"We are all enlisted..." and "Happy Are We!"

We had a lovely and surprising event of sharing our basement with Jake's family. It lasted a while and we enjoyed it immensely. We still miss them and the kids. They helped us, and we helped them, and it was something we never could have pictured enjoying as much as we did.

They were blessed with finding a home up the hill, and we don't have them in our lives nearly often enough now.

Mark and Dana came once from Hawaii, with their 2 week old Ellie (Eleanor Mei). They job hunted and moved on to join Dave and Joel in CA. La Habra was their home until they were enticed back to Utah for a different job. Since then they added Soapie (Sophie Marie) who turned 3 on June 14th. Then in November they added Audrey Royal, named for her birth coinciding with the World Series win of 2015.

Chris moved home in December 2014 and fell in love and married in August vacating the balcony room just in time for Cecily and her new student husband Spencer (Shumway) to take up the room and the social slack. We were so glad they were back for a bit. We never got to Provo enough to see them! Now thanks to a job near the "U" and student teaching in West Jordan we got them here!

We are blessed and thrilled with the comings and goings. We have enough and to spare, and hope to share the blessings when we can. A pit stop-off for family and friends from all over.

Kai and many his family were here over the summer of 2016 dancing Ballet for summer camps. Uncle Bruce and Sara visited, and she even grabbed a couple of nights on a weekend.

Dana and Mark have had their share of sharing as well. With family from Kansas and Hawaii, and Illinois and times full of friends and surprises.  Moving one of these months soon to a place of their own in Herriman, oh how we will miss them.

I love the ability to open our home those those we can aid and it never ceases to bless us.