This past weekend, I was able to go to American Fork for my sister Julie's birthday. She loves this annual gathering of her family to help her celebrate. It was so great to see her and my family and to visit with each other. We all enjoyed watching Julie open her presents and of course all enjoyed eating birthday cake and ice cream. I was excited to see some of my nieces and nephews and some of their beautiful cnildren, too. A nice surprise was when my very special friend, Arlene Smith Heiner, dropped in to say hi. I mentioned on her blog that I was going to be there and told her to swing by if she could and she did! We missed Polly and Dave, they were away visiting their daughters and families, and Dix, who was in St. George with family. A big thank you to Collette and her friend Kellsy for driving me down and to my brothers and sister and their spouses for making this event such a special one for Julie and for all of us.
Sonya and Julie opening presents

l to r: Alex, Brent, and Dennis
Mark and Lori
my friend Arlene and I

front l ro r: Jenny holding Tosh, Julie, me, Mark and Alex; back: Katie, Adam, Kim holding Kayden, Andy, Betty, Dennis, Collette, Sonya, Lori, and Brent