Article in the Ensign!

Hey everyone!

How are you guys all doing? I am sure you are all having a fun summer! Every time I think about summer I think about mom Barlow's house with all the yummy barbecues, grilled corn, tons of watermelon, Lagoon, friends and family! It is a bit different here because of the good weather year around we can just know it is summer because the girls are at home! :0)
I wanted to add this post to talk to you about the July Ensign, you probably already read it, I am sure we are the last ones to get ours in the mail anyway...if you read it you saw the article talking about Israel Barlow. It is a cute part of his journal talking about when Israel and Elisabeth (first wife) lost a baby and the baby's grave, etc...I just wanted to make sure you read it. In the end of the article also mentions about grandma Ora Barlow and the Israel Barlow biography book!
It was fun for me to read the story there and know more about your great great grand, etc...father! :0) The article is called "Daddy, don't leave me here". Pages 34-36.
I hope everyone is doing good, I miss spending time with you. I know I have to get better in calling and writing you...
I enjoy looking at everyone's blog, it is great to know that you are doing good!
We are doing great, I will probably update our blog this week. I have been busy keeping the kids busy :0) but I do love when they are home! Have a great month and HAPPY 4TH OF JULY everyone! :0) Love you! Milena

More Cheshire Pictures

Okay, here are more pictures from our life the past few months.....

We remodeled our kitchen, which was pretty crazy for a while. So here are some before, during, and after pictures.

I was also absolutely out of my mind, but I worked at Lagoon for the last month of school so that we could get 5 free season passes. I couldn't believe how hard it was to be a full-time working mom. Plus I'm not in the shape I used to be, so I was dead every night. So now we get to enjoy Lagoon all summer.

We went to Boise and McCall Idaho for a reunion with Scott's family. The kids loved swimming, hiking, and walking along the harbor.

Here are pictures of Kaden's 8th birthday. He will be getting baptized on August 1st.

Cheshire Pictures

I know it's been awhile, so I'm going to try to catch up a little bit. In this post I'm posting the kids end of year school pictures and Easter. More will be following soon hopefully.

Finally some new pictures!

Things have been crazy it seems like for awhile now.... we are finally in a new home, no complaints staying with Dad and Mom for awhile it was great!! I am still unpacking..it took me a year to pack it all up and might just take another year to unpack it all. I don't have any pictures of it yet but I will get on that as soon as it starts coming together.

I am updating a few pictures, Clint and I went to the big Island Hawaii for our 10 year anniversary, I made Clint get pictures to celebrate ( I figure the kids might want them one day) We loved it like we do all our trips! It was great for me because there was less packing on my part since the kids were already at moms!

There is the Easter picture for the year with the kids.

Kennedy's Baptism picture clear back from her birthday.

Grace and Demi's belated birthday pictures also.

Demi has had two dance competitions in the last couple of weeks. Her team had competed 6 times and has taken first place in all of them ( sometimes it was against 9 other teams). We always knew she'd be a dancer, so they have been pretty fun.

I thought I would share Broncos excitement about new under ware....who wants to be the one to break it to him that they go under the clothes???

Well spring and summer will bring more crazyness, between Dance recitals, Preschool graduation, school ending, summer, swim lessons and then back to school in July for YEAR ROUND...woo hooo!

That about sums things up for right now, but will try to get house pictures up soon!

Cheshire February Birthdays

Here are some pictures from Kambrie and Kassidy's Birthdays. Kambrie had a good first birthday and Kassidy her 6th birthday.

3rd's a CHARM!

Grace had an adventurous day on Tuesday at Recess, it ended well for her if you can't tell. She fell off the Monkey Bars and Broke both of her wrist. Luckily they thought that the one could just be in a brace, so that she wouldn't be totally confined. (not that she can do much anyways with both of them broken) So we have hit our third broken bone, not bad in 8 years!

Also we got our third realtor to sell our home....and it worked, we sold it and we have officially moved out. I never want to go through that again! I have been packing for a year thinking I would be so prepared for when the day came, but really nothing can get you ready. We were there until 3:00 in the morning finishing up for them to move in the next morning. So if you all didn't know we have moved over to mom's for the next month until we get into a home. Hopefully back to West Point.

We have had a very crazy month preparing to move, Demi and Grace's birthdays (they last 2 weeks becasuse of all the parties) Clint's dad had heart surgery, and is still in the hospital. Never a dull moment at the Thurgoods....and now not at mom's either!

Grandbaby #20

Arriving the end of June!!!