With Summer comes the new baby deer - this year there were twins with their mother that we often saw in our neighborhood. The deer are pests that eat most flowers, trees and shrubs, but we love watching them, especially when the new fawns arrive.
Family Gathering at Evan and Kelly's home for "Come Follow Me" Lesson & to celebrate July Birthdays
Lesson Activity (August 8th)
Celebrating July Birthdays
Lasagne Dinner
While Jessica was visiting, we invited Hailey, Conrad, Dex and London to join us for dinner.
Lou and Dex came for a "sleep over". It is fun to see how much the cousins enjoy being together.
Gigi and Liam enjoying dinner
Backyard Camp Cookout
One evening for dinner, we each assembled a foil dinner filled with whatever we liked - hamburger, onions, carrots and potatoes and then put salt, pepper and seasonings with cream of mushroom soup on top. Hal built a fire in our fire pit so that we could cook our meal creations and then roast marshmallows and make smores. The kids (and adults) enjoyed this meal!
It was fun having Jessica and the kids to share our summer with!
I had some crafts for Gigi and Liam to make. They both loved painting - I had some wooden bird houses, pictures, and also popsicle sticks that they could make things to paint.
Jessica, Liam and Gigi love to put puzzles together and they are very good at doing it! They put several puzzles together while they stayed with us. I was amazed at how quickly they could assemble a 1000 or more piece puzzle in just a few hours!
The Craws new puppy, "Chewie" doing what dachshunds do best, find somewhere soft and warm and then nap!
Cheerleader Camp Review
Each August, the Salem Hills High School Cheerleaders have a workshop for young girls in the community that want to learn how to be a cheerleader. At the end of the workshop, they have a performance. This year with Covid, it was more of a challenge, but they were still able to do it. Dorothy is the Cheerleader Squad Captain, so some of the responsibility for the success of the workshop and performance was up to her. It was fun to see the girls perform at a pre-season scrimmage game.
Sareya is a Sophomore on the squad.
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Gigi, Ruby, Violet and Aleeya
Cousins and best friends!
Ruby's Baptism - August 29, 2020
Evie's Baptism - October 10, 2020
Grandma & Grandpa Mickelsen
Our Family Group - Woidka's and Mickelsen's
These baptisms are such important events in our grandchildren's lives!
What a wonderful Grandma you are! I just love seeing the pictures of your family and see the fun things you do. They are so very blessed to have you. I love how close they are.
ReplyDeletei love how supportive your family is with each other and it is evident how they love to be together when you look at these pics! You look so pretty in all of these pics, Patty! You have so many cute grandkids!
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