Feels like HOME.

What we did on the Fourth of July...

Drank lots of yummy drinks....my greatest accomplishment so far...Carter drinking from a cup....and he is not yet two!!! Woo hoo! It can be done! (For all of you who don't know...it took Anna way too long to learn to drink from a cup...mostly because I never gave her the opportunity. She was in nursery one day, and I realized that all the much newer and younger children could drink from their Dixie cups much better than she could! I realized then, that young children can do LOTS of things, if you just teach them!)

Playing in the new playhouse at grandma's house.

Our cute little man...

Trying to get a picture of "Miss Grump"....though, her pictures are quite cute even if she isn't smiling!

I told Carter to say, "Cheese!"

And there's that cute little smile...just hiding behind a rain cloud for awhile...

Ben and Mason hanging out downstairs enjoying the nice big screen t.v.

The girls: Olivia, Emily, and Anna.

All the cousins: Carter (23 months), Mason (almost 5), Olivia (almost 11), Emily (just over 2), Anna (almost 4), Ben (almost 10), and of course the BEST Aunt in the World...Chels!!!

Trying to get a picture with my "babies" but you can see that Anna makes it quite difficult!

We had tin-foil dinners....which were delicious!

Hmmm, I think that Anna gets her "attitude" from a certain set of genes coming from the Meredith family...he he...I LOVE Chels and think she is amazingly beautiful...attitude and all!

My two MOST FAVORITE guys...Grandpa and Russ....in some moments I think they are the same person!

I just happened to hit the button at just the right moment...this is Chels....so cool, huh??

Anna was being so funny playing with Emily saying things like, "Otay Emme, dis is how you wash you hands...No do it yike dis Em....Yup dood job Emme!" and "Otay Emme, pwetend dat you was in da house, an I walked out da door, and you not see me, an you was yike, "Hey, where you go, Anna?" Emily just looked at Anna like, "What are you talking about?"

Mason....he gives the best smiles.

We had a BUSY weekend....and there were lots of us that realized we aren't so "young" anymore and were just plum tuckered out by Sunday!!! I guess grandpa has been "old" for awhile...cuz he's been falling asleep, mid-day, mid-sentence, for as long as I have known the Meredith family...Almost 8 years now!!! We love you grandpa!!!

Anna all ready for church. Aunt Chels had a ribbon in her hair...and so Anna insisted that she have one just like her! That day, Russ and I were wondering how Anna would do in Primary, where she has never been there before. I was just planning on expecting the worst!

Russ and I walked Anna down the hall to the primary room, when we saw Shanna Baumgartner, Russ's long-time neighbor and family friend. She asked Russ how old Anna was, and we found out she would be Anna's teacher! She grabbed Anna's hand, told us she would take good care of Anna, and then started down the hall with her saying, "Anna! We are soo glad you get to come to primary with us!" And the rest is history! Anna had a blast in Primary, and she even went up to the front so they could sing to all the visitors! If you know Anna, you would be very surprised! She is getting to be such a big girl!

Grandpa and Ben played chess all that day...Ben had never played before, so grandpa patiently explained the game to him, and they played until grandpa won!!! Grandpa is the best ever because he spends so much quality time with his grandchildren...and they all truly LOVE him because of it.

We had a blast that weekend in Pocatello, where we also went swimming too, did a little shopping, and mostly just enjoyed being with family. Going to grandma and grandpa's truly does feel like going home.

We miss it.