Sunday, August 3, 2008

Being some of the older folks in our LDS Ward we have been harassed, cajoled, encouraged, made fun of, felt bad for, etc., because we did not have a blog. We have taken a large leap and finally are ‘Bloggers’. We are not sure our life is exciting enough to warrant a blog, but here we go.


This year marks 20 years of wedded bliss for us. We also have the milepost of our oldest daughter Emily heading off to BYU this fall. It seems like just yesterday Julia was saying ‘no’ when Mike asked her to marry him and yet here we are. (Obviously he was able to change her mind with his suave wit.) Someday we might bring you up to speed on the last 20 years but for now here are the last few days.


Friday was Mike’s Client Appreciation Pool Party. It’s in its third year with much success! We had a lot of fun visiting with family, friends, people we don’t know very much (except Mike … he knows them pretty well since he did their loans) and eating lots of food and snow cones. The little kids loved the Rubber Ducky Derby (little rubber duckies float around the lazy river … the first one around wins!) and the older kids loved the Twinkie Eating Contest! I think Jeremiah West still holds the top Twinkie eating count at 15! We all had a great time! And … if you’re thinking this sounds fun and want to come next year, talk to Mike about a mortgage or a re-fi, he’d be glad to help you and we’d be glad to see you at next year’s pool party!!


Saturday was spent putting things away and cleaning. The boys have recently got into Pokémon. Brandon got a deck of Pokémon cards for his birthday awhile ago. They have been playing non-stop for the past couple of days so we went to Target and found another deck. They were so excited!


Today being Sunday; it is the lovely day of rest. Emily takes that literally! She sleeps all day long. The Bishop came into Relief Society today and commanded us to start a blog. Ha! Ha! Just kidding, Bishop! Although, Elder Ballard did mention it in last month’s Ensign. So, we are doing our part to share the gospel with our family and friends via the Internet.


Also, a dear, dear friend of ours passed away this week. Our dear friend and sister, Barbara Cozort. She was in the Mount Lewis 5th Ward. She was our sacrament Grandma when Mike was Bishop in that ward when all my kids were little. She helped when Nate spilled water all down the front of me while Mike just laughed from the stand. She helped bounce Brandon on her knee when he was fussy. She brought quiet toys for the kids to play with. She made the girls gifts. Every week she was there. She was amazing! We will miss her sweet, loving example. For now, we know her spirit is in heaven and look forward to the day when we will meet again.

10 comments:

Ali said...

YEAH!! I am sooooooo excited you are bloggers!! We had so much fun at your swim party!! We love and miss you!!!
Ali

Unknown said...

I am so happy you have joined our world!!! You will have plenty to blog about, just look at your cute kids!!!

Emily said...

Aww! Look at you go mom! WHOO HOO! The blog is so cute! Jsut so you know I tagged you on my blog, so check out the directions on my blog! Love ya!

Camille said...

I am beyond excited for your blog!!! I love seeing what everyone's families are up to. It's great fun!!! and a little addicting!!! I am thankful for your family and the friendships we have made. Thanks for being such great examples.

Emily said...

Yay!! Welcome to the blog bandwagon - glad you could hop aboard! :) You'll love it and it IS totally addicting. That's so cute of the boys saying welcome at the beginning!

mary said...

Hooray for the Medsker family!! Welcome to the world of blogging! I recently joined the wide world of blogging myself at the insistence of my husband, but it has been more fun than I thought it would be! We just think you guys are the best, and our boys just love your family!

Mayme said...

ooooh! This is so fun to see everyone's blogs! I was going to send you a link to our blog, but it looks like you already found it (probably the same way I've found everyone else's blogs - from someone else's blog, LOL)

Jenn said...

Hey, its the Nydeggers, I love seeing your family again! its so exciting! Hey I didn't get my invite to the pool party, tell Mike we feel a little cheated! just kidding, but if we still count we might come next yeat, let us know. even though we will celebrate out one year anniversary in out new house! hooray we have a house all thanks to your hubby! well good to see you, I hope you don't mind if I check up on you sometimes! Jenn

Ben, KoriAnn, Brighton & Bristol said...

I am so happy that you decided to join this fun and somewhat addictive world of blogging.

ovjamaica said...

I didn't think that I had commanded anyone to make a blog, but if it got you blogging I guess it's ok to interpret it that way. ;) You guys are the best and I definitely appreciate your friendship and support. Happy blogging. =)