WOW the summer has finally flown by enough that now Jonah is starting to realize he doesn't have to die in the belly of a fish. :)
Laree and kids are coming home, Sams fam is almost done and the boys will be coming soon.
Though we still have not heard directly from the boys, Glen and Leon get your acts into gear we all KNOW you have TONS to say...at least one note would be nice. And Mandy, Marcy and Caramie, what! do you think we don't care about your boring and lothsome lives? We do, and we all want to be apart of it. At least one note before the summer is over would be delightsom.
Here is a note from Sams Fam-
We're down to the last month(ish)!
Hopefully a month from now we'll be back with you all, but who knows? A change of plans would totally be par for the course of the summer.
The official end date for the summer is August 27th, we will probably stay later though, depending on the demand and how many salesreps stick around for a while longer.
Crazy to think about. And for the most part we don't. If we spent time putting a lot of thought into how close we are to coming home, it'd make this last bit take forever. It already is taking forever.
It's been nice having James around, Sam really enjoys him as always, and it helps to have someone around who is not burnt out like the rest of us, someone who still likes the fact that we're busy all the time and have no energy for anything else. Keeps us smiling at his enthusiasm and appreciative of his energy. The rest of us are just dead on our feet.
I never understood, at the start of this summer, when I heard that we had a salesrep who did the summer program and then took the other 8 months off to go on vacations and laze around, how he could do that.
I know now just how easy that would be.
Of course, Sam won't. He anticipates taking a few weeks off maybe, and then getting back to work doing SOMETHING. Everything's kinda up in the air right now.
Including what we're doing, where we're living, and if I'll try working again. Let alone what we will do next summer. We figure it's too close to this summer to really try thinking about a next summer program- the thought honestly makes me shudder at this point. Regardless of where it would be.
Oh well, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. Things have a tendancy to kind of just work out providentially, in whatever manner God sees fit.
And for that I am grateful :)
Friday, August 5, 2011
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Papas Crew crusing around
We are back from our Montana trip. Conference was very good. They only had two meetings this year, one Saturday morning and the other Sunday morning. Sunday morning's meeting was 3 hours which was quite long but made it possible for those headed back to Utah to get and earlier start. The dance Friday night was fun and so was the barbcue on Saturday. It was nice to visit with those we love in Montana.
From Montana Daddy and I went to Lake Tahoe. We took a longer route to enjoy more scenery. It was a nicer drive but took a long time and I was tired of travel by the time we got there (we left Monday morning and arrived Tuesday night). We enjoyed our time there biking, touring an old estate, kayaking, a paddle wheel boat 'Sunset Cruise', and a sailboat ride. I was greatful for the opportunity, but glad to be home early Friday.
Mamma Marion headed home from Montana Tuesday night. It was a long trip for them, but they made it safely and that is what counts.
AnnaLee gave up her job, she said it just wasn't working for her. She has been doing some cleaning with Connie Jenson (Zubrod). She seems to like that better.
We head to Bear Lake next Sunday. We are really looking forward to camping and the lake. Virginia has been great getting us organized. Look forward to seeing some of you there.
From Montana Daddy and I went to Lake Tahoe. We took a longer route to enjoy more scenery. It was a nicer drive but took a long time and I was tired of travel by the time we got there (we left Monday morning and arrived Tuesday night). We enjoyed our time there biking, touring an old estate, kayaking, a paddle wheel boat 'Sunset Cruise', and a sailboat ride. I was greatful for the opportunity, but glad to be home early Friday.
Mamma Marion headed home from Montana Tuesday night. It was a long trip for them, but they made it safely and that is what counts.
AnnaLee gave up her job, she said it just wasn't working for her. She has been doing some cleaning with Connie Jenson (Zubrod). She seems to like that better.
We head to Bear Lake next Sunday. We are really looking forward to camping and the lake. Virginia has been great getting us organized. Look forward to seeing some of you there.
Monday, July 18, 2011
to sieze or not to sieze???
What's new with the Lavery family??? Well Carson has been acting funny the last few week, he goes into this zone and does really heavy breathing so on Tuesday we went to see Danny and he thinks he might be having little seizures. They did some blood work and on Monday we are going up to Primary Children's for an MRI which will tell us if he really is and hopefully why he is having them. Danny's office called on thursday saying his blood work can back and it looks like he has a virus and that might be why he is having the seizure's so we might be going back into him again to do more blood work in a week or so. As soon as Mike found out he came home that night and was looking up all the natural ways to help so all week we have been downing him with stuff and if it ends up that its really nothing then he will just be extra healthy along with his brother Mason, I have been giving him everything as well because if you give one baby something the other one thinks he needs it as well. We have been extra busy in our yard trying to work on our family projects and last Tuesday we went out to Deanna's to can black and pinto beans, we wanted to get a good supply under our house before canning season started. Love you all and I hope your doing well
Love Virginia & Family
Love Virginia & Family
passing summer, boys camp and more from mama Gigi
Summer is quickly dissapearing on us. I don't know about anyone else, but I don't think I have enjoyed my time off school enough. I hope to get some camping in the next month since I haven't done any yet. We do have the family campout at Bear Lake that I am looking forward to. Wish more of you could be there.
