~Bear Lake~

Dave's aunt and uncle, Larry and Dawn, invited us to come spend the day with their family up at Bear Lake.  The weather was a little sketchy, which made me super nervous being Bear Lake and all, but Larry insisted it was fine.  We were able to go and play for a few hours which was fun.

Mckell and Kevin had fun doing "The Whip" while surfing behind the boat.  They've got skills!

~ Biking Merit Bagde~

Hunter really has the BEST scout leaders!  They are always so good at making sure the boys have opportunities to pass off fun merit badges.  They have been working on the biking merit badge for quite some time now.  They've gone on several bike rides, learned bike maintenance, gone on biking overnighters, and had a lot of fun.  For their last ride of this merit badge, the boys went up to ride around the hills of Park City.

I need to add that these hikes are not easy hikes.  Randy Bird, one of the leaders, crashes pretty hard coming down the steep part of the mountain.  Ouch!!!

~Little Bare Bottoms Waterslide~

Our youth went to Little Bare Bottoms Waterslide in Wellsville for our summer activity.  It was a lot of fun!!!  I was able to drag my cute kiddos along.  They were in heaven!!!

The slides were really, really steep.  Cute little Izzy Bird (who came along with her parents) flew off the slide coming down and ended up rolling down the dirt on the side of the slide. :(  She had road rash from head to toe, poor girl.  But she was tough!

Our cute youth group, plus a few.  This was such a fun activity!!! I was sad that Hunter missed it (he was at a basketball tournament).  The slides were really steep and went really fast!  Even Dave and I tried them out a few times, lol.  I love my calling in the youth!

~Boat trip with the Wangsgards~

Our family LOVES boating on our new boat.  They look for any excuse to go out. We planned a boating night with my family to go out and play.  It was a lot of fun watching the kids tube and surf.

Fun night on Pineview. We were missing Hunter though.  While we were out boating he was at scout camp.

This will be his last scout camp.:(  I can't believe how fast they grow up.

~Basketball Tournament in Vegas~

Hunter was asked to play with Utah Select Premier in a tournament in Vegas.  Jerry and Darinda were nice and took him to the tournament.  Between games they saw a lot of movies (to get out of the 120 degree heat), saw the strip, and rode the rides at New York, New York.  I love that Hunter has these kinds of experiences with his grandparents.  They will be memories he will treasure in years to come.

Hunter was totally grossed out with Fremont Street.  He did not like all the naked people, lol.

Hunter and Quinn.   Hunter loves playing basketball!  I love that he is given these opportunities to travel and see new places.  On the way out of one of his games he walked past James Harden, the NBA player.  He was there cause his son was also playing in this tournament. As they were passing, Hunter without missing a beat said "Hey, Whats up"  Jerry laughed at how casual Hunter was with it.  I love this kids and love watching him do what he loves.

~San Fransisco~

Dave had a business meeting in San Francisco.  Neither of us had been there before, so we thought it would be fun to go and make a little vacation out of it.  Being July, and so hot here in Utah, we both just assumed California would be about the same, or even more hot.  We packed shorts, short sleeve shirts, and sandals.  We were quite shocked to find that San Francisco was really quite cool (I guess we should have done some research before we left, lol).  We ended up having to buy sweatshirts and jackets that first evening, because we were so cold.

It was fun visiting Peir 39 (although we totally missed seeing the sea lions??? Don't know how that happened, lol.  Like I said, we should have done a little digging into what to see and do in San Francisco before we had come).

We really wanted to go tour Alcatraz while we were here, but I guess you had to book a tour weeks prior, so we just admired it from the peir.

Dave had meetings all day, so I spent my days shopping and walking the streets.  I really wanted to ride in a trolley car, but never made it to actually doing it.  But I walked up the steep, hilly streets and even found China town.  We are definitely going to have to come back and see all the things we missed while we were here, lol.

One afternoon, we did go exploring.  We went to the Golden Gate bridge and drove down the coastline.  It was beautiful, but cold LOL

Dave really is my best friend and I love spending time with him.

While we were in San Francisco, my kids went with my family to the Ogden Pioneer Day Rodeo.  I got a text from my cute sister in law, Cassie, apologizing for how Garrett looked. Hahaha!!!  I guess my brother Rich wanted Garrett to be dressed like a cowboy and this is what he came up with, lol.  I guess Garrett can get away with going out dressed like this cause he is so cute and cause he is 4 years old.  Hahaha!!!

~Pioneer Trek~Youth Conference~

Dave and I got to be part of youth conference this year since he is the Bishop.  We went on a trek with the Stake.  Dave has been to trek before the last time our stake went so he was asked to be part of several committees.  The photography committee (he used his drone to video things), the medical committee ( he was asked to drive our razor as a vehicle for getting youth to and fro), and the set up committee.  He also was given an assignment as the bishop to walk and mingle with the youth.  Since he is only 1 man and can really only be 1 place at a time, I got to take his place as the medical car and drive the razor.  Definitely the way to trek, lol.

The women from our ward who also went on trek.  Cara Gordon, Vicki Opheikens, me, Carolee Barker, Jill Schenck, Jen Bird, and Julie Cook

Wow!!! It's a dirty job trekking :)

I did feel that I missed out on a piece of trek, not walking with the group,  but if I were ever to do it again I would want to experience it with my kids.

I'm glad I got to go with my sweatheart this time.  It is fun experiencing these things with him.

I know this picture isn't from trek, but it is such a cute picture of cute little Garrett walking like the pioneer children in primary.  I just love this little guy!