Independence Day 2016

Independence Day was a fabulous weekend! My brother, Casey, and his girlfriend, Hilary came home, and we ran and ran and ran until they left! It was super fun!

First of all, I painted Reagan's toenails and fingernails. It's so fun to have a girl!

When Casey and Hilary got to town, we went to the BFG movie. Our kids spent most of the time on Grandma and Grandpa's laps, which was great for everyone involved!

We did fireworks dinner and fireworks Saturday night, then dinner together on Sunday, then rode our bikes to the parade on Monday morning. Reagan switched between Grandma, Casey, and Hilary. Davis spent the whole time with Grandpa.

We went to a barbecue at my grandparents' house, where Davis ate about a ton of pasta and covered his face in ketchup.

We went home for naps, then rode our bikes to the fireworks. We found that our table was a little too close to the river, which I think shaved years off of my life. But the kids had fun looking at the river, along with Casey and Hilary.

We rode our bikes home, and two kids fell asleep in the bike trailer. It was an exhausting but fun weekend!

We are so grateful that we live in America, and grateful for our independence as a nation!

Welcome home Uncle Casey!

The big event that happened for us over Christmas break was that Casey came home from his mission in Alaska on December 30th.  All of my family was in town, and we had a lot of fun!

 We decorated his room

 Here he is, off the plane!

 Getting together and eating with family

And of course, we had a family picture in the backyard later!

Sister Beesley

We had a great opportunity to meet Casey's mission president's wife!  Funny story: I am involved in an exercise class in the mornings (in a church close to where we live).  The daughter of Casey's mission president is in the class as well.  Her mom was coming for the weekend for her daughter's wedding, and she invited me to come meet her.  Fun!  And small world. . . especially living in Utah!
She said that Casey is doing great as a missionary--even though he has endured some BED BUGS!  GROSS!  He has such a positive attitude, and it really reflects with the people that he teaches!  Yay Casey!  Yay being done with bedbugs!