Grandpa B

This past weekend has been bitter sweet. It was hard to say goodbye to Grandpa B. yet it was nice being able to hang with my siblings. It was awesome that all us kids were able to come and we were once again all together. I think the last time we were all together was at Jared and Katie’s wedding, but even then we were not able to hang out all together. So, really the last time we were all together, and able to hang out, was at Dad’s funeral??? At any rate, it doesn’t happen very often, so you have to enjoy the time when it does.

Saturday, 29 September, was the funeral. The talks were great, the musical numbers were great, and the overall service was very nice. We cried, we laughed some, and we reflected on the wonderful memories we all have of Grandpa. I don’t think I can ever go backpacking or look at the Bountiful Temple and not think of good ole Grandpa B! He will be missed, but there are a lot of good memories of Grandpa, so he will live on. I am so grateful I had the chance to see him often, to hear his stories, and to receive my patriarchal blessing from him. Thanks Grandpa!

Enjoy some of the pictures from this weekend.

Family Photo

The Boys (A.K.A. The Goofballs!)

Reyes- Cute as a Button!

Me and My Bros!

Birthday Wishes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESS! I'm sorry I never got a chance to call and wish you a happy birthday. I didn't leave work until 10:00pm and by that time I felt it would be too late.... SORRY! I was thinking about you every time I wrote the date today though! Hope you had a great day and I'm excited I get to see you twice in one month!



Love ya!

(Since Jen's blog said you were 29, I decided to post a picture of when you really were 29!)

I’M ALIVE

Hello all! Well, I survived Milestone #1 – Soft Close Out on the 15th! Granted, I’ve been working every day from 6:00am- 10:00pm, but hey, I’m still doing alright. Milestone #2 is the 21st since that is Space Command Soft Close Out (a little more important then the 1st milestone). Of course the final milestone is the Hard Close Out which is September 30th. I’m hoping that things begin to slow down once we reach the 221st, but perhaps that is wishful thinking- there is still a lot of work to do!

Okay, enough about work. I failed to post pictures of when Jenny, Steve and the girls were in Colorado. Jared, Katie, and I were invited to Mike and Susan’s for Sunday dinner so we were able to see them for a little while. It was fun to see everyone and play our traditional croquet game! I also got to experience the new fandangled technology called the Nintendo Wi. Now, there is a “video game” that I like! We bowled, and it really is quite fun…. Hmmm, I wonder how much those things cost. I might just have to buy myself a new toy!

Well, it was only for a few hours, but it really was great to see Jen, Steve, Emmy, Meggy, and Lyssa. Thank you Mike and Susan for dinner and letting us come over. Here are a couple pictures from that night. (I didn’t get any of Emmy, since she wasn’t feeling too great that night- poor girl.)

CAN YOU TELL WE'RE RELATED???

JEN & LYSSA JUST CHILLIN'!

CUTE LITTLE MEGGY!

TRADITION! TRADITION!

FABULOUS WEEKEND

Okay, seriously it is September 4th?!!!! Where does the time go? Well, lately I have not blogged because I haven’t had time or I simply don’t have anything exciting to write about. I mean, really how exciting is it to read about long days at work (6:00am til 8:00pm today to be exact!), go straight from work to a church function of some sort (whether it be a FHE, a baptism, visiting teaching, etc, etc, etc), and then get home between 8:30pm-10:00pm? Well, that has been my life for the past month, so you haven’t missed out on much.

On to more exciting things….. I finally got to meet my cute nephew, JAYSON! I flew home to Utah Friday morning and came home yesterday. It was such a great weekend to just relax, hang with my family, and forget about the cares and stress of life. I loved every minute of it and wished it could have lasted longer.

Brent picked me up at the airport, so I got to hang with him that afternoon. Not very often do I have a chance to hang with my oldest brother- it was fun Brent! That evening it was just Mom and I (like the good ol’ days) since Brent and Ashley had dinner with Ashley’s parents. So, we went to dinner and then played Scrabble. A weekend with my Mom just would not be complete without a game of Scrabble! When Brent and Ashley got home we visited with them until well into the evening!

Cute Mother and Son Picture!

Saturday Brent and I attempted to go play tennis in the morning. Yeah, it is a bit difficult to play tennis if you have no tennis balls! Brilliant Julie! We played that evening instead. Saturday was our adventure at IKEA. We picked Jared and Katie up at the airport and headed to IKEA. That store is huge! After shopping we headed back home and Jess brought Jayson and Rylee out to hang with us.

Gramps and Great Grandson

Sunday was the big event- Jayson’s blessing! I would show more pictures, but Jess used all of mine, so you will have to visit her blog to see them! :^) It was a fabulous day. Sean did a great job with conducting, with giving the blessing, and with grilling the burgers! Thanks Sean! It was great fun to see Tayler and Rylee- both are such fun, adorable girls, and of course, Jayson was an angel all day. The day was fabulous!

CUTIES!!!!

Monday was time to say goodbye to vacation and hello to reality again. My friend picked me up from the airport and we went straight to a bar-b-que. I enjoyed seeing people I know from other wards who I don’t very often have a chance to see. I made it home just past 8:00pm and had a chance to unpack and enjoy being home for a couple hours before heading to bed.

Thanks everyone for making it such a great weekend! I love you all and enjoyed seeing and hanging out with you!

THANKS JARED!!!

Okay, so I have to show off my new piece of furniture and give a huge thanks to Jared. As all of you know, Jared is extremely talented in the art of woodworking and I am lucky enough to have benefited from his talent. He designed and built me a beautiful bookshelf made of cherry wood- I love it! Jared, I don’t think I can express how much it meant to me that you would give of your time to make this for me. I wish I had a talent I could use to repay you somehow. I love you Jared and am so lucky to have you as my twin brother. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

With adjustable shelves!

Two doors to hide all the textbooks!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EMMY!

Well this just seems to be the month for birthdays! Little Miss Emmeline, I hope you had a wonderful 10th birthday!!! This picture I have of you is 2 years old, so I'm excited that you are coming to Colorado to visit so I can update my pictures! See you soon. Love you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! :^)

Happy Birthday Reyes

Wow, it has been a long, but good, week. I had something to go to every night this week- it has been crazy! Monday I went to FHE, Tuesday I went and did Baptisms with my ward, Wedensday I went to a baptism and then met up with Ashlee for dinner. Wednesday was the longest day since I left my apartment at 6:00am, worked until 6:00pm and went straight to the baptism from work. Then I hung out with some friends that were at the baptism for a while before meeting up with Ashlee to have dinner. Ashlee and I visited for a long time and finally I made it home around 10:30pm! Thursday I went to Enrichment which ended up being a party! Friday I hung out with friends and then Jared, Katie, and I went to Wal-Mart at 1:00am to get the new Harry Potter book!!! Today I went in to work for a few hours and now I am going to get ready to go to a ward BBQ. So, it has been a long week... especially since I've been working a ton of overtime!

Anyway, that was a quick update of the life of Julie. Now lets turn our focus to the life of Reyes. My little niece turns 1 today and I want to give her a VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHOUT OUT!