Double Bridal Shower-New House

On Friday, July 18th, Rob and Laurie flew to Salt Lake from Phoenix. It was a close call, since the flight was cancelled. We caught another flight and fortunately Laurie made it in time for Ashleigh and Lauren's double bridal shower. We had a lot of fun.

On Sunday, July 20th, we stopped by Erika and Marcus' new home. It is looking good!

Bridges Family Reunion-Lagoon

It was a long, hot, fun day on Saturday, July 19th, at Lagoon celebrating the Bridges reunion as well as honoring Laurie's parents, Zenna and Eugene. We celebrated their upcoming 80th birthdays. Rob and Laurie had a fun time watching their first grandchild, Olivia, on the rides and playing at the water park with her. Oh, and of course, we also had a great time with our grown up kids and other family members as well!

The Amazing Mays Family

On Sunday July 20th, we had a Mays Family dinner and sing-along. Monica and Johnny hosted all of us at their new apartment. We had a great lasagne dinner and then we had a fun time singing and visiting.

Girl Time

On Monday July 21st, Erika, Olivia and Laurie went shopping. Then Grandma Laurie had some fun hugging and kissing her favorite little girl named Olivia

A New Coat of Paint

In June we had our house painted. The "before" picture has a pair of ducks in it that like to swim in our frontyard when we have flood irrigation. The "after" picture is taken on July 4th.

Olivia's first birthday celebration!

For Christmas, Rob gave Laurie a plane ticket to go to Olivia's first birthday party in Salt Lake. So in January Laurie joined the rest of the family for Olivia's one year celebration on January 26th. It was alot of fun. She was a joy to watch. Laurie also had fun being with all her kids, even though it was a bit colder than Arizona. Erika, Jessica, Olivia and Laurie braved a snowstorm a few days later to go to Laurie's favorite Mexican restaurant "La Puente." She was a little unused to riding in a car in the snow and had a few more gray hairs on her head by the time she got home.

Our baby's coming to town!

At the end of March, Erika and Olivia visited us. We had a great time playing, swimming, napping, shopping, and playing some more. It was a delight spending time with our oldest baby, Erika and our youngest baby, Olivia. Actually Olivia is Erika's baby and our grandbaby. She almost walked solo at our house, but not quite. Olivia loved to "tickle" us and make us laugh. My favorite time was when we were all laying on my bed and Olivia picked up a pillow, dropped it back down on the bed and then threw herself onto the pillow. She would laugh and laugh. Then she would do it all over again. She did this for about 30 minutes. It was one of the funniest things I've ever seen. I laughed so hard I cried.