July 2018
Hamilton Newsletter
FAMILY: At the very beginning of July, Jason got called out on the Pine Valley fire. At the time, the girls & mommy were in SLC to spend time with family & friends. So, we came home to an empty house. For the 4th, mommy & the girls headed to Richfield for the day. We saw the parade, played at the park, ate yummy food, did fireworks, watched the Richfield fireworks & came back home. Daddy was gone for 10 days, but he DID get to come back & surprise Ireland for her 11th birthday! He got special permission and surprised her while we were sitting down to eat at the Brick House. What an awesome daddy! The 2nd weekend on July, we headed up north for Parker’s baptism. Kezia even made him an action baptism congrats card 😊 Later that day we had a combined birthday celebration for Ireland & Joshua. Yay! The Worths invited us over for FHE one Monday and we we enjoyed eating and visiting with them 😊 On the 16th, Joseph came to sleep over for a night since he had a job in St. George. It was good to see him – he even took the girls out for ice cream! On the 21st, we went to Kolob Reservoir for the day. No fish were caught, but it was nice to be out of the heat and enjoy the outdoors. Our make-it-Mondays this month included tape/paint canvas creations, funny t-shirts, and plastic pull cards. Taste-it Tuesday: lemon cream puffs, sand pudding, homemade apple pie (from the apples on our tree), pineapple lemonade, and Reeses rice crispy treats. In addition, we made all kids of apple creations with our apples this year: apple leather (the favorite), apple pie filling, apple sauce, apple juice, apple crisp, and apple pie. Water Wednesday: St. George splash park, playing in the rain (our monsoon season lasted quite a while this year), and playing on the slip & slide and hot tub at the Simons. For thinking Thursday, we had 2 read-a-thons complete with popcorn and hot cocoa, and a math-a-thon! Forest Friday we went to Hidden Haven (the trail was SO washed out from the fire & the rains!) & the Thunderbird Gardens. We also had a picnic at Link’s bench and Noelle, Ireland & Kezia slept under the stars in the back of daddy’s truck 😊 At the end of the month, mom took each older girl back-to-school shopping! We also got to meet one of our downstairs renters, Dalace and her parents.
Hamilton Newsletter
FAMILY: At the very beginning of July, Jason got called out on the Pine Valley fire. At the time, the girls & mommy were in SLC to spend time with family & friends. So, we came home to an empty house. For the 4th, mommy & the girls headed to Richfield for the day. We saw the parade, played at the park, ate yummy food, did fireworks, watched the Richfield fireworks & came back home. Daddy was gone for 10 days, but he DID get to come back & surprise Ireland for her 11th birthday! He got special permission and surprised her while we were sitting down to eat at the Brick House. What an awesome daddy! The 2nd weekend on July, we headed up north for Parker’s baptism. Kezia even made him an action baptism congrats card 😊 Later that day we had a combined birthday celebration for Ireland & Joshua. Yay! The Worths invited us over for FHE one Monday and we we enjoyed eating and visiting with them 😊 On the 16th, Joseph came to sleep over for a night since he had a job in St. George. It was good to see him – he even took the girls out for ice cream! On the 21st, we went to Kolob Reservoir for the day. No fish were caught, but it was nice to be out of the heat and enjoy the outdoors. Our make-it-Mondays this month included tape/paint canvas creations, funny t-shirts, and plastic pull cards. Taste-it Tuesday: lemon cream puffs, sand pudding, homemade apple pie (from the apples on our tree), pineapple lemonade, and Reeses rice crispy treats. In addition, we made all kids of apple creations with our apples this year: apple leather (the favorite), apple pie filling, apple sauce, apple juice, apple crisp, and apple pie. Water Wednesday: St. George splash park, playing in the rain (our monsoon season lasted quite a while this year), and playing on the slip & slide and hot tub at the Simons. For thinking Thursday, we had 2 read-a-thons complete with popcorn and hot cocoa, and a math-a-thon! Forest Friday we went to Hidden Haven (the trail was SO washed out from the fire & the rains!) & the Thunderbird Gardens. We also had a picnic at Link’s bench and Noelle, Ireland & Kezia slept under the stars in the back of daddy’s truck 😊 At the end of the month, mom took each older girl back-to-school shopping! We also got to meet one of our downstairs renters, Dalace and her parents.
