Sunday, July 20, 2014

Temple trip with Tina

Before this visit, Tina had only ever been to the Orlando temple, so I took her to 8 temples in 3 days:
#1 - Jordan River Temple
#2 - Oquirrh Mountain Temple
#3 - Bountiful Utah Temple
#4 - Salt Lake City Temple
temple was closed for renovation, but we enjoyed touring the rest of Temple Square
#5 - Mt. Timpanogos Temple
#6 - Provo Utah Temple
on our way to Manti, we visited my grandparents in Mt. Pleasant
#7 - Manti Utah Temple
temple was closed for the Manti Pageant, but we enjoyed the show
#8 - Draper Utah Temple

Saturday, July 19, 2014

June: K graduation, Tally Lake, Sailing, Utah fun

I had a relief society leadership training in Helena the first Friday evening in June, so Todd and the kids went with me and we stayed overnight - making a mini-vacation out of it.  Here are the kids swimming in the hotel pool:

Lincoln's class had a graduation ceremony on the last day of kindergarten - it was the perfect end to a fabulous year.


The next day we celebrated the beginning of summer break by going to Tally Lake with the McGraws.



That weekend we went to The Zone with Parker's friends' family.
Parker, Wyatt, Lincoln

For Father's Day Parker & Todd went sailing with Jude & Lisa. The next day Todd & I went sailing with Jude for our anniversary.




In the middle of June we had almost an entire week of very rainy weather and the boys' golf camp was cancelled, so Parker got creative with home science experiments.  He worked a bit with dry ice and even learned to 'breathe' fire (slow-motion video below).



For the last week of June the kids and I drove to Utah for 3 reasons: temple trip with Tina, my high school choir reunion, and Grandma's birthday.

Mr. Larson retired and an alumni concert was organized to honor him
the kids loved eating in the train car at Old Spaghetti Factory
Anndra posing during water fun in Gma's backyard
driving home from church in Provo (my home ward)
Birthday dinner at Sweet Tomatoes

Hike to the top of Mt Helena










May: Muffins for Moms, 6th grade hike, Horse ride, and more

Enjoying friend Hannah's birthday party

Lincoln's class did a Mother's day activity called Muffins for Moms:



On my birthday I got to accompany the 6th grade field trip to GNP where we hiked to Avalanche Lake.  It was a wonderful way to spend my special day!



Jude and Lisa invited us to their home where the kids got to ride one of their horses:





A friend who dreams of starting a full-service photography business insisted on giving me a makeover:

Didn't want Anndra to feel left out so we did her hair and a little make-up too

Spartan Race!

Memorial Day weekend Parker went camping with the scouts to Melita Island: