Life goes by way too fast........

                                         Evelyn's Curly hair

 I have missed my picture taker, Melissa.  She always remembered the camera and would take great pictures.   Since she is at school now the pictures have become fewer and fewer.  

This is some highlights from the summer, winter seasons of the Wells in Notus.

The August birthday party for all of the August Birthdays.

                     Grandma Wells and Dad 

 

     Mason has figured out how to blow up a                            balloon.

         Melissa loves her cell phone

        Park time is Mason's favorite

         Emma's Dog, Mark Anthony

    Thanksgiving dinner in all it's glory.  YUM YUM

Dad and I went to Spokane to visit Aunt Donna and help Uncle Larry build a deck .  This is a train bridge that goes over the freeway.

 Aunt Donna and I went on a hike on Mount   Spokane

Splitting wood to keep warm.  Merc is a great helper.

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 We had a field full of Canadian Geese stop on their way to who knows where

It was a very LARGE gathering.  They didn't like us coming too close.

   We actually had snow that stayed for awhile. 

  It was a very short ride but great for fun!

   We built a snowman with a hole in the middle.

        We don't get icicles very often.

We started a tradition for Ground Hog Day!

Eating Ground Hogs.HAHA  Not really.  But we did eat very large hog (hot) dogs.

We ate them at grandma's house.  

                We miss Melissa

  This is Melissa's best friend from High  School who is getting married in August.

              Life 

Months Have Gone By without a word.....

There has been a lot of life happening some worth mentioning and others not.  So the things worth mentioning are as follows.....

  Thad graduated this year from BYU and is now working in Philadelphia and living somewhere near there.  They bought a home and recently moved into it. Congratulations!!!  

Melissa graduated from High School this last May. 

Congratulations to her too!!!!  

Melissa and her friends

Melissa and her friends that she graduated from school with.

 I drove back east with Emma and picked up Bekki to bring home.   We went to the East Coast and back in 6 days.  I had never been there.  It was fun to see so many sights so very quickly. 

The water is warmer than the West Coast.

 We stopped in Pennsylvania and visited Thad and Andrea.  It was very green.

Addie and Brooklyn had fun playing with the dogs.  Bekki's dogs.

It was a long 3 day drive home.....ughhh

We went target shooting and learned how to aim and fire.   Some hit the target and others didn't.  But we did look GOOD!!!

 We survived the summer heat because we had a nice swimming pool. The main swimmers were Lydia, Evelyn and myself.  It was very refreshing after a days work. 

Ruth, Emma, Mason, and those who live at home were able to go camping before school began.  We went to 3 different campsites.  1 in Idaho and 1 in Oregon and 1 in Washington.  We stayed at the beach and had a blast!

While we were in Portland we were able to catch a ride on the train that Ryanna's Husband Tim drives.  Mason who loves trains was in heaven.  He even got to drive the train.  

This was a great summer and now it is time to go back to school. Lydia and Evelyn are ready to go .  Their first day back was August 22.   Lydia is in 10th and Evelyn is in 7th.  Her first year in Junior High.  

And just for information- We took Melissa to BYUI last Thursday and she started her first day of college today  September 10.

So far she is doing great.   Has made a lot of friends and we don't hear much from her.  No news is good news they say.