JASON : Jason got to go on the West Valley fire at Pine valley for 14 days. He slept in a 1-man tent, worked in a yurt, and had 16-hour days. It was exhausting and we are so thankful for his sacrifice. We were able to replenish our savings from our vehicle expenses that we had to pay for last month. Thank you sweetheart! Jason’s also been busy doing ministering interviews for Elder’s Quarum. At the bookstore in MN, McKinley convinced daddy to buy Eragon. And he’s actually been reading it! 😉 But most of his “extra” time has been playing our new Xbox game, Orey.
HEIDI: Heidi has done a few more trail runs & is still enjoying it! She even got a hydration vest to get a bit more “serious” 😊 She’s glad she’s done being a single mom, hopefully for a while. 2 weeks without daddy was draining! But she’s glad it worked out that he could go. Heidi finished listening to Mere Christianity and it was wonderful.
McKINLEY:
-McKinley made illustrated cards and homemade tulip bracelets, along with cookies for EVERYONE that went to girls camp! Mom helped her make & deliver them and it was so sweet & she did a great job 😊
-For her make-it-Monday shirt, McKinley’s said “My brain is 95% music lyrics” 😊 It was very colorful and cute!
-McKinley & Noelle got to go to an epic water balloon party at the Bealers! So fun!
-McKinley got to go to a pool party with Emma Beacham, and to the Aquatic Center with Lizzy (and she saw Addison there). Fun times with friends!
-One night mom leaned down to kiss McKinley goodnight & Daizy leaned in and kissed mom instead!
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IRELAND:
-HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY Ireland! This birthday was different than other years. Daddy was on a fire and Grandpa Dave was sick, so we only went to Richfield for the day on the 4th, so we weren’t there on Ireland’s birthday. It was still a fun day, though! For breakfast, Ireland chose Crave, for lunch we had sandwiches & for dinner, we went out to eat at the Brick House. We hope it’s a birthday she never forgets, though! Her dad came and stood right by her and she thought he was a stranger and it creeped her out 😊 But she was so happy that he got special permission to come back from the fire just so he could be with her for her birthday. Also on her birthday we went and saw Incredibles 2 and the 3 older girls got to play laser tag! She got a gymnastics mat and a speaker for her birthday. She had an ice cream sandwich cake – yummy! Happy birthday our Ireland!
-Sariah continues to be over almost every day, and they’ve had lots of fun together.
-Ireland got to decorate her own cake with Aunt Cindy at Grandma Potts house. It was green and had a shamrock on it. It was super cute!
-For her make-it-Monday shirt, Ireland’s said “If you can read this, my invisibility cloak isn’t working” 😊 She did really cool block lettering and it looked really cool!
-Ireland, Kezia, Adelaide and Noelle put on a “performance” on the block fence and on Emmy’s trampoline and mom recorded it. It was super-cute!!!
-Ireland was also cute making tiny hamburgers, hot dogs, etc with clay at Grandma’s house.
-One evening, Ireland came in crying. She had falled off the backyard wall and got all scraped up ☹
-On Pioneer Day, Ireland was so sweet to help mom hand-wash and dry all the dishes. Mom loved that time to work alongside one of her favorite people and visit. Maybe our dishwasher should be permanently out of order 😊
-HAPPY 11th BIRTHDAY Ireland! This birthday was different than other years. Daddy was on a fire and Grandpa Dave was sick, so we only went to Richfield for the day on the 4th, so we weren’t there on Ireland’s birthday. It was still a fun day, though! For breakfast, Ireland chose Crave, for lunch we had sandwiches & for dinner, we went out to eat at the Brick House. We hope it’s a birthday she never forgets, though! Her dad came and stood right by her and she thought he was a stranger and it creeped her out 😊 But she was so happy that he got special permission to come back from the fire just so he could be with her for her birthday. Also on her birthday we went and saw Incredibles 2 and the 3 older girls got to play laser tag! She got a gymnastics mat and a speaker for her birthday. She had an ice cream sandwich cake – yummy! Happy birthday our Ireland!
-Sariah continues to be over almost every day, and they’ve had lots of fun together.
-Ireland got to decorate her own cake with Aunt Cindy at Grandma Potts house. It was green and had a shamrock on it. It was super cute!
-For her make-it-Monday shirt, Ireland’s said “If you can read this, my invisibility cloak isn’t working” 😊 She did really cool block lettering and it looked really cool!
-Ireland, Kezia, Adelaide and Noelle put on a “performance” on the block fence and on Emmy’s trampoline and mom recorded it. It was super-cute!!!
