Playing with the Lee Cousins

We spent Sunday afternoon session with Joseph's family up at his mom's house. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins. There are always lots of people to play with and visit with and it makes it fun for everyone.

We had a nice time visiting and enjoying conference. With the family dynamics things can get complicated and not so easy to deal with, and things don't always go perfectly, but Joseph does well rolling with the punches, learning as he goes, and accepting criticism with humility. He is a near-perfect example of charity and I am very proud of him for that. I have much to learn from him. What a very good heart he has.

Couldn't forget Will, the dog. The girls were very happy he was locked up in the dog run this visit. Joseph and Aaron enjoyed admiring Grandma Shawny's horses.

We love the beautiful mountains of Utah!
We were able to meet up with cousins again near the end of the week at Uncle Matthew and Aunt Michal's new house in Salem. It is beautiful! Matthew works for the law firm of Kirton and McKonkie and was moved from Salt Lake to Provo to start up a new office there, so they decided to move their family further south as well. They are really happy to be in Salem and we are really happy for them. It was fun hearing them talking about going to school in Salem with so many Lee cousins.

We attended Ellie, Claire, Bethany, and Isaac's dance program at the Covey Center for the Arts and really enjoyed it. Bethany was the little star of the show and has become a beautiful dancer. It was really cute to see the other three dance around as well. We got a kick out of little 4 year old Ellie, she moped around the stage and acted like she did not want to be up there, later she told us that someone poked her in the eye and it made her feel bad. It was pretty funny to watch.

Isaac was a cute Buzz light year and hopped and darted around the stage. It was really cute to watch.