ARIZONA!

All of my siblings and spouses gathered in Arizona for a little reunion this weekend. We swam, ate, swam, ate, talked, talked some more, ate......you get the picture. Speaking of pictures.....



Here we are at Rustler's Roost for dinner. We came here 11 years ago for our parents 50th anniversary. I think Brooks is hiding behind Alison.





Emily came and did the water park with us. Love that girl!!Yes! This is rattlesnake...tastes like chicken.We spent a little bit of time going through the last 9 boxes of Mom and Dad's things.....bittersweet.The waterslide curtsie!!!......The slides had a powerfull effect on our swimming suits.
We danced to Ragtime Cowboy Joe. The band played it just for us. Dad sure loved that song.
It was fun to be together again. We are a big, crazy, funny, ridiculous, wonderful group. Love them all.

1st Day of School......and finished table.

Here are my little cuties on the first day of school.

It does seem late in the year, but we go clear to the middle of June. It is 68 degrees today and was a little foggy this morning. That is a new one for us on the first day of school. They were both nervous......very nervous. Jesse couldn't eat much cuz his stomach was a little fluttery. He was a trooper though and pressed forward. He is wearing his uniform. Sarah is worried about the people. The kids are very different from the kids she knew in Thatcher. She is the only member girl and our friend Timmy is the only member boy. She will survive though. I finished the "Trevor" table. It turned out well and will last another 10 years before I refinish again. Darrin and I will be in Az. for the next three days at a sibling reunion for my family. Then he goes to Savannah for a conference for the three days after that. Busy week.

My Week

So, I have been busy this week. I put off stuff and then.......well you know. I stripped my table (the Trevor table) and painted the chairs...I think it looks good. The table will be a walnut color when I am done and will match my cabinets. We went to the beach one last time......it was pretty rough because of Hurricane Danny that came through on the weekend. The beach was quite eroded as well. This is the beach that Emily and Jeanie worked at.

We also cleaned out our storage unit, so my garage looks like this for a while. It was clean.I really didn't want all this stuff, but when it was time to leave, we just threw stuff into boxes and shoved them into the U-HAUL. Now I get to sort and stash, or sort and trash. I don't like it. If I didn't think there were some treasures in here somewhere, I would just throw it all out. Our school starts here on the 8th. Jesse got a letter from his new school today, it says.......

"On the first day of school, be prepared to begin our year-long Renaissance theme. Students will be ushered off the bus and over our drawbridge and into the 15th Century. Once inside the building, students will assemble in the gym after parading past staff members in Renaissance attire representing a Renaissance marketplace".

Pretty cool. He is excited. He didn't want to ride the bus, but he does now. I hope this school can help him to love learning instead of having it make him sick to his stomach.

NEW FURNITURE!!!

*WARNING* Very Braggy Post

For the first time ever in my life, I bought some new furniture! Sarah and I have been looking for just the right thing to go in our family room. Our entire house is BEIGE! White walls, off white carpet, beige furniture....you get the picture. So we wanted to bring out my framed portrait of the Savior. The one where He is wearing red. Well, it isn't red! We carried the picture around with us to stores. Turns out it is CORAL! We found a set we loved when we didn't have the picture, so we went back with it and it was on sale. It had a very ugly ottoman/coffee table that was supposed to go with it. I told the sales lady that I would be more likely to buy it if she could get the coffee table out of the deal. She did and took $440 off the price. It was delivered today! It has a 10 year warranty to boot. Hopefully my kids are old enough that we won't ruin this one. (all our others have been hauled away to the dump). My friend Leah says that everybody looks good in coral. GOOD!

I threw in some pics of the other rooms in the house that I have gotten put together so far.

Taylor Farewell

A family in our ward is moving to London on Friday, so the YMYW had a farewell party for them. We played the M&M game. It was fun! We will miss them. Tyson said the "to be born in January daughter" will be named London Bridgett. That is a Brooks-worthy, or maybe Ken-worthy (hahaha) joke. Goodbye Taylors!

Pictures.....as promised!

