First of all...many thanks to Camille and Candice for making my blog page cute! I know these past post have been really mixed up , but I got so far behind, I didn't know where to start. So it was kind of like I just threw up the past week and this is where it landed.
Also thank you Candice for being the computer genius you are and helping me save all those pictures. Your the best!

I couldn't let these pics go unpublished. Candice and Camille sporting my sister's dresses from 1974! We went up to see Grandma saturday and had a real nice visit.

Camille and Candice and I did some exploring around in daddy's garage. There is so much cool stuff to look at out there.

This old vice grip brings back a lot of memories. Whatever project daddy was working on, he would wedge it in here to hold it tight so he could have his hands free. (bike parts, lids for his milk cans,things he was painting, tools that needed repairing) It also was pretty entertaining to us kids and the grandkids as a nutcracker. You knew you were somebody if you got to go out to the garage with Grampa and crack nuts in the vice grip.

I knew I had seen that name somewhere before. Sorry Kellen.

All the girls pitched in and helped pick swazberries. We got a great big bowl...enough to do some bottled razzers. Olivia loved being in the forest of swasberries.

I had a pretty scary thing happen today. I had been doing laundry all morning and had set a basket of laundry on the stove to fold it. Then I went to walmart to get a few things to send to K.C. that he needed. I was just wandering around, not in any big hurry... for about 2 hours. I kept getting a feeling I should go home, but I dismissed the thought because I knew Kelley wouldn't be home till about 3 and I didn't want to hurry home to an empty house. When I pulled in the garage I smelled smoke really strong. I ran in the house and the whole kitchen was filled with smoke. It was so thick that you couldn't breath it. I think that was the first time I have ever been in smoke like that, that just choked you. I had a comforter in the basket that had smoke billowing out of it...looked like it was just about to burst into flames. I grabbed the laundry basket and threw it out the back door. The bottom of the basket was completly gone and the comforter was pretty much burnt up too. I must have bumped the switch on the stove with the basket when I set it there. Kelley pulled in right behind me, thank goodness and calmed me down and helped me clean up the mess. We were both so grateful it hadn't got out of control.
Ken -next door came over and said he could see the smoke pouring out of the house from his place and wanted to help.

I just can't stop thinking how very bad this could have been. I am such a bone head to not listen to the promptings I was getting. My gaurdian angels probably want to kick me in the head! I won't ignore them again.
Kelley was pretty wonderful and didn't yell or get mad. Just gave me a real long hug and said he was glad it wasn't worse.

Then he took me out for dinner (we both wanted to get out of the house..it was pretty stinky) Then we went to find some air fresheners and mailed K.C's package. He helped me do the corn and bottle the raspberries. Then went out in the garage and made me some frames. I love that man of mine.

We went up fishing after Kelley got home from work on Friday. We were totally skunked! Still had lots of fun.

We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house Friday morning. While we waited in line, Olivia played with her pretend puppy.

We all went in this big tent and watched a movie about the Temple. It was really neat cause they showed how now you can see 3 temples at the same time. Jordan River, Draper and now Oquirrh Mountain. The Temple was really beautiful. Olivia was really good and loved the chandeliers. so sparkley...like Barbie diamond castle! Then when we were leaving she said " I want more peschal!" Pretty amazing that one that young could feel the special feeling that you do in the temple.

Still holding the puppy

They all got up early sunday and got on their way home. Candice went with them so she could see Megan do the Idol show in Arizona. Sure hard to say goodbye. Came in the house after they left and just sat there on the couch. I could hear the clock downstairs tiking. Kelley had already gone to his meeting so the house was deathly quiet. Don't like it.

It was sure wonderful to have them here for a few weeks. It went by so quick! It was so fun to be able to play with Olivia everyday and just hang out with their family. I know Kellen gets stir crazy cause there isn't much for him to do here, but I sure appreciate him making it possible for their family to be here.

Wonderful Day

Sunday was a pretty special day. Kelley, K.C. and I met with the stake presidency and high council before church. They asked K.C. to tell them what he knew about his mission, and to bear his testimony. It was pretty amazing to hear this guy that has always been so timid and quiet and hated even the thought of speaking in front of people, stand tall and speak confidently and from his heart about how he felt about being called to serve the people in Russia.

