Well, I have finally repented and am writing something in my blog so you will know what is going on with our life.

Larry is really tired today, so I am worried about him. He slept 11 hours last night and says he feels exhausted this afternoon. He went back to bed and it is only 5:44p.m.

We had some great talks in church on keeping the Sabbath day holy. One in particular talked about the blessings of keeping the Sabbath day holy. She specifically mentioned peace as being a blessing.

Brooke and I spent yesterday making her 7 year old quilt. We almost got it done but we still have about half of the tying to do. She chose a bright pink flannel and a top with poodles on different colors of pink stripes. She had fun making her own pillow and quilt for her dolls while I sewed the border of the quilt.

I am taking an online class about the Pioneer online library for the next six weeks so I spent part of Friday and Saturday working on that. I worked on it after Brooke left last night about 10:00 p.m. I have also been trying to get things done for the pioneer trek we are going on as cooks this next week. I had to cook 18 lbs of hamburger into taco meat on Friday. I went to Kathy's on Thursday and borrowed some pioneer clothes that luckily fit. Tomorrow I get to go and help make 164 dozen cookies.

BJ just called and is adjusting to Logan. He has found a girl to tease at the mall and he is finding options for apartments for now and next fall. He is in computer withdrawals at Steve's though because they have a dial up modem.

Erick mowed the lawn yesterday with BJ gone so that was good. He is looking at several options for projects to work on this summer while he is off school. We got to meet a mission companion Jason Merrell and his family last Sunday. Erick just told me that Jason got engaged this week. Erick is going on trek as a truck driver. I bet the pioneers would be amazed.

We all went down to Orem at various times last Sunday so we could see Nate and Amber Hadlock Robinson' new baby, Adalyn. Kirsten and her family and BJ went to the baby blessing earlier in the day. Erick and Larry and I went later just to see the baby. They live in Georgia right now so they are just up for a short time. BJ went to visit a mission companion in Provo and got stuck riding around with them until late and Larry wanted to go home because he had to work early on Monday so he left Erick and I to wait for BJ because we had other things to do. Then we took Erick to see his mission companion, that lives in Draper,that had some things for him from Italy and BJ and I went across the valley to Jacob and Nikki's to drop some things off at their place. After visiting with them for about an hour we went back to get Erick and were invited in at 10:30 p.m. to meet Jason's family which we talked to for about an hour. Needless to say it was late when we got home, but the visits were worth it.

On the Fourth of July BJ ran in the Kaysville Rotary 5k race and took third in his age group of 19-24. I went to watch him and was able to drive to 2nd North and back in about the time it took him to run it. Larry was stressing about a test in his Math class so he did not want to go to the parade or anything. Erick cooked us a hearty breakfast of Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Hashbrowns and Juice. Then we went to the parade. It was really crowded this year. BJ was disappointed that we had no water guns for the water part of the parade. We found Maren and Landon and sat by them and Landon's parents. In the afternoon we had a downpour in Northern Utah so the barbecue we had planned had to be brought indoors but it was clear by the time they had the fireworks so we were able to watch them...then we had our own fireworks display put on by Maren, Landon, Erick, and BJ. Brinlie fell asleep.

On July 1 was the Thacker family reunion. Larry had to work so Erick, Kyle and I went together. Maren and Landon and Brinlie and Jake and Nikki and their family also went. Ashton sat on my lap and let me hold him as long as I was giving him a drink of water out of a cup. Aunt Hilda had worked hard and all her family was there. It was fun visiting with everyone. After the reunion I went to Logan to get BJ for the weekend. Then we raced back to see Seth Jenkins in the play at the Rogers Memorial Theatre. We got there just as they were closing the doors. Seth did a good job playing Baby John. We had dinner at 10:00 p.m. at Taco Maker's

Michelle and Daniel had the Gibby reunion on July 1st also. They went to the Thanksgiving point gardens and then to Cabellas for the reunion entertainment and then back to Layton for the dinner. Michelle said that she talked with Jeff and they were going the same day to Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur museum but they never saw each other. They really enjoyed both activities.

Misty is starting training for her job tomorrow so she went to Montana to pick up her nephew to babysit for her for a month during her training. Yesterday, she took the kids and her mother went with her to help and she will be back today. Jeff had to work so he wasn't able to go. When Jeff took the kids to Thanksgiving point he took the kids with his friend Josh while their wives were doing something else.

Kirsten and Jon took Kyle out to Vernal to Aaron's and they decided to go fishing on the way back after dark at Strawberry. Kirsten stepped in a hole and twisted her foot. It started to swell and after a day back she went to the doctor. The bone that connects with the pinky was broken. She is in a soft cast this week and then has to go in next week to see if it is healing properly.

My sister Annette broke her ankle again. This time in three places and she had to have some pins put in because part of it was crushed. She just got the cast off of her ankle a month ago from the break in the spring.

Maren starts back to cosmetology school on Tuesday. She has enjoyed her month off. She has made several things for Brinlie and for Brinlie's room. I think that she got her father's flare for craft's and sewing through the gene's. She and Landon and Brinlie went camping with Landon's family on Friday. They went out on Flaming Gorge on a boat and they went down the Green river rafting. Maren said that they got sunburned but it was fun. She was able to leave Brinlie with Shirley for the river trip.

Nathan and Sara went to San Antonio last weekend and turned in some papers and did some work to get into helicoper school. Then they took the boys to Sea World. David was really excited about Shamu and watching the sharks and other things they had there. He also enjoyed the water mists. Isaac was not happy about getting splashed by Shamu. They got in late on Saturday night.

I finally figured out how to add a picture to a blog so I have added a picture of the family. This is one of the pictures taken on May 21, 2006