To Beth.

 

The spot where Froggy jumped overboard and landed in the muck.

Oh, the memories.

Things You Might Only Find In Hawaii...

Lani Kai Beach....

Red Ginger...

Tented house (for roach fumigation)...

Hot Malasadas...

and Blue Stop Signs!

Cookies with the Cooks.

Aunt Laura wanted me to have a cookie teaching session with  Kaitlyn and Alyssa...I was happy to oblige!

We measured...

and mixed...

and measured...

...and mixed...

Until at last,
after minor altitude adjustments and temperature adjustments,
these were the final product.

Great job Kaitlyn and Alyssa!!!

Hawaiian Style.

Scenes from our Hawaiian get together...

Michael and his sisters, Laura and Nikki

Nikki and Nicolas

Date night...

One of the many amazingly beautiful flowers...

Zachary and Michael chowing down...

Punchbowl Cemetery...

The whole crew.

Aloha Nui Loa!

Birthday dinner...

MOOSE BURGER...

FOLLOWED BY ALMOND ROCA.

It doesn't get much better than that.

Jerusalem, Israel.

Second only to the temple-

it is the place where my spirit truly felt at home.

Amidst this conflict that is maddening, complicated and prophetic, 

I stand with Israel. 

A Band and a Book.

Two things I have found and loved this summer:

Love this girl's voice and that her brothers are her band...

 

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Love the heroine of this book...she's awesome! (Thanks Ashley!)

As To Why My Cucumbers Are Dying.

Cousin Mania is Over...

After some great days of fun in the sun and I do mean  SUN ...the Neeleys have driven away from Provo for the last time- headed for their own family reunion and then home to 68 degree weather...we have played a lot and it seems so sad that we probably won't see them in person again until next summer.

Thanks for the memories guys!

Happy 17th Birthday Michaela Lauren Labit!

We LOVE you!!!!

As Promised.

One Big Birthday Party 
and three Cakes...

The three birthday kiddo's: Kyle, Colby and Michaela.

                                                        

Cake number ONE (Colby's)...

Cake number TWO (Michaela's)...

Cake number THREE (Kyle's). 


We partied (in a Sabbath kind of way) at a park in Murray as Julie's house is under construction...

Joan and Janis...

Michael and the prodigal son...

Brady and Cody, fresh from EFY...

Cassidy sharing some love, Colby, not too excited about receiving it...

...and Beth, enjoying a moment of calm amidst the storm.

Happy Birthday Kyle, Michaela, and Colby!

The Pineapple Man.

Today my sweet father-in law, Fred Kaneshiro passed away. He was an amazing man. He loved the Lord, and he loved the temple. He also loved my mother-in-law Tomi very much. In Hawaii, he was known as "The Pineapple Man" because he loved to give out pineapples. Somehow he always chose the the biggest, sweetest, and best pineapples, "sinkers", I think he called them. When you got a pineapple from Brother Kaneshiro, you knew you were loved.  We will miss you Grandpa. We know you are happy and at peace.

(Sometimes karma is amazing. My nephew asked me to make a pineapple shaped cake for his birthday celebration today. A double tribute I think...)

The Neeley's Are Here...

And we played hard!

Three hours of slip-n-slide...

... with Avery rockin' the red, white and blue...

...and Elijah and Kyle attempting to slide UP hill.

Cutie patooty Christine stopped only for nourishment...

...and these jokers were great at sliding but not so good at posing!

We ended the day with an outside movie and were joined by most of the neighborhood!

Can you say EXHAUSTED???

Birthdays aplenty...

This Sunday we are celebrating not one, not two, but three August birthdays...the cake requests are in and the menu planned. Hope we can pull it off!  August is good month in which to be born...

Just Because I Love This Picture...

Jacob Paynter expressing family reunion joy!