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09/28/25

Dad made a cake and Rachel helped decorate it!

Make a wish!

Gifts and cards:

Happy Birthday Franklin!!

09/02/25

Luna dog is the Best Dog Ever! She is 9 years old now:

She still loves to cuddle up with pillows:

Miss Kitty is getting really old. She lives at our house all the time now:

08/11/25

It’s going to be an awesome year!

08/17/25

Back to Sante Fe College for Lizzy!

It was so nice to have it for free when she was dual enrolled! Now she has to pay for it since she has graduated:

Good luck Lizzy, You Got This!

07/22-26/2025

Day one on the trail:

5 days later…

They survived!

The next day Mom went on a trip with her friend from Waterloo, NY to all the church sites from NY to Missouri. While she was away for the week Rachel painted this picture for mom:

It is our view from inside our house looking out the front living room window. Beautiful!!

07/15/25

Welcome to YW Camp 2025.

Morning and evening flag is memorable to say the least:

Rachel’s cabin had a great chant:

They were a big hit!

Go 4th years!!

07/16/25

Time for boating and swimming:

Lizzy is great at helping out with the Kayaks.

Lizzy giving the safety speech:

Tether ball competition:

Lizzy went with the guys to scout out the 4th year hike in the 4×4!

Lizzy is ready for this adventure!!

Have fun!!

07/17/25

We had a draw each other activity!

07/18/25

Mom did Yoga class:

Several sleepers this year!

Tug of war is always a fun event!

Rachel’s team was holding strong:

Lizzy was an awesome MC!!

Down went Rachel!:

Lizzy took a turn at Lifeguard duty:

Lizzy did not reapply sunscreen!

Yup she got really burned.

YW Camp 2025!

It was a successful camp and Mom’s first year as Camp Leader!

07/12/25

The owners of Bageland had a graduation celebration for Lizzy.

They made tons of homemade pizza!

They had a yummy cake too:

It was melting a bit but it was still yummy. Congratulations Lizzy!

07/07/25

To welcome Lizzy home from FSY Rachel and Mom went shopping at Walmart and Publix for Lizzy’s favorites:

Fruity Dinobites Cereal from Walmart:

And Chocolate Cherish Passion Ice cream from Publix:

07/03/25

Lizzy was not able to join us again this year for the fireworks in Gainesville. These fireworks on the UF Campus are on the 3rd of July every year. We have a nice spot we go to on top of a parking garage. This year we went to a higher parking garage:

We got to hang out for a while while we waited for the fireworks:

We had a great view!

07/04/25

We went to the annual ward 4th of July breakfast:

We had some speeches to recognize our freedoms:

Time to salute the flag:

Zach played for us as we sang the Star Spangled Banner:

Time to eat!

Later in the evening we went to Alachua, Fl to watch the big fireworks from the truck in the parking lot!

We tried to get comfortable:

We had a great view!

These fireworks are so good!

Although we missed Lizzy we definitely had a Happy 4th of July!!

06/28/25

This is Lizzy’s last year to be able to attend FSY (For The Strength Of Youth Conference). Although our stake was assigned a different date and location they were able register to go back to DeLand, Fl to the Stetson College Campus again this year.

The Tanners drove everyone down again and Mom and Dad picked us up bright and early at 7am on Saturday. They found Lizzy and Lily:

Sawyer and Zach found us:

We went to Denny’s for breakfast:

The girls were knocked out pretty fast!

Zach was a good sport while Sawyer was comfy in the back.

06/19/25

Family Vacation Day Eight (Thursday): Our last day in San Antonio, TX. We are ready to walk to the Alamo!

There were sunflowers along the way:

And other pretty flowers:

A glimpse at River Walk (we’ll do that later):

On the way to th Alamo we happened upon a Juneteenth celebration in a park where actors were portraying the experiences of the enslaved people at the time of their emancipation.

The birds were very interactive here!

After the performance we went to the Alamo which was right behind the park stage:

There were several different buildings with artifacts and informative materials to keep us engaged for 3 hours!

The sacristy in the main church building:

A bible on display:

The Alamo was well worth the visit!

After the Alamo we did a little shopping:

We then stopped for lunch and treats and headed to the beautiful River Walk:

River Walk!

So pretty!

Lots of arches:

Lizzy still loves pigeons (her favorite bird):

Our next stop was the San Fernando Cathedral, one of the oldest active cathedrals in the United States.

It’s so nice to be able to go into the Cathedrals:

Beautiful stained glass!

The organ!!

Outside the cathedral:

The Founders Monument:

Deciding which crown they would want:

After the Cathedral area we walked to the Historic Market Square (think Flea Market):

And we stopped at a bakery:

On our way “home” we took the River Walk again.

This tunnel was cool:

Historic River walk is so nice:

Best Friend Sisters relaxing:

Almost to our bridge exit:

The Spanish architecture was nice too:

There were some interesting things along the streets:

Finally this evening we walked to a restaurant for dinner. It was an action-packed last day in San Antonio!

06/20/25

Today we drove back home. That was a wonderful vacation and we are so happy we could take Luna Dog with us:

We Love You Luna!