Home Again

Jer is doing OK. His doctor said his tests will be back Wednesday, September 3.

Ernie came over Sunday night and we all watched the slide show of old pictures on Neenaw's computer. Yeah - exciting - but fun.

Neenaw signed away her house yesterday. We went to see BC and Tawnee and Kiley and Zane and the mutts and the chickens and turkeys. Tawnee cut Neenaw's hair.

Dad and I had a really good time - lots of joking around. I went to his ward in Kennewick and saw old 5th Ward residents, Pauline Hatch and the Pattillos. Pauline was so sweet - she told me Sheree lives in Beaverton and teaches school. I hope I get to see her sometime.

Neenaw's house should be empty as of today. Mission accomplished... now back to real life. Six days till school starts!!

Old pictures I scanned at Neenaw's this time:
BC and me, 1971

Our family, 1972-ish, in our apartment in Eugene, Oregon

Our family outside the Oakland Temple, February 1974, when we were sealed

Dad and me in May 1978 at the Azalea Festival in Brookings, Oregon. I was a junior princess.

Jeremy and me, 1981

BC in 5th grade at Azalea Middle School - 1981

Melanie, age two

Jeremy, I'm guessing around age 3

Reunion Part II

Chow Time 2: Stacy, Rachael talking to Tawnee, Becky, Rosalind, Demeter and half of Neenaw.

Uncle John feeding his face; Dad in the background.

Laila, Carter and Roz.

Bella (wearing my stolen-from-Bri sheriff sweatshirt) and Carter. Looks a little smoky.

Ernie taking a snooze

Melanie and Dad. Cheeeese!

Here's a good shot of our scabbed-up kid in our stuffed-to-the-gills van. We took a trip to Union for some supplies - I also snuck in a visit to the cemetery and grabbed some pictures. Obsessed much? (Roz saw this picture and laughed, "I'm so fat!")

Brennan and Bella at the picnic table. Did we miss our Bella while she was in Utah? You bet we did.

Bri and Carter. This is an important moment in history: Bri is voluntarily holding a Mad Libs book. Look at that - it's even OPEN. And you were here to witness it.

Jetta and Jeremy

BC and Dad chatting it up

Chef Karen

Rosalind, Camrynn, Demeter, Berkli, Carter: The Next Generation

Mr. Carter hanging out next to the playpen, his favorite spot. He's loved babies ever since Roz was born - he likes their hair. He used to say to us about Roz, "I want to pet her head." He loved holding all the babies this weekend. They were pretty good sports about it.

Brook, Paisli and Xanden. The blow-up pool worked great as a playpen. The four babies spent much of the weekend playing in it.

Pictures From BC & Tawnee

BC & Tawnee sent me some great pictures yesterday and I couldn't wait to put them up! Thanks, guys! If you don't already have a blog but would like to share some pictures here, you can email me at brinatty @ comcast . net.

I didn't know what was happening in these, so I made up my own narration - maybe Tawnee will email me more details. :)

March 23: Kiley, Neenaw and Zane. Now we know what the bottom of Zane's tongue looks like. :D

March 23

March 30: Looks like Kiley found a cool place to sit by the river

March 30: Zane fishing

April 18: Kiley & Grannie - something wrong, Kiley?

April 18: Grannie & Zane - cute

April 18: Halloween came early this year, or ...? Looks like it was fun.

May 17: Beautiful Kiley

May 17: Throwing in the ball (Bella will be excited to see this one)

May 18: Zane & BC - looks like Zane just finished a sno-cone

May 28: Zane playing baseball - wow, everything's so green. It must have rained that week. :)

May 31: BC & Tawnee - slap a bandana on Grandpa Dysart's head, and you'd have BC's twin. Where were you two in this one? Is this the gorge?

May 31: CHEEEESE! Looks like there's sunshine on B's shoulder.

Sunsets always make me smile. (Did you guys take this one?)