Marchant Barbecue and July 4th

Last weekend we got together with our Marchant side. In my opinion, this happens way to rarely. We all have such a good time when we get together. Adin was in true form. He would not stop playing on the cement steps

This is the face he makes when he gets in trouble or if he is upset about something that he can't do. Another time I have seen it is when we are in the car for an extended period of time. Typically it doesn't include the hand thing, but this day it did.


After the barbecue we all had a championship of guitar hero. It was so much fun. I really really stink at this game, but I always have so much fun. Noone could beat Andy though. He is super fast. Charisse was doing this face on purpose because she saw that I was going to take a picture. I really like Kory's backward slant. He looks like he is really jamming.

July fourth was so fun this year. Meg was so excited for all of it and bubba was just active and fun. We have all had colds for a week now and the 4th was Brian's worst day. I could not get Adin to hold still for a picture with Meg. This was the only way. I let Meg take her patch off for the pictures and then she really wanted her glasses off too. We are still struggling with all of this because even when she has her patch on she insists that she can see better with her glasses off. We have a final check up on Friday then when we move to Provo we plan to get a second opinion just to see what someone else thinks about it.

Meg was all talk when it came to sparklers. As soon as the first one was put in her hands, she was freaking out. She got used to it by the end though. She has a pretty vivid memory of last years 4th of July and wanted to sit on the same chair she sat on last year and have the same treats.
Adin was so busy running up and down the little hill in Grandma and Grandpa Droubay's back yard. All afternoon he would walk up the stairs and then run down the hill and then start over. He didn't even last till the fireworks. He went right to sleep in the portacrib. We figure we'll show him fireworks on the 24th.

A brief update on our house situation. Third time was the charm. We found a place that we liked more than the others and the interest rate dropped significantly this week. The added bonus was that the owner was someone honest who was willing to meet us in the middle. Yea!!! The contract is signed and the interest rate is locked in. We are closing on July 31st and plan to move in that weekend. Our moving day will be August 2. We are planning to get our ward to help us fill up the uhaul and are hoping to get family to help us unload it in Provo in the late afternoon/evening of that day. Brian and I will be calling around to ask for help, but I just wanted to post a heads up.