Scott is back home finally. We have really missed him. He arrived Thursday evening. I knew he was coming, but let it be a surprise to the rest of the family. They thought he was coming Saturday. Everyone was surprised and happy to see him.
AnnaLee has a job. She is working in the deli at Macey's. It makes for a hard busy eight hours and she isn't used to that kind of demand. She needs our prayers that she can endure. She said to me the other day that it is cooking and cleaning and she doesn't like either one. She is hoping to get transfered to another department. I hope it works out for her. This is a new experience for her.
Chauncey attended his first boys camp this week. I think he enjoyed it, but said there wasn't enough food. Gabriel went also. They came home burnt and tired, but said it was fun.
The garden is coming along great. Dad, of course, spends any minute he can in it. He is a hard worker and I really appreciate his example. We have been getting beets, carrots, peas and now beans out of it. We also have chickens running around in it during the day eating bugs. We started with about 50 and now have about 40. We think we have a skunk who has gotten a few. We keep them in the tool garage at night but need to get the chicken coop finished so that we have a real place for them. All in time! Mamma Marion and Brigham sheared the sheep on the morning of the 4th. It was tough at first to get the lamb held down but after a few minutes it settled right down and enjoyed having the hot coat taken off. It took them a long time and they got alot of wool off of it.
We moms have enjoyed the grandkids alot this week. We have had children every day to watch, either Virginia's, Heather's, Becca's or Caramie's. It has been fun. We miss LaRee's tons. Not that we are predjudiced, but we really have the cutest grandchildren on earth. We are excited for the new ones coming next year.
We attended Mckynzie's baptizm this last Tuesday. She was so short she couldn't stand on the floor of the font. She had to stand on the step so he could keep her head above water. It was a sweet baptizm and we enjoyed the spirit there.
Mamma Marion, Landon, and Maura went up to Jordanelle Resivor yesterday and joined Aunt Dawn's family at their campout. They really enjoyed visiting with the cousins and the activities that they had going on. Everyone is growing up and there were lots of teenagers there. It is hard for me to believe that they have grown that much. Scott, Brig, and Mandy joined them that night for a boat show and fireworks. It sounds like it was lots of fun. On the way home they stopped at the job in Midway to pick up tools for another job Monday. The neighbor thought they were stealing things and called the police. After being pulled over and checked out the police let them go home. It made for a very late night though. They got home after 1:30.
We are all going up to Montana for conference this coming week. From there Dad and I are going to go to Lake Tahoe for our 25th year aniversary. I'm looking forward to it.
We can hardly wait for everyone to get home. Please hurry! Love you lots!
Scott is back home finally. We have really missed him. He arrived Thursday evening. I knew he was coming, but let it be a surprise to the rest of the family. They thought he was coming Saturday. Everyone was surprised and happy to see him.
AnnaLee has a job. She is working in the deli at Macey's. It makes for a hard busy eight hours and she isn't used to that kind of demand. She needs our prayers that she can endure. She said to me the other day that it is cooking and cleaning and she doesn't like either one. She is hoping to get transfered to another department. I hope it works out for her. This is a new experience for her.
Chauncey attended his first boys camp this week. I think he enjoyed it, but said there wasn't enough food. Gabriel went also. They came home burnt and tired, but said it was fun.
The garden is coming along great. Dad, of course, spends any minute he can in it. He is a hard worker and I really appreciate his example. We have been getting beets, carrots, peas and now beans out of it. We also have chickens running around in it during the day eating bugs. We started with about 50 and now have about 40. We think we have a skunk who has gotten a few. We keep them in the tool garage at night but need to get the chicken coop finished so that we have a real place for them. All in time! Mamma Marion and Brigham sheared the sheep on the morning of the 4th. It was tough at first to get the lamb held down but after a few minutes it settled right down and enjoyed having the hot coat taken off. It took them a long time and they got alot of wool off of it.
We moms have enjoyed the grandkids alot this week. We have had children every day to watch, either Virginia's, Heather's, Becca's or Caramie's. It has been fun. We miss LaRee's tons. Not that we are predjudiced, but we really have the cutest grandchildren on earth. We are excited for the new ones coming next year.
We attended Mckynzie's baptizm this last Tuesday. She was so short she couldn't stand on the floor of the font. She had to stand on the step so he could keep her head above water. It was a sweet baptizm and we enjoyed the spirit there.
