~Scout Overnighter in the Uintahs~

I thought for sure they were going to cancel the scout backpacking trip because of the rainstorm that was expected to be here through the night, but they didn't.  I gave Hunter the option of football practice or the scout overnighter.  He chose the overnighter.  I mentioned that it probably was going to rain, and he said that was ok.  So we packed him up, and sent him out the door.

A couple hours after they had left the rains came pouring down.  Hard.  There was lightning and thunder and pouring rain.  All I could think about was I hope Hunter was warm.  When he got home I found out that was not the case.  The boys all slept under tarps.  Except for some prepared leaders, and Jake Ballard, who brought their own pup tents to sleep in.  Jake ended up having 4 boys sleeping in his 2 man tent, lol.  Hunter, Davis, and Nate Michael's tarp tent was not working and they were drenched.  When Hunter pulled out his sleeping bag from the night it look like it had been thrown into a swimming pool.  It was completely drenched, inside and out.  He said at one point he poured a whole puddle of water out of his sleeping bag.  He also said it was a little scary, because they had thunder and lightning going all around them.  He was freezing, wet, and he couldn't sleep.  He said that when the rain calmed down a little, he and Davis noticed some of the older boys were up trying to build a fire out of the wet sticks, lol.  He and Davis got up and decided to help.  They did manage to get a fire started and sat around it the rest of the night trying to stay warm.  He came home exhausted and cold.  I asked him if he'd wished he'd have chosen to go to football practice instead of the overnighter, and he said no.  He had fun!  I guess it was a good experience for him to learn not only that he could survive hard things, but how to also start a fire when everything is wet around you.  I am so grateful for amazing leaders that plan such fun activities for the boys to help them learn and to grow.  I know this is a camp out Hunter will never forget!

~Neighborhood Swim Day at Cherry Hills~

My kids have really missed not having our seasonal Cherry Hills pass this year.  We decided we needed to have a neighborhood pool day at Cherry Hills, so we could say we went at least once this summer.  It was so much fun, and the kids LOVED having tons of neighbor friends to play with. (I wish I would have gotten a picture of the whole group together.  There were about 32+ neighbor kids here playing today.)

Garrett is getting more brave as the summer wears on.  He loved going down this slide in Pirates Cove.

Cardiac Canyon is a favorite!

Garrett was so funny.  He was so excited to go down the dragon slides.  That is until they got up to the top.  Then he cried and cried.  He'd go down, and say "again".  Then he'd get up there and cry and cry, lol.  Funny kid!  Mckell was such a good sport and kept taking him down over and over.  She really is the BEST big sister!

Mckell was determined that before we left for the day, Lexi was going to try Cardiac Canyon.  Lexi did, but cried the entire way down, lol.  It's funny cause as we were leaving the park for the day, Lexi commented to me that Cardiac Canyon was really fun, lol.  You'd have never guessed that by the look on her face.
We have the BEST neighborhood!

~Girls Camp~

It is so much fun being in the Young Womens.  I was so excited to be able to go to girls camp with these cute girls!

It was a stake girls camp this year.  We went up to Heber Girls camp, which was a lot of fun!  It was fun to bond with all of these young women.   They are such fun, sweet girls!

We had tons of fun sitting around the fire, talking, and learning to do the whip.

I was glad Dave and I were able to be up there together.

They had tons of fun activities planned for us.  From a ropes course to crafts, canoeing/water fight, and spiritual firesides.  It really was the funnest week.

I can honestly say that I really missed these girls after I got home from girls camp, lol.  I LOVE my calling!

~Razor Riding Day Trip~

We thought it might be fun to take the Razors out to ride the Knolls with Marc and Randee.  It was a lot of fun playing in the sand (which was so soft) and driving up all the sand hills.

Mckell's orthodontist, Dr. John Pobanz, is doing a contest like Flat Stanley.  If you take flat Dr. John with you places and take pictures you may win something.  So Mckell is holding flat Dr. John in a lot of her pictures :)

It was a fun day.  We only got stuck a few times :)  about an hour into the trip, my kids started fighting about who was going to ride with dad in his razor.  I guess I don't go fast enough, and up the fun steep hills like dad does, lol.

We stopped to have a picnic lunch in the only shade we could find, lol.  Pretty sad shade.  It was a fun day though.