Then they asked Kelley and I to bear our testimonies too. I was having a pretty hard time controlling my emotions, and needed some kleenex, so Kelley comes to the rescue with his big red university of Utah hankie. He loves to flash Utah paraphernalia any chance he can get in front of the BYU fans. (97% of the High Council) It was good comic relief anyway.

Sacrement meeting was pretty special. We had wonderful support from so many friends and family. The building was packed and really noisy! I wanted to record K.C. speaking so mom could hear it, but when I listened to it, all I could hear was screaming kids. dang it!

Bishop Burns had asked K.C. to talk about service. He just sat down one afternoon and wrote the whole thing. I kept teasing him that he needed to take half the time cause there was only him and Doug Buhler talking. He said he would probably only take 5 minutes. Well he got up there and talked for about 20 minutes and gave one of the most beautiful talks I have ever heard on service. I think everyone there was pretty surprised to hear him get up there and talk like he did. It was like all of the sudden he was not my boy anymore... he was a humble, spiritual, strong man with an amazing testimony.

The rest of the meeting was really good. A friend of Jaydene's played a violin solo of "A poor wayfaring man of grief" It was amazing and fit in perfectly with K.C.'s and Doug's talks on service. Doug's talk was really good too. (scary thing; last week Doug had an aeorta displacement while he was at a camp with his boss. He is doing better now, but very serious condition)

Anyway, after the meeting was over, we visited with people there at the church, then came home to get the luncheon ready. Candice and Seth had left a little early to go get things set up and I was sure glad they did. That was a huge help to me! Our friends and family were so great to help out by bringing yummy salads and desserts. Then they helped with getting everything ready to serve too! It was just a wonderful day, being able to visit with and feel the love and support of many friends and family.

I was so glad that Candice brought Seth to the meeting. We enjoyed talking to him and getting to know him a little better.

These are some of my favorite people in the world. Somehow Camille's friends just became part of our family and I think they will be for life. K.C. really loves these guys...he has kind of grown up with them. So glad we could track down Dan. Haven't seen him for a few years. He has a new sweet baby and seems like he is doing well.

K.C. has a very diverse group of friends. Not all church goers, but good kids. K.C. is very non-judgmental and accepting of everyone. I know that will be a hard thing for him to not be able to see his friends. They spend a lot of time together and are really close. I am so grateful he has good friends...I think that can make all the difference in the world in a young person's life.

A funny thing happened the day K.C. left. Mark told Kelley that he had heard Taylor downstairs just cussing at K.C. Mark went down and asked him what he was thinking. He said " I just don't know why K.C. won't respond to my text messages. I can understand that he can't call me, but you would think he could text me back!"
We all had a good laugh at that one.

Holly has been so sweet and supportive. She brought K.C. a beautiful missionary journal with his name engraved on it

I was so humbled by the generous financial and emotional support so many people gave to K.C. We are so blessed, We are so thankful.

Olivia helping me plant flowers.

She has been my sweet little shadow these past few weeks. Everything I do she wants to help me. She is pretty good at picking raspberries. We learned which ones are ripe . She pulls the raspberry off, red or green, then asks me "Is this one ready grama? If it was ready she would throw it in the bucket and sing "It's ready...ready to party! I don't know...maybe something from Dora or her wild neighbors in Arizona. If it wasn't ripe she would feed it to Lizzy. Poor Lizzy.

Keelee came over with Jamie's kids cause Jamie was at girls camp. She has twin boys and another boy who is about 6. They are really active! Keelee is so cute with them though. I hope some day she will have a few of her own. She will be a great mom! After tearing around in the backyard for a while, they were ready for a good rest.

We decided that this may be the way they hug in Russia.

We went out to dinner at the Macaroni Grill to celebrate Kate's birthday. I was too slow on the picture taking so I missed this guy singing to her. Absolutly amazing voice. What's he doing working at Macaroni Grill???

Then they gave her a yummy apple dessert and this pretty flower. Cheeeeeeese

We got home and buckled down getting the food ready for Sunday. If you can call this buckeling down.

Lovely meat and cheese trays! I don't know what I would have done without my girls help this week. They truly carried me through it by making me laugh! I so enjoyed our time together.