Serving the Lord

Brian parents put in Mission papers 5 weeks ago. They got the letter yesterday and were kind enough to wait for the family to assemble before they opened it.
So at 4:30 yesterday we threw the kids in the car, dropped Jack off at his mom's work ;) (she was close to being off anyway!) and we drove to Vegas. We were so excited the whole way but luckily the trip seemed fast.
I so wish I had pictures but I forgot my stinkin camera! They are going to......
Louisville Kentucky!!! Brian's mom was sooooo relieved it was not overseas lol!!! When they got to reading the letter it announced their check in date at the MTC.
JULY 13th!!! Three weeks and 4 days ;)
How absolutely exciting!! They have dreamed about this forever and we are thrilled that is is finally happening!
We are so proud of you Grandma & Grandpa!!!
We love you!!!

Jacob

He is such a hard worker! I caught him in the backyard on Friday pulling weeds and picking up toys and watering the grass...don't ya love the glasses???
He wanted to ask around the neighborhood if he could pull weeds to earn some money;)
Brian took him to work Saturday and had him and Joey unload/load trailers. The highlight of the day? A mouse with babies under the wood!!

Summer Fun

I love summer! I also LOVE our new house, we are in the middle of a street that is in the middle of a subdivision that has NO traffic!! What a change from the main road we were on! Our neighbors across the street have kids our age and they are in the same classes at school so it works out very well.
JJ has a turn on this Power Wheels Jeep and he did pretty good for his first time ever!! His friend is so good at sharing he let JJ and Jack both drive.
Meanwhile the girls were collecting bugaboos... little flying bugs that are black and green. Nice...

Sisters

Terry loves St. George and she especially loves taking pictures here. We went downtown and found this cute little park area and had fun with the camera. The firemen behind us were laughing ;)
JJ was being a stinker and didn't want to participate but what's new??

Joey's Baptism!!

We had a GREAT day on Saturday!!! We had family come in from both sides and it was really good to see everyone ;) You don't realize how much you miss someone until you see them again!!
Joey was the cutest on stage singing his favorite primary song and had a huge smile for everyone ;)
We had a great dinner at Roberto's , yes mexican food but with 30 people it turned out to be the easiest! We filled the restaurant lol! It was a great dinner and a fun little reunion for all of us.
It just wasn't the same eating at Roberto's without Dave and Kristi!!
The next day I asked Joey if he still felt good and he said, "The same as when I got the Holy Ghost" with a huge smile on his face. Brian gave him a great blessing and felt really good about the whole day.

We love you so much Jo Jo!!!

A HUGE thanks to everyone who came!!!

Family Reunion

Last weekend we had a Nevitt family reunion at my dad's house in Payson, AZ. It was so much fun to see everyone!! We all took tents and slept on his porch! Ha!
Well, Mel did have the rv, but the rest of us roughed it ;)
We played a family game of softball, played a little football and of course ate some good food. Ryan even talked the kids into a watermelon eating contest!
The weather was perfect even if a storm blew over for about 1 hour and it was an all around good time!!
Thanks for coming everyone!!

Joey

Joey has a tooth coming in way up high and completely sideways and straight forward. I know sounds weird but the Dr's always told us he would have problems with his teeth where the cleft was.
The tooth was cutting into his lip and making him sore so I took him to the dentist today to see if we should pull it. The orthodontist that is working with him had taken xrays about 4 weeks ago and said we'll probably lose it anyway but he wants to try to bring it down.
The wonderful dentist really, I love him!, said we need to do anything we can to save it and he suggested pulling the two baby teeth on the side to make room then we'll deal with the others when they come in.
So Joey got a little laughing gas and about 7 shots that were painful to numb it then out they came! I was cringing and holding his sweaty little hands. The Dr felt horrible that the shots hurt so much, you could see it in his face.
He also gave me an antiseptic to apply twice a day and some gauze to help keep his lip away from the tooth so the lip can heal. He said there is so much scar tissue on his lip that it is catching the tooth so that's why it's cutting.
My poor JoJo!! He is such a trooper and I made sure he got some extra loving today and a rootbeer float to end the night!!
Now let's just hope the tooth fairy doesn't forget ;)