~Camp Hunt~

This was Hunter's first year of officially going to scout camp.  I honestly was a little worried for him.  I worried about what he'd do if he got cold during the night, I worried if he was going to like the food and get enough to eat, I worried mostly because this was going to be his first time away somewhere from home without Dave or me.  I can't imagine what it's going to be like to have him go on a mission, lol.  Luckily Dave went up for the first 2 days of scout camp, so that eased my worry a little bit.

Hunter loves going to scouts because he is in with all of his buddies.  That makes it fun for whatever they do.  He was so excited about scout camp!

The first thing you do at scout camp is the swim check.  When our boys arrived it was freezing, like 68 degrees and raining, not to mention that the water at Bear Lake is not the warmest.  But that didn't get them out of the swim check.  Hunter toughed it out and passed the swim check.  Way to go Hunter!!!  A couple of our boys didn't, so I was proud that Hunter toughed it out and did it, in the rain and all.  It took the boys forever to get warmed up after being in the lake though.

When you don't have tables and chairs to play cards on you just play in the dirt.

The last day there, the boys went boating and played in Bear Lake.  They had a great time.  It was funny to hear the boys talk about all the cute girls up at scout camp, and to hear all their funny stories about their week.  I'm so glad that Hunter has such a good group of friends that he will go through scouts with.  It really does make me worry a little less about him while he is away. :)

~Mckell's New Braces~

You know your kids are growing up when it is time for them to get braces.  Mckell got braces today   :(  I'm not sure I'm ready for her to grow up, but she does look adorable in her new braces.

Before and After picture.

~Family Night. Minus 2~

Since Dave and Hunter re away to scout camp, we decided that we'd go play too.  So for family night we went and got a quick bite to eat and headed bowling.  It was so much fun!  Garrett really enjoyed it, and kept saying that he wanted to do it himself :)

Lexi was on fire tonight!  She killed all of us.  Her score was 97, the rest of ours were in the 60s and 70s.  So she won a treat.  We had a fun night bowling and dancing to the music.

~Park City Getaway~

We really haven't done a getaway with just our little family, so we planned one for the weekend up to Park City.  Dave doesn't really have much time off with all the Youth Camps he is doing this summer, so we made due and went somewhere close, where he could still go into work and just meet up with us later.  It was a fun little trip to Park City.  We all wished we could have stayed longer.

We headed up Thursday evening and drove around, ate dinner, and played at the pool.  Friday, while Dave was at work, we hit the outlet malls.  We shopped the entire day, lol.  I was surprised how much fun the kids had doing this.  I was really surprised at how good Garrett and Lexi were.  We literally walked the entire day, and there were no complaints from any of them.  I think Dave was glad he missed our day of shopping though.

We got silly taking pictures as we waited for Hunter to try on clothes.  He was in heaven at the Under Armor, Nike, and Adidas outlets.  It was funny because he was the one we waited on the most.

After a full day of shopping, we met up with Dave to eat at The Rodizio Grill.  Our family loves that place and we haven't been there forever.

Hunter checking out all that he'd boughten.  It's so funny cause last year he could have cared less about this stuff.  I guess that means he's growing up :(

This is where the kids started the night at.

This is where they ended up, lol.  I have no idea how Garrett ended up in the bed between Mckell and Lexi.  Hunter must pushed him out of bed, lol.

Saturday morning we headed to the Olympic Park to watch the Olympic ski show.  It was fun to watch them do tricks into the water.

We then headed to try out the Alpine Slides and Zip Lining.  It was a lot of fun!

Hunter and Mckell are the 2 little dots in the sky.

Mckell was a little slow going down the slides, lol, but she was nothing compared to Lexi. As Hunter, Mckell, and Dave went down the big zip line, Lexi, Garrett, and I decided we'd go down the Alpine slide.  Lexi was tall enough to ride alone.  She insisted to go down behind me, so I could be there when she got off.  I agreed (but shouldn't have).  She got scared going down alone, so she completely stopped.  The boy behind her ended up running into her which scared her to death, and she started screaming.  But still kept her break on so she didn't move.  Then the boys brother came and hit into him, which hit into Lexi again.  She cried harder.  Then their sister came down and Lexi ended up climbing on with her.  She cried the whole way down.  I was a little freaked out when it took forever for her to come down and then to see that her sled was empty.  The worker was a little freaked out too.  But here came Lexi 3 sleds behind.   She said she is not doing that alone again, lol.  Maybe in a year or 2.

Dave going down.

We had such a fun little get away.  It went way too fast!  I love this family of mine!!!