Good times with Bean!

It has been a relief and a joy to be able to spend some time with Bean after 6 months of almost no contact.  He has started on a long road and we hope it will be a road to a better life.  We can visit him and spend time with him which makes it good too.  We are praying for a good outcome.  

Lou - Happy #42!

We have been enjoying the cool of the northern birthdays.  This time we went to Enoch for Lou's #42!  We picnicked in the back yard, walked and go-carted around the neighborhood and then did the cake and presents.  It was a beautiful evening and good to celebrate someone as wonderful as Lou being part of our family!  She started things off right and has set a great example for everyone else to follow all of these years!  Happy Birthday Lou!  We love you!

Juge - Happy #36!

Lance took charge and threw a great #36 party for Juge!  Those who could came to Cedar for the event and picnicked in the back yard, had cake and presents and then danced the night away!  It was a fun time.  We are so thankful for Juge and the joy she brings to our family!  Happy #36 Juge!  We love you!

A brand new swing set!

Our poor old swing set finally breathed it's last and rusted to it's end.  We hope our new one will last as long and provide as many good times as the old one.  It was a pretty good project putting it together.  It was good to have Bean here to help us with it.

Kai's blessing day

This is on blessed little guy.  He has come to a wonderful home where is is loved and will be taught the most important things in life.  So happy to have him join the family here on earth.  

He's our #25th grandchild and the 12th grandson. 

 He was blessed on Sunday, September 7th, 2017, by his dad.

Jay and the chicks fun times!

Jay, Brynn and 3 of the girls came for Kai's blessing!  We had a fun time hanging out with them over the week end.  We missed Tahlia as she was off at Lake Powell with her cousin Sarai.

Tavin #16 & Torin #3 - 2017

Great days lately!  Loving seeing these grand kids growing up and being so awesome!  Tavin is our oldest grandson.  Torin used to be the youngest (Kai has taken over that spot).  It was fun to celebrate with them.  We love you guys to the moon and back!  Happy birthdays.

Grandma's tree removal party!

We had a freaky little storm that went crazy a few weeks ago.  It went particularly crazy in Grandma Kurtz' neighborhood.  In the process it took out two big, beautiful trees.  Paul thought we could do the job of removal as well as others and get a chainsaw in the process.  And we did do well with a great team of whoever could make it that day.  Thanks to all for your help.  What a great team we were! (We actually worked in the neighbor's yard first getting it cleared before they got home from their vacation.  Moss was there too, but we were too busy to take any pics.)

Good times with Sheryl

(This is a bit after the fact...got busy and forgot to post earlier.) Sheryl has come for two weeks to help with Grandma's recovery.  Every now and then when Grandma has been in the hospital and well taken care of, we have taken Sheryl out for a bit of fun to keep her from going crazy and just to hang out and enjoy her company.  It has been fun to spend the time with her.  One evening we took her up to Veyo Pool/Crawdad Canyon.  She didn't  bring a swimming suit, so we bagged that part, but we went up river to enjoy the scenery and found wonderful raspberries perfect for picking and eating...which we did!  Then we went down stream and clear to the bridge at the road into Veyo.  That was a first for me.  And we cooled off some in the water!  Then we came back and visited/shared pie with Supe.  It was a fun evening!

Bean's #29!

This  was a wonderful day.  We were so happy to be able to spend this time with Bean.  It has been a very long haul for him and us lately and this was finally a day to enjoy and be happy with him.  He is living at Mt. View House in Cedar City right now.  It is a place designed to help people with problems like he has toward a more independent life and promising future.  It is hard for him to be there, to be getting used to meds and so many other changes in his life, but we do feel like it could be the thing that will make a good difference for him.  He is much more open to family right now and it is so good to be able to express our love to him and have him express some back.  We went up to Cedar City and those that could gathered at the park for dinner and celebration.  We pray things can move forward a bit at a time in a positive way for him.  Happy #29 Bean!  We love you more than words can say!  

Here are a few pics of good times past with Bean!