Sasha!

Sasha is really enjoying helping Karl build the new garage. I think that she would like to sleep in the "man cave" when it is finished. She is a good dog and keeps us on our toes. She always wants to take everything as soon as Karl puts it down. She is driving him nuts!!

Family's are the best!

Kim and Brad came to Utah again in August for Brad's sisters wedding. We had a family dinner and the kids all had a great time drawing pictures and playing together. It was aso Joel's birthday so we had a birthday cake and he blew out the candles.

Blunck Brothers

We had a fun time this summer visiting with Ron, Sandy, David and Caroline when they all came for a quick little get together during BYU's education week. We had a fun time together and didn't want the night to end.

The Man Cave

The Man Cave is Karl's newest project. I guess life was too quiet for him after he retired! Our business "The Can Organizer" has finally outgrown our basement so we decided to build a garage for storage and distribution. We have had many helpers and we would like you to see them all hard at work. Thanks to Kendal. Korbin, Ron, Dewayne and Dave. We could never have done it without you!

Karen's trip to Washington

In July, after Korbin's wedding, I went to Washington to spend some time with my sisters and mom. We had a great time quiltting, eating out, going to the beach and relaxing at mom's house. It was great! I am so blessed to have such a wonderful family. Can't wait till next summer comes around so that we can get together again.

Mom and Barbara pose for a picture before we left to go to the airport. Thanks Barbara for the ride. And a huge thank you to mom for the fun time we had together. I have the best mom in the whole world!

Joshua meets his birth brothers

Kacey and Amy took their sweet little family to meet Joshua's birth brothers. The adoptive family live in Orem and they have adopted three of Joshua's brothers and are looking forward to another baby coming to their family from the birth mom. They look a lot alike and had many things in common. Joshua is so blessed to have so many people he can call "family"! We all love him and want him to be happy and feel our love!

Catching Butterflies

Grandpa helped Amelia and Joel catch butterflies while we were at the park.

The Real Story-Family Pictures

Enough said!

BBQ and Fireworks

We had a BBQ on the 24th of July and Kacey cooked all the food on the grill and Grandpa cooked hot dogs at the fire pit.. It was so delicious! .

After the BBQ we fired off some fireworks to celebrate Pioneer Day. Abby's mom Brenda was able to join us for a fun evening.

July 24th fun

We went to the park and checked out all the booths selling everything from jewelry to toys. All the girls enjoyed wearing their headbands that were red, white and blue.. Joshua smiles for the camera as always. Love that smile.

Fun in the park

We had a lot of fun on July 24th celebrating pioneer day. Besides the fish rodeo the kids also had their faces painted and got to shoot a cork gun and win prizes.

Fish Rodeo

Grandpa was so excited to have all the grand kids go to the park in Spanish Fork and participate in the fish rodeo. They all fished with a net and caught a trout. As you can see they all loved showing off their fish after the big catch!