Loren and Anna Merrill Family: September

September 1

So proud of these adults and kids!! Some swam for the first time in their life! terrified and they did hard things!! never afraid to jump in with my clothes on #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #playunified #specialolympicsaz #cerebralpalsyhacked #activateyourbody

September 3

Fun Labor Day weekend!! Parade, sweet corn festival, building forts! #taylorsweetcornfestival #everyonehappierandhealthier #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #labordayweekend @adrianekaygray

September 4

Glamping, love spending the weekend at home with friends and family work and play Night Swimming and (ugh Ok we are still at war with the Bees if anyone has any suggestions) it’s been quite a weekend we did add a little honey from the hive to the barbecue chicken #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #honey #stungandswollen #labordayweekend #nightswimming

September 5

Happy Labor Weekend!! Hope everyone got to enjoy a little bit of extra fun!! Work hard play hard!! And we officially conquered the bees Wahoo!!!! Thank you Jay, John and Loren!!! Our Bee Warriors! We saved the hive and saved as many bees as we could Lots of good learning experiences, a little scary too safe travels home Gray Family Enjoyed Glamping together

September 6

Ninja Disciples against Royal Disciples They were awesome Great group of kids!!! #activitydays #kickball #everyonehappierandhealthier #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #cerebralpalsyhacked #kickballseason #schoens

A little temple time with my sister before we got on the plane...

September 8

…..And we are off on our long awaited exciting adventures without the kids!! Anxiety is way high!! As I waved to my kiddos goodbye. Usually they go with us! Our company is paying for a trip for the two of us. We know we are so blessed! But nervous!! It will be awesome! And we have good amazing helpers in place. Had to stop at the college and say goodbye to my oldest as she is still in classes. Lol! Yes I was that mom and pulled her out of class to say goodbye. #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #cerebralpalsyhacked #begood #momanddadtime

September 10

…..We made it to beautiful Croatia

(just a little jet lagged ) -nothing a little Axio, NAD, some good Adriatic Sea Food and sleep can’t fix. #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #croatia #liveanactivatedlifestyle #lifestyleprescriptions #missmykidsalready #everyonehappierandhealthier

September 11 …beautiful Sunday stroll amongst these quaint ancient villages. Sail boating, my little guy would be loving this

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #beautifulcroatia

#livelifeactivated #proudofmykiddos

#sograteful.

Our beautiful team

September 12 …First the Dubrovnik Challenge

and then scouting the Walls of Old Town Dubrovnik

completely aww inspiring, enchanted by the history and oh that Lavender Gelato

#gameofthrones #gelato #dubrovnikchallenge #theguardiansofrepentance #bestceoever

#lemons

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #cerebralpalsyhacked #wayproudofmykids

#lovecroatia

#tomorrowbosnia #lovehistory #sograteful

September 13

…who knew I would wake up this morning and we would decide to rent a car and go to Bosnia wow! And of course we figured out the back way into Bosnia they wouldn’t let us in and we had to turn back around and go all the way back around. Lol! What an adventure! We found ourselves in the craziest spots and deep in the culture #ilovepeople #lovepeoplewhomakemelaugh #waterfalls #bosnia #mostarbridge #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #lifestyleprescriptions #livelifeactivated #wunderlust #bosniawaterfalls

September 14

Making an impact for Ukraine

via Croatia

So grateful we were able to come together to pack care packages

for refugees

#lifevantagelegacy #everyonehappierandhealthier #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #livelifeactivated

September 15 …amongst the castle walls of Dubrovnik, enjoyed a delicious cultural dinner with local traditional songs. Feeling so grateful for people, culture and history

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #lifevantagelegacy #lfvncroatia #lifestyleprescriptions #lovepeople #lovehistory #beautifularchitecture

September 17. Oh these darling little boys, Bodie and Cooper! Congratulations Rachelle and Gaither! And they look just like their two big sisters. So blessed we got to come meet them today. Such precious little guys. So glad to be back home seeing family and headed up the mountain. “There’s no place like home….” #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #twinboys

#everyonehappierandhealthier #lovebabies #congratulations #familyisthebest

September 19. …. A favorite time of year

summer turning into fall and all the neighbors coming together for our annual block party! Missed some of the neighbors that could not make it. “There are friends, there is family and then there are friends that become family.” We just love our neighbors!!

so blessed!

….speaking of good neighbors that become family.

While traveling back from Croatia

we got to have an overnight in Frankfurt and meet up for dinner with this Wunderbar Familia! They became fast friends and became our familia while we lived in Germany for a few months in 2018. Danke

so blessed

Andreas Nau Sabine Nau #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #everyonehappierandhealthier #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #bestneighborsever #familyisthebest #lfvncroatia

September 20 ….just too much fun!!!

Those girls rocked it against the boys! Royals vs Ninjas #kickball #everyonehappierandhealthier #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #schoenswardrocks

September 21. I just got done traveling with this incredible doctor and his wife and Jenny. So blessed to know them and excited for them to share with others what they’ve taught me.

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Are the benefits of Collagen more than skin deep? Is it really that critical for overall health of the bones, gut, brain, muscles, connective tissue, joints and so much more?

September 23

Real life…. It’s been a bit of a tough week coming back from an incredible trip and getting on top of everything, back to routine, and healthy habits

…. didn’t realize how much anxiety set in leaving my children.

Thank you to good friends and family who yanked me into a good time today

always fun to have wind blow through your hair and rain on your face! Beautiful evening.

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #runinthepines #carshow #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #anxietyisreal #sograteful

#feelinggratitude #1980sMGroadster #lovefamilyandfriends

September 25. I heard it was national daughter day and I looked it up! It sure is

I love that we have a day to get to celebrate our daughters! My mission is to teach them to be strong, independent, confident, kind, Christlike women!

I Love them so much! They are rock’n this world! And they are huge examples to me

I am so blessed

#nationaldaughtersday

#happysabbath

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #cerebralpalsyhacked #lovelife #tryingtofigureitout

#findinggratitude #ilovemygirls

September 27

#madnesswiththemerrillbudz #prayingformysister

September 28

Happy National Son Day!!!

How did I get so blessed to have such handsome strong resilient boys? Life has not been easy for them as it’s not easy for others. Harrison is strong and happy

overcoming his disease/disabilities and using them as strengths. Love seeing him run and play with the other kids. He is doing his absolute best to keep up and grab a hold of life

My two big boys are breaking through barriers and have overcome all odds. We adopted them when they were 14 years old and I am so proud of their accomplishments. Austin is a father and has a successful career, a fabulous girl, Carla who is a wonderful mother to his sweet daughter, Olivia. Jon has moved between California and Utah. He is in Prison at this time but the journey he has been on, his love for God and family… is contagious. He is happy and doing his best, lots of personal growth. I pray and look forward to the day when all of us can be together again and I can hug all my sons. #proudofmyboys

#happynationalsonday #madnesswiththemerrillbudz #merrillsworktogetherplaytogetherstaytogether #everyonehappierandhealthier #cerebralpalsyhacked

September 29

Awesomeness tonight!!! Yay Unified Lobos

Everyone did wonderful

So proud of all of them!!

They all raced hard and put forth their best effort

we found an awesome tool for Charlotte

when her sister starts to pass her -her engines turn on! It was hilarious! And courageous Harrison was a little afraid to go… but finally found it within him and bravely took off about 10 seconds after the race