Tanner Gothard's 8th Grade Graduation

Can you believe it? Tanner's going to be a freshman in High School
next year! Where does time go? Monday morning we arrived early at
Julie's home & I caught a couple of pictures of Tatum with her newest
tricks. She can scoot now & obtain items placed aways infront of her &
push up like a stinkbug and wiggle-roll right out of her car seat if she's
not belted in. She's a spry one for being so little!
At 9:00 a.m.
we attended Tanner's Graduation from 8th grade in Goodyear. There were 109
students in his graduating class. He said he was the only member
of our church in his class. He's a little (alot) dissapointed because his best
friend is moving to California. Their dad's also were good friends growing
up. So Things change.
The school only alots a few tickets per family &
hold it inside the school auditorium. In Laveen we were used to holding it
in the evenings & outdoors under those huge trees. Anyway JoAnn & I represented the
two extended families & our hurrah's to Tanner on his special day!!
Hey, I noticed JoAnn & I unknowingly wore their school colors!! Ha!
Ha! Good intuition!! Afterwards we celebrated by going out to lunch
at Macayo's on Litchfield Rd. I've never been to that one! It's kinda
hidden in there. Well here's wishing Tanner great success in his
continuing education!!!! Hurray for you Tanner!! Good luck!
On another note, Trinity invited me to her baptism in December!
I hadn't picked up on that one yet so I guess I'm not operating as
far in the future as I usually am! Looking forward to it Trinity!!

Baby Emma's First Week on Earth!

I had fun helping & spending time with Michelle & her family & of
course holding baby Emma this last week. Brylee & Jathen love
their new baby sister & keep taking turns holding her. Brylee always
wants to give her one more kiss, so she's very much loved!! You can
"play hair" with this baby, she has plenty of it. "Play hair" is the term
Kelly's aunt Cathy in Utah & her daughters use when daughters come
to visit. A couple of times while we were there & we were all visiting in the Living Room they would have fun taking
turns "playing hair"!!!! Just brushing, braiding & playing around with
the hair, it's sort-of a massage thing I guess it feels good!!! I got a kick
out of watching them. It's cute, some traditions families have!

Here's a tip for any new mom wanting to get some extra sleep! Julie
discovered it with Tatum. While she was in her crib or bassinet Tatum
just kept twisting & turning & fussing & waking up & one night Julie
put her in the baby carrier & she slept along while!! So...Michelle
tried it with baby Emma the first week home & she slept for 5 hrs. in
a row!!! That's great for a new born! One feels a bit funny putting them
in there, but I say if it works do it!! I guess they feel a little more snug there,
like they were in Mommy's tummy.

Michelle & I even ventured out with the baby for a first shopping spree
at the Motherhood shop at Tempe Town Market! Baby slept the whole
time. Brylee & Jathen have a nice new above ground swimming pool
& are registered for summer school for three weeks in the mornings
starting June first. So.... that will give Michelle some recoop time with
the baby & everything is good!!! Except, I didn't get many good pictures,
we always seemed to busy & these were sorta quick shots, will get more
later.

Emma's