Collecting Moments: August 2008

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Goodbye to the BEST neighborhood ever!

So we have moved again. We are temporarily living with Rich's Dad and Step mom in Idaho. We live in the middle of nowhere, so it's lucky that I got good enough connection to do these blog posts today. So, back to we moved........we moved from the best ward and neighborhood ever. We had been in that ward for a little over 2 years. But our neighborhood.... never have I seen a more friendly, active neighborhood in my life. Every time I stood in my kitchen, doing my dishes, I could easily spy on all of our friends.:) Everyone was always outside. Sometimes at night the adults would gather outside and talk till late at night/early morning. I will miss everyone so much, and always hope their families are well. Here are pictures from our last night hanging out with our neighbors...a few of them brought treats over and the guys played croquet.

A few of our neighbors...

Adam (side note: that is water on his shirt, not sweat:)), Rich, & Matt.

MaryKatheryn, me, and Aubrie (also water, not sweat, on her shirt...they were laughing about that being in the pictures). Miss you girls!

Playtime

Here are some of Julien and Jonah's buddies, Caleb and Trevor. We had them over for a bit right before we moved (yes, we moved again). We will miss them like crazy and their awesome parents too:(. But thank goodness for blogs, so we can see them grow up!

Julien, Caleb, Trevor, & Jonah.

My Dad's Visit (part 2)

Last September my grandpa passed away. It was a sad time for our family. My grandparents had 10 kids (and no, they aren't even Mormon;))! I grew up always getting together with my family. My grandparents lived just 10 minutes away. At one point my Dad, my sister and I moved in with my grandparents for a couple of years. It was a huge blessing to us in many ways. I am grateful for that time I had with them, and many of my memories of my grandpa are from that time. It isn't the same without my grandpa around. We miss him. Like, I said, my grandparents had 10 kids....8 boys and 2 girls! You can imagine how loud our family gets...but it's always fun! So this year, in honor of my grandpa, the guys started a tradition. My grandpa loved to play golf, so this year we held the "First Annual Pliny Mier Memorial Golf Tournament." Each year the sons will take turns hosting the tournament. This year it was hosted by my youngest uncle, Greg, and was held in Las Vegas, NV. Since my dad was already in St. George, UT with us, we drove down to Vegas for that. The tournament was at a golf course that my grandpa had worked at just years ago. After the tournament, the rest of us that were in town met the guys for a banquet/lunch. We were missing most of the women and children from our family, but most of the guys were there, along with some family friends. It was good food and good fun, can't wait for next year!

My grandpa

This year's host, my uncle Greg.

Rich recieving his longest drive award.

My cousin Luke..Julien..my cousin Lauren..& Jonah.

Rich, Bro in law-Wes, and just a few of my cousins: Mike, Zack, Lewis, Johnny, and James

The oldest of the ten, my dad!

Me and my grandma! Love her!

Here is a portion of our family...hopefully next year everyone else will be able to be there!

My Dad's Visit

My Dad flew from Texas to see us a little over a week ago. I hadn't seen my dad since Christmas (way too long) so it was really nice to see him! It was a short visit but we still had fun! I'm so glad I got some quality time with him. Here are some pictures from the weekend...