So Happy Together

  After the reunion we got to keep Greyson for a whole week! The kids had so much fun! They played and played all day. We had a lot of fun at the Denzil Stewart nature park finding and hiding all sorts of treasures.    Allie loved her fairy house she and Grandma made.   Kiana set up a surprise birthday party for Nate at Willow Park. We had a great dinner and cake and ice cream with Kiana's family. It's been amazing to have both Kiana and Nate here this summer. We love them so much!   Thursday was Brendan's fourth Angelversary. We took some flowers and a poem up to his grave. It felt good to be close to him.   The kids had fun using up the rest of the water balloons.   Happy 30th birthday to me! This birthday has been one of the best I've ever had. We started the day out with our favorite bike ride, Wayne's Loop.   Lydia made me hearts on a string.   We spent the afternoon in Avon having fun with family. Hudson enjoyed his popsicle, it took tw...

  I honestly wasn't sure my family reunion would be happening this year with all the uncertainty and because Loren, Todd, Brayden and I still had a bit of congestion and coughs. We were worried for Kiana because if she got sick she couldn't get on the plane to Arizona the next week for school. We were also worried for Cam's family with Adeline. So Brayden got tested for Covid and tested negative. We figured since we all got it from he and Todd we were probably good to go.    We stared Friday morning with a bike ride/hike at Wayne's loop. Brayden, Loren, Nate and Kiana biked it while Dad, mom, the kids and I hiked it. I think I can say I enjoy biking it rather than hiking and there were a few times I wasn't sure the girls were going to make it. But with mom and dad's help with carrying them and providing flower distractions, we made it. It really is such a beautiful place and was so fun to share with my family.   After that we packed up our camping gear and heade...