Bradley & Corrine's special day!

Today is Corrine's big day-- HAPPY 40th birthday to you!
This morning we all woke up and spent the morning getting ready for Bradley's baby blessing. Because we were all together we took advantage of a yummy breakfast made by mom for Corrine's birthday.

All six girls with mom - we don't get this picture very often with everyone's different schedules, etc. It was fun to be together today.

One of the many wonderful things of today is being able to see grandma! At 90 years old I cherish each opportunity to be with her.

Little Bradley was the honoree of the day! Garrett gave him a beautiful blessing! What a wonderful little guy he is - so content and so loving! It is so much fun to see my 'little' brother as a father! Makes a big sister proud!

BYU game - again in Provo!

Okay so one of the perks of going to UT for Bradley is being able to go to a BYU home game. I have not been to one in about 12-13 years! All of the family arranged to be there. Unfortunately we did not all get to sit together, but it turned out okay. Ty was so excited to be there and to be hanging with Brock & Garrett. We were there early enough for him to see the players on the field ahead of time and he got to watch them go back to the locker room.
As they sat on the wall together I asked to take a picture - of course the typical 'Barlow Boy' pose was immediately ready for action!

Corrine and I were able to sit with Gary & Jenny and visit with them throughout the game and do some catching up. We also got our exercise because our seats were in the top corner of the stadium. Thankfully we were on the shade side because it was a hot day.

I love the way they have the seats spell out BYU - this was new to me.

After the game we met back up with the rest of the family and headed home to Melinda & Kate's place. It was a fun day and great to see a Cougar win!

Birthday celebrations in UT

Corrine and I were able to fly to UT for the weekend for the blessing of Bradley. With Corrine's 40th on Sunday Melinda, Kate & Rachel arranged for a wonderful surprise b-day party for Corrine at their club house. We had friends and family come and join her for her special celebration!

Friends are wonderful

As you all know I was released as the ward Relief Society president. I have served in this calling for almost 5 1/2 years and I have loved my associations with the sisters over the years! It was hard to be released. I was called as the 1st counselor in the stake RS presidency and so I am glad I am able to continue working with the sisters of the stake!

At work I was surprised with a flower delivery man came in and said he had a delivery for me. I was not expecting it at all. A very sweet sister/friend in my ward sent me this lovely bouquet of roses and a special note of thanks! Friends are wonderful!

Labor Day fun

Melinda came down for Labor Day weekend. It was fun to have her home. On Saturday we celebrated Carly's birthday. The girls all went swimming together. Melinda arranged with Jason to have his children come out and spend time with her and celebrate. Rachel & McKay ordered pizza and we had a fun celebration.
Rachel once again amazed us all and made a wonderful cake. Most clever was the twinkie under the frosting for the middle of the butterfuly - quite creative!