Here are a few pics from the last few weeks.
Danny Bokinsky left for SVU where he will be playing football. (it is very early in the morning in this picture)
Timmy and Sarah headed off to trek and had to stock up on candy first........guess where they hid it...?!We stopped off at SIX FLAGS in Baltimore on the way to take Emily and Jeanie to the airport.Timmy and Sarah hip-hopped all the way home.....heheBrooks, Suzette, and Chris came on the first of August for a week of the East Coast. First stop was a crab boil courtesy of the Bokinsky's neighber Griff. Poor Suzette was allergic to crab, so she just hammed it up for this picture. Next stop...Rehoboth Beach. Re-hooooo-beth for Brooks. The accent out here is fun to mimic.A little sun, a little sand, a little ocean, and a huge bucket of Thrashers fries. They are pretty addicting.Waiting at the Trenton Transit Center for our train to NYC. Quite GQ there Chris.Madison Square Garden....Penn Station (train and subway) is underneath. On the subway....I had to beg this smile out of Chris.....everyone is happy on the New York City subway, right?

Times Square...we spent a lot of time in this area. They saw "Wicked" and "Mary Poppins".

The Brooklyn Bridge: We wandered over to sample some Pizza at..........

Grimaldi's Pizzaria....Jordan Keith recommended it. It was pretty good, but not amazing.

They don't look a bit like tourists do they?!

After playing for 2 days I was pooped, but they went on to DC and Gettysburg after this. You will have to get pictures of those areas from them. I dove into moving into our house and getting things organized. We now have phone, internet, and trash service. We finally got our washer and drying after the Udall's left....sorry I couldn't wash your socks Brooks. Next time.....

Here are a couple of amusing videos as well.

Emily learned a song on the steel drums....and Timmy learned not to mess with Emily!

Quiet....for a minute.

It is quiet at my house for a minute. Brooks and Suzette and Chris left earlier for DC and aren't coming back here before they fly home. Patti and Darin Carpenter and their kids are coming tomorrow morning to visit. They are in Baltimore for training for 9 weeks. So....I am posting some pics and a little news. We FINALLY closed on our house last wednesday the 29th of July. What a roller coaster ride all that was. We moved in a little bit and then I took Jean and Em to the airport and played at Six Flags the next day. Friday and Saturday we moved a lot and then the Udall's came sat. night. On Tues morning I went with them to NYC as a tour guide. We got back late wed. night. They went to DC on Thursday and then decided to just get a hotel on friday instead of driving back and forth. They are staying at Darin and Patti's on sat. night. There is so much unpacking to do that I don't know where to start...not do I want to. I am pooped. Jesse got accepted into the Southern Delaware School for the Arts this week. He has to audition in 2 areas. The school teaches through imagination and hands on projects. I think this will be really good for him. They learn all kinds of non-traditional things like: tap dancing, steel drums, juggling, sculpting, music history, etc. He is excited. Our schools don't start here until after labor day, so we still have a few weeks of summer left. Don't be jealous though cuz we go until the 2nd week of June. I have a lot of pics but my internet is buggy right now. I will post them later.

PAUSE

Sorry no blog for a while. I am currently computer challenged. My adapter got fried and I am waiting for a new one to arrive. I have tons of pics and juicy bits of life to post, it will have to wait a bit. We close on Tues the 27th and will be moving in shortly thereafter. Emily and Jean go home on the 3oth and Brooks, Suzette and Chris come on the 1st. I promise long posts. Don't forget me while I am absent.
Marcie

New Address

Dallin has a new address.

1418 Lincoln Ave. #2
Fort Worth, TX 76106

He says he is trunkie cause he has been counting down for Chris. He only has 5 months left himself. He is an "old" Elder now. He has three baptism this week. He is way excited. We are still trying to decide where he will come "home" to first.

We have moved out of our rental and in with some friends from our ward. We hope it will only be for a few days. Everything is done as far as our part of the loan for our house is concerned, we are just waiting for closing. Then we get to move again. YIPEE! I am very tired of being unsettled. I am tired of moving too, but this will be the last time for a LONG time. Can't wait to see Chris and his parents (you aren't forgotten) in a few weeks.

BOO HOOO!

We are so sad not to have Lela here any more. Here are our last moments with her.

Thrashers fries...

Rehoboth Boardwalk...

Bacon Ice Cream?.....

Why we love Lela!!!!!

Driving to the airport..

The "Legoty Bell"?

The 2nd flight delay :(

Come back soon Lela. We love you.