After our first family visitors left we had a turnover day, and then the next family group started streaming in. ;-) We had some family stay with us and some had arranged their own housing. We planned three days of activities. One thing that I loved was having all my sisters together - that is a rare treat. Not too many photos from the anniversary picnic. We had professional photos taken which will be coming in a few weeks. It was crazy hot but we had a good time nonetheless. On Thursday the sisters packed up our kids and went to the redwoods and enjoyed the afternoon playing in the river at Jedediah Smith park. We got lucky with the BEST weather. And that concluded our family reunion and anniversary celebration.
I was so irritated on Sunday. Stake Conference is this weekend and it was announced that our visiting GA was inviting all youth 12+ to the Saturday evening adult session. I immediately thought: "Thank you for un-inviting me , and many of my friends". Any mom in the stake with children until 12 probably won't be there. Unless Grandma steps in. I vented my frustration to my poor husband. He just assumed that I would take precedence over attending and one of our older girls would babysit. I told him that's not how moms think -and most likely that other moms in the stake wouldn't be leaving their teens at home. Plus, what about those moms who only have young children? You've just effectively taken away all their babysitters. He said that he did make this argument a month ago when the meeting was being discussed. I guess he got outvoted. When these sorts of decisions come down - I have to say that it makes me grumpy. Don't the people making...
Oh goodness - it's always a treat when we get Nathan and his family all to ourselves in Oregon. It's a sacrifice for them to drive all the way out here in a busy summer. This year they came so that Aves could attend FSY with Kenna and Natalie. While the girls were gone, the rest of us played. Faith had the week of her life. Summer Camp at Miss Annie's with her cousins was a highlight. We also read books galore, ate treats, went to a baseball game and played and laughed hard together.
So cute! You can really see their personalities.
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