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| Family reunion time at Nanee and Papa's house! Papa pulled out the long tarp to make a fun waterslide. |
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| David and Michael |
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| Brooke, Ashlyn, Naomi, and Emily |
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| Nanee in charge of the shade! |
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| Walking around BYU campus, Nicholas felt the need to imitate Po. (Some BYU students helped work on the movie Kung Fu Panda) |
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| We watched Stadium of Fire at the BYU football field which began with skydivers! |
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| Family Pictures! by height: Luke, Aaron, Ben, Adam, Jon, Rusty, Papa, Nanee, me, LaRene, and Ginger |
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| All the grandkids, minus Kaylyn and Bec. |
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| Eli, Gabe, and Michael |
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| Nicholas |
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| The next day we woke up before dawn to see the hot air balloons launch. |
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| So many balloons! And up close. |
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| Papa and Adam |
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| And off they go! |
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| And I got to visit with my childhood friend, Kori Pope. |
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| And my other childhood friend, Coralee Moser. |
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| We watched the parade on the 4th. |
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| Ben hosted a popsicle eating contest, which Zach won. And got this ice cream cake. |
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| What cousins like to do best when they are together - electronics. Eli, David, Austin, Gabe, Lilly, Nicholas, and Michael. |
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| Brooke and Ashlyn, Emily and Naomi |
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| Cousin movie time! |
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| Amazing firework view on the 4th from mom and dad's back porch! |
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| Then driving home. My feet up, reading a book, and watching Princess Bride. We made it all the way home in one day because Mike needed to get home to work with his siblings on closing his mom's estate. |
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| Dinner before Ellen's funeral at Prime Time. Zach thinks he wants to drink the whole thing. |
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| Sara, Hazel, and Tom came for Ellen's funeral. And the kids played one more time together at "Gramma's Park." |
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| Shelly, David, Gabe, Sara, Hazel, Carolyn, Mike and Brooke. Enjoying a meal on Ellen's back patio one last time. |
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| Meeting at Nissinens to plan the next Cruise and Disney World trip. So many choices, so little time! |
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| Each kid got to take home one of Gramma's piggy banks. Nicholas counted his up. |
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| The Primary kids visited the Temple Visitor's Center. |
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| Relaxing with a good book and a dog. |
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| Zach loves Lilly. |
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| David turns 9! He went to Dogwood Park with Mason, Ji-uk, Mathias, Ethan, Gabe, Kai, David, and Porter. |
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| Do you see his name written in M+Ms? |
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| Playing a little soccer. |
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| And water balloons. |
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| Gabe Ethan, Kai, Ji-uk Mason, Porter, David, Mathias |
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| Muscles! I love summer birthday parties at the park! |
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| Brookie making "brookies." (Cookie on the bottom, brownie on top) |
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| Aren't we cute Gabe (age 5), me, David (age 9) |
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| Celebrating David with lunch at Mod Pizza |
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| And birthday PIE |
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| The next day, Nicholas turned 16! |
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| The day after his birthday, he got his driver's license! |
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| And he's off. |
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| Hanging out at the orthodontist - playing video games. |
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| David at Cub Scout Day Camp Ethan, Luis, Ji-uk, Porter, Jackson K., Donovan, David, Jackson C. |
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| Jackson, Ethan, Porter, David |
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| making boats and racing them "Raingutter regata" |
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| Shooting BB guns |
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| Nanee and Papa came to visit while I went to Girls Camp |
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| And waiting with the Nissinens at the airport for B to come home from his mission to Accra, Ghana. |
