Elder Plaster

Our good friend, neighbor, and Ward member, Alex, entered the MTC (Missionary Training Center) on Wednesday, June 3. He has been called to serve in the West Indies Mission (French speaking). He invited Tyson and I to go to the MTC with him and his grandma/mom. Tyson and I were honored to join them. First we went to breakfast at Kneaders. Yum...so good!

Alex & Tyson...aren't they handsome Elders!
Typical photo shot of them. Silly!

Kathy, Alex, & Tyson

We had some time before Alex was suppose to be at the MTC, so we drove around to where Alex used to work (Wymount grounds crew at BYU) so he could say goodbye to some friends. We didn't find Russell, but we did find other co-workers though. We stopped and took a picture of Dallin and Alex together.

Mother & son

Tyson, me, and Alex.

The new drop off scene. No time for good-byes here.

Kathy loves Alex so much. She is going to be lonely without him. He is EVERTHING to her.

How sweet!

Buddies! Tyson calls Alex his other brother. Tyson will get the chance to see Alex again when Tyson enters the MTC in late July. Good luck Alex, we love you, and we are proud of you.

Juanita

Juanita married Eric on Tuesday, June 2 in Salt Lake City. Hopefully I will get some pictures to post. I love Juanita and I wish her the best in life.

Memorial Day

• We (Russell, Lacey, and myself) started Memorial Day off early by going to the Lehi Cemetery (one of my favorite places). Russell's oldest brother, Johnny, and his wife, Mary, and their daughter, Annemarie, gave us a tour of the cemetery. They know and remember where all of the family ancestor's are buried. I didn't take pictures of all the headstones that we honored. Johnny and Mary have been our tour guides before and we are grateful for them being willing to let us join them on this special day. Afterwards we were treated to a delicious breakfast at their home. Thanks Johnny and Mary!

P.S. The photo that I took of Tyler's headstone came out blurry, thus no photo of his headstone at this time.

The cemetery was so beautifully decorated with so many flowers. This picture was actually taken about a week after Memorial Day when we went to take down our flowers, so a lot of the flowers were already gone. Tyler's headstone is in the front on the right and Russell's dad's headstone is in the front on the left. This is where Russell and I will someday be buried also.
Russell's dad's headstone was put up only a few weeks before Memorial Day, so this was the first time that we saw it.
The back side of Russell's dad's headstone.
Sideways...sorry. This is Russell's maternal grandparents headstone. They were great people!
Sideways again...sorry. This is who Tyler and Bronco are named after. Daniel was a great and well-known pioneer. This is a newer headstone for Daniel STILLWELL Thomas.

This is Daniel STILLWELL Thomas' original headstone.

• Later that evening we had a barbecue with some of Russell's BYU co-workers and their families. We enjoyed good food and good company. We enjoy having barbecues in our backyard...it feels like we are up the canyon. P.S. Somehow I missed getting a picture of Mike (Provo Temple Grounds foreman). I guess we'll have to have another barbecue so I can snap a picture of him.

What's a summer barbecue without homemade root beer?

Keg Roaster

Yummy whole chicken's cooked "keg roaster style" with strawberry kiwi soda pop.

John (Marriott Center Grounds Foreman)

Tyson made a fire in the fire pit, because it got chilly. These boys LOVED the fire.

Tyson dishing up his yummy food.

Church History Trip

Kyle had the opportunity to go on a church history trip with his friend Ben and Ben's parents for two weeks in May. They went to Nauvoo, Carthage, and Independence (they also went to Branson, Missouri for fun). Kyle was so excited! He LOVES learning all he can about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He LOVES learning about the history, the principles, the doctrines, the commandments, the Saviors life...you name it, he LOVES it.

Pictures to come later.

Lacey

I had so much fun taking pictures of Emily, that I went home and talked Lacey into letting me take pictures of her too. Isn't she beautiful?

Sheila & Emily

At the end of Emily's photo shoot, I couldn't end the afternoon without taking a picture of mother & daughter. Both Sheila & Emily are awesome people. I am so blessed to have Sheila as one of my best friends. Love ya both!

Emily

My good friend Sheila asked me if I would take her daughter Emily's senior pictures. Of course I said, "Yes!" We took a TON of pictures (because we were having so much fun). Well, here are just a few of my favorites. Isn't Emily beautiful? The awesome thing about Emily is that she is not just beautiful on the outside, but she is beautiful on the inside too. She is such a good girl. I really admire her.

Empty Nesters

It was so fun and educational watching the progress of our adopted Robin family this Spring. Over the months of April and May we watched the building of the nest, the four beautiful blue eggs appear, the newly hatched robins arrive, Mrs. Robin finding worms and bringing them to her babies, watching them QUICKLY grow, and then before we knew it they left their nest forever. Just like typical children, they left a mess as they left.