September 2016

 Grant and the Coon brothers had a "man's adventure" in Utah. That same weekend was our ward campout. I said to Hannah, "Do you want to go on the ward campout?" She replied, "What is a ward campout?" She is nine years old and has never been on a ward campout. So Annie, Hannah and myself packed our truck with very minimal needed supplies and drove to Airplane Flats to our campout. We have our mattress to sleep on and our little popup tent. We went to chick fil a for dinner and brought up a couple snacks. We had a great time, we felt empowered and independant. We woke up after sleeping OK, the ward provided a dutch oven breakfast & fruit. We played uno, a scavenger hunt and a craft. Sat around a visited with the ladies in our lawn chairs in the shade. When the sun started peeking over the trees, we loaded the truck and headed home.  Pretty fun to hang out with these 2 cute girls! 

 One Wednesday and Thursday the rented RAZORS and flew around the west desert in Utah. Boy did they have fun!!!! Tons of Fun!

Paul, Rob, Ron, Dad, Spencer and Grant Coon

On Friday and Saturday they raced their cars around the Larry Miller race track. These guys love speed and competition!

 Some of them went to dinner at night.

After 5 days of being apart I am glad he is home! 

Happy Birthday to my Katie - 23 years old!

 It is really hard to believe that my first sweet baby is 23 years old. Katie is a gift! She is so kind and loving.  I love that she is the connector in our family. She was working in Colorado with her husband this summer and she called the girls to see how their first day of school went. I was a selfish sister after I got married. I was in la-la land and didn't think about what my sister was doing in school, going to prom... etc. 

Katie married to best! Grant is so wonderful to her & to his new little sisters. He doesn't have sisters - only 5 brothers. Girls are all new to him, but he is doing awesome in a family of girls.

I love Katie with my whole heart. I love the women she has become. I love the depth and testimony she has of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She is an amazing daughter/friend. Doesn't she just look like an angel in the picture. Kinda glowy....

We all flew to Utah for my nieces wedding in the Payson Temple. Rachael got married on Katie's birthday... August 5th. We had not spent a birthday together for 3 years. Because of missions and working in Texas. So we didn't want to miss this one. Unfortunately, we still didn't have birthday cake. But we did take her shopping and spent the whole weekend together. 

 BYU creamery is a must!

 Sunday morning we went to the "Spoken Word" in the conference center. Then we went to sacrament meeting in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That was a great Sabbath. There were 6 members of the quorum of the 70's at that meeting. The testimonies shared were strong about our Savior.

 Grant - 48

Jill -44

Grant Boyd - 23

Katie - 23

Annie -13

Hannah - 9

Happy Birthday Katie! We love you!

Soccer team

Hannahs soccer team! I am the team photographer!

Annie is having another party!

 This girl likes to through a party...

she misses her friends from Jr. High

so we had them over to play on a Friday night!

Hannah only wants her cousin Gloria.. 

First day of school

 Hannah is in 4th grade this year. She has grown so much and is such a pretty girl. Big year for Hannah she is starting the violin at school. I started the violin in 4th grade too. She loves to play soccer and tried out and made the arsenal team. At recess she is in the the boys and playing soccer. They respect Hannah and her athletic skills. She is very busy this year with piano, the violin, soccer and activity days.

 HUGE year for Annie...

She is a freshman! First year in high school!

First year in Seminary!

All her friends went to WF high school and she is going to Higley.

She is going to be making new friends. Annie has a talent with being happy and fun.

She is wanting to play tennis this year and run track. Both sports are in the spring. She joined the Best Buddies club at school. She is excited to meet her "special needs" friend!

 Annie is also wearing contacts this year! Looking beautiful and all grown up! She has grown so much this last year. She is taller than me. Which is huge... considering she has always been so little.

BEAUTIFUL ANNIE!

 My only two left in school....

Annie got her Patriarchal blessing

 The Sunday before school started Annie got her Patriarchal blessing. Annie is an amazing young woman with a solid testimony and desire to keep the commandments. She is such a peace maker and a bundle of fun! What a blessing she is to our family. July 25, 2016 we went to the Patriarch's home to receive her blessing. The spirit was so beautiful. Brother.... sat us down and talked to us for a few minutes. He asked Annie what she has done to prepare for this day.  She said, she had read about Patriarchal Blessing from President Monson's talk, worked on her personal progress goals, read her scriptures everyday and prayed for the spirit to direct. What she forgot to say was that she had come fasting also. Her blessing was so sweet and perfect for her! He had her blessing ready the very next day! Talk about a fast turn around!

 Because school was the next day we invited Grandpa Coon over for dinner and to help give the girls their father's blessings. Well, actually all 5 of us got blessings this night! I love the priesthood!

Broadway kids summer camp 2016

 Another fun week of Broadway kids summer camp. We are hoping next year the her cousin Gloria will be able to do it with Hannah.

 Hannah had lots of dancing parts and a speaking part!

 After the performance we went to Freddy's for a treat..

 Lauren and hannah have been doing Broadway kids together for 3 years!

 Here is the 50's dance. Hannah is in the front row in the light pick poodle skirt.

She had to dance with a boy and hold his hand. Which she didn't like at all!