August, a Family Affair

Grandma & Grandpa, home from their mission in Germany, came to visit us!

Hugs from Grandma...

...and Grandpa...

We're glad to bet together again!

Family scripture reading together with grandparents was a treat!

Karen and her family joined us a couple of days after G & G arrived - Yeah!

We took a trip together to Temple Square:

Families are Forever!

Grandma & Grandpa loved getting to know their grandkids again; Baby Ben was a special treat, since he was born while they were in Germany. (And he as a FUN personality.)

Grandparents & Granddaugher

We had a FABULOUS Howlett family reunion in Draper one Monday night. It was in my aunt's back yard, so it really felt like home. We used to have dinners at their house regularly when we lived there. We saw cousins we hadn't seen in YEARS, and LOTS of bonding time. Those are what life is all about!!

Our house was a "dorm" for Education week, with more family & friends visiting - it was teenager week, G&K both got to go too. Game night at our house:

My sister & her family are in transition, moving from one state to another, so they stayed with us for an awesome week or more while her husband moved more stuff, and until they HAD to go get registered in the schools in the district where they were moving. It was a party, with four cousins to hang out with...and they even helped us with the Eagle Project we had going on during all this!

WE LOVE FAMILY!!

And two boys and I started school in the middle of that...can't wait until this Tuesday when the rest of the kids go back to school - they can finally stop being bored now that everybody has left! Whew!