Things that scream summer:
Visiting Mallerie at "The Spot"
Beginning of summer dental apts. No cavities!
The local theatre was showing movies every Tuesday and Thursday at noon. The movies as you can see were pretty hokey. None the less. The kids were going to the movies! "I don't care if it's Nightmare on Elm, you are going!"
Time to pot and plant, cut back, and freshen up:
Fairy land back in business.
"Lemonade! Lemonade! Lemonade! Lemonade!" We get it.
Bursting Peonie bushes. I love.
A missing cat for 24 hours (she was trapped in the neighbors garage...long sad story....for another time....) Loves and books when Poe came home.
Cousins! Landrie, Scarlett, and Hartman stayed with us while the rest of their family was at camps and conferences.
Oakcrest! I got to drive Ava and Alivia to to Kamas for Beehive Camp.
(Lots of uncertainty on the first day!)
(Lots of uncertainty on the first day!)
It was fun to go back at the end of the week and see how loosened up and bonded they had become with their new friends and Spence, their counselor. "Best week ever!" they said.
Ava got some real life pen pals out of her week at Oakcrest. She was eager to write them each a letter. However, Ava had no idea how to address an envelope!
If we had waited until summer to have our last family trip I don't think we could have found one week where all of us would be home at the same time (or even in the same state!) Matt emailed me at the beginning of the summer and asked me to send him everyone's schedules:
June
Girls Camp: June 9th-12th (Mallerie and Ava) (Grayson will have bball camp during this week as well)
Oakcrest: June 15th-19th (Ava)
Father's and Son's June 19th-20th (Matt, Grayson, and Graham)
Youth Conference : June 24th-27th (Mallerie and Abby)
FBLA Chicago: June 28th-? (Mallerie)
July
Brighton: July 6th-10th (Ava)
Palm Springs: July 17th-19th (Mattnabby)
Wasson Visit: July 19th-31st
Sun Valley ID: July 27th-30th (Mallerie) (also fair days)
Aug
Beehive Camp: Aug 4th-5th (Ava and Abby)
Minor's Retreat: August 10th-13th (Taylor Times)
Good Gads we have a full schedule~!
Since Matt and I were going to be in Palm Springs during the Father's and Son's campout. Matt scheduled a time in June to take the boys to Wasatch State Park and Camp. They were gone all ding dong day while I tore into the yard. It was great.
Since Matt and I were going to be in Palm Springs during the Father's and Son's campout. Matt scheduled a time in June to take the boys to Wasatch State Park and Camp. They were gone all ding dong day while I tore into the yard. It was great.
Graham's Coach Pitch games.
Youth Conference at Snow College, Ephraim Utah June 25th-27th
It was a privilege to have Mallerie on our Youth Committee to plan for Youth Conference.
She was the host for Family Fued (dating style). She was cracking. me. up.
The theme for Youth Conference was chosen a year in advance, "The Family is Ordained of God." It was inspiring to see the need for this revelation when the Supreme Court changed the Marriage ruling. On that same day the youth of the Heber North Stake were being taught that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Oh how I love my ladies! L to R: Jaynee, Ashley, and Sally. We got our own dorm room and really made the best of it! Besides, it was nice to have some air-conditioning to retreat to when the June 107 degree temps became too much ;)
Pictures in My Head:
June seemed to be a month for reconnecting with friends: My friend Alyssa was visiting from St. George and we spent a good five hours with Jackie who is fighting breast cancer. Remember the "three musketeers" from the townhouse days? That's us. I really wished we snapped a pic.
Emily and Darren were passing through Utah to drop their oldest at BYU. We met for dinner at the Grill Room where we sat on the terrace and reminisced and caught up. It was wonderful! It was like a day hadn't passed since seeing each other six years ago. Laughing and eating at the same time probably isn't recommend, but it couldn't be avoided.
Eliza's birthday at the Carillon Bell's Concert. I met up with Eliza and Lindsey at Chic- Fil-A then we went to the concert where the kids ran a muck! We always joke that we can't really visit until those darn bells quit ringing ;)
Life is beautiful when it is full of beautiful people.
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| Malmal and friends at the bean in Chicago. |
