When we remodeled our basement we added two walls of book shelves.
I thought it would be fun to put things on the shelf that were
from and about our family, it being a "family room".
Here are some of the items on the book shelves.
1. A ceramic hunting boy painted by Gregs Grandma, Sadie Peery.
2 A ceramic horse also painted by Sadie. This was one of the
hobbies she loved to do, she made figures for all her
kids and grandkids.
3,4. Hand carved wooden heads from Africa. My Grandpa
and Grandma Leavitt went to Southern Africa on a misson
when I was a child. My Grandma gave me these heads because
I kept borrowing them for reports
at school, she finally said just keep them.
5. This is Grandpa Brownies hat. He always wore this hat,
just barley tilted to the side.
6. A Hippo carved out of stone, also from Africa.
7. This "man on a bike" I got for Greg one year for Christmas,
it's all the way from Pier One.
8. This wood box is from Hawaii. When my mom lived in Hawaii
she bought it for her mother, Edna Leavitt, then when
I was turning 16 my Grandma gave it to me.
9. A camera and camera bag from Grandpa Browie, (or
Grandma Chomer, depending on who you talk to.)
10. And a ceramic buffalo, another of Grandma Peerys figures.
My kids love all these figures, in fact Aydelyn moves
the little hunting boy to her room sometimes, I keep
having to move it back.
Anyway these are some of the treasures that we have on our
book shelves, along with books. I was in the mood to
take picture so I decided to take some of these. They are fun
things to help the kids learn more about those that they
don't get a chance to meet or get to know. Enjoy.

Strikerfest

Strikerfest was held over the 24th weekend.
The U14 Boys didn't do to bad, yet the competition
wasn't that bad either, until the final game.
The boys won 3 games, tied one and lost in the
finals. 4-0
It wasn't pretty, 2:30 in the afternoon
with 100' heat and a lot of injuries.
Tyler played hard and had fun, (until
that last game.)

Swimming Lessons

Aydelyn

Savanah

Christain

Kirk Family Cabin

Greg and I invited his family, all the Peerys (minus Dan and Mekel,
She was 2 days away from giving birth) up to the Kirk Cabin.
It was so much fun, we made smores and played alot
of games( a new game that most havent herd of
is Blockus, it is so fun).
We had BBgun contest, Ping Pong contest,
played Pool, Air Hockey, Fuse Ball and snorkeled
in the Provo river.
Here are just a few pictures of the good times.
(Lindsey has more on her blog)

Here is the snake I caught while on
our morning walk along the river.
Yes, the snake I caught!

Nate pushing Lindsey and Stella

Tyler and Jesse playing some pool

Christain and Sam playing a friendly game of air hockey
( don't you love the multi colored shag carpet)

Grandma Raquel holding Baby Sadie
while Krista, Eric, Greg and Tyler
play Blockus in the background.
(This picture was taken by Aydelyn)

Have a S'more

Stella likes her marshmellows un-s'mored

Anna loves Sadie, here she's trying
to give her some lovin'.
Sadie seems a little unsure

Christain and Sam were loving it.
They were like Mt. men up there.
They made this raft, tried to snorkel,
made fishing poles and told us they
were catching their dinner.
(unfortunately, they didn't)

The boys are giving Savanah some
tips on snorkeling in the Provo River

There she goes..........

And the littles ones wanted in too!
Only the mask was to big, so they
just got to dip in their feet!

A friendly competition.
Savanah and Sam

Lindsey and Nate

Savanah was filming ,
just in case they boys caught a fish

And the trip wouldn't be complete if we
didn't have a picture of Aydelyn posing.

90's not old

July 16th was Grandma Leavitts 90th
birthday. At the end of her party she
decided it would be fun to go down the
slide, and not the straight slide, the twisty one.

Diane helped her up and then grandma
said "WOW, I think I'm good for another 90 years"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Family

Grandma Leavitt on her 90th Birthday
holding her newest great grandchild,
Sophia Olive Anderson
(and my newest niece)

Tyler, Christain and Issac.
Issac is thier only boy cousin on my
side of the family.
Issac adores Tyler and D, he ran up to
Christain and gave him the biggest
hug when he saw him.
(Thier visiting from Arizona)

And here is Nanerz with most of
her grand daughters.

This is why we love summer, lots of fun with family.

Grandma Chomers B-day party

HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
CRAZY GRANDMA CHOMER
(she says she never wants
her family to stop calling her crazy)

WE LOVE YOU!!!
She loved the ice cream cone.

All the girl cousins had ablast playing
and being silly

and flipping down the lawn

They all love to come to Aunt Carols home.

'tis the season

This week I was looking for something and came across a paper I used
in my Ethics class. It's "The Open Space for Democracy" by
Terry Tempest Williams. She is one of my favorite writters, her writting
is like poetry, it just flows. Anyway I thought it went well
with this month of celebrating our freedom and our country.
(and you don't have to agree)
"In the open space of democracy, we engage the qualities of
inquiry, intuition, and love as we become a dynamic citizenry,
unafraid to exercise our shared knowledge and power. We can dissent.
We can vote. We can step forward in times of terror with a confounding
calm that will shatter fear and complacency.
It is time to ask, when will our national culture of self-interest
stop cutting the bonds of community to shore up individual gain and
instead begin to nourish communal life through acts of giving, not taking.
The human heart is the first home of democracy. It is where we embrace
our questions. Can we be equitable? Can we be generous? Can we listen
with our whole beings, not just our minds, and offer our attention rather
than our opinions? And do we have enough resolve in our hearts
to act courageously, relentlessly, without ever giving up, ever. To trust
our fellow citizens."

This is just a blurb from the paper, but if you ever have the chance to
read any of her books or papers, it will be worth your time.
HAPPY FOURTH TO YOU ALL!
(And by the way Miley Cyrus was great, we all came home deaf from
high pitched little girls screaming!!)

time at the beach

Snorkling

sandcastles

bodysurfing

It was amazing, all of it.
(ok, mostly the beach and the food
and the weather and the trees and
the people and the beach.)

Hawaii

Tyler and I got to go to Hawaii with his soccer team.
They played in the western regionals.
They won 1 out of 3 games, not to bad.
Those California teams were amazing.

Here we are at the PCC, this was Tylers favorite
activity we did there, it was way cool.

Here are Tanner, Austin and Tyler showing
off their ink!

And Tyler tying to fit in..........

The night show was so cool.
Wow! can they move their hips.
And the fire danceing was amazing.