FAMILY GATHERINGS

 Father's Day with the Ellsworths is always fun. Adeline likes the chickens now!

 Abby got to spend some time with Evan when Carly visited Utah.

 Turtle-catching with the grandchildren.

Austin, Hunter, and Skylee did some crafts when they spent the night.

 Ethan and Kelsey made pizza and went swimming on their visit.

 Lexi is another chicken-lover in the family.

 Huntington had quite a current this day, but Megan and Lexi loved swimming in the ocean.

 It was wonderful having Jake and Katy's families together for a barbecue. 

 These two hadn't seen each other in quite a long time!

 Lilly

 More turtle-catching. 

 Lexi and Skylee are the same age, same size, and seem to like to do the same things. 

ABBY'S GRADUATION

Jackson is so sweet with his Dad!

We had dinner at Zupas with Suzanne and Gene.

We got to have lunch with Patrice, which was great. We hadn't been together in four years!

Abby's convocation in the DeJong theater.

Abby in her lovely graduation dress with her handsome brother.

Carly always manages to be at the important events in her siblings' lives, and this was no exception. She drove five hours with the girls from AZ to Las Vegas, where we met up and left our car in Henderson. We then drove the rest of the way together with a little girl who wasn't feeling well and threw up a number of times! Bella and Audra were very sweet little passengers other than that though! Carly wasn't feeling well herself on the way back, but got to rest until we got to Henderson, and then she had the five hour drive again!

I think Audra is going to want to go to BYU!

We got to meet Valerie Kendall in Salt Lake for lunch and a visit. She lives just above Temple Square and is going to the U.

We took a tour of the Church Office Building and rode to the top in the express elevator.

The flowers are beautiful this time of year.

Audra took this one.

We had Abby's celebration dinner at Las Glorias. Unfortunately, we had a long wait, but fortunately, it wasn't crowded, so there was room for the kids to play around. Unfortunately, we think some of the family may have gotten food poisoning while there! Carly and Abby were sick the next day. In fact, we didn't get to see much of Abby because she had to stay lying down in her apartment all day.

Bella and Audra enjoyed a tour of the Eyring Science Building.  For some reason, we thought it still had a big dinosaur skeleton in it, but that's probably been gone for decades!

They got to jam at Joey's work, where they have instruments for a band set up for employees to play on their breaks.

RENO RICHES

 The kids are all in love with this cat, "Venus", but they have other names for her too, like "Chicken". 

 We played Rummio over and over, but unfortunately, all of the kids can beat me now!

 Isn't Megan beautiful? She'll be 13 in just a few days.

 Megan cuts and colors her own hair. She looks at youtube to find out how to do it. This is a razor cut!

 With my Firstborn!

This is just in case you wondered what it looks like on the way home!