Kade's Scout Camp

The best week of the Summer for Kade is Scout Camp!  He loves it.  A week in the mountains...no Mom, no sisters, or girls at all for that matter!  Just him and all of his buddies!  We have a great ward with a great group of boys his age and some awesome leaders.

They went to Camp Bartlett this year. His Dad always goes up with the boys on Monday and stays until Tuesday evening.  I'm pretty sure Chris enjoys it just as much as Kade does!  

He comes home very tired and super dirty...the mark of a good week for a boy!

A week with Dad!!

What do you do when Mom leaves town...go to Peach City for burgers of course!!!

In our ward it is tradition that the RS President goes to Girls Camp!  Crazy, I know...but it is one of the best parts of the job.  I LOVE girls camp and I wasn't going to miss the chance to go play with all of those cute Young Women.  So Em and I headed off for a week at camp.

Kade went to spend the week with Hunter and Spencer and Hallie stayed here with the girls.  They played most days at Grandma Barb's while Dad was at work.  But...on Dad's day off they ended up at Peach City.  No surprise there!!  It looks like they enjoyed themselves.  Good thing Mom leaves town once in awhile and Dad is in charge!!

Sharon is leaving!!!

Oh how I love these ladies!!  They are such good friends.  On July 1st Sharon and her hubby Barry left to go to the Philippines so that he could serve as the Mission President there.  The only problem...he took Sharon with him for 3 YEARS! I will miss her desperately but I know that the Lord needs her there to do His work.  That is the only thing that makes this OK!  We talk daily and it will be quite an adjustment having her gone.  I hope I survive!!

Summer Games

 This was the first time our family went to the Summer Games in Cedar City.  Kade played a soccer tournament there for 4 days.  We rented a condo in St. George so Kylee could come join us whenever she wasn't working.  It was great to have us all back together again for a few days.  The condo had a pool that we enjoyed, and Kylee took us to some fun spots that she has discovered since living there.  Kade's team did well in the tournament and he had a fun time playing.  It was like a mini family vacation!   

Hike to Waterfall Canyon

The first Tuesday of Summer we went on a hike up Waterfall Canyon in Ogden.  It was a little harder than we all expected and took a little longer than we thought it would, but overall it was great.  We took a lunch that we ate along the way.

 We came across this SNAKE on the way!  Ewwww!!  I was grateful it stayed curled up and didn't bother us.  Brinley was a trooper.  We had to stop and take a few breaks but she made it all the way.  It cracks me up to look at her face.  She had dirt smeared all over it.  She definitely looked like she had worked hard to get to the top.

The waterfall at the top made it all worth it.  It was beautiful and the mist was cool and refreshing after a hot hike.  Em and Quincy climbed the rock cliffs to the side of the waterfall.

I think it was a great start to our summer!

Hot Dogs in Mantua!!

The best part about early Summer...the first hot dog roast in Mantua!  We spent a Sunday evening in Mantua roasting hot dogs for Sunday dinner with the Hadley family!  So fun!  So lucky to have such a great place so close to home.