I have been taking art classes and have completed my first Oil Painting...I am calling it Honeymoon Hibiscus. It is a picture I took on our Honeymoon to Tahiti

It has been very busy and we have loved being with all of our grandchildren. Family is the Highlite of our life.

We have also really enjoyed our yard and gardens. The vegetable garden has been very productive with harvests of Arugala, radishes, onions, carrots, eggplant, summer squash and more summer squash, cucumbers and more cucumbers, brussel sprouts, dill and Indian Corn! We have a couple of cantaloupes that are not going to quite mature in time! Our flower gardens have done really well and I love our little waterfall with all of the flowers around it.

Another great thing here in Montrose is the gorgeous Skies! There are generally very beautiful cloud formations and wonderful sunsets. The weather couldn't be more perfect right now and we are trying to take advantage of it.

Young Women's has been keeping me very busy as well this summer. Girls camp was very successful but I came home EXAUSTED! We also took a temple trip to Vernal, and went to the Best of EFY in Grand Junction. Now we are getting ready for our YW in Excellence and a tri-ward Halloween party that we are hosting.

We have had the Missionaries living at our house and for a while we had 2 sets living here. WE are back down to one set and they are really great. We finally are able to host the missionaries for our own ward and we like that. We will be starting to have a spanish speaking Sacrament meeting and that will be a big thing for our ward to be a part of. We are excited about that.

Paul is getting ready for hunting this fall and we are hoping for both elk and deer as he has drawn tags for both! The hunting and outdoor life is really big here!

The following pictures are not particularly in order but represent our summer and early fall!

Connor had a cast this summer but it was off by the time little baby Jolie was born!

Macey is very involved with the care of this new Baby...She is a great helper...Connor loves his baby sister but also asks "When we are done with the baby can we go to the Park"!

Both Macey and Connor are very proud of their baby sister and are anxious to show her off to everyone...

Jolie Michelle Jones. What a beauty! Born at 7.1. We are so thrilled to welcome our 7th grandchild. Paul and I love being Grandparents.

Grandpa is holding her here!

This was the day of the twins blessing...all of their cousins came for the double event!

What a sweetheart...She started sitting up on her own here in Montrose!

We had a great visit here in montrose. It is very fun for me to see the cousins together!

What a cute cowboy you are Liam

Taryn in Grandma's backyard!

What cute twins and Mommy.

Fishing in the Black canyon at Morrow point...It was a great day and very beautiful. We were in a boat with the Schillers and a guide and caught over 20 fish that day most of them Salmon!

The twins are certainly growing up and I loved having April and the Twins here for a little over a week. Vicente joined us for Labor day weekend!

We have had a great spring and summer! The twins (Bryce and Kathryn) are doing wonderfully well. They have come close to tripling their birth weight! Mom and Dad (April and Vicente) occasionally get some sleep! Liam always has us laughing and is a very fun and determined boy. He is excited for his new sister that is coming in November. Tara and Steve are into a new apartment in California and little Taryn has stolen all of our hearts! She loves to kick and we are sure that she will have a tooth any day but we have been saying that for a few weeks! Connor and Macey are growing and talking and just are full of personality. They also are very excited for their baby sister which will be born in September...the due date is their dad's birthday! Macey wants to name the baby Ladybug Thunder but perhaps that will be edited just a bit! Tim and Lindsey are doing great in Murray. They love their dog Champ, Lindsey loves her job at a small insurance brokerage firm, and we are all excited to see where Tim's talents will lead him in the way of a new job!

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Isn't she precious

We have a beautiful new baby girl in our family! She couldn't wait to get here and came a little early to the McIlmoil family. Tara and Steve are proud parents of Taryn Kennedi McIlmoil. She was also a surprising 8 lbs.1oz. We were expecting a small baby! She is 20 3/4" long! She is a California girl, born on Monday January 7, 2008. We are so in love with this beautiful baby and so proud of her wonderful parents.

We had a wonderful christmas time filled with birthdays as well! Liam turned 1 year old and grandma turned....well no need for details at this point!