Mamma Marion, Landon, and Maura went up to Jordanelle Resivor yesterday and joined Aunt Dawn's family at their campout. They really enjoyed visiting with the cousins and the activities that they had going on. Everyone is growing up and there were lots of teenagers there. It is hard for me to believe that they have grown that much. Scott, Brig, and Mandy joined them that night for a boat show and fireworks. It sounds like it was lots of fun. On the way home they stopped at the job in Midway to pick up tools for another job Monday. The neighbor thought they were stealing things and called the police. After being pulled over and checked out the police let them go home. It made for a very late night though. They got home after 1:30.
We are all going up to Montana for conference this coming week. From there Dad and I are going to go to Lake Tahoe for our 25th year aniversary. I'm looking forward to it.
We can hardly wait for everyone to get home. Please hurry! Love you lots!
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Texas
Greetings from Texas everybody! Hope you're doing well.
It's hot down here. Majorly.
I haven't had to deal with it much just because I've yet to join Sam back at work, but it's definitely there. It doesn't even cool off at night, it's just HOT.
Sam's doing alright at work, he misses my help. He was able to take the first few days of work off last week, but has been working since Wednesday again. The salesreps have started this new rule that they don't actually start working until 3pm? I guess it's just too hot for them or something, partially I can't help but wonder if they're being lazy because we're in a new area. But that's just me. :)
The fact that they are able to knock less than 8 hours a day means there is a lot less work for the installers, which is kinda a pain, but what can we do? It's not like we're the bosses :)
We're living in a hotel room, not an apartment, which could be fine, but it doesn't have a kitchenette at all! Just a microwave & a small fridge. I dunno- it's not the best set up, and I miss having things feel like a home, but it's life. At the very least I suppose it's nice to have someone else to make our bed whenever we're feeling too lazy lol.
There is one working washer & dryer for the entire hotel complex, which is kinda a pain- we need to do laundry but I obviously should have done it on a different day than Sunday, since that's when it occurrs to everyone else that they need laundry done too. haha
But such is life.
It's hot down here. Majorly.
I haven't had to deal with it much just because I've yet to join Sam back at work, but it's definitely there. It doesn't even cool off at night, it's just HOT.
Sam's doing alright at work, he misses my help. He was able to take the first few days of work off last week, but has been working since Wednesday again. The salesreps have started this new rule that they don't actually start working until 3pm? I guess it's just too hot for them or something, partially I can't help but wonder if they're being lazy because we're in a new area. But that's just me. :)
The fact that they are able to knock less than 8 hours a day means there is a lot less work for the installers, which is kinda a pain, but what can we do? It's not like we're the bosses :)
We're living in a hotel room, not an apartment, which could be fine, but it doesn't have a kitchenette at all! Just a microwave & a small fridge. I dunno- it's not the best set up, and I miss having things feel like a home, but it's life. At the very least I suppose it's nice to have someone else to make our bed whenever we're feeling too lazy lol.
There is one working washer & dryer for the entire hotel complex, which is kinda a pain- we need to do laundry but I obviously should have done it on a different day than Sunday, since that's when it occurrs to everyone else that they need laundry done too. haha
But such is life.
Monday, July 11, 2011
Fencing lessons from Mikes Family
Hello again from the Lavery's, life has been so busy the last few week I have not taken the time to blog. We finish our fence, YES! now our kids will stay in the back yard. Mike still wants to fix some things on it but it opens and closes and that's all I need. Marcy and I have been working on a project in our yard, we put in a rock patio out behind our shed that has a small fire pit, its nothing big and grand but it's nicer then all the weeds. We also planted some flowers and I have been looking for grass and rocks on ksl to finish it up. We want to do a dry bed next to the wall and plant some lager flowers and things to try and keep our kids from walking on the wall and the grass will go on the hill side. I think it will be really nice when its all finish, our kids have been great little helpers Mike, Marcy, and I did the youth 5k the other weekend and our two older boys did the kids race, I think Mo is going to be our little runner he did his race and wanted to do all the other ones as well. We miss you all so much and I'm excited it's only another two months or so that we will all be back together again. I'm looking into planning a Baker Family Reunion for next year in the fall. It would be in a cabin that's in the canyon just above Cedar City. Our family stayed in the cabin this spring for Marcy's Family Reunion and had a lot of fun. They have a large cabin that a lot of us could stay in but they also have small ones all around. Zion's is about an hour away grand canyon I think is about three hours or so away. We could do some hiking of fishing, whatever people would want. The cabin also has a game room and a hot tub so we could hang out at the cabin as well. I'm just looking for some feed back from everyone to see if their is interest??????? Love ya all and may God bless and watch over you all as much as he has my family.
Monday, July 4, 2011
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR JULY FAMILY
BRIGHAM
TRISTEN
LEILONI
LAREE
MANDY
LEANDRA
HEATHER
BRIGHAM
TRISTEN
LEILONI
LAREE
MANDY
LEANDRA
HEATHER
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