Maddy bought her grey maxi dress. It is so cute and comfortable I looked on Pinterest and found a tutorial for making a tshirt dress using your favorite tshirt to make a pattern. I made one for me, then helped Mackensey make one.
I took the four youngest to the horse show while Barry took the two oldest to do baptisms for the dead as part of the youth temple trip.
Maddy learns how to drive on ice with the "skid monster". She took the driver's test this week and passed it! Now she just has to wait until her birthday on Sept 18th to pick up her license!
We went roller skating as a family for Mackensey's birthday. Marianne started out the day with the walker on wheels.
By the end of the day she could skate on her own!
Barry made Mackensey's birthday cake. It is a twix cake. The smaller one is gluten free from Maddy and Mindy. It had a layer of cake, then a layer of caramel, then chocolate frosting. Yum!
I drove the fourth year girls out to the river for girls camp. Fourth years get to go on a canoe trip the first day of camp. Mindy drove to camp with the other first years. She was nervous about going to camp because Maddy had told her that every morning they have people come up and claim their lost and found by doing embarrassing things (singing "I'm a little teapot" solo, or barking like a dog while everyone sings, "who let the dogs out.") Thankfully they stopped that tradition this year. Mindy (and I) was also nervous because they were serving Cashews for dinner one night, and Mindy is highly allergic. We sent her with an epi-pen and trained her leaders how to use it. Maddy looked out for her and everything was fine. On Wednesday night there was a really bad windstorm and the camp was without power for the rest of camp. They said it wasn't too bad.
While Maddy and Mindy were gone at girls camp I took the youngest four to a park and pool in Spokane.
Makayla and Mackensey enjoyed using the diving board.
Ben at a pool party for his friends.
Mindy and Mari at the party (they invited all of the kids).
Riding bikes around the church.
Marianne can finally ride a two-wheeler! (with training wheels)
Marianne at the wave pool at Silverwood theme park. This was the closest we got to a beach this summer.
Rides at Silverwood.
Barry and I took Mindy and Mackensey with us on a date night to the Spokane Indians game for their $1 night. Unfortunately they were sold out. We went to Costco and had dinner there.
I flew out to Las Vegas, then drove to St.George for my grandfather's funeral. My parents and all of my siblings were able to make it. It was a very nice service, and it was fun spending time with my family.
Here is a sister's shot. My mom with two of her sisters, and her two daughters.
We toured a lot of historical St. George, and went for a walk two block from my grandparents house to see the rock art done by the Indians.
After spending a few days in St. George, I flew to Idaho Falls. Barry packed up the children and drove 8 hours to pick me up at the airport and we drove the rest of the way to Utah for my family reunion. We arrived a few days early to visit with Barry's dad and his wife Sharon. Ben enjoyed collecting snails.
We met up with cousin Andrew who recently returned from his mission. We hiked the Y trail together.
What a beautiful view.
17 years ago Barry asked me to hike the Y with him. At the top as we looked over the lights of Provo, we had "the talk". You know..."I really like you." "I like you, too." It was fun to share the hike with our kids that started it all!
As part of our family reunion we went to Seven Peaks water park in Provo,
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Uncle Jesse, Grandpa, cousin Joanna and cousin Emma and Mindy. Marianne just saw me post this picture and she says, "I like the 'give me give me give me gummy gummy gummy" grandpa.
We hiked to the fifth water hot springs. They were nice and warm. It even rained while we were in them, but the rain didn't bother us.
Hiking to the hot springs was all up hill. On the way down we ran most of the way. The kids were ahead of us, and we rounded a bend to see that Ben had fell and cut open his knee. Thankfully my Uncle Maynard is a doctor and we were able to stop at his house on the way home from the hike and he gave Ben four stitches while Ben sat on his kitchen counter. It is healing up nicely.
As you can see we've had a busy and fun summer! We have one week left until school starts the day after Labor Day. We are blessed to have good kids and wonderful extended family to spend time with, making memories. Have a great week!
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