Time Flies When You're Living...

This has been quite a year....We have lost our Grandpa De Gruccio and our Great Grandma Violet Thomas. Grandma DeGruccio broke her arm and foot. Chelsea graduated from Seminary, received her Young Women's Recognition Award and Graduated from Bella Vista High School. Alyssa is learning to drive and will hopefully have her drivers license in a few weeks...is that good? I can't decide. Emily will advance to High School in August and has become such a beautiful young woman right before our eyes. She doesn't know how to handle people telling her that she's so gorgeous...so just stare and admire. All three girls attended Girls Camp with me in June along with my Sister Annie and her daughter Haley. It was an exceptional week. Paul has become an avid runner and has lost quite a bit of hair...I mean weight. I really don't care about his hair, It's what's on the inside that counts. He looks great and is so healthy now, at least he looks healthy. I am relieved camp is over, that's always a lot of work and soooo worth it. I am now the Nursery Leader for the 18 month olds-3 years at church. I really enjoy those sweet kids. I have to be honest...somedays are rather draining. We are having a lazy summer and it's nice to have nothing to do. Well, not nothing...there's still laundry and dishes they just don't stop. Mabe we should just have two outfits and use paper plates the rest of summer....not a bad idea. We spent the fourth of July with The Skinners and Grandma DeGruccio. Eating, swimming and Red Robin followed by fireworks at Sunrise Mall. I can handle those fireworks. ...and they are free! Holidays always remind us of those we miss....Grandpa always put on the best Fourth of July picnics when he was Bishop. I have great memories of that. He always loved any Holiday he could put on a BBQ. And always had drips of food on his shirt by the end of the day. We think we may have come up with a new tradition of eating out and watching the free fireworks...it was fun!!