Alice's 15th birthday and Dad's 80th birthday surprise!

General Conference Sunday, making pumpkin muffins for breakfast.

Caramel apples for lunch.

Farmington Bay drive.

So many mosquitoes!

Mowing after a wet day.

View from the rheumatologist office.

Thank you note for Paul teaching Danny's class about news writing.

Celebrating Alice's 15th birthday a day early.

I went to the Provo City Center temple with Grace.

Freddy's for lunch afterwards.

Charlie's project from wood shop. "Prove you can improve."

Watching the Jazz game.

They carved pumpkins for YM's.

View from Grace's dorm room.

Finishing Charlotte's Web!

Watching Charlotte's Web.

Alice's birthday party with friends.

Morning before I left.

I left on a plane, and Grace headed home on the train!

Derek and Whitney picked me up from the airport:)

Lunch at Woofie's.

Then to Derek's house to meet up with the rest of the crew.

Back at home, Charlie got his HOPE Squad hoodie.

Paul hung up the Bethany blanket while I was gone.

Ok, everybody's here, time for the surprise! (Or, for Cassidy, time to lie!)

Charlie and Alice were heading off to their choir concert.

We surprised them so well! They had no idea!

The Gabe grandparents attended the choir concert back home.

I got Dad a BYU football history book and some cashews for his birthday.

Charlie had a special drumming part in one of the songs.

All boys 7th grade choir.

Alice's all-girls choir. She had a little solo part. She is also in madrigals.

New kazoo from Clinton.

Playing Uno.

Saturday morning fog in St. Louis.

Sisters walk for all but Cassidy, who was getting sick.

Cool old cemetery.

All cleaned up for family pictures.

But first, Joel recorded an interesting interview with Dad - good stuff we'd never heard before.

Who has the prettiest feet in the family? It's an ongoing competition.

Charlie at the stake pickleball tournament.

Surprise visitors at lunch.

Then the whole family took Grace back to Provo.

Panda Express for dinner, since it had been part of Cassidy's lie...

Then some outdoor visiting, until we got too loud and noticed the neighbor close his window!

Pizza at home.

And root beer floats.

Birthday cake for the 80 year old.

Sunday morning.

People started going their separate ways, but it was a fun weekend!

A few of us stayed for church.

And then all I wanted was to get on the plane and take a long nap after some really short nights.

Finally home! So great to be back with Paul and the kids!

And Alice's new Converse.

And sleepy little Toby.