In Loving Memory

We are deeply saddened at the loss of our dear brother, uncle and friend. Lorin's brother Keith was killed in a plane crash near Moab yesterday.

As our hearts ache and try to make sense of this tragedy we are thankful for knowledge of the plan of our Heavenly Father that we will see Keith again.

Keith we will miss your smile, your sense of humor, your example and your love. Late nights with the Shumway's will never be the same.

We pray that the peace and comfort of our Lord and Savior will ever be with Lisa and baby Landon. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.

Back to School

Megan is in 4th grade.
Cassidy is in 1st grade.

At this point Cassidy does not have an aide. We will see how she does the next couple weeks. It would be awesome if she didn't need any help. I will be there to help her with lunch. I think I get more nervous for school to start than my kids do. I will miss having them home. Needless to say I cried as I left the school.

Girls Day Out

On Saturday I had a "day out" with my sisters in law. We spent the whole day shopping in Park City and then ate at Olive Garden. It was nice to just shop without kids and to be able to take all the time we wanted looking at stuff. And it got my mind off of all the frustrating things going on last week. We missed having Lisa there. Julie flew in from Mesquite, Joanna and Natalie drove in from N. Ogden, Kim from Evanston and Corissa from Kanosh. Joanna was a trooper being 7 months pregnant. Natalie kept us all laughing and is known as the devil for getting us all to buy cute things. Kim stuck to her list and just bought what she came for. It was just great to have so many of us together. Thanks gals for a fun day!

Horse Riding

At horse riding yesterday Cassidy got to take another trail ride and rode Misty the whole time because Roany had a sore hoof. They let Cassidy take the reins and lead the horse around the barrels quit a few times. She did a real good job and was very proud of herself. She told Lorin all about it the minute he got home.

Megan's Birthday

Megan's 9th birthday was on Sunday. She talked me into doing a party and we did that on Friday. Megan and her friends made bracelets, ate pizza and decorated cookies. On Saturday I took her to Build A Bear because that is what she wanted for her birthday. She made a simple, cute teddy bear. It is hard to believe that Megan is 9. I wish I could shrink her down sometimes. Megan is a special part of our family. She likes to make people happy and gives the nicest notes. She is very creative and is always doing art projects. We love you Megan. Being 9 will be great!

Our New Neighbor

OK to add to the posts about extremely scary spiders, here is my contribution. I went in the shed to get out a garbage bag and I looked down and there she was the biggest black widow I have ever seen. Not only is she huge so is the egg sack that accompanies her. I called Lorin to ask him if it was OK if I annihilated the thing but he wants to catch her and put her in jar to fight another black widow he is growing at work. I am pretty sure this is the same black widow he tried to catch a couple weeks ago that is why I called him to see if he still wanted to catch her. Is that a guy thing? Actually I am relieved that he wants to deal with her because I really am scared to death to try to spray her because she will run. I am completely sicked out and I will not sleep well tonight until I know she is no longer a threat to me and my children. And in the back of my mind I know that if there is one black widow there are probably millions more. I hope this will motivate Lorin to take the time out of his crazy schedule to spray for spiders. We bought the poison months ago he just hasn't had time to do it. So if you didn't want to come to my house in the first place now you have a good excuse.

Fun at the Ball Park

So Lorin started another round of softball last night. Lorin's brothers Neil and Chris are on the team also. They brought their families with them to watch the game. The kids had a big time playing with their cousins. It was a double header so they had a good two hours to play. I wanted to get a picture of the three brothers playing ball but my camera ran out of battery. Maybe next time. I just got this cute picture of the kids. Can you tell who the goof off is? Normally the cousins wouldn't be at the games because they live a fair distance away. Chris lives with us during the week while he works and goes home on the weekends. Hopefully Neil will be able to make it to all the games. Playing softball with your brothers is worth the drive.