New grand baby and a couple graduates

    We had a lot happen this week! First, Brock had his 9th grade dance and got real dressed up and snazzzy!

 

Photo shoot!

Impromptu corsage and photo opt with cute Ada.

    Then the grand-babies came up for Saturday pancakes with the neighborhood friends.

Yum!

    I went on a tour of our upcoming girl's camp site with a few of the other leaders and the water is really rip-roaring through the camp.

 

 

    Then the grand-babies had a photo shoot while the cute neighbor girls were babysitting them. 

Harley's such a cheeser.

Cute girls!

    Carter played assistant mechanic to his girlfriends dad and Greg as they started the process of changing the clutch on his Mazda pickup. Talk about a big project!

 

 
    

A quick photo of cute Harley Sunday night on a friends motorbike.

    

    Then Tuesday, Kayli finally was induced to have baby #3. It was scheduled for Monday the 22nd but she got bumped until the next day. Cute Elliot was here quick and 'easy' by 2 p.m. on the 23rd, weighing in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. and 20 inches long. She's a keeper!

Breathtaking!

 Elliot Renn Wendel, welcome to the world!

 

We brought our good friend, Gina, to the hospital to meet Elliot and she was in newborn heaven.

 Greg met her later that day and she filled her diaper, which explains the grimace in the bottom left photo.

 

    Then Brock got to do a little fishing with his Teachers quorum and he caught a real 'monster'.

 

    Wednesday McClane graduated from 6th grade & elementary school! We only have two more years at the elementary school and I can't wait!

Doing the gritty while he heads down the aisle.

Good Job, Mick!

 

    Then a few more people got to meet Elliot for the first time, including her big sisters.

She's not going to be smothered, not one little bit.

    Then the big day for Carter! High school graduation! Finally! Happy day!! Four out of seven with high school diplomas, what a feat! And 'only' 3 more to go!

Carter with neighborhood buddies, Julien and Jacob.

Good Job, Carter!

Wait, Greg graduated too?!

Some of Carter's biggest fans and supporters.

    Wow, if you made it this far, good job! That was a lot in one short week! I promise next week won't be quite as full and 'photo-slammed' as this week. 

    Now on to summer break, Young Men camp, and a three day weekend to start it all off!

Some Hamlet, rainbows, friends, etc.

    We stopped by an older friends home over the weekend so Greg could do a little sprinkler project for her and she had this gem (below) hanging up in her shop. Rotary phones, what a throwback!

Talk about going 'way-back'! Sadly it's no longer hooked up but still fun to see.

    Then there was a puzzle project Sunday that took over the lives of a few of the kids and neighbors. I wanted nothing to do with it, but they had fun and managed to piece it together. Pretty cool puzzle but definitely non-traditional!

Cock-a-doodle-doo!

    McClane played Laertes in his 6th grade class play this past week. He did a great job and seemed to enjoy himself.

 

 

    We had several thunderstorms and rain-showers this week and were rewarded with an amazing double rainbow.

 

    And in case you don't know, Charlie is nearly always with her second family and best friends. Thankfully they send photos regularly so we know she's alive and well.

 

    Another week of fun! Only 4 more full days left of the school year, seven days until Carter's graduation ceremony and three days (or less) until baby Elliot joins the ranks. Lots of fun to look forward to!

Early celebrations!

    Last Saturday we celebrated Harley's 2nd birthday a little early. She doesn't know it's not her birthday and Kayli would rather have the party done before baby #3 arrives and I don't blame her. It was a fun party and Harley was spoiled. Happy unofficial birthday to the cutest, nearly 2 year old, Harley!

 

  

    And our ward youth leaders celebrated all the graduating seniors in the ward this week with a really nice dinner and fun slide show honoring all the seniors. We can't believe we're going to have a 4th child graduated from high school in just a couple weeks!

Carter is graduating!! Doesn't he look excited!?

    There's been other fun things this week, like a lovely facial that Kayli treated me to. (She actually won a giveaway that included facials for two and she kindly invited me to join her.) I got to attend a bonus "Hope of America" production with my neighbor and her kids. I really love that program, so much so that I was willing to head into busy traffic and crowds. It was awesome as always. And of course we've had lots of time on the porch with friends and ice cream gatherings.

    Also, I'm not going to put the link here, but if you have a minute and are at all interested in hearing a couple of our neighbors go on and on about how much they love our family you can search on YouTube or podcast app for Unfiltered Summit Sisters, titled, Grug and Shirley. It was a little awkward for me to listen to but also really sweet and kind of them and we are happy to support them with their podcast and just in their lives in general.
    So there you have it!

Prom and more birthday fun.

    Lots of fun things! As always, a fun start to a Saturday begins with Fiiz! And bonus, we had Beau, Harley and Kayli join us.

Beau, Harley, Charlie and Kat.

    Carter attended his last prom with his cute girlfriend and several other good friends.

 

 There are no words!

Cute group!

Carter and Rachel!

 

 

      Random selfie of Charlie.

 

    Sunday we celebrated Mark's 23rd birthday.

 

He was really diggin' the Pink Floyd hat.

Another yummy chocolate Costco cake! 

Harley is a true character!

Cute girls!

And this is just a few of the kids that like to play in the backyard after eating their fill of homemade ice cream.

    It was a lot of fun for the weekend. We've also spent some time on the porch hanging out with neighbors/friends throughout the week but I never think to take photos. We sure are blessed to live amongst some of the best people and surrounded by the most gorgeous mountains!