-Ireland was also cute making tiny hamburgers, hot dogs, etc with clay at Grandma’s house.
-One evening, Ireland came in crying. She had falled off the backyard wall and got all scraped up ☹
-On Pioneer Day, Ireland was so sweet to help mom hand-wash and dry all the dishes. Mom loved that time to work alongside one of her favorite people and visit. Maybe our dishwasher should be permanently out of order 😊
KEZIA:
-Twice Kezia baked cookies and brought them to neighbors. So sweet! Also, she made “live action” cards for Parker’s baptism and Joshua’s birthday 😊
-For her make-it-Monday shirt, Kezia’s said “I’m a LEADER not a follower. Unless it’s a dark room. Then you’re going first.” 😊 She made it colorful and super-cute!
-Kezia earned a date this month and she got to go to Wingers and then to watch Hotel Transylvania 3.
-When we did the tape/paint canvas craft for make-it-Monday, Kezi was so sweet & made a canvas with a favorite book saying for McKinley & a gymnastics silhouette for Ireland.
-Ireland, Kezia, Adelaide and Noelle put on a “performance” on the block fence and on Emmy’s trampoline and mom recorded it. It was super-cute!!!
-Kezi got to go to Sarah’s birthday party – they had fun making bracelets and decorating cupcakes! Kezia bought her a fun popping toy.
-Kezia made a hat out of cardboard & tape – completely by herself. Then she painted it blue, painted beautiful flowers on it, and put a real crown (that she bought at Walmart) on it. She did this all for a girl she’s never met, but will be our renter, Dalace. Kezi is just so thoughtful!
-Twice Kezia baked cookies and brought them to neighbors. So sweet! Also, she made “live action” cards for Parker’s baptism and Joshua’s birthday 😊
-For her make-it-Monday shirt, Kezia’s said “I’m a LEADER not a follower. Unless it’s a dark room. Then you’re going first.” 😊 She made it colorful and super-cute!
-Kezia earned a date this month and she got to go to Wingers and then to watch Hotel Transylvania 3.
-When we did the tape/paint canvas craft for make-it-Monday, Kezi was so sweet & made a canvas with a favorite book saying for McKinley & a gymnastics silhouette for Ireland.
-Ireland, Kezia, Adelaide and Noelle put on a “performance” on the block fence and on Emmy’s trampoline and mom recorded it. It was super-cute!!!
-Kezi got to go to Sarah’s birthday party – they had fun making bracelets and decorating cupcakes! Kezia bought her a fun popping toy.
-Kezia made a hat out of cardboard & tape – completely by herself. Then she painted it blue, painted beautiful flowers on it, and put a real crown (that she bought at Walmart) on it. She did this all for a girl she’s never met, but will be our renter, Dalace. Kezi is just so thoughtful!
We loved having our annual picnic at your bench this year. It was a warm day, but we loved feeling close to you and including you in our summer fun.
NOELLE:
-One day it was storming and raining really hard. We were driving by some farms and mom asked Noelle what she thought the cows did when it rained. She said “The farmer lets them in his house because they’re scared of the lightening.” When mom said maybe that the farmer’s house wasn’t going to be big enough, Noelle said “Well then, the cows go in their coops.”
-Noelle woke up one morning and told mom all about her dream. She said our whole family was at the church. Our whole family. Then there was a big storm. And she blew away. And Kezia blew away, too. Noelle said “We didn’t know where to go. The church was far away. From us. Really far away.” And then she talked about how Paige (Kezia’s friend) let her use her car, but they didn’t know how to drive.
-Noelle got to sleep in the back of daddy’s truck one summer night. It was such a nice night. We were all watching the stars and Noelle said “I can’t see the milky shake!” (way) 😊
-McKinley & Noelle got to go to an epic water balloon party at the Bealers! So fun!
-The older girls were watching the littles and playing with a toy ball that talks. It says “I’m a friendly dog and I like it when you pet my head.” Noelle was singing along “I’m a friendly guy and I like it when you cut my head!”
-Our new downstairs renter came to meet us with her parents and the girls were excited. Noelle & Oaklyn were drawing pictures for them while we talked in the living room. Noelle brought one of them to Dalace’s mom and she said “great job- what is this a picture of?” Noelle calmly replied “Satan”
-Noelle told McKinley & Karmiyah “I hate cats! I’m going to growl them out of the world!”
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