May with Sam & Kristen

When I started this blog I really thought I would be better at keeping it up. I've decided that I will never be Jamie, and once a month will have to do. Over the last month we have had a couple of welcomed visitors and have visited a couple people.

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure of having Dave and Lacy for a visit. Dave had drill on Friday, so they stayed Thursday and Friday night, and left Saturday morning. We hung out and enjoyed each other's company Thursday night, parted ways for Friday work and drill, then came back together Friday night. Kristen and Lacy went shopping, we went out to dinner and spent a great evening together. We really enjoyed getting to know Penelope!

Last weekend, we tried to make the most of having an extra day off. We went to Tucson on Saturday and spent the evening with Kristen's family. Sunday we went to the Dever's home ward and ran into the Sam Elrey family that were attending Central Ward for Sam Brown's baby blessing. That was a pleasant surprise. That afternoon we headed up the mountain for an evening of camping on Organization Ridge. Steve and Becca joined us for games, s'mores and shooting little plastic farm animals with air soft guns. Doesn't get much better than that. Sleeping on the ground was a little rough, but the cool air and pine trees made it all worth it. Monday morning we headed back down to Molly G's for breakfast, then back to the Dever's for a BBQ. We finished the day at Grandma and Grandpa's for a visit and headed back to Phoenix. We had a wonderful time with our family and friends.

I would also like to mention that I was finally able to talk to Matt, it was so nice to talk to him and we are so thankful for his safe return home even if it is 1200 miles away.

This week we had Jamie and Rylan East over night, it was nice to see them and be able to hang out with them for a bit. We also got to see Kyla perform at her dance recital this past weekend. She looked so cute!

Work is in full swing, my team and I are running the construction of four buildings, two of which started this last month and two more starting in this next month. It all translates to very early mornings and lots of long hours. In a couple of years from now it will be cool to see the end result and know I had a part in it all.