Sweet Repentance!

At last...an update! I'll try to make this efficient for you! Here are some pictures of our family vacation to Kirtland. Elijah was so excited about the HOtel (that's how he pronounces it!) and he just loved it! We started out in Kirtland and then visited Phil's sister Amy in Michigan. Enjoy the slide show!

And here are some pictures of the boys!













































Last week I went with the boys to Michigan again for Elise's baptism. It was neat for me to see Elijah watch someone he loves be baptized. There was a sweet feeling in their home all day. We also got to hang out with Uncle Eldon and Aunt Brooke while we were there, but I didn't get a picture! :(

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TekNOLawGEE
is so good to me
that I cant believe
it's so hard for me
to update my blog
without any delay
please do forgive me
thats what I pray
this poem's a stretch
but that's cuz I'm beat
so it's all you get
for your little treat
The End

-Composed by my hilarious deliquent-blogger-too brother. I'm so lazy at blogging, I didn't even write my own excuse!

This is me...

just after I found out I'm healed! I am SO RELIEVED! Sweet Elijah kept double checking, "You can pick me up?" "YES!" and then I picked him up and carried him! My back was killing me, but my heart was finally back at peace being able to be my big boy's mom again. 3 days later I ran 4 miles and enjoyed every minute of it! Here's to normal life!

Gardening in WV

So I have really missed gardening, and I was really spoiled living in Holladay, UT at the Tauteoli's house where I did that 0.2 acre garden... Without boring you with details, I decided I would wet my feet here and see where and to what extent vegetables would grow. We have a couple of garden areas, but they get lots of shade, and we've never gardened in pots before either, so this year was going to be our test. Here's how it turned out so far.

One of my favorite things has been to see Elijah get excited to do it with me. He loves to come out and "weed" with me and water the plants. He just loves to pick "his tomatoes"--he still remembers planting them with me. I know a lot better how to do things here, and I'm excited for next year!!!

BY THE WAY, WE DID A LOT OF POSTS ALL TONIGHT, SO KEEP SCROLLING DOWN FOR MORE UPDATES...

Melissa!

The next weekend after Phil's sisters were here, my sister Melissa came! Yeah! We actually did some sightseeing in Pittsburgh, and then showed her everything to do in Morgantown: (don't let that colon scare you, it's a short list!) Apple Annies, the PRT, Coopers Rock, Chestnut Ridge, School, the Rail Trail. We also inlcuded essentials such as pizza and Cold Stone. Elijah really enjoyed playing with her and rarely gave her a moment! She was so good to him, and for him, and was a bigger help to me in my last week of recovery than I think she realizes! She lifted, lifted, lifted Caleb and Elijah, did all this great cleaning, and gave me some much needed sleep (at a huge expense of her own!!!) We have felt the lack of her presence here! Big time! I miss you big sis!

Phil's Cute Sister Sarah "Smiling" On Her Birthday! That Cake is GOOOOOD.

Blessing Weekend

We had an awesome weekend a few weeks ago together with two of Phil's sisters and their families. We had Caleb's baby blessing that Sunday (July 13th), and we also celebrated Sarah's birthday with the most amazing Skor cake you've ever had in your life. We all slept pretty comfortably (we're hoping!) here in our little Morgantown place, which meant we had eleven people in our three bedroom apartment. It was a party. You should have seen the place afterwards! :) Most of all, it was just sooo enjoyable to be with and feel loved by family here in our home. We've been spoiled this summer! We love you guys!