Grampa Jack, Reunion and Blessing!

At the end of June we traveled to Vegas...

We were able to visit with Grampa Jack in his new home...he is

doing well and seems happy.  

 He loved having Noah and James sing to him!

 Looking through his wonderful memory book!

 Loving Grampa Jack!

Later that evening we had a great time at our "Dixon Family Reunion"... we are 

so grateful Andrew and Heidi worked so hard to host our Reunion this year.

It was fun to see those who were able to be there!

James and Noah sang "Agony"... 

We had some great performances from many of the kids...

so talented!

The hit of the night was Sawyer Leavitt

sing "The National Anthem"!  He did an amazing job!

Must be all those Rebel games he goes to :)

Grama Dixon led a few in singing "Special Night"... 

A few words from Grampa...

Love the shirts! (Even though I didn't put mine on :)

Such a wonderful night!!

The most special part of the weekend was Sunday morning!  

We picked up Grampa Jack and went to Grama and Grampa Dixon's...

Grampa Dixon gave Ethan his Patriarchal Blessing. 

It was such a wonderful experience!

So grateful for our Father's and our family... for all they mean to us! Such a great weekend!

Alaskan Update

I have lot's of wonderful things to catch up on...

But first...we just received these AMAZING pictures

from Brad... Their Alaskan adventure is magical!

Asa is getting so big!

While we miss them like crazy... but we are so happy they are

having a summer of a lifetime!

Grandkid's Update!

ALL of our Grandkids are far away... :( Thank goodness for Skype, Facebook, Instragram

and the phone!  We really miss them all...

 Tyler, Kelly, Kalvin and Rhett are loving it in Colorado!  We love getting picture updates of all their outdoor adventures.  We are so glad they are only 4 hours away...

 Sweet Brothers!

Kalvy wearing Tyler's old "Exit 282" t-shirt!  Oh the memories!!

 Tyler and Kelly on a RARE night out alone...

Brad, Cami and Asa are on an Alaska Adventure... and loving it!!

Cami wrote...
"So far, #asababydude has slept in a tent, slept in a cabin, seen an eagle, seen a loon, worn carhartts, gone boating, thrown rocks, sang camp songs, bathed once, and gotten way dirty. I'd say he's going to have a pretty great summer."

They started out in this tent... but it was pretty hard with Asa and they struggled keeping him warm enough... so they are in the loft of a small cabin now :) helps me worry a little less... :)

This picture just kills me... 

 Such an adventure they are having! They will be heading straight to Missouri at the 

end of July to start Graduate School... oh how we miss having them close by!

Ben, Melissa and Everly are working hard in Charlotte, North Carolina! (But we can't wait

for them to come home!)

Everly is growing so much!  She is starting to crawl too...

She loves keeping Mommy busy and playing with Dad...

Sure love these guys! Can't wait until we can all be together again... Christmas, I hope!