dance class, but we decided to wait one more year. 

Witches Tea

Kelli is the most talented hostess ever!

The set up and detail is just amazing!

She puts in so much talent and work

every year, all for us Witches!

Our fancy dinner in a box.

This is the Amazing Witch Kelli

who knows how to throw a party!

 That's a lot of Witches!

 Appetizers...

We learned a dance this year.

I'm even participating, trying to hide out in the back.

So much fun!

Dorothy Dean Reade

Dee passed away early this morning. We were blessed with the opportunity to have her live with us last year. I will be forever grateful to her for raising such an amazing son that I get to call my husband. I feel peace knowing that she’s out of pain and in a much happier place. This past month every time we’ve been visiting her, before leaving we would sing a children’s hymn. I’m grateful we had the opportunity just this past Sunday to visit with her and sing to her as a family. We love you Dee.

I'm grateful for the knowledge of the Plan of Salvation.

I know we will see Dee again.

Families Are Forever. 

Happy 17th Anniversary to Us!

I surprised Danny with this fun car for the day.

We went to the Steak House inside Circus Circus for dinner. 

Drove on the strip. Went to lunch and saw a movie.

Came home early, because we were tired.

Deacon/Beehive Dance

This was Hanna's 2nd year attending this dance.

Here is a few of  her friends before the dance.

 Afterwards they played games and ate ice cream sundaes at Ryder's house.

Love when my kids are social, especially this one!

Max Was Jumped

Max and his friend were jumped, there was no reason for this to have happened to them! The kids that jumped them even videotaped it and it made me cry when I watched it (there were like 8 of them to basically 2). The worse part about it is these kids go to their school.

Not a phone call I had ever expected to get from my 6’4” 200 lb. 15 year old.
“Mom, I’ve been jumped” with a shaken up son on the other line 😢.
Max’s friend was jumped first (sucker punched super hard in the back of the head) and Max stepped in to try and stop the entire thing, which then led to him getting sucker punched in the mouth and face. He’s okay now. And after getting lots of concerned texts from a few girls Max jokingly said, “I’m getting text from all these girls, I should get punched in the face more often” 

Happy Grandparent's Day

First we visited Grandma Dee Dee.

Dee's memory is pretty much gone now,

but when we sing church songs with her

she can sing the words with us.

Then we visited Grandma Susan & Jim.

We had tacos at their house.

Poor Clark

While I was at the temple one evening this happened...

As soon as I left the temple this picture showed up on my phone.

I called home immediately and found out Clark

was accidentally pushed while swimming with friends.

His mouth hit the cement and

three of his top teeth were knocked out.

He was asleep when I got home.

 The next day was Sunday and he hadn't eaten much.

We got a knock on the door and our neighbors were there

dropping off ice cream and root bear for Clark.

He was pretty happy about that!

And he was finally able to eat something.

He also was allowed to play non-church games

on my phone during sacrament.

Needless to say, we kind of spoiled him that day.

 Before he was given all that ice cream I had 

already promised to take him to Yogurt Land Monday.

So after we had an X-Ray at the dentist we went

to get frozen yogurt.

Fun at the Lake

We always enjoy going to the lake with the Jolley's!

Thankfully, no one got sick on the drive home this year!

Tubing

 Chelsea with a couple of her tired kids.

 Walt was tired too.

 They are a family of 7 and inviting a family 

of 9 is no easy task.

We are so grateful for their friendship! 

We love the Jolley Family!