Summer

This summer as flown by.  We can't believe school will start in 2 1/2 weeks!  It has been a different summer though.  It has been a working summer!  We've all worked hard this summer and played a little bit.

Benjamin, Micah and I were able to do a few little summer camps at the Day Care Center where I teach preschool.  It was a lot of fun and a lot of work!!  It was so nice to have the boys with me to help out, give ideas and to meet these cute kids that I have talked so much about!

Arts and Crafts

Sports and Outdoor Fun

Princess & Knight Week

 Lego Camp

 Mad Scientist Camp (Lemon Volcanoes)

 

 Arts & Crafts II - These Fairy Gardens were my favorite!

Jacob has also been working hard this summer.  He's had a job at a local Shaved Ice place and has worked really hard on his golf game this summer.  That has been fun!

We've also all spent some time at our separate camps this summer.  5 of us at 5 different camps!!  (Well, Micah and I got to spend a day together at Webelos Camp at Camp Tracey)

 

 The boys and I hit up the Mt. Timpanogos Temple for Baptisms while Micah was gone the first day!

Jacob went golfing, to do baptisms and to the Manti Pageant this year for his camp.

 

Benjamin went on a week long backpacking trip to the Uintahs!  He came back dirty and exhausted, but had a great time!

 Phil spent a week in the Navajo Nation working on gardens etc. with his priests.  They had an amazing trip.  Phil grew to love and appreciate these boys so much as they worked and served together.  So grateful it all went well.

 I was able to go to our Stake Girls Camp this year as a cook.  It was so much fun and so much work!!  We laughed a lot as we served these young women.  What a great week!

 Micah spent the first week of summer working hard in Rexburg playing soccer.  He had so much fun with Max and they were once again the champs of the Yellowstone Cup for their division.  Way to go Maniacs!

We have also managed to have some fun this summer in between all our working.  We hung out with these guys while they were here from Italy!

Love them and happy they are finally back together and officially official in Rome!

Phil and I got to go to Chicago together as part of his last Academy Board meeting in June.  That has been a great chapter of life for Phil and it was fun to get to see those people one more time.  He is a part of a wonderful profession with amazing people.

We enjoyed a beautiful concert in the park.

I loved my morning runs along the shore.

I also got to hang out with some of the other wives and families.  Loved it!

We enjoyed Draper Days with the Brian Baird Girls.

We also enjoyed the Draper Rodeo in July.  It was lovely venue and a fun summer night.

Phil and I got a surprise date from his coworkers for a concert at Deer Valley.  It was a lot of fun.

We enjoyed the Fourth of July with a Patriotic Breakfast followed by Paddleboarding/Kayaking at Utah Lake.  We love living in Beautiful America!

 Jacob celebrated his 15th birthday!  (New golf clubs!)

We had a fun FHE with kickball and smores with some neighborhood friends.

 Can you say Hobbit Movie Marathon?  The cousins were wanting to get together all summer and do this.  They made it through all 3 movies and a lot of food and laughs!

 This last week we got Natalie for a few days.  We enjoyed the zoo, a movie, ice cream and lots of puzzles.  Natalie always keeps us moving while she is with us.

 The annual neighborhood (and friends) campout was a great success.  It was wonderful to catch up with some of our friends from the 5th ward.  Jacob also got to go golfing with the men this go around.

 After a stop in Bear Lake for the Family Reunion, we made it home last night.  

I'm usually ready for school to start in August, but with it just 2 1/2 weeks away, I'm hoping to make the most of those 17 days!  Yikes.  We hope you've had a great summer too!!