As many of you know, Cass and James are moving to Hawaii in mid-August, where James will be earning his PhD. at the University of Hawaii. We are excited for them, but at the same time we know this will mean we won't be seeing much of them for the next four years, so we are a little sad. Yes, we are expecting to make some treks to Hawaii during that time, which will be fun, but it will be hard to let them go so far for so long! So on July 17th all the kids and grandkids congregated at our house for a going away party for them. We had a blast! It's so fun when we are all together. Friday morning some of us got up early and went for a jog or walk, as the case may be.
Lexi and Isaac
Cass and James.
The highlight for the kids was the faux "Sea Doo" that we got for them to putt around on! It actually did go when they pressed the button. They loved it!
The guests of honor: James and Cass
Of course we we had lots of good food too. Saturday was the big "Luau" day, so after swimming again, we started the official "party." We had to announce that it was party time because Sareny just kept asking, "Is it the party yet?" the whole weekend!
We had shish ka bobs and fresh fruit salad with every fruit known to man in it (practically) and Aunt Shelley's famous dingleberry stew, (sorry, she is quite offended by the name that we have given it.) It's really my brother Rod's fault. He called it that one time as a joke, and the name stuck. It's actually a yummy slush with lots of berries and other good stuff in it, and I agree that calling it dingleberry stew kind of makes it sound horrible, but I can't help it........somehow the name fits.
Keith, sweet little Finley, and Hill.
We had some carribean music playing in lieu of Hawaiian music, for ambience, and after dinner Hillari started a Congo (or is it Conga?) Line and what a hoot that was. Eventually everyone joined in, even the grandkids, and we wound through the house. After that we all trekked out to Valley of Fire, where we took some great pictures and climbed around on the magnificent rocks.
I hope the wind was blowing or something......I'm not sure why my hair was looking so strange.
Lexi Lou
Cute little family!
Holl and Johnny.
We knew it was going to be a "bad" food weekend, so we tried to off-set that by keeping up with our exercise Friday and Saturday mornings.
It was hot!
We all went swimming a little later, which is the only thing you can do in the desert in the middle of summer. Our pool isn't huge, but it's pretty good sized, so even with all of us in there we had lots of fun.
Sareny being thrown by her Daddy.
Liz, Josh and Jake.
Lexi and Isaac
Cass and James.
Holli and John. We played Marco Polo and just enjoyed cooling off.
"One, heeeeee, one!" (That's Isaac counting to three before he jumps in.)
The highlight for the kids was the faux "Sea Doo" that we got for them to putt around on! It actually did go when they pressed the button. They loved it!
The guests of honor: James and Cass
Of course we we had lots of good food too. Saturday was the big "Luau" day, so after swimming again, we started the official "party." We had to announce that it was party time because Sareny just kept asking, "Is it the party yet?" the whole weekend!
We had shish ka bobs and fresh fruit salad with every fruit known to man in it (practically) and Aunt Shelley's famous dingleberry stew, (sorry, she is quite offended by the name that we have given it.) It's really my brother Rod's fault. He called it that one time as a joke, and the name stuck. It's actually a yummy slush with lots of berries and other good stuff in it, and I agree that calling it dingleberry stew kind of makes it sound horrible, but I can't help it........somehow the name fits.
I don't think little Joshie liked the hat!
Keith, sweet little Finley, and Hill.
We had some carribean music playing in lieu of Hawaiian music, for ambience, and after dinner Hillari started a Congo (or is it Conga?) Line and what a hoot that was. Eventually everyone joined in, even the grandkids, and we wound through the house. After that we all trekked out to Valley of Fire, where we took some great pictures and climbed around on the magnificent rocks.
Jake, Liz & Joshie
I hope the wind was blowing or something......I'm not sure why my hair was looking so strange.
Lexi Lou
Cute little family!
Holl and Johnny.
Aloha Cassidy and James!
Most everyone had to leave on Sunday morning, but Cass, James, Lexi, Holli and John were able to stay for Sacrament Meeting, and John and Holli didn't fly out to Georgia until Monday morning. So we had a great time with all our children. It was a perfect time together in honor of Cass and James. We will totally miss them, but hope we will get to see them a few times each year. We love all our kids and grandkids so much!
Most everyone had to leave on Sunday morning, but Cass, James, Lexi, Holli and John were able to stay for Sacrament Meeting, and John and Holli didn't fly out to Georgia until Monday morning. So we had a great time with all our children. It was a perfect time together in honor of Cass and James. We will totally miss them, but hope we will get to see them a few times each year. We love all our kids and grandkids so much!
4 comments:
looks like fun, it is always good to have everyone around, even if it is only for the weekend. and the name for the slush totally fits, what else are you suppose to call it, seriously. have fun cass and james...next time we are in hawaii...
Sad to see them go but fun for you to go visit too. Your family always seems to have so much fun when you get together. I love it. I can't wait to have those same times and memories with my kids. And NO we are not planning on keeping any of the puppies. I can barely handle the two dogs I have already. We have talked about getting rid of Sophie because she's so unpredictable. But I still don't think we would keep any of the pups. We are planning on selling them or giving them away. Hopefully it all works out and then we'll probably get Sophie fixed. I hope she does't mind.
My goodness, it must have taken you forever to put all those pictures up! Super cute, and we had such a good weekend. I love the picture of Sareny kung-foo fighting!
that was a super fun weekend. i like the picture of sareny too. cute.
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