Our happenings in June included Ryan, Angeles, and Melody coming from Taiwan at the start of the month, going to see Hannah in the play "Peter and the Starcatcher" in Utah, and Dad Perazzo's 93rd birthday.
July included our family reunion with Andrew and his family which was sandwiched in between Glen helping out at Young Women's camp and then Young Men's camp. Hannah moved here at the end of July to work in a local dentist office for a month or two. The result of that is that 4 of our 5 children plus a daughter-in-law and granddaughter are living with us (though temporarily for most of them). It's a party!
August meant Melody's 2nd birthday and, 2 days later, my mother's 90th birthday. Glen and I had to miss Melody's party so we could be in Vegas to visit during the short time my brother and his wife would be able to be there. Mom's half-sister, Brenda, also traveled to Vegas and we got to meet her for the first time. If was a great few days.
The night Glen and I got back from Vegas, Dad Perazzo fell and broke his hip. He passed away 8 days later. It is bittersweet. He will be missed, but everyone is so happy that he is reunited with Mom Perazzo who passed away over 7 years ago.
This summer also included early morning walks and some late evening ones, too, and lots of nature.
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| Melody brought me a flower! |
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| out for one of our many walks |
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| one of my favorite views while on our walks |
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| just waking up from her nap |
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| Dad with 4 of his 5 children: David, Glen, Kathy, and Alan |
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| hmmm... if only we had a place to put our shoes lol |
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| family walk time |
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we were often visited by a few deer who ate the fallen green apples
this doe also had 2 fawns, but they would not come and eat on our lawn |
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| Glen preparing awards for the YW camp archery range |
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| one of the many sunset pictures of taken on our evening walks |
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| part of the our 4th of July celebrations |
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| Ryan, Melody, and Alex hard at work |
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| here's the buck eating apples |
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a large part of the reunion was playing lots of games, of course
Ryan, Henry, Alex, Andrew, and Eric |
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and of course there was some tv watching too
Kyrie, Joy, Henry, Melody, and Hannah |
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| Ryan, Alex, Andrew, Joy, Heather, (Melody), and Angeles |
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everyone took a turn in the Hot Seat-- it was a nightly 30 minute
question and answer grilling. Monday night was Andrew's turn |
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| Kyrie blowing bubbles |
One of the activities during our reunion was a movie night at the theatre--just us. Glen made a slide show to play before our movies started. I was in the theatre that showed the latest "Little Women" adaptation. I don't even know what animation film was shown in the other.
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| we celebrated Heather's birthday a few days early |
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| my 3 daughters... aka Charlie's angels |
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took some photos behind the movie theatre
Angeles, Melody, Kyrie, and Heather |
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the 4 grandchildren
Joy, Melody, Kyrie, and Henry |
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| Kyrie, Heather, Andrew, Joy, and Henry |
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| Angeles, Melody, and Ryan |
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| Alex |
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| Eric |
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| the 5 siblings-- Andrew, Eric, Ryan, Hannah, and Alex |
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| Andrew, Eric, Ryan, Hannah, Alex, Glen, and Beth |
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| the whole clan |
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| the plan for the week |
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| one of our chickens got broody on us--wonder if we'll get chicks |
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| yep-- time to watch Bluey-- a common occurrence |
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Melody playing with her birthday present-
an outside sink that has running water |
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| Denise, Beth, Mom, Aunt Brenda, Kyle |
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| Happy Birthday, Mom! |
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| She is 90 and Fabulous! |
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| Mom, Kyle, and Melissa |
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| we had a lovely foggy morning Aug. 22nd |
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| one of my favorite photos that I took this summer |
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| had a double rainbow Aug. 25th |
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