Finally an Update--a bit late --Emily and Chad's Wedding

CRANE UPDATE






I guess we are a bit behind on the blogging--this is all old news--oh well--it's chance to catch up on journaling for the month.

Em's Wedding--was absolutely beautiful! From the pix--you'll see how gorgeous Em looked too! She did such a great job planning the whole wedding--everything turned out awesome. We are so happy to have a new bro in the family--Chad you're awesome! It was an incredible day--with All 12 kids (and spouses) in the temple to witness Em and Chad's sealing. What a great feeling--Wow Mom (and Dad) you are amazing--We hope we get that blessing to have all our kids in the temple together! Then, the day after--we all went and did sealings--sealing Peggy (the Gibson's mom) to her parents and all her family. That --was amazing also--what a neat experience. Cher--you are so talented in getting those all temple ready! Hats Off!

While in Utah--we had a stellar time! We were supposed to come home early to get Youth Conference all ready--but there were too many fun things to do still-- we couldn't pass up one more Mountain Bike adventure -since we had only gone every day that whole week!--I must admit though South Fork was the best! The boys went golfing--and of course, as we were getting ready to really go-Cher and Bry pulled out their 50 foot slip n' slide! The men went all out-and of course it turned into a competition! We also had the ultimate shake off! Mmmm--there were some tasty shakes made--Cheri's strawberry/oreo won--however, Dave and Leslie might want to work on theirs (2 cups of peanut butter? Lemonhead/black berry shasta?--crazy!)

After we got home--Youth Conference hit hard--and the kids were so patient and helpful. We all kind of went crazy for a few days before we left for Sterling (a tiny college town in CO) We had a blast with all the youth--they are so fun to work with. We did the whole Nephi's journey----they built (the modern day) boats etc. We pulled in a bunch of Aspen Grove games--for the "Friendly Competition" --it was fun as they went around in their tribes with their flags, cheers etc. Mark is still laughing that I was the DJ for one of the dances (we were tight on budget)--obviously he thinks I am lacking in the music scene. I do have to say I am up on all the teen tunes now--if you need a playlist-let me know! Thankfully the kids submitted their songs so i wasn't that bad--but I had to laugh when the kids came up and requested songs--I had never even heard of the group--let alone the song-- It was fun. Thanks for the flour bomb idea Matt--it was awesome--200 people going crazy--there was a huge cloud of flour above- they were covered in flour--it was fun! The best part of course was hearing their testimonies! The youth are so strong! It's awesome to learn from them.

Other than that--Life is going great--it's crazy--Josh was gone to scout camp for a week and just got home--We thought he would be so homesick--but when he got out of the car--he had the hugest smile on his face. He loved it! He did great and earned a bunch of merit badges. The other kids are great too--Maddie and Zack took first place in their track meet event today--so they are so excited--and Allie of course is still the number one cheerleader-helping everyone where they need to be--She has had a fun week though with swimming lessons--she and Devree(VanTassell) love anything they do together--they are such good friends. We are so happy the VanTassell's (our Virginia friends) moved here--we love having them in the neighborhood! Now--I think you are all caught up on the Cranes--probably more than you needed to know! We hope you are all having a great week!