Skip to main content

Girls Camp, Hogle Zoo and Brendan's Birthday

 

June has come and gone so fast. Because Lydia had girls camp we weren't able to do the Children's Theatre this year. Instead I signed the kids up for a track club every Tuesday and Thursday morning. They ran all the different events and even practiced long jumping and throwing. They had a lot of fun and it was a nice change. 
Lydia had her first girls camp at the Teton's. She had a blast! They hiked, rode in wagons to dinner at a barn and crafted for hours. It rained a lot but that didn't stop her from having a wonderful time. I'm very grateful for good leaders and kind girls. It was a long week without Lydia, I was quite ready to see her when she came home but glad she was able to make those memories and bond more with the girls. 





Here's a few photos she took on her camera.




















While Lydia was gone my mom and I took the kids and Lucy to Zootah. We were pretty underwhelmed at the variety of animals, it's basically just a duck zoo but still kept the kids entertained. 

Cute Lucy! Em had just had her baby, Annie. 





More photos from Lydia's camera. It's fun to see things from her point of view.











Snuggling with Grandpa. Love this photo!

We had Addy and Greyson for a few days and had a blast. My mom came with us to Hogle Zoo, which was much more exciting than Zootah.








Addy was waiting by the window for Lucy to come. 

Our voice teacher, Ms Brittany, gave the girls an opportunity to sing the Star Spangled Banner at a Tball game. They did so well! They even did some harmonizing. I was so proud. 


We've had so many peas this year! Loren told Allie he'd pay her for every bag she picked. She's been a pea picking machine. 

We celebrated Brendan's 21st birthday with the usual pizza, sparklers and frosty's. It's so good to be together and remember him. 


















Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Home Again!

  The end of another school year is here and with it brings our cross country road trip to Utah. Yay! We planned our trip two months in advance because my dad needed time to book our hotels. At the time, it seemed like common sense to leave right after Loren's last final on Thursday. I mean, what did we have to wait around for? The sooner the better!    Fast forward a week before we were to leave, I was seriously questioning our decision making abilities. Why didn't we just wait to leave on Friday so Loren could help me pack and finish cleaning? I still had a million things to do and couldn't get any of it done with Lydia wanting my attention. Loren was busy studying for finals and I felt guilty asking him for any help. What the blazes were we thinking?! It was a stressful time, to say the least.    One morning we woke to sirens and fire engines blaring. The visitors center had caught on fire! There was smoke everywhere and we spent the rest of the mornin...

"Grandma and Grandpa- Fun!"

  One thing i've really missed while being in Virginia is going to our siblings competitions and events. It's been so fun to be able to see them all in action this month.    Todd and Brendan were both involved in a debate competition. I was really impressed with how well they did, it's a scary thing but they did great!   The Wellsville mile is one of my favorite events of the year. It seems like theres more kids every time and they keep getting faster. We were so proud of Todd and Brendan, they both ran personal best times. Lydia had a blast watching all the kids, she wanted to run with them! Todd's enterauge. Emily and her friends were able to run with him. Great job boys!   This girl has amazed me with her dancing. She's grown so much from last year and is such a gorgeous dancer. It's so much fun to watch her. We went to her end of year dance performance and had a great time. Thank goodness for Loren, he's the only one who remembers to camera to take pictu...

Thanksgiving Bash!.. and Crash

  I have to say, this past week has been the most fun and exhausting week we've had in a long time.  But before we get into that, we had our first snowfall a couple weeks ago.  Lydia was DYING to make a snowman so daddy went out and helped her make one. They had a blast!   Here's some of Lydia's school papers.    The weekend before Thanksgiving our basement flooded.  One of the tubes that hook onto the gutter was pointed directly towards our house instead of away.  Thus, we had water in our family room and the unfinished room.  It kept coming in for two days.  About every 10 minutes we had to suck up the water on the first day, then about every hour on the second.  I think we have learned our lesson and plan on digging trenches to make a more efficient drainage system.  Thanks to everyone who helped! No permanent damage was done and we're so grateful.   Loren had a guys night with his...